The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-10-11
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
The Weekly Discourses Of the Great
Brooklyn Preacher.
Subject, "SupcrAuities "a Hin.
derunce.'


on each hand, and sir on each foot; and he
also mas the son of the giant. But ,ohen he
detted Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimed,
Dauids brother, slew him"--l. Chronicles
XIX, s. 6 and Z.
Malformation photographed, and for what
reasonf Did not this passage slip in by
mistake into the Sacred Scriptures as some.
times paragraph utterly obnoxious to the
editor gets into his newspaper during his alb
sencef Is not this Scriptural erratai No,
no; there Is nothing haphazard about the
Bible. This passage OF Scripture was as GER.
tainly intended to be put in the Bible as the
passage: I'm the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth" or, "God SO loved the
world that He gave his only begotten son."
Is charged with practical and tremendous
meaning
By the people of God the Philistines had bcen
conquered. with the exception of few giants.
Inc race OF giants is mostly extinct, ] am glad
to say. There is no use for giants now ex-
cept to enlarge the income of museums. But
there were many of them in olden times
Goliath was according to tho Bible, eleven
feet four and half inches high Or, if
you do not believe the Bible, the famous
Pliny, secular writer, declares that at
Crete by an earthquake monument was
OF giant forty-six cubits long, or
sixty feet high. So, whether
you prefer sacred or profane history, you
must come to the conclusion that there were
IN those olden times cases of human altitude
monstrous and appalling. David had
sharo aa,a .h VI one oL .nese s'anes ouo
wars bod ,ot uet ss1,bdnS5 S"au 'ne Da> .h
.a nau hoI yet suooueu' ana one OF Ihem
Alpine STATURE but had surplus of digits
To the ordinary fingers was annexed an
additional finger and the foot had also
sopeihuous sups auuenau.l' ne nad twenty.
,Uui III 'e[niia'iots 10 hano' anu Ieee
Wnere otneTs nave twenty. IL was
MoS ~ the oniy instance OF the KIND
IIavernier, the learned writer, says that the
emperor OF Java had son endowed with
the same numper OF extremlties. Nolcatus,
tne poe1, had SIX nngers on each hand. Maui
petlus IN MS ceeDrated letters speaks OF Two
iamiies near Berlin, similarly equipped OF
mana ana 1oot. All OF which l can believe
1or nave seen two cases OF the same physl-
cal lsuperabundance; But TINS giant OF the
text Is IN battle, and as David, the dwarf
warrior, nad dlspatched one giant, the
brother OF David Stays this monster OF
my text, and there he lies after the
6astle IN Gath, dead giant. his stature
did not save him, and his superfluous appen-
dlces OF hand ana foot did not save him.
ine propaoillty was that IN tue battle ms
siAth nnger on ms hand made MIN clumsy In
the use OF MS weapon, ana his sixth toe
cIlppiea ms galt. benoid the prostrate ana
aliornaoed giant OF the text: II man
great OF stature, whose hngers ana toes were
| lour ana twenty, SIX on each hand, ana SIX
on each Ioot; ana ne also was the son OF the
giant. But when ne dehed Israel, Jonathan,
tne son OF Shlmea, Davlds brother, slew
MIN.
behoio now superhultes are importance
Tatner tnah heip! In all the battle at
Sdtn tnat DAY tnere was not man WIN
| OIulfldTY ildnQ ana OfOlnaTy lOUU a1lu
oar;uinary ear; stature tnat was not oet.er OH 'nhn
tnis .pIYsicai curiosity Oh my en. .h f
pnyslIai si%e ape " rui, " iae'9e ~ %, .r5 '.5
plooaoinsy prov tnae enls protnea pl ,;atad na.d
ano aio 'ne VOTE was o. an . va -
s.aoure. = amath on tne Ilsns sIue
oIi ny Snai Ia vi d vdo ostat nnnr
a., tte o9ut anu niiiu. anu essase, anu uppu,
LSuoy .la' you caloS use ior t. Gu anu Gnns uns
oetteiiiiene o. the woriu SlAts nnsei
Th 80. slAtu ~ ~. soo al .oi ~ ,1a o ~
une llioso oi ine soou uoiie ~ we mor,u' anu
rht re nus. " .nuse wno WIN nv t .h U .s
Itgn., are oIaihaiy people. Couht ene iinRerS
ot tlisr rignt hanu anu they nave Jus. hTeH ns, %
no more anu no iess One poc1o. pu. ;n
anloiig missionaries, gu, three Inousahu ms
SQUARES snaI Moula Tell you ~ shey nave ohiy
;aIa ohon ~ ,,,.' me H.. ne rtGleSe aS
hnt ten W thnnssnd ,s SM woan m wSn ara at
GOOD % nnrses thnmoh never heard a. Of 'uT The
Eoou nurHes tnuuen never neafa oi. ine
,owanip ansei was pis gun .,t .1at auf uf ny ~
dino a. na, Ia os n9'se S uuS ~ i, ~
utai eaiu'e au sneiio " " ma y
@ netI ~ u.u ilis eneoao,un' I es,uenS y,ea M
@ ai.u MS ~ eao.ne. ~ :.H uoMh M 'ne loIoniao ohe
uay ~ .L VIII .ne a'.. reaIeae ite -.
ELeao noil gun .'ls,I was M W anIlsn WIN ''s
!huaaer m iofelgn havles. Inc gunner toucnes
i II OH ana II expiodes ana leaves caolnet MN,
lolers 9eau oI 'ne ueck, wnile al thao tithe az
up ahu uowh our coasts were cannon OF orul'
uue aeiu ~ 70 40 tue t vi lne =. aG,t
M 1n ioauy az 'nI To- .uuSn " ~ "ahen W ut.y
thn ne ;t eu,ie o, tn9 w1r,a u DS guhs A;ea sa
Sno , t aso .'do a;, al She .oise ~.
~ s;m nGrmo n4 az ~ DO ifu. s.n. -. .me
the dav tha aoa .;,h th ~ s;,a't Laot hai"t,
Iue Y HcAt uay oile peupe WIN one slien1 pa,Io.s
ii;on ~ ~ h;t i; aau oevU,o @ ~ I'm, a., H..
,oIn;,a " abn,. os ,h y. p'pe1 w. ~, fm =
mail na hosson, ,a' '''u'h ho''e "s '"e IA" VI
Clear BACK KIN IN the country today there are
noouels m pan api on, auu shoes ,asnlolieu st
On q rough iase Dy the shoeniaker az tne eng
9i tne iaIe, ,ocAhs 1au.es NV. snae are W 10 t,it M
MarIm Ms; Luspes, LUZ IT, anu .ne rurauays, ah9 shs
Eolsohs, any 1ne nlsiiiaIehs' :.' anu ~ tne uiau
stones an tne " usnihSeoois, t'hu suo oeor Ky
Wnteieids Q. tne year 1900, anu VINO WI
make tne 0'tn century 10 orlgns tnat tnis
much lauded nlneIeenth IN COMPARISON VII
seem ike tho DARK ages. 4ue longer
i've the more IKE common
ioiks They 40 the worlds work, bear
worlds sympathies, carrying the worlds con
ISOLATION: Among lawyers we see rise up
RUFUS Choate, or William w irt, or a SAM
uei Southland, but society would go to piece;
tomorrow II there were not thousands o.
common lawyers 10 see that men ana wonleI
get Their rights Valentine Mott or
Willard Farker rises up eminent IN the medi
cal profession, put wnat an uniiniiteC
sweep would pneumonia ana diphther'a,
and scarlet fever. have IN the worlc
if it were not for ten thousant
common doctors. The old physician in ai
gig rolling up the lane of the farmhouse, o.
riding on horseback, his medicines in tn
saddle-bags, arriving on the ninth day OF th'
fever, and coming in to take hold OF TN
pulse of the patient, while the family, pal'
with anxiety, are looking on and waiting To-
his decision in regard to the patient, ant
bearing hlm say naiR ne.R, uon ,al5 xn;to na.
masterei tl,e case ne :, se''S S,a. .n +ho NOV,
IN me an aulIilraoosi tu,O. E otro,eoI;ta, =.
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huten.nson, VI ,ha sne rrsan, pasS, 'Do "'' '''
hvIns men y, .He ,ia pa CO. j., oil do,ortra,,s
1e. "nas st;st,oS ~ ,.,;t, orSin.rn s,,haras .
feopie ny. .d,,,arr, 1,'tias I,,s..od of ~
worh anu @ "a ,,,hnt thou nas, 10 ,.,;tt har,
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