Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-05-12
A TALK OF OTHER DAYS.
On. TAlMAGE REFuTES A STORY
THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED.

Dsssrs Discussing the Experiences Of the
Past He Denies Emphaticaiiy That He
Ever Advocated Miscegenation-A Ser
mon ON Religious Life.
BROOKLYN, May Sat the Taber-
nacle today, the Rev. T. De Witt Tai
image, ID. D., preached a sermon OIL
the subject, "Other Days Lived Over"
and made reference to the falsehood
that he had advocated miscegenation
Of the white and black races. The
vnst congregation sang the hymn be-
ginning;
Our God, our help in ages past
Our hope for years 10 come.
DR.. Talmage's text was Deuteronomy
viii, 2: Thou shalt remember all the
way which the Lord thy God led
thee" He said:
Before entering on my subject /
wish To say that some newspaper cor.
respondents, referring 10 a receu SER
mon in which | welcomed foreign ma
tionalities TO this country, have said
that | advocated as a desirable thing
the intermarriage OF the white and
black races. | never sand So. | never
thAught SO, and any II who so mis-.
represents that sermon is either a
villain or Il fool, perhaps both.
A RETROSPECTIVE SERMON.
But 10 open this mornings subject |
have To say God in the text advises
the people 10 look back upon their past
history. IL will do US all good TO re-
hearse the scenes between this May
morning and our cradle, whether il
was rocked in country or town. \
few days ago, with my sister and bro
Their, / visited the place OF my boy
hood. II vas one of the most emotion
al and absorbing days of my life.
There stands the old house, and as |
went through the rooms | said, "lcould
lind my way here with my eyes shut,
although l have not been here in for
ty years There wa the sitting room
where a large family group every even
ing gathered, the most OF them nowi in
a better world. There was the old
barn where we hunted for Easter
eggs, ANDY b place where the horses
stood. There is where the orchard
was, only threeo fourtrees now left of
althe grovethat nee bore apples, and
such apples too. There is the brook
down which We rode 10 the watering
of the horses bare back and with a
rope halter. We also visited the ceme-
terry where many of our kindred are
waiting for the resurrection, the old
people side by side, after a journey to-
gether of sixty years, only about three
years between the time of their going.
There also sleep the dear old neigh
bors who used To tie their horses under
the shed Of the country meeting house
and sit at the end of the pew, singing
'Duke Street." and ''Balerma," and
Antioch" Oh they were a glorious
race of men and women who did their
work well, raised asplendid lot of boys
and girls, and are now as TO their bodies
in silentneighborhood on earth, but as
TO their souls in jubilant neighbor-
hood before the throne of God. feel
that my journey and visit last week
did me good and il would do you all
good, if not in person then in thought, !
to revisit the scenes Of boyhood or
girlhood. Thou shalt remember all
the way which the Lord thy God led
thee"
Youth is apt too much to spend all
its time in looking forward. Old age
is apt too much 10 spend all its time I
in looking backward. People in mid
life and on the apex look both ways.
II would be well for us. | think, how
ever, to spend more time in reminis-
cence. BY the constitution of our nat
ure we spend most of the time looking
forward, and the vast majority Of this
audience live not SC much in the pres
ent as in the future. | find that you
mean 10 make a reputation, you mean
10 establish yourself, and the advan-
tages that you expect TO achieve abb
sorb a great deal Of your time. But !
see no harm in this if it does not make
you disconnected with the present or
disqualify you for existing duties.
1T Is GOOD To LOOK BACK.
II is a useful thing sometimes to
look back, and TO see the dangers we
have escaped, and 10 see the sorrows
we have suffered, and the trials and
w~anderingsof our earthly pilgrimage,
and 10 sum up our enjoyments. |
mean this morning, SO far as God may |
help me, 10 stir up your memory of
the past, so that in the review you
may be encouraged, and humbled, |
and urged 10 pray.
There is a chapel in Florence with a
fresco by Guido. 1t was covered up
with two inches Of stucco until our
American and European artists went
there, aud after long toll removed the
covering and retraced the fresco. And
am aware that the memory Of the
past with many Of you, is all covered
up with ten thousandobliteratious and
| propose this morning, 50 far as the
Lord may help me, 10 take away the
covering, that the old picture may
shine out again.
l want 10 bind in one sheaf all your
past advantages, and | want to bind in
another sheaf all your past adycrsi
ties. II is q precious harvest, and |
must DO cautious how | swing the
scythe.
Among the greatest advantages of
your past life was an early home and
It's surroundings. The bad men Of the
day, for the most part, dip their heated
passions out Of the boiling spring Of
an unhappy home. We are not sur
prised TO find that Byron's heart was a
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