Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27

BROOKLYN, July 10 The Rev. T. Dewitt
Talmage, .. D., took for his subject to-day:
sin Good Humor With Our Circumstances
HIS text vas Hebrews, Oh. Is. V. 5: 'sBe con-
tent with such things as ye have" The great
preachers discourse was as follows
II should ask some one, -''Where Is Brook
Ign, tO-dayF' he would say, AT Brighton
Beach, or East Hampton, or Shelter Island"
where is New York, to-dayl" At Long
Branch" Where is Philadelphia Cape
May" ''Where Is BOston!' Eat Martha's
Vineyard Where Is Virgnla!" ''At the
sulphur Springs" where the great multi
Jude from all parts OF the land9'' Eat sarato-
90" the modern Bethesda, where the angel
Of health is ever stirring the waters. But, my
iriends the largest multitude are at home,
detained by business or circumstances. Among
Them all newspaper men, the hardest worked
aud the least compensated; city railroad en-
ployes, and ferry masters. aud the police and
the tens Of thousands Of clerks aud merchants
waiting for their turn of absence, and house
holds with an invalid who cannot be moved,
and others hindered by stringent clrcum.
stauees5 and the great multitude of well-tO-
do people who stay at home because they
ike home better than any other place, refus-
ing 10 go away simply because il is the fash
ION TO go. When the express wagon, with its
mountain Of trunks directed to the Catskills
at our window euViOus and impatient, and
wonder why we Cannot 90 as well As others.
Fools that We are, as though Que could not
be as happy at home as anywhere else. Our
grand1athers aud grandmUthers had as good
= time as we have, long before the first
spring was bored at Saratoga, or the first
deer shot in the AdrOndacks. They made
their Wedding-iOur TO the next farmhouse, or,
living in New York. they celebrated the event
BY an extra walk on the Battery"
Now the genuine American Is not happy
somewhere.
IS so great that there Christian people
with their families detained ia the city, who
come not to the house Of God, trying 10 give
people the idea that they are out OF town;
leaving the door plate unsecured for the
same reason aud for TWO months keeping the
front shutters closed while they sit ia the
back part OF the house, the thermometer at
ninety Ny friends, II II is best for US 70 go,
let Us 20 aud be happy. II it is best for US to
=tay at home let Us stay at home and be
happy. There Is a great deal OF good common
sense in Pauls advice to the Hebrews: BE
content with such things As ye have" To be
content Is 10 Dc In good humOr with our
circums ances, not picking a quarrel with
our OOScurity, or our poverty, or our social
position. There are four Or five grand reasons
why We should be content with such things
as we have
The first reason that / mention as leading
10 this spirit advised In the text, Is the con-
consideration that the poorest Of Us have all
that is Indispensable in life. We mako q
great ado about our hsrdships, but how LITTLE
We talk Of our blessings Health OF BODY
WnlCu Is gwen IN largest quantity 10 those
who have never been Detted, and fOndled, and
spoiled By fortune, we take as a matter OF
course. Rather have this luxury. and have IL
alone, than, without It. look out OF a paIacs
window upon parks OF deer stalking
between fountains and statuarY. These
people sleep sounder on straw mat
ress, tban fashionable inValids on n couch
u ivory and Gag les down. The dinner
Of herbs tastes better to the appetite
sharpened on WOOdman's AK or q reapeT's
scyLhe, than wealthy Indigestion experiences
"A "a nd
YenlsOn, and pineapple. The grAndest lux
uFy GOd ever gave Il man Is health. he who
trades that OF Tor all the palaces OF the
earth Is infinitely cheated. We Look back at
the glory OF the last Napoleon but who
would have taken his Versailles aud his
IuilerIes If with them we had been obliged
10 lake his govt. oh" SAYS someone. 7..t
isn't the grOsser pleasures 1 cOVet, but it is
the graLihcHt. on OF artistic and inuellectu-
al taste. Why my brothcr, you have the
original from which these pictures are
copied.
What Is a sunset on a wall compared with a
sunset hung la loops OF lire on the heavensl
What is cascade silent on a canvas com
pared with cascade that makes the noun
tain tremble, its spray ascending like the
departed spirit OF the water slain on the
rockst On, there IS Il great deal Of hollow
affection about fOndness for pictures on
the part OF those who never appreciate the
original from which the pictures are taken
AS though parent should have no regard
FOR his child, but 90 into ecstasies over its
photograph. Bless the Lord TODAY o man
"
from the works OF Church. Bierstadt a
RuDens, and Raphael, you still have free
access 10 gallery grander than the Louvre,
OF the Luxemburg, or the Vatican-the roy
al gallery OF lie MONDAY heavens, the Kings
gal cry Of the midnight sky.
Another consideration leading US
the fact SP PTl' ou OF b, GGntsntment is
dependent upon outward circumstances You
see people happy and miserable amid all cir
cumstances. IN the family where the last
ha nd ha la -
wood on the fire, you sometimes find q cheer
Iul confidence In God. while 10 8 very fine place
you will see and hear discOrd sounding her
war WhoOP and hospitality freezing 70 death
In a cherries pArlOr / stopped one day on
Broadway at the head OF Wall Street AZ the
foot OF Trinity Church, TO see who seemed
the hspptest people passing. ] judged from
their looks the happlest people were not those
who went dOWn into Wall Street for they
had on their brow the anxiety Of the dollar
Ihey expected % make nor the people who
came out Of Vail Street, Tor they had On
their brow the anxiety OF the dollar they had
lost; nor the people who swept by IN splendid
eQuiPage, Tor they met = carriage that was I'm
e. than theirs. The hEppiest persOn ia all that
crowd, judging from the cOuntenance. Vas the
the woman who sat atthe applest and knitting.
believe real happiness Olteuer looks out OF
the window Of an humble home, than through
the opera glass OF the glded box Of q theatre.
md Nero growing on throne find
Paul singing In dungeon. find King An %
going to bed at noon through melancholy
while near by is NabOth cOntented in the nos
session OF a vineyard. Haman, prime minis
ter Of Persia, frets himself almost to death
because a poor Jew viii not tip bis hat; and
AhithOphel one Of the greatest LAWYERS Of
Bible times, through fear Of dying, hangs
himself The Wealthiest man, forty wears
ago, in New York, when congratulated over
his large estate, replied: "Ah! YOU don't
know how much trouble have in taking care
OF It" Byron declared in his last hours
that he never seen more than twelve
happy davs IN all his life. I do nor believe
he had seen twelve minutes of thorough sat
1sfactton. Napoleon l. saIds ~ turn with
disgust from the cOWardice and seldshuess OF
man. hold life a horror; death is repose.
What ] have suffered the last TWEEN " DAYS is
beyond human comprehension" While on
the other hand, 10 show how one may he hap
py amid the most disadvan tageous circurn-