Democratic messenger., 1889-11-02
WHAT TROUBLE is FOR.
SERMON PREACHED BY Or. TALMAcE
SUNDAY, OCT. ~.

Gods Hand Shall wipe Away An Tears.
Sweet Are the Uses % Advesity-Ths
oieries ef Heaven Giowinsiy Portrayed.
The Love ef God.
BROOKLYN, Oct N.-The Rev. T. Do
Witt Talmage, d. D., preached to an
overflowing congregation at the Acad-
emy Of Music today.
Before preaching he said that q mis-
taken notion was abroad that the in
surauce on his destroyed church was
enough 70 rebuild. The repetition Of
disasters left Us in debt We have
practically built three churches since
] came 70 Brooklyn. First, tho orig
inal Tabernacle. Soon aftsr that we
made an enlargement that cost almost
as much as a church. A few years
after il all burned. Then we put up
the building recently destroyed, and
reared Il in q time when the whole
country was in its worst financial dis
trcss. Il was these repeated disasters
that left US in debt. My congregation
have done magniiicently, but any
church would be in debt after 50 many
calamities. Now for the first time we
are out Of debt But we need at least
one hundred thousand dollars to build
q church large enough, and we call
ON people OF all creeds and oil lands
TO help. Before ] help dedicate new
church we must have every dollar Of
Il paid. ] will never again be pastor
Of q church in debt Il has crippled
us in all our movements, and shall
never again wear tho shackles. I have
for tho last sixteen years preached TO
about Eve thousand people sitting and
standing, twice o Sabbath, but every
body knows that we need O place that
will hold eight thousand. shall not
be surprised il some man Of wealth
shall say: 'IIere are o hundred thou
sand dollars il you viii put up me.
mortal structure, and call IL after the
name of my departed father or child
whose memory I want put before all
nations and For sll time" And so il
would DO done.
SWEET ARE THE USES OF ADVERSELY.
DR.. Talmage's text was: God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Rev. vii, II. He said;
Riding across q western prairie,
wild flowers up to. the hub Of the car.
riage wheel, and while long distance
from any shelter, there came sudden
shower, and while the rain was fall.
ing in torrents, the sun was shining as
brightly rs ever saw II shine; and
thought what o beautiful spectacle
this isl So the tears Of the Bible are
not midnight storm, but rain on pan.
sled prairies in Gods sweet and golden
sunlight You remember that bottle
which David labeled as containing
tears, and Mary's tears. and PaulS
tears, and Christ's tears, and the har.
vest Of JOY that is to spring from the
sowing OF tears. God mixes them.
God rounds them. God shows them
where 10 fall. God exhales them. A
census is taken of them, and there is q
record as TO the moment when they
are born, and rs to the place Of their
grave. Tears Of bad men are not kept.
Alexander, in his sorrow, had the hair
clipped from his horses and mules,
and made great ado about his grief
but in all the vases Of heaven there is
not one Of Alexander's tears. l speak
Of the tears Of the good. Alasl me
they are falling all the time: In sum.
mer, you sometimes hear the growl.
ing thunder, and you see there is q
storm miles away; but you know from
tho drift OF the clouds that it will moi
come anywhere near you. So, though
1t may be all bright around about US,
there is q shower Of trouble some.
where all the time. Tcarsl Tcarsl
What Is the use Of them anyhow
Why not substitute laughteri Why
not make this q world where all the
people are well and eternal strangers
10 pain and achesi What is the use
Of an eastern storm when we might
have perpetual nor'westeri Why,
when family is put together, moi
have them all stay. or II they must
be transplanted TO make other homes,
then have them all liver the family
record telling story Of marriages and
births, but Of no deaths. Why moi
have the harvests chase each other
without fatiguing toili Why the hard
pillow, the hard crust, the hard strug-
glei II is easy enough TO explain o
smile, or q success, or q congratula-
ton; but, come now, and bring all
your dictionaries and all your phi,
losophics and oil your religions. and
help mo explain q tear. A chemist
will tell you that il is made up Of salt
aud lime and other component parts
but no misses the chief Ingredients
tho acid Of a soured life. the viperine
sting Of bitter memory, the frag
ments Of a broken heart will tell
you what tear is; il is agony in solu
lion.
Hear me, then, while ! discourse tc
ycu Of the uses OF trouble.
IT FITS FOR HEAVEN.
First-It is the design Of trouble e
keep this world from being too at
tractivc. Something must be done Il
make us willing to quit this existence
II Il were not for trouble this world
would be q good enough heaven foi
me. You and would be willing &c
take lease OF this life for hundred
million years II there were no trouble
The earth cushioned and upholstered
and pillared and chandeliered with
such expense, no story Of other world,
could enchant US. We would say
Let we'll enough alone. II you want
10 die and have your body disinte
grated in the dust, and your soul &c
out ON celestial adventure. then you
can GO; but this world is good enough
for me-" You might as well 60 10 4
man who has Just entered the Louvrs
at Paris, and tell him 10 hasten or e
the picture galleries OF Venice OF
Florence. why" he would say
what In the use Of my going there
There are Rembrandts and Ruben,
and Raphaels here that haven't look
ed at yet"
No man wants 10 60 out OF thil
world, or out OF any house. until h,
has better house. To cure this wisl
to stay here. God must somehow Great,