The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-26
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIyINEs SUN
DAY SERMON.
guldec.: "a POISONED Dlnner.'

Ealing Of tie poitage Hat the5 cried 5iit,
and said. b l5Ol man Of Cod there IS
deuih n the pot. Ind they could not cat
thercof.r-u Kings ". 30.
Elisha had gone down to lecture to the stu
dents IN the theological seminary at Gilgal-
BE found the students very hungry, as stu
dents are apt to be. Il is very seldom the
world makes large provisions for thoss VINO
give themselves to Intellectual toll. III orues
that these students may be prepared 70 hear
what Elisha says he first feeds their hunger.
be knew very well it is useless 70 talk 10
preach, 70 lecture with hungry men
So Elisha, recognizing this common sense
principle which every Christian ought 20 re
eognize, sends servants out to get tood Tor
these hungry students. They, PICK up soiLls
good, healthful herbs, but they happen to
pick up also some eoloquintida, bitter pol
P0nous, deathful herb. They bring alilthese
herbs, they put them into the boiling pot
they stir them up, and then pOrton
q this food is brought to the stu
dents and their professors. Seated at
tae table, one Of the hungry students begins
Immediately to eat, and he happens to get
mold OF some Of the colcquintida. he knew
It by tho iasto He cries ont; Poison,
polsoni o thou man Of God, there's death IN
TIC pot ~ Conservation is thrown over the
whole group. What fortunate thing it was
that. this student so early found the colo
quiniida In tho mixture at the table You
win b. reference find this story is precisely as
have mentioned e.
Wei, in our day there are great caldrons
Of sin and death. Coloquintida Of mighty
temptation is pressed into it. Somc dip it
Out, and taste, and reject it and hive. Others
up II out taste it keep on and die. And it
Is inc business Of crqry minister Of religion,
ana every man "1o wishes wei 70 the
oman race and lp7sFo-ilrssnt s45--l sap -tafiH
foTld back from It's folliea and It's suilerings,
70 cry out: Beware poison, poison. Look
out for this caldroni stand bdchl BcHaren'
Sin has done an awful work IN our world.
It has gone out through all the ages. il has
MIXED mp q great caldron of trouble and
suffering and pain, and the whole race is
poisczetl-poisoned in body, poisoned in
riinG, poisoned In soul. But blessed be God
thai the Gospel Of Jesus Christ is tho
antaiiote, and where there WINS sin there shall
be pardon, and where there was suffering
there shall be Comfort and where there was
death there shall be life.
Some time ago, you viii remember I per-
euaded you of tlle Importance Of being chari-
table n 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 tho sinner We must de-
nounce tho sin, that while we pity the unfor-
tunntc nc nast be vehement against trans
erosion. Sin is a jagged thing that needs TO
be roughly handled You have 10 right to
garland Il with fine phrases or lustrous
rhetoric. 7 % cannot catch n buffalo with q
sillrssr l1sSo.
groupof elnigrnnts settle in a wild region.
The next day Wild beast comes down from
the mountain and carries of one Of the chill
dran, The next day O wild beast comes down
mo- tho 1ountain and carries OFF another
child Forthwith all the neighbors band to-
Eether, and they 60 out with torch in one
hand aud gun IA the other to hunt these mon
Etere down. to find their hiding place, to
light up ssad ransack the cayorns, and
% destroy the invaders Of their houses.
So vze want now nOt merely 10 talk about the
SINS and foliies Of the world, we war; 10 20
behind them, back Of them. Down into the
caverus where they hide we need to &c with
the torch Of Gods Word in one hand and the
sword Of Gods eternal Spirit in the other 10
hunt out and STAY these iniquities in their
hiding places Or, TO come back to the fig
ure suggested by my text We want to find
what arc the oaidrons Of sin and death from
which the iniquihes Of society are dipped
out
/ In the first place, / remark: that IN
happy and undiscipiined homes are the
caldrens OF great iniquity.
Parents harsh aud cruel on the one hand,
or on the other hand loose in their g.,vern-
nent, wickeily loose ia their government
home whore scolding and fretfulnes are
dominant is blood rotation to the gallogs and
the peEitcniaryl Petullnce IS a SERPENT
that ezaWls up into the family nursery
sometimes and brushes everything. Why.
there are parents who even make religion
disgusting 70 their children They sold
them for not loving Christ They have an
exasI,tgatius way Of Doing their duty. TIP
nouse-5s ia Of tie war Tl05p Of coufentionl /
and irslm such piacs husband and seas 20
cut TO die.
On, is there Hagar leading away Ishmael
into the desert 20 be ,mittsn Of the thirst and
paTcllod Of the sand2 In the solemn birth hour
voice fell % thee fr0m the throne Of God.
saying Take this Guild and nurse It for ne
and viii give thea thy wagesn At even
time, phen the angels OF God hover oveg that
home do thsy hear she children Hsping the
name Of Josusi o traveller for eternity. YOUR
little ones gathered under your robcs, are you
leading them on the right road, or are you
taking them out on the dangerous wind
ing bride path, OF which their in
experienced feet may slip, and up which
CONES the bowling Of the wolf and the
sound OF loosefisd ledge and turnblinr
nyalaFchei Blessed is the family altar at
which the children fneol Blessed is the
cradle in which the Christian mother rocks
the Christian child. Blessed is the song the
little ores sing at nightfaH when sleep is
closing the eyes and loosening the hand from
the toy IN the pillow. Blessed is that mother
whose every heart-throb is prayer for her
chlldren's welfare
The sorld grows old, and the stars viii
cease 70 III Illuminate il and the waters to re-
fresh it,and themourtains To guard it. and the
heavens 20 orerspan 1t, and its long story Of
SIN and shame and glory and triumph viii
soon turn % ashes; but influences that started
in the early home roll on and roll up through
al efcTnity-biOoming in all the JOY, waving IN
al the triumph exulting in all the Song. or
shrinking back into all the darkness. Faith
er, mother, which way are you leading your
children
A house took fire and the owner was very
careful 10 get all his furniture out. He got
all his books cut and he got al his
pictures out and lie got all his valuable
papers out, but he forgot TO ask, until it was
too late: -Are my children SAFE Oh.
when the earth shall melt with feTveut heat
and the mountains shall blaze, and the seas
shall blaze, and the earth shall blaze. wiz
your children be safe2 VIII Yofsr children
be safes Unhappy and undisciplineli homes
are the source Of much Of the wretchsdness
and sin OF the world
know there are exceptions to it sonletilnes.
From bright and beautiful Christian home /
q husband or son VIII go out TO die. Oh. |
how long you had that boy in your prayers /
pc zoe not Know now many sieeplgss nights 1
Eou have spent over him He does not IN
iersiasid how many tears Toa have shad for 4
as wayTardnoss Oh, It Is hard after you
ave toiled for child, and given him every
iuf Aztage and ereTy kindness. 70 have him /
iay You back IN ineTutitl1de As |
me sabbath morning a father canlo /
20 me i5,s e7ns pa llii ne i atsll1ua cnt II -,
and sud- sos my son. my son, my sCnt 4
there Is many o young man proud Of his \
mother, who would strike into the dust any /
nent himself, by his evil doing and his bad /
hat mOtheriG heart. A telegram brought /
nto the room and he stood by the lfeiess
or7n Of his mother
Der hair gray; il had turned gray In sor-
ow. Those eyes had wept foods Of tears
Iver bis wandering That still white hand
az zone nm many a kindness and had writ
en- many loving invitation and good coun-
e. be had broken her old heart. He came
MO the room and threw himself ON the casket
nj ne sopeed outright: 'sMother, motherp
'us tnoae Fps That had kissed him in infancy
M ulteied 50 many kind words spoke not;
hcy Neic sesiiel. Rather than have such
memory CONC on my soul, l would prefer to
ave roii over On me the Alps and tie Hima-
But, while sometimes there arc sons who
uEn out very badly, coming from GOOD
iomes, want 70 tell you for your eneostratre-
nent 1t is great exception. Yet an urhSr,-
y and undiscipIined home Is tho no,ponone
aldron from which vast multitude drink
heir death. ~ LIN
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