The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-10
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINEs SUN,
DAY SERMON
Subject: mark saying. on a Harp. .

TExr: TTiriH open M .fo-I. s7,,fn,s m,
q haFD. s-fsalm Of David Xix, 4.
The world is fan OF the inexpljcabls.
the impossible. the nnfathomable. the insur-
znounta1le. We cannot 20 three steps
m any direction without coming mp
against hard wall OF mystery, nd
dies paradoSess profunditiss, labyrinths,
problems that We csunot solve.
hefogiyphics that we cannot decipher. ana
grams We cannot spell out, suhinxes that viii
nor aaedA- for fnat reason David IN my
Tex proposed 10 take up some Of these somber
eno dark things and Try 70 set them 20 sweet
harp
So look OF unon society and find people
Y unhappy con junction Of circumstances and
they do mot know what il means and they
have right 70 nsk: Why Is this, and why
Is that. and I think I VIII he doing
Eooa work By trying % explain some Of
THESE Strange things and make you more
content with your lot. and / shall only be
answering questions that have often been
aHEed ne Or that we have all asked cur
selves while Try 70 set these mysteries
2 muse and open my dark sayings on a
lnierrogudau the hrst. Why does God
take ont Of this world those who are useful
ana whom We cannot spare and leave alive
ane N Eeod health So many who are only
nueance Or q positive In ury 70 the vorld3
thought ! would begin with the very
Toughest Of al lhs seeming flscrutables
AnE 81 tbs moss useful msn and women
W e . u. OF forty years q sgti while you
oIten IND useiess people alive f.t sixty and
seventy AMI eighty John Careless wrote 10
bradford. who was soon TO be put TO death
s3ying. why doth God suffer rae and such
49,, - - lllilis 70 liFe that can do
nothing but consume the alIns Of the church,
end fasc aEay 20 many worthy worlzmen
IN taa Lords riueYar1ln Similar questions
often Eszed. Hera are two men. The
~ srH1fi1 "A n-ict
4. be chooses for lifetime com
tloGn.on one who has been tenderlv
= red, and she Is worthy d bin and he is
80. 1rtny OF Der; as merchaut or farmer, or
professional man. or mechanic, or artist, be
tolls 10 educste and renr his children: he is
SUGGESTING. uut BE- has not yet established for
M family a fru cqmpeteucy; be seems
absolutely Indispensable 10 that household,
aut che day before he has paid OF the mort
gage o. bis house De Is coming bone through
q strong northeast wind and chill strikes
through him aud four days Of pneumonia
end bis earthly career and the wife and
children 20 INTO a struggle for shelter
and food His next door neighnor IS man
rho. though strong ard well lets bis wife
support hin be rs round AZ the grocery
store or some general loafing place ia
] tins lFc.iiurs while IBIS wife sep-s.
! Lis bows are IN tRting bis er-
ample and lounge and swagger and
eEanr. az The Use that man = IN that house
+ s So rirl tsf'1uee til- coffee Is cold when he
q cone - q he traakfasi. or 70 say catt NJ
things shout IS Fiiss loqls ben be furnish
- nafnlui. faf lifr naTlr1i'e The best thing
cla nauIfr - tat lslsldiV would
- ~. usr's ilnerdl. dlt be- declines fn-.siis.
ht als 81 and on So we have all 7
noaccq lat --I|z u tlf uzeiua nre early cut
on Nbiie the rsrastes q society have great
vital teuaeity.
I take 10 tlis fark saring on ny harp and
give three or four tarums on the string in
the Eay ~ surmising and hopeful guess,
ferhEps the Useful Eial vas taken out OF the
world. necl 81 be a1l bis family were 50
CONSTRUCTED that they could not have endured
sonls great property that might have
been Just nhead and they altogether
might have Eole eoan IN The
vortex qi H0rialiness saieu every yearsHa
loss ur lan Thousand households. And 80 be
sent aEiia g. was humtls aud oonsearated.
aud they seIs hT TIE seventies q life kept
cl1sa 10 Christ and h.tel Ter ussfuiness here {
and high SEATS ia heavea and Ehea they meet 1
g lust before the 1hr9l9. they VII acsnowl-
edge that though fhe iurnsee WIS hot it
purified them. aud PREPARED them for an
etefnal career o. CORY ard reward for which
30 other KIDD II lie could have httei them /
o. the the other band, Tie useless man
lived on 70 fifty or sixty, Ct seventy
years, becauss al the e7se BE- ever can I
have be- must have IN fls rorld, and
sou ought hot, therefore teeru1a him
his earthly longevity. IN Ell the sges
there has not single iolfer ever
eIIrerel heaven Ihare g no riacs for
am there - hang around Acs III the
teup.es, for they are full o. TIE most
fle9ro1s- alert and rlftur1ls Vor-
LIZ 11c1- 49, 49, - !
III 70 tle gates, because fhera are
llli1i-11is entering and we are tod
as az s-en n the twelve gates. there IS an
HnEe- ana taat celestial guard would not
ail1H TIE pace 10 be blocked 40 with
ld3erE u the good and uFsfuI 70
e4f-E rejoice for them that they
a-fe soon got through with
1El1an LIE. which az best Is g struggle And
Y t-e useass and the had z1ar rejoice that
they ElaT b out in the worlds fresh air a
Eaol many years before their final incarcera-
zion.
Interrogation the second. Why 50 many
good people have SO much trouble. siel-nrer
ianSr1I'-.'F, persecution, the three black yul-
5He sqmazllnes Tgteing their fierce heaks
ln-e o-= 81 = larE Cd nerves. I think
-,H q good Trend once had. He
Wa enuseerafe5 Christian man an aIderin
Sc church AID as polished e Christian gen
leiien rs ever walked Broadway. First bis
esuerd he1ith gave ost and hs hobbled
eleana o. care. ar I'd man at forty.
Aii-r q Vhile paralysis stfuck him Having
of folr health taen compelled sud
ceniT lQQulr business. Re io-t what rrorerry
b nad- lhsu bis aufifu. eau HER died
lnan q s1u len1e hoHel-ssiy demeuted
Anolhar sou. - enId OF saild and
ec-lllan'i-ls Of IFesanae resolved that be
EolA dae care OF Dis father's household
bur llar tha sNo1p o. yellow fever
az te7uFIllna. Pa. he suddenly ar-
-Sree > sou know rooi men and women
lld enough troubles son tbiuk. 20
CrssstY people. 80 worldly rhilnsorlhv
60 iase sicn toutie ana ser II 70 n-6ic
o. t.a7 - O. Yl0iu or nute or duIciner or
sael1lr llt care 70 open that dark saying
o14 gospel harp.
Eau aonder that very oonsseratsd people
have tr1oube4 Did you ever know any very
p1iiseerFiad tnEl or woman who had not hal.
Sre1t trouble Never IL was through their
Troubles sauctihed that they were made
sesy COED u you tnd anywhere ia this
city q man who has now and always
has had perfect health end never lost
cnid. anc has always BEEN popular, and
never had business struggle Or misfortune
10 5 disiinguisaesi for goodness, pail your
wire io- a telegraph messenger Dov and send
ne Eer1 and Z vii drop everything and
% rs1r auay 10 look at him There
Aefer has been @ man Ike that and
arter III BE- y no are those arrogant.
seit-clncsited creatures WHO move
e-elt without sympathy for others and who
-nink NON q q 81 Bernard dog, or an A.
1er1-f eoU, or g bQ1t1do7u sleep. OF 3
perts-fe pz thar o. q fnruf They nas's' Z
-a1 anF troubie. or tie trouble HGs never
t1.tlf y DO are those men Who listen
--ta uest eye az yo1 tel rhem Of suffering
So NO have psthus ia their voice and
tares IN thelr mauuer and an ex-
g. q 90 alienation Tor thoae Rone aEtrayi
lieT 81 tbs iDen aso have graduated atthe I
t-osA Ecacesuv Of lreui3s erd 1heT have
li.a , c1sz written fl wrinkle ca tier own /
- 1ntaza1ces Ny nv What neartacbes F
t1eI iais = bat tears they have Wepsi What 4
snsasiiae tLeg haVe suffered The mlghtiest I
inantnee Ter rflrication and salvation 4
D trouble No.finaaaBd o. for a crown IN
i1 q Is cuf SO wheat CT Tor bread til II i .
lreaud There are only three things that
.Hn p1e4E OF ehain-a harlmer, dle or
are eHs frGuhls is ai three Of them The I
Ef'a-f-5 writers. orators and relorusrs get .
nue. 1i tle- foroe from trouble " hat
cefe g Wafhineron Irving that
eteHse feHternass and pathns which VIII
mae ~ hooks farorifes while the English
-.i-9laze el1n-inues 70 b. written and sposeni
- eas'F nedrrbreak that ne never once
snene1nti- and ben thirty wears after
~ efffn - latia Hoffman. who was
10 have heea his bride her father
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