The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-19
REV. DR.. TALNAGE.
hHE BRooKLYN DIvINE's sun.
DAY SERMON.
EusIee.. aothor Days Lived OVER

TExr; "Thou shalt remember az the
kray tphich the Lord liy God led thee. y
deuteronomy vii, 9.
Before entering on my subject / wish
b say that some newspaper correspondents,
referTing 20 recent sermon in which l well
z tcomed foreign nationalities to this country,
tlave said that I advocated as a desirable
khing the inte1narriage Of the white and
fbiack races. mover said so, Ineyer thought
So ana any one who so misrepresents that
sermon IS either villain CT O fool perhaps
both.
But 70 open this mornings subject I have
TO say Sod in the text advises the people 70
iiook back ulYon their past history. Il viii 90
Qs al COED to rehearse the scenes between tins
nay Forming and our cradle, whether II was
Proceed in country or in town. a few days
iago, with my sistei, and brother, visited the
5piace Of my boyhood 1t was one OF the
fmost emotional and absorbing days Of my
life. There stands the old house. and as
went through the rooms I said: II could
lnd my way here with nay eyes shut,
although have not been here in forty years"
Ihere was the sitting room where large
family group every evening gathered. The most
Of them now in better world. There was the
old barn where we hunted for Easter eggs and
the place where the horses stood. There IS
Where the orchard was, only three or four
1 trees now left Of al the grove that once bore
apples and such apples too. There is the
brook down which we rode TO tne water
ing q the horses bareback, and with
II rope halter. We also visited the cemetery
where many Of our kindred are waiting for
nc resurrection, the old people side BY SIDE,
after journey together of sixty years. only
about throe years between the time Of their
going, There also sleep the dear old neigh
DOTS who used 70 tie their horses under the
shed Of the country meeting house and
SIT the Gnu ~ aHa sin
] nDulss Street and ..ss..Isrr.,i and
antioch Oh, they were glorious
race Of MN and women who did their work
well, raised q splendid lot Of boys and girls,
and are now as to their bodies in silent neigh-
bcrhood on earth, but as to their souls in jTbi-
liant neighborhood before the throne Of God.
feel that my journey and visit last week
did me good aud it would do You al good IL
] not in person then in thought to revisit the
scenes Of boyhood or girlhood. Thou shalt
remember al the way which the Lord thy God
led thee
Youth IS apt too much TO spend al its time
IN iook1ng forward. Old age is apt too
much 10 spend oil its time N looking back
ward. People IN mid-life and on the apex
look both ways II would be well for US, I
think, however, 70 spend more time In
"reminiscences. By the constitution Of our
nature We spend most Of the time looking
forward, and the vast majority OF this auGi-
ence live not so much in the present as in the
Future. l find that you mean 10 make
a reputation, you mean 70 establish your
sell, and the advantages that you expect TO
achieve absorb great deal of your time. But
/ sec no harm IN this if it does not make y3u
discoutented with the present or disqualify
you for existing duties.
It is useful thing sometimes 70 look back
and 70 see the dangers we have escaped, and
to see the s0rroWs We have suffered, and tho
trials and 'gunderings Of our earthly pilgrim
age, and 70 sum up our enjOyments. Imean
this morning, SO far as God may help me, to
STR up your memory Of the past 50 that in
inc review YOU may be encouraged, and
numbied, and urged to pray.
There Is a chapel In Florence with fIesco
Dy 6uido- II was covered up with two
inches Of stucco until our American and Eu-
ropean artists went there, ard after long toll
removed the covering and retraeed the
tresco. And am aware that the memory
OF Ihe past with many Of YOU is all covered
up with ten thousand obliferahOns, and l
propose this morning, so far as the Lord
may help me, 70 take away the covering, that
the Old picture may shine out again
want to bind IN one sheaf all your past
advantages, and want to bind IN another
sheaf all your past adversities. LISA precious
harvest, and I must be cautious how I swing
the scythe.
Among the greatest advantages Of Your
+ past life was an sariy home and its surround
Args. The bid men Of the day.
the most part dip their heated
iaAoils out OF the boiling spring Of
an Hishappy home. We are not surprised e
uii1 mat bFroE's heart was concentration
q 81 Wnen we hear his mother was aban-
aonel, and that she made sport u his IN
tlL-llly, and often called him 'the lalnc
s sas de who has vicious parents has 10
4gnI egey1' inch Of lis way II he would llais- 3
49, u aud az last reach ihe-ie
or ne good ia heaven
Perhaps your early home was in the .itv
Y may have been ii the DAYS when Canal {
sl9eel ee" 4orE- vas far up town ard the +
- q lhls- 5srss4nr church was an excursion
INTO tie country. That cid house in III. cifv Z
may have been demolished or CHANGED INTO (
stores, Hnd it seemed like sacrilege TO
YOU for there was more 4nernine IN
that plain house. IN that small nous
tran there Is m q granite mansion OF a tar-
Eeted cathedral Looking back this morning
you see Il as though It were yesterlay-the
sitting room where the loved ones sat blythe /
plain lamplight the mother at the evening
stand the brothers and sisters. perhaps long
ago gathered into the skies, then plotting
mischief On tine floor or under the tabie your
father with a firm voice commandinga silence
that lastsd half q minute
Oh, those were good days. II you
your loot hurt, your mother always had a
soothing ssllv5 70 heal it. If you were
sTronged IN the street, your father was
always ready 70 protect you The year was
oueround OF frolic and mirth. Your greatest
trgcnie was like an April shower, more sun
SHINE than shower. The heart had not been
transacted b. troubles, nor had sickness
broken Il, and no lamb had q warmer sheep
fold than tie home IN which your childhood
nestled
Perhaps you were brought up in the
country. You stand now to-day IN memory
81 NTII1- aTr-H .f - 2
fruit that was not quite ripe because YOU
couldn't wait any longer You hear the
brook Rubbing along over the pebbles
on step again into the furroW where your
1ainer IA his shirt sleeves shouted to the lazy
oxen Acu Ir5ghten the swallows from
the ralters Of the barn, and take lust
o.ie egg, and silence your conscience
y saying they wua't miss it. You
taze a drink again out Of the very bucket
that the Old well fetched up You 20 for tho {
cows At night and find them Fagging their
ne1as through the bars Oftflnes ii the tustv
ana busy streets you wish you were home
egai9 on that cool grass, or in the rag car {
leied hal Of the farmhouse through which
tli-fe WIS the breath Of new rnoWn hay or the I
biossou Of bucl-Bheat.
a on may have in your windows nov beau
tilul plants ard flowers brought from across
the se-ss but not one OF them stirs In vo,IY.
SOU 80 much charm and memory "a. the oId
~ AUG tue yellow EInlOWef that stood san
tlilel along the garden wall and the forget
nle-nofs Playing hide-and-sedk mid Tie iSro
srass. ihe iattqr. who nsed to come in sun.
9lrnt from the fields and sit down on the
e.oorsiil AID wipe the sweat from his brow.
Icy nave gOnc 70 his everlasting rest
- A-,sss.. lsllo used to sit at the
On, her "a, SzneloWlng WITH me virssitufles
Of many Years, may kave put down her gray.
bead on t'.e pillow IN the valley. but FORGET
that hoin7.y0u never VIII Have yul THANKED
God Tor y Have you rehearsal an thee
blessed reHanisceucess Oh, thank Cod fo7. a
Christian farhcr; thank God for a CllriStian
mother; thank God Cor M early Christian
altar az which you were taught 10 i-ueei.
thank God for an early Christisn home.
bring 70 mind another passage in fhebis-
tory Of your life. The day came when vor
SCI up your own household The DAYS r,sssed
along In quiet hlesssflness. You twain sat at
Tie table Ia9rning and night and talked over
Your pans Tor the future. The most insigni-
nj aiiasr IL your life became the subject of
-llo.iai consultation and advisement. You
49, g aappT you felt you never could I
= any aappier Ole day a dark cloud
1iYNslea over your dwelling and it got
io.l.ei am darker, but out Of that cloud the
al-.lllls Ai@s=nger Of sod descended to in-
- "a illlnofial spirit Two little feet