The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-25
What is Meant by ~ Win Open Ny
Dark Sayings on a Harp"
The Inexplicable, the Impossible.
the Unfathomable Things
OF Life Satisfactorily Explained by
the Wisdom OF God.
The Strange Things We Sec and the
Strange Things We Hoar-How
Promndltios and Labyrinths
and Problems Are Solved.

lhNNkl ~ ~ IL iNbs AAAN hh-
dlence that crowded the immense audito-
rum OF the Brooklyn Tabernacle and the
adjoining lecture-room aud parlors today
united IN singing
sun OF my soul, Thou Savior dear
II is not night Il Thou be near
Dr. Talmagc preached on the subject:
Ozark Sayings on Harp" Text, xix.
Psalm OF David, Verse 1; IL will open my
dark sayings ON a harp"
The world is lull OF the inexpicablc,
the impossible, the unialhomable, the in.
surmountablc. We cannot go three steps
in any direction without coming up against
hard wall Of mystery, riddles, paradoxcs,
proiundlics, labyrinths, problems that We
cannot solve, hcrogyphics that we cannot
dccipher, anagr1ms We cannot spell out,
sphinxcs that will not speak. For that
reason, David ia my text proposed to take
up some OF these sombcr aud dark things
and try to set them to sweet music: 81 will
open my dark sayings on 4 harp"
So look Oh on society and find people
in unhappy conjunction Of circumstances
and they do not know what II means aud
they have a right to ask why is this? and
why is that? and think | vii, be doing
a good work 10y trying TO 'eNplain some OF
these strange things and make You more
content with your lot, and | shall only be-
answering questions that have often been
asked me. or that We have all asked our
selves, while l try TO set these mysteries
to music and open my dark saying on a
harp.
AQUEsrioN THAT ~ OFTEN ASKED.
Interrogation the frst Why does God
| take ont ui this world those who are use
| iul aud whom We cannot spare and leave
| alive aud ia good health so many who are
/ only nuisance or a positive injury to the
/ Word2 ! thought that | would begin
| with the very toughest 81 all the seeming
! nsCutablcs. Many ol lhc most useful
| men aud women die % thirty or forty
| ycars ol age, while you often fnd useless
/ people alive at Sky ata seventy and
| eighty. John Careless vaOio 20 Bradford.
/ who was soon to be- pa. To death, saying
| "Nhy doth God sllIvr mv and such other
| catcrpilars to live that rtn do nothing but
| consume the aims ol ihr church. aud take
away ~ many worthy Wurkmcn in the
/ Lords vinoylrd2' similar questions ac
| often asked. Here arr two men. The one
| is q noble character aud q Christian man,
| be- chooses iur lifetime companion one
| who has been tcndcrly reared and she Is
/ worthy of him and hr worthy ol her
| us merchant, ar l1rmcr or professional
/ man, or mechanic, ur artist, hC tolls 90
educate aud rear h.s children, hc is sue.
cpudius, hut hU ha9 not yet established iof
his family fall competency, hC seems
absolutely indispensable 20 that household.
but one uly, before ho las paid oil thc
NOR gage on his house, be- IL coming home
through q strong northeast Wind aud u
chill strikes through him aud four DAYS
of pneumonia end his earthly carrrr. uui
the wife and children go into q struggle
| lur shpltrraud food. llisnrNt door ncigh-
bpr b. q man Who, though strong and we'll,
lets his wife support him, hv b. round at
the grocery siurc or some general lulllug
place la the evenings, while his vile rcws.
his bows are initiating his example, and
lounge and sNaggrr aud swear; all The uso
that man is in that house h to rave be-.
cause tho coffee Is cold when lac come.
10 q late breakfast or to ny cutting thing.
about his Wiic's looks, when ho iurnlshu.
nothing Tor her wardrobe Tho best thing
that could happen o. that iumily would H.,
that man funeral, but Doe decline. 10 dip,
ha lives Ou aud on and un. 80 We have
all noticed that many Oi The useful nf,
early cut of, while the parasites Ui society
have great vital tonnciv
take up this dafk ufns ~ my l1U
aud give thrco ~ four thrums On no,
string in ihc way oi sufmis.ug aud hope
lul guess Perhaps the useful man Wa
taken ogt Of tho world hDUnuto hu aud Boz
family were sO construct % 'lAt they could
not have endured HHWH great pruFporIt,
that might have been lUi ahead and the,
altogether might hpy0 gone down in the
vortex Oi wurldlinrss which every yuU
swallows up 10000 households And b,
b Do went while ho was humble aud cuusc
: Grated, and they were ly ilH sryrfliIrs u
[. liic kept close to Christ aul htul Zoe usr
/ iuinoss here aud high u1p iu hHiyru. and
when they mroi at iIsi H,.UIr ihD lhfun"
they will Acknowledge iUat though tb,
furnace was hot, Il puzzled iHrmi unl pre-
. pared them lIr nu ripmI. career ul gIuy
aud reward Tor which o. other Mind NJ DO.
could have ii'tUl th.u Uu 'Huu'hpr hHnl
the useless m 70 lived ou iDh.iyor slNiy,uI
seventy yunut because III i.H uaur hC uNuI
p can hay0 be- mus. have Zoo iI.s world, au'
b you ought not. thUuluH Ugnudgn hlu
/ hIs earthly longevity Do H.I ihc uurs there
has not q single lolicf, nui"Wd heaven
There u no place lIf Uu there lD ban.
, around. Not Ia tho iHu. r., ipr lhcy ar
! lull Of the mos, vigIuU. l..fi and upiur
r ous worship. Not uu I.' river bank, 10
s that IS The place where 40. UYnVurIUn rc
. cline. Not In the gaig.. because there nr
mulliiudos entering and Nu nfc told tha
at each oi the twelve m'rs there is 10
, angel, and that celestial guard would No.
allow the place b. Boz blocked up viii
= idlcrs II the COOL and useful ~ early
rejoice ior them that thy have so soon 80
. through with human ll which at best
a struggle. Aud " tho ur.r nnd the b1'
stay, rejoice that the, mIy bo ohi ~ th
worlds fresh air COOL many ycan Doior
their liual incarceration
Interrogation Ia r. I Nhy 10 p
, many good people have l mhch trouble
y fickncH, bankfup'cy r.rNcuuon, th
J. throc black yrliuurs I0..u .une, puillh
:, their herce hcal's intJ gu sei ol llngle'
= noryesl ! think now r gJod lnchd
G once had. lie was cy. ..i'ed hnalial
g nSau, an elder in iho c und H POI
LAOd JuliaIiau AL .I nan ~ Nft