Telegram-herald., 1889-05-20
NEW SPRINGS OF JOY
Sermon Preached by Or. gslmazs
o. Sunday, Nay Ia
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wedding fezusity having gone by.Jthniel
and Acsvsh are abOas 10 20 - thar new
hOme. However loadly tho eyn.bas NAV
CLASP and the laughter ring. parents se al
Ways sad when q fondly cherished dasch.er
| goes on to stay; and Achsah, the daughter
at Caleb, knows that non Is ths time
| 20 ask almost anything she wants Of he. IA
ther. IL seems that Caleb, the good old nan.
bad given a wedding present to his dasgh-
ser piece of land that was mountainous. and
Sloping southwark toward the deserts Of
Arabia, swept with some very hot winds II
Vas called "a south land" But Achsah
wants an addition Of property; she wants a
piece OF land that Is well watered and fertile
Now IL is no wonder that Caleb. standing
amidst the bridal party, MS ewes NJ fun ~
tears because she was going away that be
could hardly SEQ her a. alt, gives her more
than she asks SIZE said TO him: Thou hast
given mo /. s>dth land give me also springs
Oh water, And be gave her the upper springs,
and .ne neither springs"
GOD HAS GIVEN Us THE WORLD.
What suggestive passagel The fact is,
that as Caleb, the father, gave Acbsah, the
daughter, south land. 90 God gives 10 us his
world an very thankful he has given it to
Us. But am like Ashsah in the fact that
want larger portion Trees, and flowers,
aud grass, and blue skies are very well in
tDer places but ne who has nothing but this
world for portion has no portion at all. 1t
Is a mountainous land, slopins off toward the
desert OF sorrow, swept by fiery siroccos, 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 every man, of every woman,
that h@As tried this world for portioui Queen
Ei-zabeth, amidst the surroundings Of pomp,
, Is unhappy because the painter sketches too
minutely the wrinkles on her face, and she
Indignantly cries out, you must strike of
my likeness without any shadows Hogarth,
at the very height of his artistic triumph, is
stung almost to death with chagrin because
the painting he had dedicated to the king does
not seem to be acceptable, for George ii
cries out; "Who Is this Hogarthi Take
his trumpery out Of my presence" Brinsley
Sheridan thrilled the earth with his eloquence,
but had for his last words, II am absolutely
undone." Walter Scott, fumbing around
! the inkstand, trying 10 write, says TO his
| daughter: ''Oh, take me back to my room;
! there is no rest for Sir Walter but in the
| grave" Stephen GirGrd, the wealthieSt man
In his day. or, at any rate. only second in
wealth, SAYS: Il live the life of galley slave;
| when | arise in the morning my one effort is
10 work 50 hard that | can sleep when it gets
| to be night" Charles Lamb, applauded of
all the world, IN the very midst of his literary
| triumph, says: do you rcmember, Bridget,
| when we used 70 laugh from the shilling gal
| lery of the playi There are now no good
| plays to laugh at from the boxes" But why
| 60 so far Us thati | used TO go no further
than your street to find an illustration Of
| what l am saying.
| WORKINGS ARE NOT REALLY HAPPY.
Pick me out ten successful worldlings-with-
! out any religion, and YOU know what | mean
| by thoroughly successful worldlings-pick mo
out ten successful worIdlings, and YOU cannot
| find more than one that looks happy. Care
| drags him across the bridge; care dregs him
/ back. Take your stand at o'clock at the
| corner OF Nassau and Wall streets, or al tho
| corner Of Canal street and Broad way and SEQ
the agonized physiognomies Your bankers,
! your insurance men, your importers, your
| wholesalers and your retailers, q class
as class, are they happy No. Care dogs
| their steps; and, making no appeal 10 God for
help or comfort, they are tossed eveTyw hither.
! How has IT been with you, my heareri Are YOU
| more cOntented In the house OF fourteen
rooms than you were in the two rooms YOU
| had IN house when you startedi Have you
/ not had more care and wOrriment since you
won that fifty thousand dollars than you did
| befOrei Some Of the poorest men | have
1 ever known have been those of great fortune.
/ A man Of small means may be put IL great
/ business straits, but the ghastliest Of oil en-
/ barraSSnents Is that Of tho man who has
/ large estates. The men who commit suicide
because Of monetary losses are those who
cannot bear the burden any more, because
they have only hundred thousand dollars
| left
On Bowling Green, New York. there is n
house where Talleyrsnd used 70 go lie was
a favoTite man All the world knew him.
and be had wealth almost unlimited. yes at
the Close Of his lifs he savs. behold. eighty
! three years have passed without any practical
result. save fatiCle q body and fatigue Il
mind. great discouTa cement Tor the future
and grast disgust Tor ths past OH my
+ friends, this is a south land. and il sloTes
{ or toward dpsertso q sorrovs. and the prayer
which Achsab mads TO Der father Caleb, We
make this day 10 or Father God. Thou
I hast given ne a south land; give me also
I springs Of water And he gave them the
upper springs. and the neither springs"
I Blessed be Col We have more Advantages
T given rs than We can really appreciate- We
7 have spiritual blessings offered rs in tais
I world which I shall call the neither springs
snd glories IN tie world % oorae = hlch shah
I cal the upper springs
IRE URE JoT OF RELfEToT.
! Where shall End words enough threaded
I with xht e. set forth fhe 'sestreof reiiglonl
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