Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-24
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II ' r,,. Colouuintida of Mighty
rn'~ r,,,,rons of lniqui,y to He
p'"' shore in Modern Life
:, :. r. De Witt Talmage. D. D.,
ne" - the Brooklyn Tabernacle
pea ~ vast congregation. His
BY 10 "A Poisoned Dinner" and
ct W.T. va Kings iv, 40: so they poured,
y! !. the h. men to eat: And it came to
pr IN they we're eating of the pottage.
as y, ~ crIed ont, and said, 0 thou
ny u nio1 there is death in the pot.
y "o could not eat thereof"
1T: had gone down to lecture to
'h ,,m NJ, in the theological semin-
'l m;laal He found the students
Nor as students are very apt to
1G ~ very seldom the world makes
! divisions for those who give
p , ,rYsstointellectual toll. In order
s e. students may be prepared to
nbot Elisha says, he first feeds
Snnaer. He knew very we'll it is
~ y TO talk, to preach, to lecture
,I;sLa, recognizing this common
nrInciple, which every Christian
- recognize. sends servants out
food for these hungry students.
Nick up some good, healthful
but they happen to pick up also
,iutida, a bitter, poisonous. death
VIZ They bring all these herbs,
nj them into the boiling pot, they
IN up, and then portion of this
: brought to the students and
professors. Seated at the table,
the hungry students begins i'm
,.ly to cat, and he happens to get
+ some of the coloquintida. He
i, by the taste. He cries out:
NJ poison! o thou man of God,
is death in the pot!" Consterna-
thrown over the whole group.
A fortunate thing it was that this
II was so early found the colo
1a in the mixture at the table!
III BY reference find this story is
civ as | have mentioned it.
|, in our day there are great cal
of sin and death. Coloquintida
,hty temptation is pressed into it.
din it out, and taste, and reject it
We. Others dip it out, taste it,
NJ and die. And it is the business
nv minister of religion and every
ho wishes we'll to the human race,
no wants to keep the world back
is follies and its sufferings, to cry
Beware! poison, poison! Look
r this caldron! Stand back! Be-
has done an awful work in our
1t has gone out through all the
t has mixed up a great caldron of
{ and suffering and pain, and the
race is poisoned-poisoned in
poisoned in mind, poisoned in
But blessed be God that the Cos
Jesus Christ is the antidote, and
there was sin there shall be par
and where there was suffering
shall be comfort, and where there
,ath there shall be life.
e time ago, you will remember, l
ded you Of the Importance of be-
in judgment of others.
same time I said to you briefly
his morning l wish to say with
that while we sympa-
With the sinner we must denounce
j. that while we pity the unfortu-
Q must be vehement against trans
IN. Sin is jagged firing that
to be roughly handled. You have
ht to garland it with fine phrases
rous rhetoric, You cannot catch
10 with silken lasso.
pup OF emigrants settle in a wild
The next day wild beast comes
from the mountain and carries OFF
II child. Forthwith all the neigh
and together, andthey go out with
II one hand and gun in the other
t these monsters down, to find
iding place, to light up and ran
lie cayerns, and to destroy the in
of their houses. So we want
ot merely to talk about the sins
lilies of the world, we want to go
them, back of them. Down into
'erns where they hide we need to
h the torch of Gods Word in one
nd the sword of Gods eternal
in the other to hunt out and Stay
niquities in their hiding places.
come back to the figures suggested
text, we want to find what are
ldrons of sin and death from
the iniquities of society are
out.
Il the first place, 1 remark; that
Ply and und;sciplined homes are
drons of great iniquity. Parents
md cruel on the one hand, or on
Ter hand loose in their govern
~ickedly loose in their govern
are raising up generation of
\ home where scolding and
ness are dominant is blood rela-
the gallows and the penitentiary!
nee is serpent that crawis up
e family nursery sometimes and
$ everything. Why, there are
who even make religion dis
g to their children, They scold
Or not loving Christ. They have
operating way of doing their duty.
'use is full of the war whoop of
ton, and from such q place hus-
nd sons go out to die.
is there q Hagar lending away
II into the desert to be smitten OF
rst and parched of the sand? In
Tenn birth hour q voice fell to
rom the throne Of God, saying;
this child and nurse it for me,
will give thee thy wages" At
line, when the angels of God
over that home, do they hear the
IN lisping the name of Jesus? O
r for eternity, your little ones
ed under your robes, are you lead
EN- on the right road, or are you
them out on the dangerous wind
idle path, off which their mex
ced feet may slip, and up which
the bowling of the wolf and the
of loosened ledge and tumbline
che? Blessed is the family altar
IN the children kneel. Blessed il
IDLE in which the Christian mother
the Christian child. Blessed is
lg the little ones sing at night