Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-12
THE AGE OF SWINDLE.
THE REV. Or. TALMAGE'S SERMON
AT THE TABERNACLE.

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Religion Is Hnmhag-When 1t Ii
Right to borrow.
BhonKLfN, March a-Ine hynin sung at
the Tabernacle this morning begins:
\ cloud OF witnesses around
Hold thee In full survey;
Forget the s'tpa aireahy tr"d
ANA on"s'u ur rse 'hy way.
As, ihst sabbath, the Rev. 1. De Witt Tai
mage, ID, the pastor, had baptized by
sprInSling, he, tins morning. baptized by i'm
merSion those who preferred this mode, q
baptlstry having been built under the pulpit.
The subject OF his sermon wss, The Age Of
Swindle, and the text, Job viii, IA: "Whnss
trust shall be spiders web" DIR. Talmsgs
said:
The two most sslllful architects in all tho
world are the bee and the spider. The one
puts up sugar manufactory and tho other
builds slaughter house for flies On q
bright summer morning, when the sun comes
out and shines upon tho spiders web, BE-
decEed with dew, the gossamer structure
seems bright enough for suspension bridge
Tor supernatural beinSs 70 cross on but
alas for tho poor fly, which. in the latter
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caught ana duugeoned and destroyed. The
fly was informed that 1t was a free bridge,
and would cost nothing, but at tho other end
oi the bridge the toll patd was us own life.
The next day there comes q strong wind, and
away goes tne weo' and the marandinS
spider and the rictimiDed ny. 40 delicate
are the sliken thresds OF the SPIDERS weo
that many thousands OF them ara put to
Gether beiore they become Vislhis 60 the
human eye, and u taxes foor"' VI them TO
make thread as large AZ the humnn hair
Most cruel AZ well as most ingenious is the
spider. A prisoner IN the bastiie. Franco
had one 60 uaiiieh thht az tne SOUND OF
Eloiin IL every Gay came TOT i's meal OF Mes
Jon, the author OF my text ana the leading
scientist OF ms Day han no doubt watched
the voraciouS process of this ono insect with
another, and saw spider and fly swept down
with the same broom, or scattered by the
same wind ainS' that the world has sp many
designing spiders AMI victru1iSei fiieS,
There has not teen time when the utter
and black irreSponSlhility Of many men hav-
ing the financial Interests Of others in charge
has been more evident than in these last few
years
The unr"otinS OF banks and disappearance
of administrators with tie funds OF large
estates. and the disorder amid Postothcs
accounts and deficits amid United States
officials, have made pestllence Of crime
that soiemni1es every thoughtful man and
woman, ana leads every ph!!anthropist and
Christian TO ask: " hat shall be done to stay
the plaSuei There Is q monsoon abroad,
typhoon, slroccn sometimes ask myself
II 1t would not be better for men making
Wis u belueeth the property directly to
tile executors ana oniC~Ars OF the court, and
appoint the widows and orphans commit
tee 10 see that the former got all That did not
belong to them The slInpie TACT II that
there are large nunoer Oh men sailing
yachts and driving last horses, aud members
ot expensive CLUB houSes and controlling
country seats who are nor worth dollar
theE return !" otneFS Ter Just
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lal1' anu Win a.ii'''si All St7'h !" To
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10 ahViSe rhe'n' ana 'neS are su'aed S'ieis oy
tAe charac'el Vi tne men "n's' nathes are
associate" WIN 'he iiis'''n'ion, nhen the
crash came ana WIN the Overthrow OF the
nan"S went me small earnings Ahd limited
fortunes oi WIDOWS ann orphans ana The
heipi'SSiE aS@i' the directors 5000 Win
ial"''c staFs' ana 10 the inquiry Oh 'oe
1Fe.izlei delSNito's ana s'ockhouers VINO nsd
lost 'aeir ALL ana 10 'he arrais ninens OF an
indignant pun!ic ma morning F" say except:
W" th"uSn' ~ vas III 'iSn] We oid not
kn"" tnsre was ahE'hins wrong go