The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-05-29
DEATH IN THE POT.
Rev. DR.. Talmage breaches a Ser
mon on Temperance.

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Unhappy and Undlsciplined Homes tn.
Caldrons OF Great Iniquity - Per-
nicious Effects OF the Example
Of Iudolent Persons Upon
the Young.
The suS'ec. OF Rev T. De Witt Talnage's
recent sermon was IA Poisoned Dinner"
and his text II. Kings iv. 40: $50 they
poured ou. for the men to eat. And 1t came
to pass, as they We're eating Of the pottage,
that they cried out and said, 0 thou man OF
God, there is death in the pot. And they
could not eat thereof" Following IS the
sermon:
Elisha had gone down to lecture to the
students in the theological seminary at Gil
gal He found the students very hungry,
as students are apt to be. It is very seldom
the world makes large provision for those
who give themselves to intellectual toll.
A In order that these. students may be pre-
8 pared so hear what Elisha says, he hrst
feeds their hunger. he knew very well II
Is useless to talk, to preach, to lecture with
hungry men.
q So Elisha, recogn izing this common sense
srirciple, which every Christian ought to
Recognize, sends servants out to get 1000 1or
hese hungry students. They pick up some
food, healthful herbs, but they happen to
lick. up also some colocuintioa, bitter,
So;souous, deathful herb. They bring all
Nzc-Saer6 they put them into the boiling
pot, they stir thems2 and then portion OF
this food is brought t6sShe students and
their professors. Seated at the table, one
of the hungry students begSus lmmeolately
to eat, and he happens to- get hold OF some
Of the coloauintida. He knew it by the
taste. He cried out: s'Poison, poisonl 0
thou man of God, there is death in the
potr' CONSERVATION is thrown over the
whole group What fortunate thing 1t
was that this student so eaSly found the
coloouintida in the mixture at the table!
You will by reference find this story pre-
cisely as have mentioned it.
Wei, in our day there. are great caldrons
of sin and death. Coloouinuda Of mighty
temptation is pressed into it. Some dip 1t
out and taste it, and reject it and live.
Others dip it out, taste it, keep on and die.
And it's the business of every minister OF
religion, and every man who wishes we'll to
the human race, and who wants To keep the
world back from its foIies and its suffer
ings. to CRY out: Beware! poison, poison!
Look out for this caldron! Stand back! Be
warer'
Sin has done an awful work in our world.
It has gone out through all the ages, 1t has
mixed up great calEsson of trouble and snf-
fering aae pssl., andASs whole race ls-7easiass,.
.~are6-polsoned in body, poisoned in mind,
poisoned in soul. But blessed be GOD that
the gospel Of Jesus Christ is the antidote,
and where there was sin there shall be par
don, and where there was suffering there
shall be comfort, and where there wasdeath
there shall be life.
Some time ago, you viii remember, per
suaded you of the Importance OF being char
liable in judgment Of others. At the sans
time said to you briefly, what this morning
wish to say with great emphasis, that
while we synpathize with the sinner we
must denounce tie sin, that while we pity
the unfortunate we must be vehemenl
against transgression. Sin IS jagged thing
that needs to be roughly handled. You have
no right to garland it with fine phrases or
lustrious rhetoric. You can not catch
.hQfaIsyith slken lasso. .z.o
& ~ sSsS emigrants settle in "So .S -
Aday wild beast e. oas ostsa os%a
~ ~ wild beast comes
Sinrain and carries OF an
thwitb all the neighbors
55SetSer, and they go out with torch
in one hand and gun in the other to hunt
these monsters down, to find their hiding
place. to light up and ransack the caverns,
and to destroy the invaders Of their houses.
So we want now notmerely to talk about the
sins and follies Of the world, we want>to 80
behind them, back of them. Down into the
cayerns where they hide we need to 90 with
the torch of Gods Word in one hand and
the sword Of Gods eternal Spirit in the
other to hunt out and slay theseiniquities IN
their hiding place. Or, to come back to tbs
figure suggested by my text, we want to
find what are the caldrons Of sin and death
from which the iniouities Of society are
dipped out.
lin the first place, Iremark: that un-
happy and undisciplined homes are the cal
drons Of great iniquity. Parents harsh and
cruel on the one hand, or on the other hand
loose n their -wickedly loose
N their government-are raising up gen
Grafton Of vipers. A home where scolding
and fretfrlness are dominant is blood re-
latiop to the galows and the peniteutiary!
Petulance is a serpent that crawls up into
the family nursery sometimes and crushes
everything. Why, there are parents
who make religion disgusting to their chill
dren. They scold them for not loving Christ
They have an exasperating way Of doing
their duty. The house IS full Of the war
whoop Of contention, and from such place
husband an6 sons 80 out to die.
O, is there a Hagarieading away Ishmael
into the desert to be smittsn OF the thirst and
parched of the sand? In the solemn birth
hour q voice fell to thee from the throne OF
God, saving: ssTake this child and nurse it
for me, and I will give ties thy wages" At
even time when the angels Of God hover over
that home, do they hear the children lisping
the name of Jesus? o, traveller for eternity,
your little ones gathered under your robes,
are you leadi ng them on the right road, O..
are you taking them out on the dangerous
winding bride path, of which their mex
perienced feet may slip and up which comes
the howEns of the wolf and the sound of
loosened ledge and tumbling avalanche!
Blessed is the family altar at which the
children kneel. Blessed is the cradle IN
which the Christian mother rocks the
Christian child Blessed is the song the lit
tie one sings at nightfall when sleep IS clos
ing the eyes and loosening the hand from the
toy on the pillow. Blessed is that mother
whose every heart throb is prayer for her
children's welfare.
The world grows old, and the stars will
cease to illuminate it, and the waters to re-
fresh it, and the mountains to guard it, and
the heavens to overspan it, and its long
story Of sin and shame and glory and tri-
umph will soon turn to ashes; but influences
that start in the early home roll on and roll
up through all eternity-blooming in all the
Joy, waving in all the triumph, exulting IN
all the song, or shrinking back into all the
darkness Father, mother, which way are
you leading your children?
a house took fire and the owner was very
care5u to get all his furniture out. He got