Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-11-02
WHAT TROUBLE is FOR.
SERMON PREACHED BY DR.. TALMAeE
SUNDAY. OCT. 81.


Gods Hand srnll Wipe Away All Tears.
swee. Arc tho Uses of AtIverity-The
Gloriss of Heaven GlowinEly Portrayed.
Tho Love of God.
BROOKLYN, Oct. 27.-The Rev. T. De
Witt Talmage, D. D., preached 10 an
Overlooking congregations At the Acad-
envy of Music today.
IS Before preaching he said that mis-
taken notion was abroad that the i'll
5surance on his destroyed church was
enough to rebuild. The repetition of
disasters deft us in debt. We have
practically built three churches since
Hlcane to Brooklyn. FirS.. Tie orig
Sinai Tabernacle. Soon after that we
made an enlargement that cost almost
AS much asa church. a few years
safter;it allsburped Then we put up
the building recently destroyed, and
reared in time when the whole
county was In its worst financial dis:
have done mlgnificently. but any
church would he in debt after SO many
cllanities. Now for the first time we
are out of debt But VIC need at least
one hundred thousand dollars to build
church large enough. and we ca u
on people of all crrcds and all lands
to help Before help dedicate new
church we must have every dollar OF
it paid Il will never again be pastor
of u church in debt II has crippled
us in all our movements, and | shall
never again wear the sliackles. | have
for the last sixteen years preached to
about five thousand people sitting and
standing. twice Sabbath. but every
body knows that we need IL place that
will hold eight thousand. | Shall not
be surprised if some man OF wealth
shall say: Here are hundred thou
sand dollars il you will put up Il me-
mortal structure. and call it after the
name of my departed father or child
whose memory want put before all
nations and for all time. And SO ii
would be done
SWEET ARE TIE USES OF ADVERSELY.
DR.. Talmagcs text was: God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Rev. vii. II Hc sid:
Riding across western prairie,
wild flowers up to the hub of tbs car.
ragc wheel. and whilca long distance
from any shelter, there came a sudden
shower, and while the rain was fall
ing in torrents, the sun was shining as
brightly as | ever saw it shine; and ]
Thought. what beautiful spectacle
this is So the tears Of the Bible are
not midnight storm, but rain on pam
sled prarics in Gods sweet and golden
sunlight You remember that bottle
which David labeled as containing
tears. and Mary's tears and Paul's
tears, and Christs tears and the har-
vest of JOY that is to spring from the
sowing of tears. God mixes them.
God rounds them. God shows them
where to fall. God exhales them. A
census is taken of them. and there is
record as to the r.ament when they
are born, and as to the place Of their
grave. Tears Of ba! men are not kept.
Alexander, in his sorrow, had the hair
clipped from his horses and mules,
and made a great ado about Ills grief;
but rail- The vases Of heaven there is
not one of Alcxander's tears. speak
of the tears Of the good. Alasl me
they arc falling all the time. In sum
mer, you sometimes hear the growl-
ing thunder. and you see there is q
storm miles away; bat you know from
the drift of the clouds that it will not
come anywhere near you. So, though
it may be all bright around about us,
there is a shower of trouble some
where all the time. Tearsi Tears
What is the use Of them anyhow
Why not substitute lauShters Why
not make this world where all the
people are we'll and eternal strangers
to pain and achcs2 What is the use
of an eastern storm when we might
have a perpetual nor'westcr9 Why,
when family is put together, not
have them all stay, or if they must
be transplanted 10 make other homes,
then have them all liver the family
record telling story of marriages and
births, but Of no deaths. Why not
iI;l-c@t the harvests chase each other
without istti ra;;ne toil2 Why the hard
pillow, the hard crust, L,iv>hartl strug-
gle2 lis easy enough to expi;::..
smile, or success, or congratula-
ton; but. come now, and bring all
your dictionaries and all your phi
losophies and all your religions and
help me explain tear a chemist
will tell you that it is made up Of salt
and lime and other component parts;
but he misses the chief ingredients
the acid of !. soured life. tho viperine
sting of bitter memory, the frag-
ments of a broken heart. will tell
you what tear is; it is agony in solu.
ton.
Hear me. then, while discourse to
you OF the uses of trouble.
1T FITS FOR HEAVEN.
First-It is the design of trouble to
keep this world from Being too at
tractive Something must be done to
make us willing to quit this existence;
If it were not for trouble this world
would be good enough heaven for
me. You and | would be willing 10
take lease OF this life for hundred
million years if there were no trouble.
The earth cushioned and upholstered
and pillared and chandeliered with
such expense, mo story of other worlds
could enchant us. We would say:
Let well enough alone. II you want
to die and have your. body dislnte-
grated in the dust. and your soul go
out on celestial adventure, then you
can go; but this world is good enough
for me-" You might as well go to
man who has just entered the Louvre
at Paris, and tell him to hasten off to
the picture galleries of Venice or
Florence. why" he would say,
what is the use Of my going therc2
| There are Rembrandts and Rubens