Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-08-24
TIE STRONG SWIMMER.
SUBJECT OF OR. TALMAGE'S SER.
MON At SEATTLE, AUG. 10.


sii.lss of Them. tie That swimnseth
sprcaseth Forth TITS Hand. to swim."
the Words of 90. Text.
SEATTLE. w. T., Aug. iS. The Rev.
7. dc Witt Talmagc. d. d.. Of Bnok.
lyn. preached hcrc today. Ills text
was Isaiah XIV. II: lie shall spread
forth his hands in the midst Of them.
us he that swimmcth spreadeth forth
his hands Ia SWIM. The preacher
sad:
" this season Of the year nultitudes
Of people wade into the ponds and
lakes and rivers and seas. Al first
putting out cautiously from tho shore,
but having learned the right stroke OF
arm and foa. they let the waters roll
over them. anl in wild glce dive or
float or swim. ~ the text will be very
Suggestive: lie shall spread forth
his hand in the midst Of them. as he
that swi,nmetli sprcadcth forth his
hands 10 swim.
The fisherman seeks out unfrequcnt.
cd hooks. You stand all tay OH the
UtIA ~ u TtNtT ttiG UtOtttuk sun,
and fling out your line. and catch
nothing. while tho expert angler
breaks through the jungle and goes
by the shadow of the solitary rock,
and in place where no fisherman has
been for ten years. throws out his line
and comes home at night, his face
shining and his basket fun. do not
know why wo ministers Of the Gospel
need always he fishing in the same
stream. and preaching from tho same
text that other people preach from.
cannot understand the policy Of the
minister who. IN Blackfriars, London.
England. every week for thirty years
preached from the Epistlc TO tho lie.
brcws. II is mn cxhilaration Ia me
when | come across a theme which |
feel no one else has treated. aud my
text is one of that kind There are
paths IN Gods Word that are well
beaten by Christian feet When mcr
want toquotc Scripture, they quote the
old passages that every one has heard.
When they want chapter read. they
read chapter that all the other people
have bccm reading. so that the church
today is ignorant of three fuurths Of the
Bible. You 90 into tine Louvre at Paris.
You coniimc yourself Ia one corridor
Of that opulcnt gallery Of paintings.
AS you come out your friend says to
you. Did you see that Rcmbrandt!"
NO" Did you see that Rubcnsf"
No" did you see that Titianl"
NO" did you see that Raphacli"
"No." Well" says your friend.
"thcn you didn't SEQ the Louvre.
Now, my friends. | think we are too
much apt Ia coniine ourselves 10 one
Of the great corridors Of this Scripture
truth. aud ~ much So that there is not
one person out of n million who has
ever noticed the all suggestive aud
powerful picture IN the words Of my
text.
A BOLD FIGURE.
This text represents God as u strong
swimmer. striking out Ia push down
iniquity aud save the souls Of men.
lie shall spread forth his hands in
the midst of them. as lac that swim
meth spra,lch, forth his hands To
SWIM. Tho figure is bold and many
sided Most of you know how To
swim. :Stnmc of YOU learned il in the
city scliopl. where this art is taught;
some of you in boylloOd, III the river
near Your fathers house; some Of you
since yOu came Ia manhood or wo.
manhWl. while summcring on the
beach of the sea You step down in
the wave. you throw your head back.
you bring your elbows To- the chest.
you put the palms Of your hands
downward and the solcs of your feet
outward. and you push through the
wafer ns though You had been born
aquatic. II is u grand thing To know
how Ia swim. not only for yourself
but because you will after "A while,
perhaps. have 10 help Others. ! do
not know anything more stirring ar
sublime than Ia Sce some man like
Norman Mckenzie lcaping from the
Charles Turner, who had dropped from
the royal yard while trying Ia loosen
the sal. bringing him back Ia the
deck amid tile luzzas Of the passcn.
gers aud crew II man has not en-.
thiISi;iSIn enough Ia cheer ia such cir.
cun,siaiiccs lie deserves himself odrop
the SEA and have no one help him. into
Tie ROYAL Humane society of Eng.
land was established in i117i. its object
To applaud and reward thosc who
should pluck "a, life from the deep
Any one who has performed such
,lc,rl III daring las all the particulars
uf ii:ai bravery recorded IN Il public
record. AM, nm his breast u medal done
IN blue. and gold. aud bronzc; anchor
and monogram. and inscription. tell
Of the man ar wOiIlaiI who saved some
onc from drowning. But. my friends,
il il is such IA worthy thing Ia save
body from the deep ! ask you il il is
not u worlhlcr thing Ia save an i'm
mortal >nMlf Aud you s.Gll sec this
hour tie son ~ God step furth for
tins achievement lie s.Iall spread
forth his hand IN the midst Of them.
rs ic that swlnlncth Sprcadcth forth
his hands Ia SWIM.
THE RACE rs A SIS. 1G CONDITION.
Ia ORDER la understand the full
force of this ligur'. you need la real
ilc, first II all. that our race is IL u
sinking condition. lou sometimes
hear people talking of what they con
s.,icr the most beautiful words IN our
language Ono man says II Is home.
another ulan says II Is the wort, ''mo.
Their" another snys ii is the word
".lcs,Is." but | will tell you the bitter
est word ia all our language. the worsl
most angry and balcful. the worl sat
uriictl with tire must trouble. the yorl
that accounts for all the loailisolne
mcss. and Me pang. and the outrage,
and the narrowing; aud tia, w"rl is
sin" Iou spell il with ihrco
letters. aud yet those three letters
d,. crilr the circumference and plcrc"
The diameter Of everything ls,d ia the
universe Slnl u il a Slb:lant word.
You cannot pronounce II without Civ.
Al. Al. A. Il