The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-09-15
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
The Great Organ Peals Forth aud the
Massive Tabernacle FILLS
with PEOPLE.

BROOKLYN Tabernacle sunday. The great
auditorium was thronged ana oycriowing.
The Rev. II. DE Witt Talmage, ID. d., has
returned from his summer vacation during
which be has spoken In many pats Of the
country, and shaken hands, he SAYS, with
about a hundred thousand people. lie close
his tour by visit 10 the wilderness In upper
New York state, and spending some time
among the hunters. Sunday morning he cN-
pounded passages illustrative Of Soiomon's
aeguaintantc with natural history.
His text was, Psalm Kill, 1 AS the hart
pantcih alter the water brooks, so plntcth
my soul after thee. God" The great
preacher sald
David who must sometime have seen
deer hunt. points as here TO a hunted stag
making for the water. The fascinating ant
NAL called IN my text the hart, il the same
animal that In sacred and profanc literature
l. called the stag, the rocblick. the hind, the
gazelle, the reindeer In central Syria in
Bible times, there were whole pasture fields
Of them, q. Solomon suggests when he says:
81 charge YOU by the kinds OF the field"
Their antlers jutted from the long grass as
they lay down. No hunter who has be n
long In "John Browns track will wonder
that IN the Bible they were classcd among
clean animliS for the dews, the showers the
lakes washed them n clean ms the sky. When
Jacob, tho patriarch. longcd for venison,
Esau fhot and brought home roebnck.
Isaiah compares the Sprightiness Of the re-
stored cripple Of milern,al tunes TO the long
and quick Jump OF the stag, saying: "The
lame shal leap a. the hart Solomon ex-
pressed lis disgust at hunter who, having
shot a deer. y too lnzy 10 cook IL, saw ing
1.-The slothful man roasteth not that when
lac took I'm hunting But one day David
while far from the h me from which he had
been dlifcn. ana sitting near the door OF "A
lonely cave where he had lodged. aud on the
banks OF pond or river. hears pack OF
hounds In swift pursuit Because OF the pre-
siDus Ill nee OF the forest tn cangor stal ties
Il M. and n siys 20 himself: III wonder what
those do.s a @ after" 4 hen theresa crack
Ing IN The brishwood, aud the loud breath
Ing Of somc rushing won .er Of the woods.
and thu ant,ers of deer and the leaves of
the thicket and BY an inst net which all
hunters recognize, plunrs into pond or
lake or river 10 cool its thirst. and az the
same time. by IT. capacity for swifier and
longer swimming, 10 get away from the
fonming barriers David sass to himse I:
"Aha, thar Is myself, saul after me Ahsa-
lom after me. enemies without number sitter
me; ! am chised their bloody muzzlcs az INV
heels, barking at my 600 name, barking AZ
Ter my body, barking after my soul. oh
the hounds, the hounds But look there,
says David, that reindeer has spi shed INTO
the water. u puts its hot lips and nDstrlls
into the cool wave that washes the latherrd
ilanks, and 10 swims away from the fiery CT
ninc. and II H. FREE 20 las. oh, that might
y
and cOn.oatiOn escape from my pufsucr~,
oh, for the waters OF life aud rescue! As the
har. Iantcth fatcr the water brooks 30
pantcth my soul after thee, O Col"
nave Just come from the AdirpndackS,
and the b cath OF the halsam and spruce and
pine l. It'll on me The Adironlarks are
now pOpuiOus with hunters aud the deer are
being slam by { e 500. Talking few DAYS
ago with a hunter thought would like 20
see whether M text wa. accurate in IT. llu-
sion, and as heard the dogs baying u little
way OF and supposed they were on The track
OF a reindeer | said 10 tic hunter In rough
corduroy; ado the deer always make for
the water when they are pursued" He said,
"Oh, ycs, mist r: you zee they are a no, and
thirsty animal, and they know where the
water A. aud when they hear danger IN the
dlst lncc thcy lit their anticrs and snuff he
breeze and start for The Racquet, or Loon. or
Saranac; aud we get into our cedar shell
boat or stand by the runway with rifle
loaded ready 10 blaze away My friends,
that i one reason why 1 like the Bible 30
much-its illusions are 80 true 60 nature
is y rtridges are real pnrlrdgcs. It's ostriches
real ostriches, and 10, reindeer real reindeer
/ do not wonder that this antlcrcd glory OF
the text makes the hunt rs eve sparkle and
his cheeks glow and his resp rit'on quicken.
To SAY nothing OF 10. uscfulneSs, although a.
D. the most useful OF all came: IFS flesh de-
licious. III. skin turned into human apparel.
its slncws fashioned into bow strings It's
antlers putting handles on CUTLERY, and the
shaNings 81 ITS horns, nse as a restorative
taken ffom The name Of The hart and G He'd
hartshorn. But putting aside is usefulness,
this enchanting creature 20 ms made OFT OF
grac sfulncss and elasticity. What nm eye
with liquid brightness us IL gathered up
from hundrc lakes OF sunset The horns.
acOrOnal branching into every poss bic curve
and after 10 seems done advancing into other
projections OF exquisite ncss a tree OF polished
a.
awful comblt. IL II velocity embodied.
Timidiiy impersonated. The enchantment
OF the woods. Rye lu-trouS IN life and pa
thetic IN death. The splendid animal a com
pletc rhN TIM 81 muscle. and bone. and color
and attitude, and locomotion, whether ouch
cd IN the grass among the shadows. or q ly-
Ing bolt shot through tine forest or turning
az hay 10 attack the hounds or rearing for
It's last fall under the buckShot of the trap
per. 10 IL a splendid appearance that the
painters pencil fails 10 sketch, and only a
hunters dream on apiliow IL hcmlock VI the
foot cf s.. Regis Is abe 10 picture. When.
twenty mile. from any settlement II comes
down az cyentitle g. tie lakes Cdce 10 drink
among the lily pads and, with It, sharp edged
hoof. skaters the crt stall OF Long Lake, " II
very picturesque. But only when, after
mics OF pursuit with hcaNlng sides, aud
lolling tongue and ewes swimming In DEATH
the stag leaps from tho elm into Upper sara
nae. can you realize how much David had
suffered from his troubles. and how much he
wanted God when he expressed himself in
the words OF the tcNt as the hart anieih
after the water brooks 20 pantoth my soul
after thee % God"
Well, now. let all those who have coming
after them the lean hounds ofpoverty, or the
black hounds OF persecution, or the spotted
hounds Of Nicisitudc, or the pale hounds OF
death or who are In any wise pursued, fly 90
the wide, deep, glorious lake OF divine 20
lace and rescue. The most Of the mon and
women whom | happen 10 know nc different
times, N not now. have had troubles after