The Forrest City times., 1888-07-14
SOUR EXPERIENCES.
TALMAGEs SERMON IN CHICAGO.

AAhMAeES SERMON IN CHICAGO. fne Great Divine Diseoufsss iron. the Tex,
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 ChioAao, lII-, July s-The Rev. T. DeNiu iaimage, D. D., of Brooklyn, preach eu m ihis city this evening. He is here on HIS way home from tour of the Chautau- suAs in Missouri Kansas and Minnesota me Doctor had an enormous auditory. His suoleet vas Sour Experiences, and h.s text When Jesus thercfofe had received 'he vinegar "-sohn xi1. 30. The sermon was ss follows:
 The brigands of Jerusalem had done their WorK. It was almost sundowu. and Jesus was dying. Persons in crueIfxlon often fingered on from day to day--erying. beg. glng, cursing; but Christ had been exhaust cd oy years of maltreaiment PiIlowlc,s poorly led, hoggcd-as bent over and tied to low post His bare back was innamed with 'he seourges interstlced with piecea of iead and bones-snd now for whole hours. 'ne weight Of His body hung on delicate 'ehaont, and according to custom, a violent s'foke under the armpits had been given by tne executloner. Dizzy, swooning, nauseated, IeVerish-a world of agony is compressed fin the two words: q thIrstp' Q rkies of 1udea, let drop of rain stsike on His burn Ing tongue 0 world, with rolling rivers. sno Sparkling lakes, and spraying fountains, give Jesus something to drink. If there be any pity in earth, or heaven, or hell, let 1t now be demonstrated in behalf of tbl. royal sufferer. Tine wealthy women of JertisaIem ind they provided wine for those people who died in crucifxion-a powerful opiate to desden the pain, but Christ would not take it. He wanted to dIe sober, and so He refused the wine Bu. af- terwsrd they go to a cup of vinegar and soak sponge in it and put it on q stick of hyssop, and then press it against the hot lips of Christ You say that the wine was an an. gsthetic and intended to relieve or deaden tDe pain But the vinegar was an insult I am disposed 10 adopt the theory of the old English commentators, who believed that in. stead Of It's being an opiate to soothe, 1t was vinegar to insult. Malaga and Burgundy for grand dukes and duchesses, and costly wines from royal yats for bloated imperials; but stinging acids for dying Christ He took the vinegar.
 In some lives the saccharne seems to nre. dominate. Life is sunshine on a bank of nowers thousand hands to clap approval
 
 ibeir fable, they see all their family present. Health rubcund Skies fiamboyant. Days resilient But in great many cases there are not so many sugars as acids The rr- | noyanees' and the vacations, and the dIsap- | pointments of life overpcwer the suceesses There is gravel in almost every shoe. An | Arabian legend says that there was a worm | In solomon's staff, gnawing It's strength | away and there Is weak spot in every | earthly support that mar leans ol, King | tPNrVp EuUIauH of his throne s1scause, one day fin an inter. | view, ocau Brummei called hm by his first | Daine, and addressed him as a servant cry Ing: George, ring the bell" Miss Lan gdon; | honored all the world over for her poetic | genius, is so worried over the evil reports set | sfoat regarding her, that she is found dead, with an empty bottle of prussic acid in her | bahd. Goldsmith said that his life was a | wretched being. and that all that | want and contempt could bring to | had been brought and cries out: What, then, is there formidable in a | jailP Correggio's fine painting Is hung up | Tor tavern sign Hogarlh cannot sell his | best painting except through a rafiie. An drew Delsart makes the great fresco in the | Church Of the Aununciaia at Florence, and | gets Tor pay sack of corn; and there are | snnoyances and vacations in high places as well as in low places, showing that in treat | many lives the sours are greater than the | sweets. When Jesus therefore had receiv- | cd the ylnegarn
 IL is absurd 10 think a man who has always | been well can synpathize with those who | are sick or that one who has always been | honored gan appreciate the sorrow of those | who are despised; or that one who has been | born 10 great fortune can understand the | distress and the straits of those who are desti- | tute. The fact that Christ Himself took the | vinegar makes Him able to sympathze to- day | and for ever with all those whose cup Is fill | cd with sharp acids of this life. He took the yinegarl
 In the first place, there is the sourness of betrayal The treaeherY of Judas hurt Cbrisps feelings more than all the friend | ship Of His disciples did him good. You have | had many friends; but there was one friend | upon whom you put especial stress. You feasted him and loaned him money. You be- friended him in the dark passes of life when he especially needed 6 friend. Afterward, | be turned upon you, and he took advantage | Of your former intlmacies. He wrote against you. He talked against you. He micro scopzed your faults. He flung contempt at you when you ought to have received noth- ing but gratitude. At first you could not sleep at nights. Then you went about with a sense of having been stung. That dfil- culty will never be healed, for though mutual friends may arbitrate In the matter until you shall shake hands, the old cordially will never come again. Now l commend to all such the sympathy of be- trayed Christ Why, they sold Him for less than our twenty dollars They all forsook Him. and fled. They cut Him to he quick He drank that cup of betrayal to the dregs lie took the vinegar.
 There Is also the sourness of pain. There are some of you who have not seen well dsy for many years By keeping out Of draughts, and by carefully studying dietetlcs you continue to this time; but O, the head aches, and the sideaehes, and the backaehes and the heartaches which have been your accompaniment all the way through You have struggled under heavy mortgage or phy sical disabilities; and instead of the pla- cidity that once eharscterzed you, 1t Is now only with great effort that you keep away from irrltablity and short retort. Difficulties Of respiration, of digestion, of locomotion, make up the great obstacle fin your life, and you tug and sweat along the pathway, and wonder when the exhaustion will end My friends, the brightest crowns in heaven will not be given to those who, in slirrups, dashed to the cavalry charge, while the general ap- plauded, and the sound of clashing sabres rang through the land but the brightest crowns in heaven, believe, will be given to those who trudged on and amid chronic ail- ments which unnerved their strength, yet all the time maintalning their faith In God. It is comparatively easy to fight in regiment of thousand men, charging up the parapets to the sound of martial music; but 1t is not so easy to endure when no one but the nurse and the doctor are the witnesses or the Christian fortitude. Besides that you never had any pains worse than Christ's. The sharp ness that stung through His brain, through His hands, through Ills feet, through Ills heart, were as great as yours certainly. He was as sick and as weary. Not nerve, or muscle, CT lgament escaped. All the bangs of all the nations of all the ages compressed into one sour cup, He took the vinegar
 There is also the sourness of poverty. Your income does not meet your outgoings. and that always gives an honest man anxiety. There is no sign Of Restitution about you pleasant appearance, and cheerful home for you; but God only knows what time you have had to manage your private finances Just as the bills run up, the wages seem to run down. But you are not the only one who has not been paid for hard work. The great Wilkie sold his celebrated piece, "Ihe Blind Fiddler" for fifty guineas, although after wards it brought It's thousands The world hanra in admlrnilnn over the sketch Of