The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-29
THE NEW SPRINGS OF JOY.
ANOTHER TAsIRNAcLE DISCOURSE.
Man Never Satisfied With His Possessions
Borrowed Care and Trouble Dogs the
Footsteps Of Business Men and
WRINKLES Many Faces.

given me south land give me also
springs Of waer. And he gave her the
upper springs and the neither springs. -
Joshua XIV, 10 He said:
The city OF Debir was the 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 ,ould take the city would
have, at any rate, two elements OF
manhood-briyery and patriotism. With
Caleb's daughter as a prize to fight
for Gen. Othaiel rode into the battle.
The gates of Debir where Numbered into
the dust and he city of books lay at the
feet OF the cnquerOrs The work done,
Othniel comes back to claim his bride
Having conquered the city it is no great
Job Tor him to conquer the girls heart;
for however .aint-hearted a woman her
self may be she always loves courage in a
man. | never saw an exception to that.
The wedding festivity having gone by,
Othniel and Achsah are about to 90 to
their new home. However loudly
the cvmbas may clash and the
laughter ringparents are always sad when
fondly 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. 1t
seems that Caleb, the good old man, had
given as a wedding present to his daugh-
ter piece of land that was mountainous
and sloping southwark toward the deserts
OF Arabia, swept with some very hot
winds. 1t was called ga south land"
But Achsah wants an addition of prop
erty; she wants q piece of land that Is
well watered and fertile. Now it is no
wonder that Caleb, standing amid the
bridal party, his eyes so full OF tears be-
cause she was going away that he could
hardly see her at all, gives her more than
she asks She said to him. Thou hast
given me a south land; give me also
springs of water. And he gave ner the
upper springs and the neither springs"
What a suggestive passagel The fact is
that as Caleb, the father, gave Achsah, the
daughter, a south land so God gives to us
His world. I am very thankful He has
given it to US. But ] am like Achsah in
the fact that want a larger portion. Trees
and flowers 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 a mountainous
land, sloping off toward the desert of sor-
row, swept by fiery siroccos; 1t Is "a south
land !" a Door portion for anv man that
triest to put his trust in it. What has
been your experience? What has been
the experience of every man, of every wo-
man that has tried this world for por-
ton? Queen Elizabeth amid the sur
roundings of pomp Is unhappy because
the painter sketches too infinitely the
wrinkles on her face and she Indignantly
cries out: You must strike of my like
ness without any shadows" Hogarth, at
the very hight of his artistic triumph, is
L
cause the painting he had dedicated to the
king does not seem to be acceptable, for
George II cries out: "Who is this Ho-
garth? Take his trumpery out OF my
presence" Brinsley Sheridan thrilled the
earth with his eloquence, but had for his
last words, 81 am absolutely undOne."
Walter Scott, fumbling around the ink
stand trying to write, says to his daugh-
ter: "0h, take me back to my room
there is no rest for Sir Walter but in the
grave" Stephen Girard, the wealthiest
man in his day, or at any rate only second
in wealth, says: 81 live the life of gal
ley slave; when / arise in the morning
my one effort is to work so hard that can
sleep when it gets to be night" Charles
Lamb, applauded of ali the world, in the
very midst OF his literary triumph, says:
''Do YOU remember, Bridget, when we
used to laugh from the shilling gallery at
the play? There are now no good plays
TO laugh at from the boxes" But why go
so far az that? 1 used TO go no farther
than your street to find an illustration of
what | am saying.
Pick me out ten successful worldlings-
without any religion, and you know what
] mean by successful worldings-pick me
out ten successful worldlings, and you
cannot find more than one that looks
happy. Care drags him across the bridge;
care drags him back. Take your stand at
o'clock at the corner of Nassau and
Waists. or at the corner OF Canal-st. and
Broadway and see the 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 God for
help or comfort, they are tossed every
whittier How has it been with YOU, nv
nearer? Are you more contented in the
house Of fourteen rooms than you were in
the two rooms you had in house when
you started? Have you not had more
care and worriment since YOU won that
$4,000 than you did before? Some of the
poorest men l have ever known have been
those OF great fortune A man Of small
means may be put in great business
straits, but the ghastliest of all embarrass-
nents is that of the 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 100000 left.
On Bowling Green, New York, there is
house where Talleyrand used to go. All
the world knew him, and he had wealth
almost unlimited; yet at the close of his
life he SAYS: Behold, eighty-three years
have passed without any practical result,
save fatigue of body and fatigue of mind,
great encouragement for the future and
great disgust for the past" Oh, my
friends, this is ga south land" and it
slopes off toward deserts of SORROWS; and
the PRAYER which Achsah made to her
father Caleb we make this day to our
father God: Thou hast given me south
land; give me also springs of water. And
he gave them the upper springs and the
neither springs
Blessed be God We have more advan-
tages given us than we can really appre-
ciate We have spiritual blessings offered
US in this world which | shall call the
neither springs, and glOries in the world to
come which / shall call the upper springs.
Where shall ] find words enough
threaded with light to set forth the pleas
ure of religion? David, unable to de-
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