Dodge City times., 1889-06-06
NEW SPRINGS OF JOY.
AN ABLE SERMON by THE REV. DIR
TALMAGE
As Caleb tho Father Gavc Achsah . De-
lectabio Land to Live in, So God Has
Given Man This World, . Goodly Homo
in which 10 Dwell.

Dr.. De Witt Talmape nrearhad in fb,
BROOKLYN TabernacIe Sundav last n,
New SPRINGS of Jov." The feyt was
~Thou hast Given me n south iond. CIV,
me also sprinos of water And ba aoy,
her the upper springs. and The nefbe
springs. ."-Joshua w ig
The CITY of Deb1r was the Boston n
nntiauity-a great place for brain ant
books. Caleb wanted II and be offerei
his daughter Achsab as . nrize 70 an,
one who would capture that CITY i
was q strange thing for Caleb 70 do. anf
yet the man that could take the cit,
would have it, at any rate. two element,
of manhood-braverv and patriotism
With Calebs daughter as a prize to Il oh,
for Gen. Othniel rode into the battle
The gates of Debir were thundered into
the dust, and the city of books Law at tn,
feet of the conquerors. The work done
Othniel comes back to claim his bride
Having conquered the city, it is no great
job for him to conquer the girls heart
for however faint hearted woman her
self may be, she always loves courage
in a man. never saw an exception tc
that. The wedding festivity having
gone by, Othniel and Achsah are about
to go to their new home. However
loudly the cymbals may clash and the
laughter ring, parents are always sad
when fondly cherished daughter goes
# to stay; and Achsah, the daughter of
Caleb, knows that now is the time to
ask almost anything she wants of hel
father. 1t seems that Caleb, the good
old man, had given as a wedding pres
ent to his daughter piece of land that
was mountainous, and sloping south
ward toward the deserts of Arabia, swept
with some very hot winds. 1t was
called "A south land" But Achsah
wants an addition of property; she wants
q piece of land that is we'll watered and
fertile. Now it is no wonder that Caleb
standing amidst the bridal party, his
eyes SO full of tears because she was 60
ing 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 her the upper
springs, and the neither springs"
What a 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 I
am like Achsah in the fact that want a
larger portion. Trees, and flowers, and
grass, and blue skies are very we'll in
their places; but he who has nothing but
this world for portion has no portion
at all. 1t is a mountainous land, slop-
ing off toward the desert of sorrow,
swept by fiery siroccos; it is "a south
land" poor portion for any man that
tries to put his trust in it. What has
been your experience? What has been
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woman that has tried this world for q
portion? Queen Elizabeth, amidst the
of pomp, is unhappy be-
cause the painter sketches too infinitely
the wrinkles on her face, and she in
Signantly cries out: You must strike
off my likeness without any shadows!"
Hogarth, at the very height of his artis-
tic triumph, is stung almost to death
with chagrin because the painting he
had dedicated to the king does not seem
to be acceptable; for George III cries out:
Who is this Hogarth? Take his trum-
thrilled the earth with his
eloquence, but had for his last words,
Il am absolutely undone." Walter Scott,
fumbling around the inkstand, trying to
write, says to his daughter: oh, take
Sir Walter but in the grave" Stephen
Girard. the wealthiest man in his dav,
or, at any rate, ONLY second in wealth,
says: Il live the life of a galley slave;
when / arise in the morning NV 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 GAL
lery at the play? There are now no
coed PLAYS to laugh at from the boxes"
But why 90 SO far as that? I used to 90
no further than your street to find an
of what am saving.
Pick me out ten successful worldlincs
without any religion, and YOU know
" hat mean bv successful worldlings-
pick me out ten successful worldlings,
and YOU cannot find more than one that
looks happy. Care dracs him across
the bridge; care drags him back. Take
your stand at two o'clock at the corner
of Nassau and Wall streets, or at the
corner of Canal street and Broadway,
and see the agonized physiosnomies.
Y our bankers, your insurance men, your
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
they are tossed everywither.
How has it been with YOU, NV hearer?
Are YOU more contented in the house of
fourteen rooms than YOU were in the
two rooms YOU had in n house when YOU
started? Have YOU not had more care
and worriment since YOU won that sfty
dollars than Won 3;d baforo2
Some of the poorest men 1 have ever
known have been those of great fortune.
man of small means may be put in
great business straits, but the ehastliest
of all embarrassments is that of the
man who has large estates. The men
who commit suicide because of none
tary losses are those who cannot bear
the burden any more, because they have
only hundred thousand dollars left.
On Bowling Green, New York, there
is a house where Talleyrand used to go.
He was favorite man. All the world
knew him and he he Il wealth almost nm