The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-05-31
NEW SPRINGS OF JOY"
Sermon by Rev. z. Dewitt Tai
mage at Brooklyn Tabernacle.
Real and Imaginary Pleasures COntrasted
The Fleeing Nature of Riches Com
pared with the Wealth of the Re-
uglon of the Saviour.

For the subject Of recent sermon in
the Brooklyn Tabernacle Rev. 7. Dewitt
Talmage took New Springs Of JOY"
taking for his text;
Thou hast given me a south land; give mo
also springs Of water. And he gave her the
upper springs and the neither springs.-Joshua
Ky. 10
The City Of Debir was the Boston Of
antiquity great place for brain ana
books. Caleb wanted it, and he offered
his daughter Aehsah as a prize to any
one who would capture that city. 1t was
q strange thing for Caleb to do; and yet
the man that could take the city would
have, at any rate two elements or man
hoOd-bravery and patriotism. With
Caleb's daughter as a prize to hight TOT,
General OthnieI rode into the battle
The gates OF Debir were Numbered into
the dust and the city Of books lay at the
feet of the ConquerOrs. The work done,
Othuiel comes back to claim his bride.
Having conquered the city, 1t IS no great
lob for him to 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
to that The wedding testlvlty
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 o fondly- cherished daughter goes
off to stay; and Achsoh, the daughter OF
Caleb knows that now is the time to ask
almost any thing she wants of her father.
It seems that Caleb, the good old man,
had given as a wedding present to MS
daughter a piece Of land that was mount
ainous, 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 proper
ty; she wants piece of land that Is Well
watered and fertile. Now, 1t IS no WONDER
thai Caleb, standing amidst the bridal
marty. his ewes so fun 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 gwen
me a south land; give me also springs OF
] water" And he gave her the upper
! springs and the neither springs.
What q suggestive Passagei The fact
Is. that as Caleb Ihe father, gave Achsah'
/ the daughter, a south land, so God gives
to us His world. am very thankful He
| hos GIVEN If TO MS. But 1 am like AChsah
in the fact that l want a larger portion.
! Trees and flowers and grass and blue
| skies are very well in their places; but ne
| who has nothing but this world for a por-
| ton has no portion at all. 1t IS mount
ainous land, sloping off toward the desert
of sorrow, swept by fiery siroccos; 1t Is
| "a south land" a poor portion for any
man that tries to put his truss IN 1t.
What has been your experiencep What
/ has been the experience of every man, of
/ every woman that has tried this world for
I n portion? Queen Elizabeth, amidst the
! surroundings Of pomp, is unhappy be-
! cause the painter sketches too mlnutely
/ the wrinkles on her face, and she 1ndig-
/ nantIv cries out: "You must strike on
/ my likeness without any shadows" Ho-
| garth, at the very height of his artistic
/ triumph. is stung almost to death
with chagrin because the paint
ing he had dedicated to the
King does not seem to be acceptable, for
/ George II. cries out; "WhO is this Ho-
garth? Take his trumpery out OF my
/ Dresence.S Brinsley Sheridan thrilled
! the earth with his elOquence, but had for
his last words: az am absolutely un-
dOne.0 Walter Scott fumbling around
the inkstand, trying to write, says to MS
daughter: "Oh, take me back to my
room. there is no rest for Sir Walter
but in the grave" Stephen Girard, the
wealthiest man in his day, or, at any rate,
only second in wealth, says: Il live the
life Of n galley slave; when arise in the
morning my one effort is to work so hard
that l 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 gallery at the play? There are
nory no GOOD PLAYS to laugh at from the
boxes" But why go so far as that? fused
to 60 no further than your street. to hnc
an illustration Of what am saying.
Pick me out ten successful worldlings
without any religion, and you know
what mean by successful wOrldlings-
pick me out ten successful worldllngs
/ and YOU can not find more than one tina
looks happy. Care drags him across the
bridge; care drags him back. Take YOU
! | stand at two O'Clock at 80 corner OF Mas
sau and Wall streets, or at the corner o
C...af street and Broadway, and see thu
| aeonized physiOgnomies. Your bankers
your insurance men, your importers, YOU
wholesalers and your retailers, as class
--as a class, are they happy! No. Care
dogs their steps; and, making no appea
to God for help or comfort, they are tossed
/ evervwither How has it been with you
{ nv hearerH Are you more COntented Il
} the house Of fourteen rooms than yo
we're in the two rooms you had in a hOus
when you startedI Have you not had NOR
care and worriment since you won tina
fifty thousand dollars than you did before
{ Some Of the poorest men l have eve
known have been those of great fortune
? A man of small means may be put i
, great business straits, but the ghastlies
Of all smbarrassments is that of the ma
who has large estates. The men who com
4 nit suicide because of monetary losse
are those who can not bear the burdel
= any moro, because they have only on
hundred thousand dollars left.
On Rowling Green, New Y ork, there 1
a house where Talleyrand used to go. H
e was o favorite man. All the world kne'
{ MIN, and he had wealth almost unlimited
I vet at the close Of life he says: "BeholC
}, eighty three years have passed withOU
- | anv,practical result, save fatigue Of bed
> | and fatigue of mind, great discourage
ment for the future and great disgust fo
=. the past" Oh, my friends, this Is 6
> south land" and it slopes off toward de
r serts of sorrows; and the prayer whic
Achsah made to her father Caleb, "
Z, | mako this day to our Father God: Tho
hast given me south land; give me ais
/, springs OF water. And he gave them th
g upper springs, and the neither springs.
L Blessed be GOdl We have more advaI
n tages given us than we can really apprt
=, ciate. We have spiritual blessings o.
fered us in this world which I shall ca
the neither springs, and glories in Il
q world to come which / shall call the NJ
e per springs. Where shall ] find wore
is enough threaded with light to set fort
= the pleasures Of religion? David, unab
10 describe il in words, played it on
= harp. Mrs. Hemans, not finding enouC
J. mower in prose, sings that praise in
h canto. Christopher Wren, unable to d,
II scribe It in language, sprung 1t into Il
"A | arches Of ST. Paul's. john Bunyan, III
able TO present it in ordinary phraseolog
takes all the fascination of allegor
D. Handel, with ordinary music unable
Is reach the height OF the theme, rouses
rs up in an oratorio. Oh, there is no life {
d earth so happy as a really Christian lif
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