Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-16
SUNDAYS SERMON.
.xr OF REV. DIR TALMAGEs
srERLING DIsCOURSES
..oiect. Other Days Lived over.

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nsireronomy VII, z.
asf1re entering on my subject ! visa
~ that some newspaper correspondents,
ss--fnr to a recent sermon in which / well
- foreign nationalities TO this country,
- aid that I advocated as a desirable
-, the interInarriage of the white and
49, races. | never said So never thought
md auv one who so misrePresents that
MON IS either q villain or a fool, perhaps
both
:, AZ God in the text advises the people to
III, harI, upon their past history. 1t viii do
= an good 70 rehearse the scenes between this
Tav morning and our cradle, whether it was
-115od il country or in town. A few days
- With nv sister and brother I visited the
80 If nv boyhood. IL was one Of the
- emotional and absorbing DAYS Of my
~ There stands the old house, and as
Taut through the rooms l said: II could
sns nv wav here with my eyes shut.
stbough have not been here in forty years"
Tlere was the sitting room where a large
familv group every evening gathered, the most
ffhern now IN q better world. There was the
si5barn where we hunted for Easter eggs and
- nIace where the horses stood There is
mere the orchard was, only three or four
--aas now left Of all the grove that once bore
.,nles and such apples too. There is the
5-51k down which we rode to the water
~ If the horses bareback and with a
--5a halter. We also visited the cemetery
Were MANY Of our kindred are waiting for
the resurrection, the old people side by side,
qfssr Journey together of sixty years, only
aaut three years between the time Of their
Tgnp There also sleep the dear old neigh
6ors Who used 70 tie their horses under the
.5ai Of the country meeting house and
II at the end Of the pew, singing
aDuks Street and s'BalernRn and
ak.hochr Oh. they were a glorious
raes Of men and women who did their work
val raised splendid lot Of boys and girls,
mi are now as 70 their bodies in silent neigh
blrhood on earth, but as to their souls in jubi-
ant neighborhood before the throne OF God
Eel that my journey and visit last week
IA ne good and it would do you all good. if
al Il person then in thought, to revisit the
zanes Of boyhood or girlhood. Thou shalt
rsnemberall the way which the Lord thy God
lei thee
Youth IS apt too much TO spend al its time
d boxing forward. Old age is apt too
much 10 spend all its time in looking back
Tlrd People in mid-life and on the apex
fas BOTH wavs II would be well for US.
think however. 70 spend more time in
rsminiscence By the constitution Of our
nature we spend most Of the time looking
forward and the vast majority OF this audi
sncs live not so much in the present as in the
future | find that you mean to make
a reputation. YOU mean to establish your
Elf and the advantages that YOU expect to
achieve absorb great deal Of your time. But
see no harm in this il II does not make you
tsoontented with the present or disqualify
YOU for existing duties.
ItEa useful thing sometimes to look hack.
and % see the dangers we have escaped and
70 see the sorrows we have suffered. and the
n-as and wanderings Of our earthly lgrim-
age and 10 sum up our enjoyments Imean
tas morning 50 far as God may help me, 70
s1rup your memory Of the past, 50 that in
he review you may be encouraged and
BUNDLED and urged 70 pray.
There IS q chapel IN Florence with fresco
By Guido. L was covered up with two
inches Of stucco until Our American and Eu-
r1peaa artists went there, and after long toll
removed the covering and retFaced the
frsc0 And am aware that the memory
d TIE past with many Of ysou- Is all covered
gp with ten thousand deliberations. and
propose this morning. 50 far as the Lord
nay help me, 70 take away the covering, that
Tie Old picture may shine out again.
want 70 bind IN one sheaf all your past
advantages and I want to bind in another
shsaf al your past adversities. LISA precious
harvest and must be cautious how I swing
tie wYthe
Among the greatest advantages Of your
past NE was an enrly home and its surround
mgs The bad men Of the day,
Tor the most part, dip their heated
passions out Of the boiling spring Of
an unhappy home We are not surprised to
md that Byr0n's heart was q concentration
q in, when we hear his mother was ahan-
dllsd and that she made sport Of his in
1r4H -fe ~ l.. L.
gat De who has vicious parents has 70
asht every inch Of his way II he would main
an 1s integrity, and at last reach the home
q ne good In heaven.
rfhaps your early home was IN the city.
y nay have been in the DAYS when Canal
aIet New York was far up town and the
g q this present church was an excursion
aio l1e country. That old house in the city
nay have been demolished or changed into
Ars and il seemed like sacrilege to
Ia for there was more meaning in
"a pain house in that small house,
n there Is in a granite mansion or a tur-
red cathedral. Looking back this morning
loa ise It as though it were yesterday-the
sang room, where the loved ones sat by the
pAn Amplght the mother at the evening
eaal ne brothers and sisters. perhaps long
: gathered into the skies. then plotting
-soaief on the door OF under the table. your
. .-lsi VITA 1rm voice commanding silence
az asted half a minute.
N those were good days. If you had
~ loot hurt. your mother always had a
sa1ing salve 70 heal it. II you were
slonged N the street, your father was
-sa5s ready 70 protect you. The year was
e FOUND Of frolic and mirth Your greatest
4llole was ike an April shower. more sun
--iae than shower The heart had not been
s-asackad BY troubles, nor had sickness
s1lSan L and no lamb had a warmer sheep [
nstei
rfhaps you were brought up IN the I
MY You stand now to-day IN memory (
G the cid tree. You dubbed it for (
-. NAT was not quite ripe because you 4
-.-At wait any longer. You hear the 4
vA rumhilng along over the pebbles. I
- sep again into the furrow where your 4
49, n Ais shirt sleeves shouted 70 the lazy i
- lou frlghuen the swallows from 4
-. f1fers Of the barn. and take Just
s- and silence your conscience 4
Aylng they won't miss Il. You i
- drink again out Of the very bucket 4
-. - ne cid vel fetched up. You 20 for the +
- . nlgat, and and them wazglng their 4
= : through the bars. Oftimes IL the dusty 4
-. o1sF streets you wish you were home
- - en mat cool grass. or In The rag car
- - Lau q the farmhouse. through which
-. rs the breath Of new noEn hay or the
son q buczwheat.
- - ne have IN your windows now beau