Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-07-11
SUNDAYS SERMON.
-, OF REV. DIR. TALMAGE's
V'D sTFRLING DlsCoURsEs.
..,i.ct. How to Make Friends.

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- the sacred and divine art OF making
A. 2 lining friends / speak-a subject on
- never heard of any one preaching
- God thought it Of enough Importance
- Il in the middle Of the Bible, these
11ltrngs Of Solomon, bounded on one side by
'.' no5nlar Psalms Of David and on the other
= ~ writings Of Isaiah, the greatest OF the
..,,rhets. Il seems all matter OF haphazard
~ msny friends we have, or whether We
~ s.snv' friends at all; but there is nothing
n.s,s.tal about it. There is a law which
- - fine accretion and dispersion Of
E'sssbips They did not lust happen So
ns .,ore than the tides just happen to rise
Is,1 ar the sun just happens to rise or set
20 science. an art, God-given regula-
y. Tel me how friendly you are to others
vi Till tell yoa how friendly others are to
I AZ not say you will not have enc
-. indeed the best way TO get ardent
- i 10 have ardent enemies If you got
~ snmity in doing the right thing. Good
- snd women will always have enemies be
= tbeir goodness is perpetual rebuke TO
-. Int tits autagonism OF foes will make
-. intense the love of your adherents.
y, friends will gather closer around you
Il t...ass Of the attacks of your assailants. The
/ - your enemies abuse YOU, the bstter your
s.5f1tors will think OF you. The best friends
/ s.sver he'd appeared at some luncture when
/ y we're especially bombarded. There have
- times in my life when unjust assault
rraplied my friends, as near as / could
.IgIate. about fifty a minute. You are
nd TO some people by many cords that
| s,hsr time nor eternity can break, and
/ = warrant that many of those cords were
ra.si by hands malevoient. Human ma
Ia ,IrrA oh
| - aso. the Captain of that craft one
| lisn and his first mate, running the fa-
| ~, cargo aground on a snag in the River
| F3;skel but there was at least one good
r,itd human nature that waded safely
So from that shipwreck, and that is the
| 650dton to take the part of those unfairly
| ~ With. When it is thoroughly demon
rrYlsd that some one is being perse-
| I'd although at the start slanderous
. tr-es were busy enough, defenders
| EsIy gathered around as thick as honey bees
mttTelhs OF bruised honeysuckle. If, when
!. mon By the fIlries, you can have grace
| cagh 70 keep your mouth shut, and pre-
F,Te your equipoise, and let others fight
| WI battles. you will find yourself after a
| W. with a whole Gordon of allies Had
NJ The world given TO Christ ON His arrival
& Palestine a very cold shoulder, there
| vai not have been one-half as many angels
G1tng glory out Of the hymn books of the
/ r. bound In black lids Of midnight. Had il
d, BEN for the heavy and jagged and tortur-
| & Hoss Christ would not have been the adj
nrpa and loved of more people than any be
/ Z sho ever touched foot on either the east
/ no western hemisphere. Instead, there
/ tEs 4 giving up in despair because you
. hFs enemies rejoice in the fact that they
IL HI.
1 kSimirers In other words. there is no
Fruisnoe human or diabolic, that can hinder
| N tsxi from coming true: "A man that
h't friends must show himself friendly
. / my ambition to project, especially
| rm TIE young, a thought which may be-
tsaly shape their destiny for the here and
z. hereafter. Before you show yourself
hsaily you must be friendly. do not rec
Ennd a dramatized geniality. There is
81 thing as pretending to be en- rapport
H1oiheS when we are their dire destruct-
uk sad talk against them and wish them
z1nly. Judas covered up his treachery
I 2 arsso1nding Kiss. and caresses may be de
n.liaeal Better the NEUROLOGICAL Cerbe-
u iha three-headed dog of he'll, barking at
: laaa the wolf in sleeps clothing, its
Rn1Ad hide covered up by deceptive wool,
r1it deathful howl cadenced into an limo
+ 81 heating Dislaeli writes of Lord
A1he1 who, after committing many
-1aes upon the people, seemed suddenly
! ascone friendly, and invited them r.
l4aqaet After most of the courses of food
e oFa served be blew horn, which was ii
= inns signal for the servants to bring
Z e DESERT but in this case il was the sig
laf sssassins to enter and slay the guests
N Z Extended friendliness was a cruel fraud,
!. lters are now people whose smile is a
$500 Before you begin to show your
Z hlsldy you must be friendly. Getyour
- - Egat With God and man and this grace
etQ1e easy. You may by your own
ialon get your nature into semblance
: as virtue, bnt the grace of God can
Aaey lift Won into It. Sailing on the
~ thames two vessels ran aground. The
- q one got one hundred horses and
- % the grounded ship and pulled
Nsces The owners of the other
'-lasa vessel waited till the tides
y Ald easily aoated the ship out Of all
- 80, we may pull and haul at our
FNlsa nnman nature, and try to get into
oandiuon; but there is nothing like
t-aic ndes Of Gods uplifting grace to
INTO this kindhness / am euiogi1ng.
sA under the fash of the Holy Ghost
-, - ear own foiblts and defects and de
Az We will be very lenient and very
n Others. We win look into their
INs Tor things. commendatory and not
Ii you would rub your own
- $50 more vigorously you would linda
the extraction of which would
- - g busy you would not have much
- shoulder your broadax and go
II splt up the beam In your neigh
80 N Christian spirit keep on
me characters of those you
80 l am sure you viii find
! So IN them delightful and fit for
- OF friendliness. You invite me
Q your country seat and spend a few
1nsnk you'll I arrive about noon of
-aiul summer day. What do yea d0s
a arrive you tEie me out under
~ o. the great elms. You take me
ID e arlhcial lake, the spotted trout
49, = va and cut among the white pillars of
~ n IAes- You take me to the stalls and
49,, snere you keep yonr fine stock, and
r. ls Durham cattle, and the Gordon
xe,ri - ZOE high stepping ste Ids by paw
~ hlng, the only language they can
H. -aAlng Tor harness or saddle, and
Il s. ~ down the road Then we 60 back |
~ and you get me in the right |
II ana show me the Kensetts /
blerStadts on the wall.
~ ~. ne INTO the music room, and show
~ ~ cages the canaries in the bay /
II - ~ |rerlng the robins in the tree tops.
49,, ~ ~ never enjoyed myself more in
E IN 49, gtn OF time. Now, why do we
a. -. way IN regard to the characters
- laa snow the bloom and the music
Orlght fou1tainss No We say
49, ana let me show you that mans
- mere is a green scummed frog
4. b. -. Ii-efe's filthy cellar, and ] guess