The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-03
TALMAGEIS SERMON.
The Weekly Discourse Of the Great
Hvooklyn Preacher
snhJcct' "a.itfcd from the
FsriclStxilns."


peiiotc gotd."-lsalmS xviii, lS
Isuppose you know what tie Israelites did
down in Egyptian slavery. They mad
bricks Amid the utensils OF tho brick-kill
there were al;o other utensils of cookery
the kettles. tho pots, the pans, with whicl
they prepared their daily food-and wher
these poor slaves, tired of the days work, la,
down to rest they lay down amid tSo i'm
PIGMENTS OF cookery AMI the nipple
ments OF hard work; When they aro.,
IN the morning, they found thei,
the smoke and the dust, AMI besmrched ant
beSrimed with the utensils Of cookery But
after while tho Lord broke up that slavery
and He took these poor slaves into a lant
where they had better garb, bright and clean
and beautiful apparel No more bricks foy
them to make. Let fharoah make his own
bricks. When havid In my text comes &c
describe tho transition of these poor lsraeites
from their bondage amid the brick -kilns into
the glorious emancipation for which God
had prepared them, he says: Though yo
have lain among the pots, yet shall We he as
the wings of dove covered with silver and
he. feathers with yellow gold"
brated look, life in Egypt said
she sometimes saw people IN the East
cooking their food on the tops of
houses, and that she had often seen, Just DO.
Tore shutdown, pigeons and doves which had,
during the heat of the day, been hiding
among the kettles and the pans with which
the food was prepared, picking up the crumbs
that they might find-.jusS about the hour
OF sunset would spread their wings and fly
heavenwGrd, entirely unsoiled by tho
region in which they had moved, for
the. pigeon is very clearly bird
And us tho pigeons flew away the
setting sun would throw silver on their
wings and go!d on their breast So yea see
it was not n far fetched SINH, or an un-
natural comparison, when David in my text
says To these emapciiatcd lsraeltes, and
says to all those who are brought out of any
KIND of treuS.e into any kind of spiritual
JOY: "lhoa%h ye have lam among the
pots yet shall yo lie as the wings of "a dove
covered with silver, and her feathers with
yellow gold.'
Sin Is the hardest of all taskmasters.
Worse than Pharaoh, it Eeeps US trudging,
trudging in most degrading service; but
after while Christ comes, and He SAYS: Let
my people go" and We pass out from among
the brick 6iins of sin into the glorious liberty
of the Gospel; we put n the clean robes of a
Christian profession, and when at last We
soar away to the warm nest which God has
provided for us in heaven, we shall 20 fairer
than dove, its wings covered with sil> or,
and its feathers covered with yellow gold
am goingto preach something which some
of you do not relieve, and that is that the
grandest possible adornment is the religion
of Jesus Christ ; There are great many
people who suppose that religion is a very
different thing from what it really is The
reason men condemn the Eible is because
they do not understand the Bible; they have
not properly examined it. DR.. johnson said
that Hume told ministcr in the bishopric
of Durham thst he had never particularly
examined the New Testament. yet all his life
warning against it, HALEY, the astronomer
announced his skepticism to Sir Isaac New
ton, and Sir Isaac Newton said: snow, sir, |
have examined the subject and you
have not, and ] am ashamed that you,
protesting 10 lie a Philosopher, consent
to condemn thing you never have ex-
amire'i." And so men reject the religion
of Jesus Christ because they really have
never investigated it. hoy think it some.
thing impractical, something that will not
WORK, something Pecksniiian, something
hypccritical, something repulsive, when it is
so bright and so lcauti.ui You might com.
pare 1t to challinch yon might compare it
to ROBIN redbreast, you might COMPARE it
to dove, its wings coverei with silver, and
its feathers with yellow gold.
But how Is IL ii a young man becomes a
Christ.ane all through the club rooms where
he associates, all through the business circles
where he is known, there is commiseration.
They say: "Wha pity that ycung man
who had such bright prospects should so
have been despcied by those Christians CIV
ing up al his worldly prospects for some
thing which is OF nc particular present
worthv' Here is young woman who be-
comes Christian, her voice. her face, her
manners the charm of the drawing ROOM
Now all through the fashionable circles the
whisper goes: Nv hat pity that such bright
light should have been extnguisiied, that
,of II sfpk,r
such worldly prospects should be obteratedln
All, my friends, it can be shown that re-
ligion's ways are ways OF pleasantncss and
that all her rathS are peace; that religion,
instead of Icing dark and o'eful and
iachrynose, and repulsive, is bright and beau
tifui, fairer than dove its wings covered
with silver and its feathers with yellow
gold.
See, in the first place. what religion will
do for a mans heart I care not how cheer
full man may naturally be before CONVEX.
sion, conversion brings him up to a higher
standard of cheeriuness. | do not say he
will laugh any louder, | do not say but he
may stand back from some forms Of hilarity
in which he cnce indulged but there comes
into his soul an immense satisfaction. A
young man, not Christian, depends upon
worldly successes 10 keep his spirits I'm. Now
he Is prospered, now he has large salary, nov,
ne has beautiful wardrobe, now
he has pleasant friends, now he
mas more money than he knows how
TO spend; everything goes bright
and well with him. But trouble comes-
there are many young men in tn. house this
morning who can les ify out of their own ex-
perlence that sometimes to young men
trouble does come-his friends are gone, his
salary is gone, his health is gone; he goes down,
down. tic becomes sour, cross, queer. mis-.
hames the world, blames society,
planes the church, blamcs everything,
rushes perhaps to the Intoxicating cup to
drown his trouble but instead of drowning
nls trouble browns his body and browns his
- But here is a Christian young man.
trouble comes to him. Does he give upl
No. He throws himself back on the re-
sources OF heaven. He says: "God is my
father Out of all these disasters | shall
pluck advantage for my soul. All the
promises are mine, Christ is mine, Christian
cSsompanionship is mine, heaven is mine
" nat though my apparel be worn
onts Christ gives me robe of righteousness
W nat though my money be gone. have a
little deed to the whole universe in the prom
$50: All are yours What though nv
worldly friends fail aways Ministering
angels are my bodyguard. What though
my fare be- poor and my bread be scant.
ut at the Kings banquet"
Oh, what Il shallow stream is worldly On.
Ioyment compared with the deep, broad.
overfiowing river of Gods peace, rolling
midway in the Christian hearth Sometimes
you have gone out on the iron bound beach
u the sea when there has been a storm on
me ocean, aud you have seen the waves dash
INTO white foam at your feet They did not
10 you any harm. While there, Won thoupht
VI the chapter written by the Fsalmist and
)erhaps you recied it to yourself while the
torn was making commentary upon tho
passage: God is our refuge and strength,
!. very present help in time of trouble.
therefore VIII l not fear though the earth lie
emoved, and though the mountains lie
arrled into the midst of the sea; though the
waters thereof roar and be troubled though
ne mountains shake with the swelling
hereof. Selahl" Oh, how independent the
el1gion of Christ makes man of worldly
uccess and worldly circumstances Nelson.
he night before his last battle, said; ITO
morrow shall win either peerage or a grave
Westminster Abbey" And it does not make
much difference to the Christian whether
e rises or falls in worldly matters, lie has
veriastlng, rehown any way Other plu-
mage may be torn in the blast, but that soul
dorned with Christian grace, is fairer than
he dove, its wings covered with silver and
IS feathers with yellow gold
You and have found out that people wbo
retend to be happy are not always bappv
COX at that young man carlcaturine the |
hr1stian religion, scoffing at every. |
hing good, gong into registering drunken
ess, dashlng the champagne bottle TO |
he floor, rolling the glasses from the bar |