Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-24
NEW SPRINGS OF JOY.
SERMON PREACHED BY DR.. TAI
MAGE ON SUNDAY, MAY 10.


A. Caleb, the Father. Gave Aeiisah De-
lectabie Land to Live in, So God Has
Given Man This World. Goodly Home
in Which to Dwell
BROOKLYN, May l9-The Rev. 7. De Witt |
Talmage, D. D., preached today on Ne"
Springs Of JOY" The text was; Thou mast /
given me a south land; give me also springs |
Of water. And he gave her the upper springs
and the neither springs. Joshua Ky, ".
The city of Debir was the Boston OF an
touity-a great place for brain and books |
Caleb wanted it, and he offered his daughter
Achsah as a prize to any one who would
CAPTURE that city. 1t was a strange thing Tor
Caleb to do, and yet the man that could take
the city would have, at any rate, two elements
of manhood-bravery aud patriotism. With
Caleb's daugssar as prize to fight Tor Zen
eraI Othniel rode into the battle. The gates OF
Debir were Numbered into the dust, anu tue
city of books lay at the feet Of the cohquerois'
The work done, Othniel comes back to claim
his bride. Having conquered the CITY, II IS
no great job for him to conquer the Elrl
heart; for however faint hearted woman
herself may be, she always loves courage IN
man. never saw an exception to that ne
wedding festivlty. having gone by, Othnlel
and Achsah are about to 60 to their new
home. However loudly the cymbals may
clash and the laughter ring, parents are al
ways sad when a fondly cherished daughter
goes off to stay; and Achsah, the daughter
of Caleb. knows that now is the time
to ask almost anything she wants Of her Ia
ther. It seems that Caleb, the good old man,
had given as a wedding present to his daugh,
ter a piece OF land that was mountainous, ana
sloping southwark toward the deserts oil
Arabia, swept with snme very hot winds IL
was called "a south land.n But Achsah
wants an addition of property; she wants
niece Of land that is well watered and terllle.
Now it is no wonder that Caleb, standing
amidst the bridal party, his eyes so fun Oh
tears because she was going away that ne
could hardly see her at all, gives her more
than she asks She said to him; Thou hast
given me a south land; give me also springs
of water And he gave her the upper springs,
and the neither springs"
GOD HAS GIVEN Us THE WORLD.
What suggestive passage! The fact IS
that as Caleb, the father, gave Achsah, the
daughter, a south land, so God gives to us his
world. | am very thankful he has given 1t TO
ns But am like Ashsah in the fact that
want a larger portion. Trees, and Howers'
and grass, and blue skies are very well N
/ their places; but he who has nothing but this
world for portion has no portion at all II
! is a mountainous land, sloping off toward the
/ desert of sorrow, swept by fiery siroccos; 1t Is
"a south land, poor portion for any man
that tries to put his trust in 1t. W hat las
been YOUR experienced What has been the
experience Of every man, Of every woman
that has tried this world for portionf Queer
Elizabeth, amidst the surroundings OF pomp
is unhappy because the painter sketches IoC
infinitely the wrinkles on her face, and sht
Indignantly cries out, You must strike on
my likeness without any shadows" Hogartn
at the very height of his artistic triumph
stunG almost to death with chagrln because
the painting he had dedicated to the KING doe
not seem to be acceptable, for George l.
cries out: "Who is this Hogarth! TAX
his trumpcry out Of my presence. Brnslel
Sheridan thrilled the earth with hiseloquence
but had for his last words, II am absOlutel.
undone." Walter Scott, fumbling aroun'
the inkstand trying to write, says to hl
daughter: 'Oh, take me back to my room
there is no rest for Sir Walter but in tn
]
IN his day, or, at any rate, only second il
wealth, says: 81 live the life of galley slave
when arise in the morning my one effort
to work so hard that l can sleep when 1t get
to be night" Charles Lamb, applauded G
= oil the world in the very midst Of his literar
triumph, says; DO you remember, Bridget
when we used to laugh from the shilling gu
= lery Of the playa There are now no goo
= -plays to laugh at from the boxes" But WIN
20 so far as thatl l used to 60 no turtle
than your street to find an illustration {
what | am saying.
; WORKINGS ARE NOT REALLY HAPPY.
!; Pick me out ten successful worldlingS-witl
+ out any religion and you know what l inca
q by thoroughly successful worldlings-pics II
out ten successful worldlings, and you cann'
find more than one that looks happy. Cal
draes him across the bridge; care draSs hi
- back Take your stand at O'Clock at Il
corner of Nassau and Wall streets, or at Il
corner Of Canal street and Broadway, and s
: the agonized physiognomies. Your banker
your insurance men, your importers, yoI
9 wholesalers and your retailers, as class
as a class, are they happyi No Care 90
their steps; and, making no appeal to Cod L
help or comfort, they are tossed every Whithe
How hasit been with you, my heareri Are "
more euitented in the house Of fourte
- roop,s than vou were in tine Two rooms y
had in house when you sttrtedf Lave y
not had more care and worrnnent since =
vvon that fiftv thousand dollars than you q
beforel Some Of the poorest men ha
ever known have beeu those of great fortui
t. A man Of small means may he put II gre
Cd business straits, but the gh:tstiiest OF all e
Il. b;llrassinents is that Of tie man who Il
ar large estates The men who commit suici
Us because Of monetary losses are those
cannot bear the burden any more, neca'
- they have only hundred thousand doil
left
On Bowling Green, New York, there /.
house where Talleyrand used to so. lie W
A favorite man All the world knew IN
and he had wealth almost unlimite,i' yet
the close Of his life he says; "Behoid, elSh
= three years have passed without any praca
IN result, save fatigue Of body and fatigue
lf- mind, great Encouragement for the tut'
he and great disgust for the past. IN!
ith friends, this is "a south Land, ana IL $40
off toward desertsof sorrows; and the pra.
- which Achsah made to her father Caleb,
make this day to our Father God; III
hast given me a south land; give me a
IL springs Of water. Aud he gave them
led upper springs anu Inc hSeuSi 9P- 10"
10 blessed be God We have more advanta
Ist given MS than we can really appreciate
en- p .;,.;.,,t l.l,s.i,,,r, offered ms in
world which shall call tie neither sprin
and qlolies in the world to come which 81
call the upper springs.
: THE Pure JOY OF RELIGION.
. Where shall find words enough threa
" with light to set forth the pleasureof religi
- David. unable to describe it in words, pla
'p % Il ON a harp. Mrs Hemans, not find
itlV -. ,,,.,s, cuoe that pisliee