Telegram-herald., 1889-05-13

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grAz.d uftsct tie syn1n hssslnning.
NJ s5al be % thy g'szrds
F11 taoslslad ioes arse.
A. 1lsGs Il ~ 2Fs prsssi2S hard
To Ora. t1se fr-la - skiss-
His subiect va A Poisoned Dinner, and
Dis text II kings iy, -. 80 they pourod out
for The rnen 10 eat Aad II came - la-s, as
they seTs eating 4 tAs poIIase, thai tl.sy
cTisi ouI, and sait % thsu man u Cod, teefe
: death In tbs pot And ttey oouli not eSr
tbereof
klisi2a lad gone down 70 lecture % tie
st41snts IA TIE theological seminary ~ Gil
gal He found tbs students very hungry, Is
studeIts are apt u be. Il j. very seldom tie
word makes largo provlz pa foE those who
give themselves u Intellectual to.i II order
that these students may ID prepared - hear
what Elisha saws, 10 first 1ee,is their hunger.
he knew very vel IL Is useless 20 talk, 70
preach, u lecture, u aHgue with hungry
men
So Elisha, recognizing tbs common setlse
principle, which every Christian ought -
recognize. sends servants out 10 get food for
these hungry students. They pick up some
good. healthful herbs, BIZ they happen 70
pick up also some cOloquibtida, IA bitter, poi
sonous, deathful herb. They bring all these
herbs, they put them into tho boiling pot,
they stir them up, and then portion Of this
food Is brought 70 the students and their pro
fesSs0rs SEATED az the table. one Of the hun
CRY students begins Immediately 70 eat, and
DO happens 70 get hold Of some ot the colo
quintida lie knew it by the 'taste. he cries
out: Poison, poison . thou man Of God,
there is death in the pOt" CONSERVATION Is
thrown over the whole group What "a for
tunate thing it was that this student 50 early
found tho eoloquintida In the mixture at the
tablet You will by reference find tho story
IS precisely as | have mentioned il.
CALDRoSs OF SIN AND DEATH
Well, in our day there are great caldrons
of sin and death. Coloquintida Of mighty
temptation is pressed into it. Some dip it
out, and taste, and reject il and live Others
dip II out, taste il, keep on and die. And it
Is the business of every minister Of religion
and every man who wishes well TO the human
race, and who wants to keep the world back
from its follies and its suferings TO cry out:
"Bewarel poison, poisonl Look out for this
caldron! Stand back Bewarel"
Sin has done an awful work In our world
Ii has gone out through all the ages, it has
mixed up great caldron Of trouble and suf-
ferng and pain, and the whole race is poi
soned-poiSoned in body, poisoned in mind,
poisoned in soul But blessed be God that
the Gospel OF Jesus Christ is the antidote,
and where there was sin there shall be par
don, and where there was suffering there
shall be comfort, and where there was death
thero shall be life.
Some time ago, you viii remember, 1 per
suaded you of the Importance Of being char
liable in judgment Of others. AT the same
time | said 10 you briefly what this morning
| wish to say with great emphasis that while
we sympathize with the sinner we must de-
ncunce the sin, that while we pity tho unfor-
tunate we must DO vehement against trans
greSsion. Sin Is a Jagged thing that needs to
be roughly handled You have no right to
garland it with fine phrases or lustrous rhet-
oric. You cannot catch buffalo with a
silken lasSo.
A group Of ernigrants settle in a wild re-
gion. The next day n wild beast comes down
from the mountain and carries of one of tho
children. The next day wild beast comes
down from the mountain and carries off an
other child Forthwith all tho neighbors
band together, and they go out with torch in
one hand and gun in the other to hunt these
monsters down, to find their hiding place, TO
light up and ransack the caverns, and to de-
stroy the invaders of their houses So we
want now not merely TO talk about the sins
and the follies Of the world; we want to go
behind them, back of them. Down into the
caverns where they hide we need to 20 with
the torch of Gods Word in ono hand and tho
sword Of Gods eternal Spirit in the other to
hunt out and slay these iniquities in their
hiding places. Or, TO come back to the figure
suggested by my text, we want 20 find what
are the caldrons OF sin and death from which
the iniquities Of society are dipped out.
UNDIsCIPLINED HOMES
L In the first pace, | remark: that uD-
happy and undisciplined homes are the
caldrons of great iniquity. Parents harsh and
cruel or the one hand, or on the other hand
loose in their government wickedly loose
in their government-are raising up genera
ton Of viperS 4 home where scolding and
fretfulness are dominant is blood relation 10
the gallows and the penitentiaryl Petulance
Is a serpent that crawls up into he family
nursery sometimes and crushes everything.
Why, there are parents who even make re-
hgion disgusting to thei- children. They
scold them for not loving Christ. They have
an exaSperating way of doing their duty.
The house is full Of the warwhoop Of conten-
tion, snd from such place husband and sons
60 out 70 die.
Oh, Is there a Hagar leading away Ishmael
into the desert 20 be smtten Of the thirst
and parched Of the sandl In the solemn birth
hour voice fell 10 thee from the throne Of
God, saying. Take this child and nurse il
for mo. and viii give thee thy wages" AZ
eventime when the angels Of God hover over
that home. do they bear tho children lisping
the name Of Jesusi O traveller for eternity
your little ones gathered under your robes
nre you leading them on the right road. or ars
you taking chem ont on tho dangerous winding
bride path OF which their inexperienced
feet NAV slip. and up which comes the howl
inS Of the Wolf and the sound OF looseued
lelgs and tumbbng avslancbei Blessed i
tha family altar az which the children kneel
BleS--l is tie cradle in which the Christian
mother rocks the Christian child Blessei i
thu song the little ones sing at nightfall wher
sleep i closing the eyes ard looSDing to-
hand from the toy on tbe pillow Blessed il
that mother whcse every heart throb is
prayer for her chudren's welfara
The world grows old. and TIE Stars vii
cease % illuminate IL, and TIE waters 90 re
fresh H. and n rnountains - guard 20. an
tie heavens - oversran u. nnd its hong stor7
= SIN ansl shame and rlorv AM triumph WI
so0l turn o. asles. hut u1uences thst stsrtot
be- the Early ho-r-o roll "a anl roll u1 tnrongi
az efernity -al-orlln- in alI ere i0T. wsvins
IL a. the vrianpa sr1'-lnz tn al i1a eng
or shrinking back into a. tne darkness