Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-05-26
NEW SPRINGS OF JOY.
SERMON PREACHED BY Or. TAI
MAGE ON SUNDAY. MAY 10.

MAGE ON SUNDAY, MAY 10.
AZ Caleb the Father ave Achsah n De
isctabie Land to Live In. So God Has
Given Man This World. a Goodly Home
in which tn Dwell.
BROOKLYN, May I9.-The Rev. T.
De Witt Talmage, d. d., preached To-
day on New Springs Of JOY" The
text was. Thou hast given me a
south land; give me also springs of
water. And he gave her the upper
springs, and the neither springs
Joshua XIV, 10.
The city Of Debir was the Boston OF
antiquity-a great place for brain and
books. Caleb wanted il, and he offer
ed his daughter Achsah as a prize "a
any one who would capture hat city.
II was a strange thing for Caleb TO do;
and yet the man that could take the
city would have, at any rate, two ele-
ments of manhood-bravery and pa
triotism. With Caleb's daughter as a
prize TO fight for, Gen. Othniel rode in
10 the battle. The gates Of Debir were
Numbered into the dust, and the city of
books lay at the feet Of the conquer
ors. The work done, Othniel comes
back 70 claim his bride, Having con-
Suered the city, 1t is no great job for
him 10 conquer the girls heart; for
however faint hearted a woman her
self may be, she always loves courage
in a man. | never saw an exception
10 that. The wedding festivity having
gone by, 0thniel and Achsah are
about TO go TO their new home. How
ever loudly the cymbals may clash
and the laughter ring, parents are al
ways sad when a fondly cherished
daughter goes off to stay; and Ach-
Ssh, the daughter Of Caleb, knows
that now is the time TO ask almost
anything she wants of her father. 1t
seems that Caleb, the good old man,
had given as a wedding present TO his
daughter a piece OF land that was
mountainous, and sloping southwark
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 AZ piece of land that is well
watered and fertile. Now il is no
wonder that Caleb standing amidst
the bridal party, his eyes so full of
tears because she was going 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"
GOD HAS GIVEN Us THE WORLD.
What a suggestive passagel The
fact is, hat as Caleb, the father, gave
Achsah, the daughter, a south land, so
God gives TO us his world. | am very
thankful he has given il to us. But /
am like Achsah in the fact that Iwant
a Larger portion. Trees, aud flowers,
and grass, and blue skies are very well
in their places; but he who has moth
ing but this world for aportion has no
portion at all. II is a mountainous
land, sloping off toward the desert OF
sorrow, swept by fiery ~siroccos; it is
"a south land, a poor portion for any
man that tries TO put his trust in it.
What has been your experienced
What has been theexperience Of every
man, Of every woman that has tried
this world for a p~ortionl Queen Eliza
beth, amidst the surroundings of pomp,
is unhappy because the painter sketch
es too infinitely the wrinkles on her
face, and she Indignantly cries out:
You must strike off my likeness
without any shadowsl' Hogarth, at
the very height of hisartistic triumph,
is stung almost 10 death with cha
grin because the painting he had dedi-
ated 10 the king does not seem 10 be
acceptable: for George Ill cries out:
Who is this Hogarthi Take his trum-
perry out Of my presence Brinsley
Sheridan thrilled the earth with his
eloquence. but had for his last words,
Il am absolutely undone." Walter
Scott, fumbling around the inkstand,
trying 10 write, SAYS 10 his daughter:
''Oh, take me back TO my room there
is no rest for Sir Walter but in the
grave" Stephen Girard, the wealth.
lest man in his day, or, at any rate,
only second in wealth. says: Il live
he life of a galley slave; when arise
IN the morning my effort is Il
work SO hard that | can sleep when ii
yets to be night" Charles Lamb, ap.
Jlauded Of all the world, in the very
MIDST of his literary triumph says
DO you remember, Bridget, when We
lsed to laugh from the shilling gallery
4 the playi There are now no good
lays TO laugh at from the boxes
Sat why go 81 far us thatl | used n
% no further than your street 10 find
an illus.ration Of what | am saying.
g~oRLDLIS0s ARE NOT REALLY HAPPY.
Pick me out ten successful world.
mgs-without any religion, and you
now what ! mean by successful
sorldlings-pick me out ten success.
ii worldlings, and you cannot find
lore than one that looks happy. Care
rags him across the bridge, care
ngs him back. Take your stand at
70 o'clock at the corner OF Nassau
nd Wall streets, or at the corner OF
anal street and broadway. and sec
~ agonized phySiognomies. Youi
mixers, your insurance men, your i'm
orteTs. your wholesalers, and youl
s~tailers, as IA class-as n class, are they
appyl No. Care dogs their steps
ad, making no appeal TO God fol
clip or comfort, they are tossed every.
.ither. How has it been with you,
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