The Grenada sentinel., 1889-05-25
NEW SPRINGS OF JOY"
Sermon by Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
mage at Brooklyn Tabernacle.
Veal and Imaginary Pleasures Contrssted d
The Fleeting Nature of Riches Com
pared with the Wealth of the Re-
ngion OF the saviour.

For the subject of a recent sermon il
the Brooklyn Tabernacle Rev. 7. Dewitt
ralmage took New Springs of Joy,
saking for his text:
Thou hast given ne south land; give mi
also springs OF water And he gave her th'
upper springs and the neither spriugs.-Joshui
w. t9
The City of Debir was the Boston o
antiguity-a great place for brain anC
hooks, Caleb wanted it, and he offered
his daughter Achsah as prize to any
one who would capture that city. 1t was
strange thing for Caleb to do; and yet
the man that could take the city would
have, at any rate, two elements of man
hood-bravery and patriotism. With
Caieb's daughter as a prize to fight for,
General 0thuiel rode into the battle.
The gates Of Debir we're thundered into
the dust and the city of books lay at the
feet Of the conquerors. The work done,
Dtpnel comes back to claim his bride.
Having conquered the city it is no great
job for him to conquer the girls heart,
for however faint hearted a woman her.
self may be she always loves courage
in a man. | never saw an exception
t0 that. The wedding festirity
having gone by, Othniel and Achsah are
about TO go to their new home. However
loudly the cynbals' may clash and the
laughter ring. parents are always sad
when a fondly- cherished daughter goes
off 30 stay; aud AchsGh, the daughter of
Caleb, knows that now is the time to ask
almost any thing she wants of her father.
II esems that Caleb, the good old man,
had given as a wedding present TO his
daughter a piece OF lnud that was mount
aIn0us, and slopiug southward toward the
fgserts OF Arabia swept with some very
hot utlds. II was called "a south land"
i3ut Acbsah want, an addition Of proper
ty; she want- q piece Of land that is we'll
Watered and ertlle Now. it is no wonder
thai Caleb, standing amidst the bridal
party, his eyes SO full of tears because
she was going away that be could hardly
see her at ali, gives her more than she
asks. She said 10 him: Thou hast given
me q gortL land; give me also springs Of
voter" Aud he gave her the upper
springs and the neither springs.
Wnat Suggestive passage! The fact
IS, that a. Caleb. the father, gave Achsah,
Tho daughter. a soGth land, so God gives
10 Us His world. | am very thankful He
has given it to Us. But anu like Achsah
in the fact that | want d larger portion,
Trees and flowers aud grass and blue
skies are very well in their places; but he
Who has nothing but tbi, world for por-
lion haF no portion at all. ltis mount
ainous land, aiopjag of toward the desert
Of sorrow, swept by fiery siroccos; II is
"a south land poor portion for any
man that t"ie, to pat his trust III 1t.
Wha, has been your experience: What
has been the experience Of every man, OF
every woman that has tried this world for
po1tionE QaecR Elizabeth, amidst the
surroundings OF pomp, Is unhappy be-
cause the painter sketches too minutely
The wrinkles on her face, and she indig-
aantlv cries out: ''You must strike off
my likeness without any shadows" Ho-
garth at the very height of his artistic
921agu '82E 55caase n%"'t the ." Psint, aSatn
King does not &eeuf gaiGa&Ae epttGDIU, the
George II. cries out: "Who is this Ho-
garth Take his trRmpery out of my
proserre," Briusiey Sheridan thrilled
she earth with his eloquence, but had for
his last words; II am absolutely un-
-JDrc." Waite" Scott fumbliug around |
Tho IDkstaud. trying to write, says to his |
daughter: "Dh, take me back to my
soOm; there Is no rest for Sir Walter
but. In The grave.' Stephen Girard, the
Weilthest man in his day. or, at any rate,
only second in wealth, saws: 81 live the |
life o. a galley slave; when | arise in the |
morning my one effort is to work so hard |
tbat ! can sleep when it gets to be night" |
Charles Lamb, appiaUded of all the |
world, II the very midst Of his literary |
triumph says: DO YOU remember, |
Bridget when we used to laugh from the |
shilling gallery aJ the play; There are |
row Nc good plays to laugh at from the |
boxes" But why 60 so far as thatY used |
" " no further than your street to find |
aD illustration of what am saying.
Pick NE ont tea successful wOrldlings
without anv religion, and you know
what mean by successful worldlings-
pick me out ten successful worldlings,
and you can not find more than one that
looks happy. Care drags him across the
bridge; care draGS linn back. Take your
stand at two O'Clock at the corner Of Mas
sau and Wall streets. or at the corner of
Canal street and Broadway, and see the
agoni2ed physiognOmies. Your bankers,
your Insurance men, your importers, your
wholesalers and your retailers, as a class
--ag a class, are they happy: No. Care
dog their steps; and, making no appeal
30 God for helpor comfort, they are tossed
How has it been with you,
my bearer: Are YOU more contented in
She house OF fourteen rooms than you
were in the two rooms you had III a house
when you starteGF Have you not had more
care and wOrriluCnt since you won that
firV thousand dollars than you did before?
known have been those Of great fortune.
T. man Of small means may be put in
great business straits, but the ghastlest
Df al embarrassmonts is that of the man
who has large estates. The men who com
nit suicide because Of monetary losses
0re those who can not bear the burden
any more, because they have only one
hundred thousand dollars left.
On Bowling Green, New York, there Is ,
b house where Tallcyrand used TO 90. He
was a favOrte man, Al the world knew
MIN, and he had wealth almost unlimited, ,
yet 1t the close of life he says Behold,
8ighty- three years have passed without
any practical result, save fatigue of body $
and fatigue of mind, great discourage !
mont for the future and great disgust for /
the past" Oh, nay friends, this is "a !
south land aud II slopes off toward de- ,
'erts Of sorrows; and the prayer which /
sGhsGh made TO her father Caleb, we .
be yb;v I,u IN ann Lrot tI,ar uTI,o, =