The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
rHz BRoOELYN DIEISEis SIN.
DAY SERMON.
suajset .christ the village Lad

III -7.4 ~ chlid grslc. and Cored
s,ronq ~ sl7tfli 1ttiea s1sth rDisd0n, and IN
fTaes q Goa a1ds sipoH Kim. Lake IL, 4G.
Aboqt Christ as 6 village lad I speak
lnere Is LII me most part 4 silence more than
eienieal centuries sozg about Christ between
iutancy and manhood. What Lind Of I. boy
sos hai as He a genuine boy 81 al. or did
.neIr s1lile upon Kim from the start all ths
lulet.ltlas 90 ndsf7duntf We have on this
subject only ittie guessing few s1rmises,
elsa l1rc and there an unimp0rtaut '.per-
maps Concerning what bounded that boy
eeo- on coll sides He lfqe whole libraries q
p,oAs and Fhele galleries Of cauTas and
sculpture.
but pen and pencil and chisel have with
lev exceptions passed By Christ the village
ta1 Yet b. three couiained erideDce5 l
thizik r'a can core - a4 Accurate an idea OF
= hat Christ vas as boy as we can q what
Ihrist WIS as 4 nan.
FIRST. We have the brief Bible account.
. lnen ne have fhe prolonged account Of what
- Wa az tiiifiy Yeas q age NOV you
TIVE ollY ro miuiiv that account somewhat
and yoa iind Hlat BE was a. ten years q
az leulrarameuts never change. A san
Eulue temperament never becomes phleg-
matte ta111larameat. A nervous teInpera-
4nanr never bccqmes e lTufphailc ten1peras
u1ent Religion cnangcs ones aiieclions and
Hznbltions, but il IS TIE sllne old tenpsra-
II|A4N tNlNLIZ N-AlNINNiA ~ l--AAi--s -
Christ had 40 religious change De was as a
I'D EtNt he was as o man. Only on not so
larrsa sczie. When ll tradition and all art
o. 81 firtorv REPRESENT Kim as a blonde
with golden hair 1 know he vas IN boyhood
q hl1nGe.
Ne have beside, 40 nninspirei book that
aEEs for the iirzr three or four centuries after
C,hrist.s sHfsar.1es rseeiFed by many
Is INSPIRED so which gives pro-
iougod accgauf uf Christ's bow
logd Some of i ries lse true. most OF it nay
BE- fzae- zqns RI Is may Be- true. II may be
petty ls-llt % facts y by the passage III the
agss. s0msral- factsu may have been distorted.
tuf Decan-s hook IS not diviEsly inspired
~ a.e mol therefore 70 concluds fhrt fhere
Hre not ule lAings IN IT, Prescotts
''llasl1esl ~ lleEic1' was not inspired. but
- l4lsYa q ellh0rgh it nav contain mis-
ta-es. Ascaalay7s History OF England was
nor lrsplrel, but We believe Il although II
DAY ieFe heell meIr-d with many ,Frors.
fnt so-cai.ec npocrTpilsl Gospel in which the
boz ll4l y. Christ Is dUelt uuon do not be
iirsr u - liYinelY inspired and yet it NAV
.rssailr la,ts worldly q Consideration. Because
: represents TIE boy Christ as performing
iilia'-'- sal-a nave Overt brown that whole
. lo.sI- 1s-lai book But what right have vou
g say Illt Christ did not psform miracles at
~ years e ase rs vel rs at thirty Re was
% nar1cou 1s certainly divine as ii man
hood Thzn naiie a lad Sc must nave
Al tle II@E6r 70 nlTk miracles uhether
1c DC OF not UQrk them. When. hEv-
~ reached msEhooi, Christ turned
VAR mo wine that was said 70 be
'slc beginning Of miTncles. But that nav
lnasn mai = vas ths beginning Of that
seflef ~ manhood miracles In e word. I
tank 1har tAe New Testament Is only
9 sliiii transcript q what Jesus did and said.
asset .l1e Bible declares positively that If al
iifist dc ana eall were written tie world
you'd not contain ths books. So We are At
i1aari3 n neIlere or reject those parts OF the
f0it pal gospel Wl-ich say that when the
~ (-i-lis- VIII hls mother PISSED Q band Of
lulefeS Il Told HIS mother thar two OF them
lii1aechiis ana Titus by name. would be the
lNp llisfes who uilerUard Wo1ld expire on
si1'ss-s nss1ae hlm- Was that more wonder
nl 1lan some Of CAirst's manhood pro-
Tl-slea Or the uninsured story
lla1 ne boy Christ made q fountain
sqll1I- fruzu tue roots OF a sycamore tree 50
RAJ ills mother wasted His coar in che stream
- - t---i lli-ie unbelievable tilan the man
-a'o1 lniizel- tilar changed common water
iiiu z i-illilllae-e 1al RAGE Or the UNINSURED
I-1rr that two sick children were recovered
~ slfaliE IN tle water where Christ had
: @slu1f D aa that more W01derful than the
llasnial1 1nil'1ele By which the woman twelve
fe-lf g c1usle-e invalid should have been
aa1-- s-rsi.;st b touching the fringe OF
-iirls-is c1ats
q Other T1rda WhIeI do not believe that
~ 81 t1a so-ealed ap0crgphal New Tesla
ieili Is .-splr1l- beieTs ullcll of il Is true;
u.s. rs ] believe a 1tiousand books. none Of
silcn ere GlrinalF INSPIRED. Much Of It was
- Ike Christ. Just as certain rs the man
-'t-lsl Yrs the most of rhe time getting I1en
10 oi i-1z1le. I think that tie boy Christ
- Ire NJ RI tbs time getting boys out Of
r1u1ie. aaTe declared 70 you this dar a
cfS chr And tbs world wants such
one y did not sit around Inouing
Irer zalzf WIS 10 IL or what Was From
1e esf IN rilel rlatural objects euFrezthed
themselves INTO bis sermons after he had be- I
'1lns . rlila / conclude there was not a rock
& ~ Or cE7ern OF @ tree for miles
Irllld that re was not familiar with in /
.al.il1od- Re bad cautiously felt HIS way
i11Tn irllc i1e caves ard had With lirhe and I
gle limb gained q p0ise on many a nigh /
res top lis bgyh0od was passed among I
Tau1 scs1zrT IS most al the great I
1r-r7z have plszHI early life among /
ae 1aouniains- They may 1--we now on /
r. l1-s. bl1 they p1aze1 rha receptive 4
~ OF lAikosd among the hills I
among tie mountains Of New Hampshire, /
r me mountains Of Virginia, o. the noun
lll-s ~ ken.uckT. or slie mountains Of Swift
-il1lii or ltalT. or Austria or Scotland. or I
i1anili1s as - and rugged as they, many .
TIE write thrilling Biographies began.
~ Lor1s 1cThood was passed IN a neigh
or1ocd twelve hundred 1eet above the level
the 50 and surrounded by mountains I've
: -, Luudrei feer stu higher. Baf0re IS
1rlc si1De c1 tie village where this boz
e7I- the s1l lad 10 Climb far enough M to
- over hills that he'd their heads far ai0ft
ron. yrller height His eye AZ one sweep took
} M mighty scoop cf the valleys and with
bother sweep took 10 the MediterTanesn Sea,
% Fpu hear the grandeur Of the cliffs and
b surge II the great waters In His match
- sern1n8l0gT- One day / sas that divine
o.. tie vi nd FURRY ing his hair over Hissun
f9s'1ed torelead- standing On q hiu TOP
1a,lng on upon Lake IIbeTias- on which at
D. lailie zee1rllrg . pru1aue history are,
81 Tour nu1drel, four thousand ships Au-
-or1 have taken pains 70 say that Christ was
= q1-fr-e1 ~ these surroundings, and that
l1 ir1El within lived outward and indepeiida
- ~ circlllsfancas- So far from that be-
.Irg that ever walked the earth,
ID il pale invalids weak
1eer could not touch His robe without
rdngth going out from Him these mountains
81 saas coslld not have touched his eve with
" i-TzdiafirE His entire nature with their
1lIiidczlce warrant that .-ie had mounted
ri explored az the fifteen hills around Eaza-
Ircnet ~ perpetual snow. and Carmel ead
dor end Gfboa, and they all had their
llimc scho IL after time from the OEvetic
iipit
And theait was not uncultiTated grandeur.
lee hills carried IL their arms or On their
lczs gar1erE groves. orchards terraces,
~ ards cactcs eTcamores These out
-i.l.-lillE f1llges did not haVe 70 wait for
2 il2s.1s ne-ore tlelr silence was broken, for
'fo19l rscu and over them and in circles
1le1 iee-a and under them were pelicans
e lurue1ez, were sparroWs. were night
sai3, Hare iarils. were quails were
lckuir-ls. were patridges. were b1lbuls.
91ler the white foclE n sheep showed =
- over the pasture lands. And
'1cer the brook Eehearses to the peb- J
e. f. cdVehtlres down the rocky shelving
1llder are the oriental homes, the housewife
- Iitaher on the shoulder entering the
'7I. ana down the lawn in front children
eng aznong the flaming fora And all
p spring and song and grass and sunshine
y SHADOW woven inr0 the most exquisite
.i,irs t.iat ever breafhed or Wept or sung or
liess1 through studying the sky between {
Z NILS ernst had noticed the weather
-. Ai.e ma q crimson sky at night meant Z
next day and that c crimson SKY !
~ .l'3i4ns meant wet weather before 7
~ -ilia bow BEAUTIFULLY He made use Of J
p .itii- tssifr as de drove down mon the
l-lef9ls flaris7e and Eadducee by CRYING d
p aen y , evening ye say Il VIII b I
y nlsiLlieT- Tor the ky Is red aud in the S
9rulng 4 VIII BE- foul weather fe-lle-- ~ O
ile5- y can discern the face n the slr,y inf o
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