The Nicodemus cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Graham County, Kan.) 1887-1888, 1888-07-20
SOUR EXPERIENCES"
TALAAGEs SERMON I'm CHICAGO.

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4 CHICAGO, ILL, July S-The Rev. I
ne witt Talmage, D. D., of Brooklyn, preach
+ eu In this city this evening. He is here O
r Ills way home from tour of the Chsutau
! quaS IN Missouri, Kansas and Minnesota
r Inc Doctor had an enormous auditory. Hi
SUBJECT was 'Sour Experiences" and hi
text; when Jesus therefore had receive,
Tie vinegar. John xix. 30 The sermo,
was as follows:
NE brlgands of Jerusalem had done their
WORK. 1t was almost shutdown, and Jesu,
was dying. Persons i'll crucifxion Otter
fingered on from day to day--crying. beg
S.ns, curslng: but Christ had been exhaust
Gu Dy years Of tnaltreatment. PnIowIess.
poorly ted hogged-as bent over and tied n
low post His bare back was inflamed with
the scourges interstlc with pieces Of
Iead and bOnes-and now for whole hours
the weight of His body hung on deIIcats
tendons, and according to custom. a violent
stroke under the armpits had been given nv
| Tue eXecutloner. Dizzy, .swooning, nauseated
ie'erlSn-a world of agony is compressed in
Inc TWO words Il thirstP' O skies ot
1uuea' let drop of rain strike on His burn-
ing tongue. o world, with rolling rivers
anu sparkling lakes, and spraying fountains
give Jesus something to drink. If there he
any pity IN earth, or heaven, or he'll LET II
no" De demonstrated In behalf of this ROYAL
sufferer The wealthy women of Jerusalem
uSeu 10 nave fund of money with which
lhey provided wine for those peonle
VINO died in crucifxion-a nowerfuI
opiate to deaden the pain, but Christ
S s0her o n3' take IT. He wanted to die
te o' %4 ~ 50 ne refused the wine. But af-
.el "alu they go to cup of vinegar and soak
-" PONCE III 1t and put it on a stick of hysson
1 1u tnen press 1t against the hot Inns ef
GnIisC lou say that the wine was an an
%otnetlc' ana intended to relieve or deaden
the pain. But the vinegar was an insnI+
am disposed TO adopt the theory of The oil |
EhglSh CONNER tatOrS, who believed thar m
oteau Oh us being an Opiate to soothe. il was |
vinegar 10 insult Malaga and Burgundy for
siahu dukes and duchesses, and costly
wines from roy al watts for bloated minerals,
put Singing acids for a dying Christ. He
took the vinegar lac
1t is absurd to think man who has o1,rou,
oeeh well can sympathize with those VIC
az SICK or that one who has always hcan
n4nored can appreciate the sorrow of tLosa
no are deSplsed; or that one who has been
I E,r ~ d great fortune can understand the
4lsu eSS ahu the straits of those who are desti
-ute' The fact that Christ Himself took ~
lnegar MAKES Him able to sympathize to- dov
ma Tor ever with all those whose cnn is az
~ win shafp acids of this life He took the
Tlnegar! " '00h INC
III the first place, there is the sourness IF
betrayal. The treachery of Judas hurt 7
;nrlst.S feelings more than all the friond .
UP Oh Ills disciples did linn good. You have .
ad many friends; but there was one friend 8
l p"n wn i you put especial stress. You a
RE nd@d ni luz anu loaned him money. You be-
&c especially needed a friend Afterward "
e turned upon you, and he took adventaTss g
your lorIner intimacies. He wrote against II
c ou. d talked against you. He micro, p
on vHen your Uo,, lSuIts. lie flung contempt at
y Out gratitude. At first YOU could not a
eep at nights. Then you went about with h
I sense OF having been stung. That diff b.
dY WIZ never be healed, for ii
lough mutual friends NAV arbitratc in So
&c matter until you shall shake hands. d
&c olu cordlally will never come again. Now sc
commend to all such the sympathy of bn. fl
ayeo Christ Why, they sold Him for less ar
i'm, and fed They cut Him to the 0nict
drank that cup of BETRAYAL TO the draIe Ia
e took the vinegar VIZ "'07' sU
There is also the sourncss of main Tboro ed
{ some OF you who have not seen a well sy
Iot many years. BY keeping out of lit
anu ov carefully studying dietetics. in
u continue To this time; but O. the head no
mes, ana the sideaches, aud the backaches DO
u the heartachcs which have been vour br,
cohpanlment all the way through! You m,
We Struggled under heavy MORTGAGE Of lei
Yscal disabilities; and instead of tia Ma TIN
llty that once characterized Won if is now tro
~ win great effort that YOU keen awav | ste
I'D lrrltaDIllty and short retOrt Difficulties | Low
respiration, of digestion, of loc0mOtion vot
ne up inc great obstacle in your life and sht
,uS dnu sweat along the pathway, and mis-
nder when the exhaustion will end M1 bur
7nus, the brightest crowns in heaven will kin
nc gwen 10 those who, in stirrups dashed anG
Tue cavalry charge, while the general ap- abo
uded, ana the sound of clashinp s0bres VIII,
e through the land; but the brightest CHI
WINS IN heaven, believe will be given 10 sim
Sc WHO tfuugcd on and amid chronic all win,
nus which unnerved their strength. vet nil +
ttne maintaining their faith i'm Col II the
easy to fight in a regiment disa
thousahd men, charging up the parapets aud
he sound OF martial music; but il is NOT man
aSy 10 endure when no one but the nuraa The
the doctor are the witnesses OF the i near
ls'Ian fortitude. Besides that YOU never to
any pains worse than Christs. The sharD "Se
that stung through His brain. tbrouph for
. hahus, through His feet, through His capt
u were as great as yours certainly He spOu
as SICK ana as weary. Not a nerve or a You
Gle or Hgament escaped All the pangs Their
ii Inc nations of all tie ages compressed arOu
one sour cup. He took the vinegar deep
lere IS also the sourness of poverty Your over
Tie does not meet your Outgojnps and the
always gives an honest man anxiety the
( - no sIEh OF restitution about Won after
SAINT appearance, aud a cheerful home for YOU 1
but God only knows what a time vou and
had TO manage your private finances what
as the bills run up, the wages seem tn struc
'o"n but YOU are not the only one who clear
lot been paid for hard work. The yreat theft
lie sold his celebrated piece. ''Tbe Blind drinl
Ter Tor fifty euineas, although after. let hi
1t brought its thousands The wo-Id freer
s In admiration over the sketch ~ Yei
sborough, vet that yerg sketch hunr for th0uc
IN the shoP-window because there was refus
ny purchaser. Oliver Goldsmith soId nIs try 10
ar OF Wakefield" for few rounds in own
TO keep the baiilf out of the door. suI and :
ast majority OF men 10 all OCCUPATIONS march
are not paid for their wor, bling.
may say nothing, but life 10 Won i. a make
push; and when you sit down with vou~ q. 7 :
and talk over the expenses. Won bofb arms
~ discouraged. You abrdge here snJ their
bridge there, and you get things sr,5v all
looth sailiDgs, auI loi suddenly there - 20 thu
e uoctor oii 10 paT, or on have los; the 81
rocketbooS, or some credit. has failed Nar
you are thrown Il beam end Well In Ina
r. you are IN glorious com9auy. Christ Jungle
not the house in which he STONED or rnorta
10 on which lie rode, or the boat IN with
lie sailed. lie lived in borrowed of pre-
lie was buried 10 Lorrow-j bolr '