The morning news., 1889-05-20
NEW SPRINGS OF JOY.
THE CITY OF DEBIR THE BOSTON
OF ANTIQUITY.

| l0-Gen. OtEntefs Victory over the
Place Won Him Caleb's Daughter
for Bride-Successful Worldlings
Without Religion Never Happy.
| BROOKLYN, May l9.-The Rev. T. De-
Witt Talniage, d. D., preached to-day on
''New Springs of JOY" The text was,
Thou hast given me a south land; give me
also springs Of water And he gave her
the upper springs, and the neither springs"
Joshua XIV, 49,
The city Of Debir was tho Boston of
antiquity 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 for Caleb to do; and yet the man that
could take the city would have, at any rate,
two clements Of manhood-bravery and
patriotism. With Caleb's daughter as n
prize to fight for, Gen. Othniei rode into
the battle. The gates Of Debir were
| thundered into the dust, and tho city of
| books lay at the feet Of the conuuerors
| The work done, Othnol comes back to
| claim his bride. Having Conquered tho
| city, it is no great Job for him to conquer
the girls heart; for however faint hearted
a woma herself may be- she always loves
courage in a man. | never saw an excep-
ton to that. The wedding festivity having
gone by, Othniel and Achsah are about 10
20 TO their new home. However loudly
the cymbals may clash and the laughter
| ring, parents are always sad when a foudly
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 father 10
| seems That Caleb, the good old man,
had given as a wedding present TO his
daughter a pieco of land that was noun
famous, and sloping southwark toward tho
deserts Of Arabia, swept with some worry
hot winds. 1t was called "a south laad.p
But Achsah wants an addition Of property;
she wants a piece of land thai is well
watered aud fertile. Now it is no wonder
that Caleb standing amidst the bridal party,
his eyes so full OF tears because she was
going away that he could hardly SEQ her at
all, gives her more than she asks She said
TO him: Thou hast given mo "A south land:
give me also springs of water. And he
gave her the upper springs, and the neither
springs"
What a suggestive passage The fact is,
that as Caleb, the father, gave Achsah tho
daughter, south land, so God gives 10 us
his void. ! am very thankful he has given
it to us But am like Achsah in tho fact
that ! want IA larger portion. Trees, and
| Howers and grass, and blue skies are very
well in their places; but he who has nothing
but this world for portion has no portion
| at all 1t is n mountainous land, soping Off
| by fiery sirocoos; it is "a
south land" a poor portion for any
| man that tries to put his trust in IT, What
| has been your experienced What has been
| the experience Of overy uan, Of every wo-
| MAN that has tried this world for a por-
tionl Queen Elizabeth, amidst tho sur
| rounding Of pomp, is unhappy because tho
| painter sketches too minutely the wrinkles
| on her face, and she Indignantly cries out:
"Gou must strike off my likeness without
| any shadowsW Hogarth, at tue very hight
of his artistic triumph, is stung
almost TO death with chagrin be-
causo the painting he had dedi-
Gated TO the king does not secm 10 ba
acceptable, for George III. cries out: "Who
is this Hogarthl Take his trumpery out OF
my presonce." Brinsley Sheridan thrilled
the earth with his eloquence, but had for
his last words, ~ am absolutely undone"
Walter Scott, fumbling around tho ink
stand, trying TO write, says to his daughter:
"Oh, take me back TO my room; there
Is no rest for Sir Walter but In tho
grave.n Stephen Girard, the wealthiest
man in his day, or, at any rate.
only second in wealth, says: 81 live
the life Of galley slave; when | arise in
tho morning my one effort is TO work so
hard that | can sleep when 1t gets TO be-
night.n Charles Lamb, applauded OF all
tho world in the very midst Of his literary
triumpn says: "Do you remember, Bridget,
when we used TO laugh from tho shilling
gallery at the playg There are now no
good plays to laugh Mt from te boxes"
Bu' why 60 30 far as thatl ! used TO 20 no
farther than your street TO find an illustra-
tion Of what am saying.
Pick mo out ten successful worldllngs--
without any religion, and you know what
] mean by successful worldlings-pick mo
out ten successful worldlings, and you eau
not find more than ono that looks haDpV
(fura dFaO2 him rho bridoas
draRs him back, Take your stand at tive
O'Clock at the corner of Nassau and Wall
streets, or at the corner Of Canal street and
Broadway, and SEQ tho agonized physiog-
Monies. Your bankers, your insurance
men, your importers, your wholesalers.
and your retailers as "A class--as a class,
are they happy No. Care dogs their
steps, and, making no appeal to Goa for
help or comfort, they are tossed every
wither. How has it been with you. my
hoarer Are you more contsnted IA tho
house Of fourteen rooms than you wore in
the two rooms you had in a house VIII il you
started Have you not had more caro- and
worriment since you wln that fifty th III
sand dollars than you did before Some of
tho poorest mon l have ever known have
been those Of great fortune. A man Of
small means may be put In great business
straits, but the gnastliest Of oil embarrass-
ments is that Of the man VINO has large
estates The men who commit suicide boz
cause Of monetary losses are those W o eau
not bear tho burden any more, because
they have only hundred thousand dollars
left.
On Bowling Green, Now York, thoro is
house where Talleyrand used 10 60. lie was
a fayorite man All tho world know him,
aud he had wealth almost unlimited: yat A.
the close Of his life he says: "Baaod,
eighty-three years have passed without ANY
practical result, save fatigue Of body nud
fatigue Of mind, great discOuragemaat for
the future and great disgust for the Dast.'
Ga, my friends, this is "a south In I'd, and
IL slopes Off toward deserts Of sorrows; and
the the prayer which Achsah made % her
father Calico, we make this day t1 our
Father God: "Thou hast given me a south
land; give mo also springs Of water. Aud
He gave them the upper springs end the
neither springs"
Blessed be Godl Wo have moro nlYan-
tage5 given US than we can really npDroci-
ats. We have spiritual blessings offered as
~ this world which | shall .call tho neither
springs aud glorles In tho world 30 c0m3
whicu shall call the upper springs.
Where shall find words enough threaded
with light 81 set forth tho pleasure OF re-
llgioni David, unable 10 describe il in
words, played IL on harp. Mrs. Hemans.
not finding enough powder Ia prose, sinCs
that praise Ia a canto. Christopher Wren,
urtahla 10 Iaaqriba ~ In taugtaera arartt ~ ID