Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-30
SUNDAYS SERMON.
OWE OF REV. DIR. TALMAGEa
STERLING DISCOURSES.
suhJect: ANew Springs of JOY"

nice me also springs OF UoteF. ana ne GAGE
scr The upper springs, and the neither
S1riaos. Joshua XIV. 10.
The CITY of Debir was the Boston of antiq-
uty-a great place for brain and books. Ca
ish wanted it. and he offered his daughter
Achsah as prize to any one who would cap
ture that CITY 1t was a strange thing for
Caleb to do; and yet the man who could take
the city would have at any rate two ele-
nents Of manhood-bravery and patriotism.
With Caleb's daughter as prize TO fight for
Cen. Othniel rode into the battle. The gates
n Debir were Numbered into dust and the
city of books lay at the feet of the conquer
ors The work done, Othniel comes
hack 60 claim his bride. Having con-
onered the city, it is no great job for him to
cmouer the girls heart; for however faint
hearted woman herself may be, she always
loves courage in a man. never saw an ex-
cention TO that. The wedding festivity hay-
ing gone by, Othniel and Achsah are about
Ia 10 to their new home. However loudly
he cyInbals may clash and the laughter ring,
arents are always sad when a fondly cher
Shed daughter goes off to stay; and Achsah,
the daughter of Caleb, knows that now is the
fine 70 ask almost anything she wants of her
father. It seems that Caleb the good old
man had given as a wedding present to his
danghter piece Of land that was mountain
ous and sloping southwark toward the
winds 1t was called "a south land" But
Achsah wants an addition of property; she
wants a piece of land that is well watered
and fertile Now it is no wonder that Caleb
Standing amidst the bridal party, his eyes SO
full of tears because she was going away that
hecould hardly see her at all, gives her more
than she asks She said to him: Thou hast
elyen me a south land; give me also springs
e water And he gave her the upper
enrines and the neither springs"
What suggestive passage The fact is
that as Caleb, the father, gave Achsah, the
daughter, a south land, so God gives to us
His world / 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 arc
very well in their places; but he who has
nothing but this world for portion has no
norton at all. IL is mountainous land,
sloping off toward the desert of sorrow,
swept by fiery siroccos; lis "a south land, a
moor portion for any man that tries 10 put his
trust in 1t. What has been your experienced
What has been the experience of every
man. of every woman that has tried this
world for q portionf Queen Elizabeth,
amid the surroundings Of pomp, is unhappy
because the painter sketches too infinitely
the wrinkles on her face, and she Indignantly
cries out: "You must strike Off my likeness
without any shadowsn Hogarth, at the
almost to death with chagrin because the
painting he had debated to the King does
not seem TO be acceptable: for George III.
cries out: ''Who is this Hogarths Take
his trumpery out of my presence Brins-
ley Sheridan thrilled the earth with
bis eloquence, but had for his last
words II am absolutely undone.n Walter
Scott, fumbling around the inkstand
irving TO write says to his daughter: "Oh,
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: II
live the life of galley 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 all 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
playf There are now no good plays to laugh
at from the boxes.n But why go so far as
that l used to go no further 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 worldlings-pick me out
Ten successful worldlings and you cannot
find more than one that looks happy. Care
drags him across the bridge; care drugs him
back Take your stand at 2 O'Clock at tho
Cufnef OF nassau ana w ali SbTcctSt VI ~
the corner Of Canal street and Broadway, and
wee the agonized physiogomies Your
bankers your insurance men, your I'M
pOrters your wholesalers and your retailers,
as class-as class, are they happyf No.
Care dogs their steps; and making no appeal
to God for help or comfort. they are tossed
everywther How has It been with you my
hearerf Are you more contented in the house
Of fourteen rooms than you were in the Two
MONS you had in a house when you startedy
Have you not had more care and worriment
ance you won that fifty thousand
dollars than you did befores Some OF the
poorest men have ever known have been
those Of great fortune. A man of small means
may beput in great business straits, but the
ghaSthest of all embarrassments is that OF the
man who has large estates. Tho men who
commit suicide because Of monetary losses
are those who cannot bear the burden any
more because they have only a hundred
thousand dollars left
On Bowling Green, New FORK. there is
house where Talleyrand used to 60. He was
afayorite man. All the world knew him, and
be had wealth almost unlimited yet at the
close of his life, he says: Behold, eighty
three years have passed without any practi-
~ result, save fatigue of body ana fatigue
o. mind, great encouragement for the future
and great disgust for the past.s Oh, my
inends this is "a south land and
oAoptS Oh UO%vHfQ ueSseHto VI ooi
rows; and the prayer which Achsah made
Q her father Caleb, we make this day to our
Father God: Thou has given me south
and; give me also springs Of water. And
ne gave them the upper springs, and the
neither springs"
Blessed be Godi We have more advan-
Mges given us than we can really appreciate.
Nehave spiritual blessings offered us in this
world which | shall call the neither springs
and glories in the world to come which shall
al The upper springs
Where shall finds words enough threaded
WITH light to set forth the pleasure OF re-
l'glon! David, unable to describe it in words
gayed it on harp. Mrs. Hernans, not find
ing enough power in prose- sings that praise
eanto. Christopher Wren, unable to de
sTibe it in language, sprung it into the
arches of st. Paulis John Bunyan, unable
% PRESENT it in ordinary phraseology, takes
ul me fascination of allegory. Handel, with
ordinary music unable to reach the height OF
!. zoe theme rouses it up in an oratorio. oh,
mere Is no life on earth so happy as really
Tristan life. ] do not mean a sham Chris
.sah life, but a real Christian life. Where
mere Is thorn, there is a whole garland OF
syseS- Where there is one groan, there are
e1ree doxologies Where there is one day OF