The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-03
REV. DR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINEs sun
DAY sEItMON.
Subject. "Tbe Literature Of the

Subject; "Tbe Literature Of TIN
Dust
TExT. "issus stopped doirn and trrote o.
ths ground. John viii. e
A Aohamnedan mosque stands now Wher'
once stood Hefpie temple. the scene OF my
text Eol0fnou's temple had stood there. but
AepuchauneE thunderel i down. zorro
lAi'ei : temple bad stood thsrs, but that hAl
DEN prostratad Now we take our places
- temple that Herol built because ne was
1oii1 q great ar liitec'ura and be wanted 5le
preceding temples 10 seem Insignificant fut
eight or ten catheirais together and tney
would not s-ual that structure. i covered
nineteen acres. There were marble pl- iliIs
eupp1rf'ul roofs OF ceder an1 SILVER iAD.es
on snlch stood golien cups, ana there NeIe
carvings exquisite aud inscriptions frsP.eh,
dent, Slittering halustrades and ornAinenuel
cuteuuFs Tie building Of this temple kept
ten Thousand irurkmen busy foriy-sl1 years.
Ir thar Etuuenious pile Of p0mp ana mag
niiiccroe sat Christ and lsteh.ns tnfopB
stood about him. when Wild aisI1fDance
took place A. group 81 men are pniling ana
pnsliilg along a woman wno has committed
The worst crime against society. When
they hsrs brought her in front Of Christ,
they ask that He scnfunoe her to death by
stanIne. They ere a critical, merci-
les. disincenuous crowd They want
~ SIS AlAI HH- A-AHV I-AAaAA0 NNA.N dlu
ri'ilic rrrrehensicn II He say: 'flet
her die they VII charge HIM with cruelty.
II &c let Der 20, they VIII charge Him With
baiDg il completely with Wickedness.
Whichever way he does, they would howl
AT Him Then occurs "a scene which has
not BEEN Fudiciently regarded Es leaves
the tuun-e or Bench on which Sc was
sitting and GOES down on one knee. or
both Anres. and with the fdrefnger OF
rs rsht bend He begins 70 write in
ide dusi qf the icar. word after word But
- ~. q. = = diverted or hinderad.
u 81 n - 6tlIlan1Itg That He sdttle this
case 81 frrnsEfrssI1E until De looked 10 and
tod them fhaf they might themselves begin
The woEnaEs assassiuation. If the complainant
who bad never done ANYTHING wrong him
sell would open the fire.. go ahead.
nuf be sure that the man who filings
The hrzt missile : immaculzten Then He
resumed writing With HIS fuger in the dust
q the flaor. word after word Instead Of
looking over His shoulder 10 see what He bad
written the scoundreis sgulked away.
Finally. fha whole place is clear Of pur-
suers, antagonists and plaintiffs. and when
Christ has fln shed this strange cbirography
90 the dust he looks up and finds the
woman aa alone TIE prisoner IS the only
ono u The co1rf room left. the Judges the
police. the prosecuting attorneys having
cleared out Christ is victor and He says to
ire woman; ~Nhere are the prosecutors in
ths cesa' Ara they all gone. Then I dis
clarge you. 20 and sin no more
have always wondered what Christ wrote
On the ground For do you realize that is
me ~ tine that He ever wrote at ALI /
know that Eusehius s1ys that Christ once
wrote leffer 70 Abgarus the King of
-lle-sai n1t there is no good evidence OF such
q correspondence. The srisest being the
~or'o ever saw and the one who
had more % SAY than any one who ever
AFel' never writing q book or q chapter, or
q page or a paragraph. or a word on parch-
liient Nothing but this literature OF the
dust snd one sweep ~ a brush or one
hrearh Of a wind chit=rated that forever.
3 znonE al the rolls Of the volumes OF
the hrst library founded at Thebes
there was not one scroll or Christ. Among
The seven hundred ttousani books OF the
= ez1rdriar LIBRARY, which b. the Infamous
deere o. caliph Omar were ussd as fuel
- nesi me four THOUSAND baths of
penn o. Among al the iufiuitude Of
volumes now standing n the libraries Of
dinaurgl, fhe irish Museum OF Berlin or
'eiii'a. or the learned repositories OF ali
l.s' 9ns, not one word written directly bv
~ nn-er q flhristi An that be ever wrote
e 1rele m dust, uncertain, shifting, vaD-
Ply text says He STOPPED down and wrote
- 4e eroun1- STANDING stnuight ID man
Eut write On tie ground with q staff
ent With his fingers he would
ef1ie ln the dust, be must bend clear
oser ave b. mus get ct least I
70 one Enee Or be cannot write on the I
ground Be not SURPRISED that He /
siopfed down HIS whole life was a /
l.efilE dQnn- hulopiag down from
castle % harm Stopping down from
ct-erilal Lounge % m0hocrutic ieer
~ ni,d = "a. 70 dealgraye His landing place J
I nom i.easeo font 1oor 20 the world back
-lie- troul writing ir round and silvcred
eits.N q Eonsteliation aud calazv On
ne blue sfrei o. heHren- 70 writing On the
.ruuul Ia TIE dust. which The feet Of the
r0Ed had LETT in Her0d-s tennie-
Q IN .anuary you have ever stepped
W. y princes Conservatory that
Ild Mexican clctus aud maguo-
n in iuli bloom, into The Outside sir ten de-
.ness teoE zaro, you may g.. SINE idsa Of
lrlst E change ~ atln1slIl.ere frotn f,aiasrin1
2 tefrss'riai How many heavens there are
KNOW not but there are az least three. for
an Has caught up into the third heaven
'nrifI came down from highest heaven 10
BE- seeond heaven, and down from sscond
s-fen % mrs. heaven, down EWiftsr than
ieie1Is ever iel. down alnidst Stellar spen-
or ihat Himself eelpsei, down through
'i'illf. liirfi-s1 etruospleres through ap1ali-
y .l1lre. Gown % Where there was no lower ,
epti- From being waited % at the ban !
pet q ths skies 70 the broiling Of fish fUr /
ie OWE breakfast on fhe banks Of the Lake :
rom e-nDla19Ded chariots = -=-.rniiy Z
- --znie or '9inuie's back. The n
,niase cilerubic, ssraphie. archangelic, +
. tie paying o. srtF-tEo ard a half cents p
TAX - Cnar. From the death ez
l1ntry 70 q t0ub built 70 hide human s.
s-oiutic1. TIE u7Iiflsl wave Of Gsliles I &
ls nl-n- lut De had 70 come down before v
IN lis fest Be could tou b II and the n
mr. elnl that rose above TIE billow J
- D
lrn betqra- with dH lip. BE could o.
is q into quiet Bethiehem a uoOouing G
,rn- Aazareth stopping down. Death 4
l"een tHo burglars a stoouinz down d
-. p tAs DID cousouanca with humiiietious h
e. nae gene before and with sell anna. Oh
li L7ai ellae after, when nn thar memoir Il
re DAY ln Herois Temple He saooued down liz
Q Hroie "a iha Ero7nd ID
p -s-iner ne r. ur1s he Was writing vera in VI
'teh- or Latin Or Hehre4. 1 cannot sav. g
( ~ kneE 81 flasa lalEuageg Bat Re Il Ii
1 -lo7lire doan and with His finger writ m
I - q GROUND. Ia the winter il letters ",
e1slet iR tha spring 10 letters q ef
-eIt in summer IN golden letters II an
feii' n autu1un In isttsrs Of fire On faIi7n Re
10Y r would EWeeteu NJ ard en-. ab
. q eiaila1Qn TINS world cord We - IN,
eaii6fep1E ell over H. TINS world Al
: - burg out into space thousands Of tn
- ~ eal tlsn left % looE cut for IL BIZ
. = stl under he divine 49, - -.
netsr for q haf second taxes ~ no
"a o. or = Or i Houid noou b = eilir- ~
.le-ii Eo1ld- defunet world. e. ol,.oie{, ~
-. e. enandonsd world. q dead World IN
e t.sfs = Light sss said At TIE is.gin. ear
= --r Sefi7i Stands under thu Wintry ma
: and ssTs: Let there Be- snnwnui.es - IN I'M
tile earth and under the clouds % spring en-
say. Come 80 nlos7umz and make r. ~
iuf tla orchards. End in September. dir III
nr1nclef mo the var Of leaufifal aoior1 9th
- iues them iu tue hay cir. No -ri1irn NO
fnine e t1iE Without Him -az moi ist
Thing fnafe that was mniea CF-r-f nj
.lDg ca tie eruuuL Il we could sir
Bis narG IN all the uas.ine tt
Qrf Snow n srouid iilumins the roriif Z let
rerdnre AID Foliage would be IN nliesorie on
again W. worid tear Him sly a. of "a. I
usid,f the lilies n tie field how they His
, and We would Eof hear the whistle not
guar or The eaHing o. q dul
n o. tns rounaelaT n q iirown- q {
ste Fitholr saying Behold no
iorls o. ne az. they szather not ilto he
=. yet your Haareilg Father fee1eth ~ ~
allI a Ioalinlc ben Of the BARNARD ~
Z ~ f.'re', ~ her brood yet We would nj
tnrsf alfiu- a. ~ Cd. bow often -
q 'lire Eltaers1 tiv children together, ~
O. heu cafhrei her chickens ~
2 ter rinEs- and through the redoient -
~ ~ Ael'i bar Christ saying. u arm
o. ~ raF0r. We rr.uH not din tho W