The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-26
REV. DR. TALMAGE.
THE BRoogLYN DIvINEs SUN
DAY SERMON.
subject: .'our Own Generation

been running through my mind, but not uil-
~ DOW hes Il been fully revealed 70 mi
Sermons have time 10 be born as well as
time ~ die, \ cradle Is well as e gray
Daf-1. cowboy and stone-slinger and nehtH
eaa car ana dramEtist and blank feIH
filier and prophet. did bis best Tor ne Psop ( /
q lis time and then went and iaid do"h q !
The southern hill Of Jerusalem Ia that sound
slunber which nothing but an arcnAnsei /
LlHst can stnrtlc David, htfer ne naa /
served his own generation By the VIII OF oo'l 4
leil uu sleep /
u uns "a o,rs generation that he had 4
served. that il the people living al tae tune /
Dc lived And have you ever thought tut /
our responsibilities are chleny Win We 4
people TOW walking abreast OF Is Aheie /
are about four generations to century now /
buf ID den tisue life was longer and there /
WIS. perhaps, Oaly one genefallon 70 ceil-
turs. Taking teese facts INTO the calculation, \
laaEs rough guess ana s-y taat there naNe /
bel At least one hundred and eighty /
generations Of the human family. With /
Ialerenoe 70 them We have no responsibility. /
re clnnnt teach them, We cannot correct /
their suigtases We cannot s0othe their 50
rows we cannor heal their wounds The r
Eepalahags are deaf and dumb TO anything I
tso night say 10 them. The last regiment IL /
thar great array has passed out Of sight. We 4
might Laloo as laud as We could, not one tf /
them would aFert bis head 10 see what we |
Hrniel j
iaimit that / ara IN sympathy with the |
cald whose father had suddenly died and .
.-szso in her 1.-THE evening prayer wanted 70 /
tell'nlia - pray for her father although he
lad gQue into heaven and no more needed
Der prayers. and looking up into her
tuQt5er's 5rce said. 20, mOthsr, ! can
not leave him aii out Let me say,
g bank l5cd that had a good father once,
ana 80 ] can keep nim in my pray
efA hlI the one hundred and eighty gen
erations have passed OF. Passed up. PASSED.
down tfone forever. Then there are gener-
kliQns % come after our earthly existence /
has CEASED, perhaps a hundred and eighty
EeueratiGls more nerlars q THOUSAND rener-
aticns more. We shat not see them, We shall
not near any OF their voices, we will take no
part in III r. Conversations their elections.
Their revolutions. their cafastr0PheS. their
riumnls lte viii 10 no wise AFFECT the ono
hundred aud eighty generations gone or the
orc hundred and eighty generations % come
except as from the galleries. Of heaven tho
former generations look down and rejoice Sc
our victories. or IS we may hy our behavior
start infnereas. good or BAD, that shall roll
oitir1ll4,n the advancing ages EH.t orr husi-
ness is.i-1e David 10 serve our own generation.
ne people nov living, thosa Whose luiiss now
rr'athe and WHOSE hearts now beat And
marx YOU 10 IS not a silent procession. BIZ.
MOVING u 8 a forced march az twenty
lQur mites day escl hour beng q mile
Going with BE- 4 CELEBRITY. il has got t. be
quick sarrica Oh our nurt or no serFice at
al We not only cannot teach the
one ulnlreI and eighty genera
tons past and VIII not see the
cue HUNDRED generations 20 come. but this
Eenefaf on now on rha stage VIII soon be of
1ni We ourselves Will bs on with them The
met ii Thar Yuu aud i VIII nave 70 start very
sooa for Cur Eork or it will ile iTonical and ,
flie1allc Tor any ole altar orr exit TO say OF
rs. as q was Sad az David after be had
terlel ms own generation by the VIII Of God /
le lClI on sleen
Wei, now let Is look around earnestly.
prnferiuIiY and IN common sense way and
- SWAT Ne can do for our own generation
r-r't - aa iet rs see 70 il that. as far as we :
tte aneY have enough 10 eat The human
lQiT IS 50 constituted that three times a day
ilf tqaf needs food as much Is a lamp
n~ .s oil as much as e locomotive
hs taeL To meet this want God
~ 4fiiei ths eartA with apple orchards,
.-etifr groves, ls1eat helds aud oceans full Z
81 ii-l and rrrirles ful of cattle And not
nlii-9lailing this I viii undertake 70 say I
lA1t lile ffsi majority Of the human family !
are suffering ether for lack OF food or the !
i--nl -iii- n fool Our civilization is all !
s el rus sa5lsse aud God only can set !
aluy q the Ersatzst estates Of today have /,
beer lullr ON q The blood and ZONES IN m =
re9liie1 toiL Ia aliea times for the build l
~ r. iefis ana towers, the Inhabitants
q lsq-lau hal = contribute 7O0 99 hunan
e-''if aus tag q 1880 human skulls and
tf1- ulrIner ~ na01ia were Slain - - -
tir1lisl re stl-is Bur these two eoufribu-
Z ls lsiei together made only IsO0l0 ;.
wealth Hrl pamp aai mngnifeence have =
Da.n wrought che skeletons q amounted !,
1lnlpeFa q the half fei populations q tie ,
ez-tn. MIA ons 81 skulls
Don't sit down az your table with Hva or
six culrsas Of attendant SUPPLY and thf1lr u
no-hing II fiilt family IN the next street who :
i'nu'4 take any one a. those fre courses be- =.
tween soap aud almond nuts aud Eel thev .
~ 's u .eten The .ack o. The right kind 5
oi ZOOS p the cau7s of much Of the druak- !,
eiinas- After driHEinE what many OF our .
gro ere eau cqIse, sgestsued With whar :
many cal sugar, and eating what uaur 81 4
pir ul5ners cal meat aui chewing what n
many nt our bakers call bread. many Of the Il
'1iIorIl- CLASSES feel 50 miserable they ar :
-e.iptaa 70 put into their nasty pipes 4,
n M ila to1secsuist calls tobacco. or N
81 INTO tna lrlnEiug saloons for what the i,
nm sellers cali deer. Good elfes would a. \
noca NJ diiFing#sut 3D. r1 Aiulserasion 10
?. 100 ms got - ae az evil ~ asst which RI
~ lle lealt- Q=esrs anu niI TIE 90 Tors aud Ill
% tla niu sters and cd. Ire r. r. lars and sii
3. tle fistHus 10 cd .1 or them pa
1lfes in a1ttls array Hos can zs serve be
'tt se'lellI ~ = en- elclrl 81 est bV sit tn
1e curlu On elzfiirf lerei s.i1aa-s and iounp- wi
lE tfifaa % au arnf c'llir- our mouth Hck- as
iel ~ lrllll g Laranl ri tie best lra-.f 20
na 1-rop-f cloals OF luEuri4nt smoke sal
ne au1ut political eelnomr aud tie ph. wi
p1T qf sirizesl 30. N1l By fndsng Hi
NO M Brooklyn has heen living on erisf til,
M sending rhen tend rioin baefsteak. he
Eek out some family who through sickness Eo
rpnl nifiiol u misfortune have -
~ fnnlgh 70 eat and do FOR Pr
~ Naat Christ did for the ae,
lrerF muiliud' Of Asia Minor muitfulv- VI
p inc loaFes aud the fishes. Let Is q1it ali.
ilslllng OF ourseires Until we cannot Eol
N'-r aiiplllT crumD Of cake and be- 10
p re sup y % others neessities. me
y = oitea SEE &C q small scale reeziessnesg con
out ~ welfare OF other which a great con
.rri'f 1fresssi on a large scale whe1 his yoH
'.frs Nere disturbing him from a certain 9th
ts-A saying -lt woud cost two hum lly
-. an ilses, rep ying with a diabol- u e.
% nat can never b. f0rEottan- What as no
" baulrel thousand lives 10 rnsg5 no
~ ron lelping nppsase the worlds II
--r Mere are those whom Isaiah a. the
- . ginning the faces Of the poor You thro
~ seen farmer or b mechanic mt a that
yine OF an * on s grindssoue white l-or,e RICH
Z va tifalns = round and round. and RICH
man ppi1lng the Ak bore on il harder iTns
= A%isf H1le the water dropped from ton
2 erinlsfone. and The eiee Of ia a. fro,, 20
ing round and dull cot keensr and Feener. posi-
ID rIe ulzcn1uic lifted she q x gliatsnins and who
arp an vita edge 30 keen be must eau aros
luSy run bis finger along lest while ex- emo
llr-nE the Implement be cut his hand " /
The lple 50 7 have seen msn who were yea
= azainst the grindstone Of hardship, and The
NE one turned tbs crank another would men
- t1e unfortunate harder down and men
rl7r down unti he was gr JUnd away thin taue
? aus thinner, lis comforts thinner. hIs ssssra
o p lllnner aud ha face thinner fesi
ID lslial sfriaEs out. What mean " her
at ye grind the fares Of the poorfi IL Is the
asfu thing 70 bs hungry. i 3 an sasy And
nE Tor us 70 b IN good bumor with ali the Whes
ill wen ne have no lack Bat let hun the e
take 1ui P0ssession Of ~ and We would unan
turn into oarbarinns and cannibEls and DO il
la- ally
an glad 70 know that the time IS coming, "
rasis1 - Hhel every family in the rion
al 1or.d vii si- down az full table and with
vi D. only question between lamb sf1n.
feuslon, Or between partridge and fgre
u On toast. and out Of spoons made cam
~ Nevada silver or California gold the ~
~ riI drop on tongues thrilling with frisn
itir'ness oeciu=e they have full enough. bnt
re no idea God Is going 70 let the human ton
Say y is present. prsiieament SON
l-a world winds no As it now 10,
WI b an awful failure OF ino ,
49, l1e barren places will be hund
ie--L The pomnlossis hened OF God. are !
lfks o. tn fH1its The bataufsts in L,-r5,
4. ~ ~. VII help on the gardens four ,