The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-05
HEssUNM SIDE.
There Are Well-Springs OF Joy for
the True Believers,


the True Believers,
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And Satisfaction to All who Work Under
Gods Guidance-C Christ Must Not be ..
Rejected or the Soul Will be
Ls't-Talmage's Sermon.
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Rev. TIDE Witt Talmage, D. D., preached
In the Brooklyn Tabernacle Sunday on
"New Springs Of JOY" The text was:
Thou hast given me Q south land give
nsAlso springs Of water. Ard he gave
her the uppef springs and the nsths
springA "Joshng xv., 10.
The city of Dsbir was the Boston Of an
Aquity-a great place for brain and booka
Caleb wanted II, and shea offered bis
daughter Achsah as . prize y any one who
would capture that city. TWAS strange
thing for Caleb to do, and yet the man
that could take that city would have, at
any rate, two elements Of manhood
bravery and patriotism. With Caleb's
daughter as prize to fight for, General
Othniel rode into the battle The gates OF
Dsbir were Numbered into the dust and
the city Of books lay at the feet Of the con-
Querors. The work done, Othniel comes
back to claim his bride.
Having conquered the city, 1t is no great
Job for him to conquer the girls heart;
for however faint hearted q woman her.
self may be, she always loves courage in
. man. never saw an exception to that
The wedding festivities having gone by,
Othniel and Achsah are about to 60 to
their new home. However loudly the
eymbals may clash and the laughter ring,
parents are always sad when fondly.
cherished daughter goes Of to stay; and
Achsah, the daughter Of Caleb, knows that
now Is the time to ask almost any thing
she wants of her father. It seems that
Caleb, the good old man, had given as
wedding present to his daughter piece of
land that was noun ainous and sloping
southwark toward the deserts Of Arabia,
swept with some very high winds 1t
was called "s south land" But Achsah
wants an addition Of property; she wants
apiece of land that Is well watered and
fertile. Now, 1t Is no wonder that Caleb,
standing amid the bridal party, his eyes
90 full of tears because she was going
away that he could hardly see her at ALL
gives her more than she asks She said to
him: Thou hast given me south land |;
give me also springs of water. Aud he
gave her the upper springs, and the neither
springa F." snSa;s. ...g=-
What suggestive passage! The fact
10, that as Caleb, the father gave Achsah,
the daughter, south land, so God gives
to us His world. Lam very thankful he
has given 1t to US But am like Achsah
IN the fact that want larger portion.
Trees and flowers and grass and blue
skies are very we'll in their places,
but he who has nothing but
this world for portion has no portion at
all. 1t is mountainous land sloping off
toward the desert of sorrow, swept by
| fiery siroccos; it is "a south land" q poor
portion for any man that tries to put his
| trust in it. What has been your expert
| ence? What has been the experience of
every man, Of every woman that has tried
this world for portion3 Queen E liza.
beth, amidst the surroundings Of pomp, Is
unhappy because the painter sketches
too infinitely the WRINKLES on her face
and she Indignantly cries out: You mus.
strike of my likeness without any sbad-
owsw Hogarth, at the very height of his
artistic triumph, is stung almost to death
with chagrin because the painting he
had dedicated to the King does not seem
to be acceptable; for Gsorge II. cried out:
"Who is this Hogarthp Take his trumpery
out of my presence" Brinsley Sheridan
thrilled the earth with his eloqaenc., but
had for his last words, Il am absolutely
undone." Walter Scott, fumbling around
the inkstand, trying to write, says to his
daughter: 'Oh, take me back to my room
there is no rest for Sir Walter but in the
grave" Stephen Girard, the wealthiest
man in his day, or. at any rate, only
second in wealth. says: 81 live the life of
galley slave; when l arise in the morn
ing my one effort is to work so hard that
can sleep when it gets to be night"
Charles Lamb, applauded Of oil the world,
In the very midst OF his literary triumph,
says: "Do you remember, Bridget, when
we used to laugh from the shilling gallery
at the play? There are now no good plays
to laugh at from the boxes" But why GO
so for as that? l used to go no further
than your street to find an illustration OF
what am saying. ts3
Pick me out ten successful worldlings-
without any religion, and you know what
Imsan by successful worldlings- me
out ten successful worldlings, and you can
not find more than one that looks happy.
Cara Grags him across the bridge; care
drags him back. Take your stand at two
O'Clock at the corner of Nassau and Wall
streets or at the corner of Canal street
and Broad way, and see the agonized phys.
Economies Your bankers, your insurance
and your retailers, as class-as class,
are they happy? No. Care dogs .heir
steps; and, making no appeal to God for
help or comfort, they are tossed every
whittier How has it been with you, my
hearer? Are you more contented in tn /,
house of fourteen room, than you were in
the two rooms you had in house when
you started? Have you not had more care
and worriment since you won that $50, 0JC
than you did before? Some OF the poorest
men have ever known have been those oil
great fortune. A man Of small means may
be put in great business straits, but the
ghastliest OF all embarrassment is that oil
the man who has large estates. The men
who commit suicide because of monetary
losses are those who can not bear the bur.
den any more, because they have only
$40, 900 left
On Bowling Green, New York, there is q
house where Talleyrand used to 60 He
was favorite man. All the world knew
him, and he had wealth almost unlimited
| yet at thu clo.e Of his life ha saws: tRa.