The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16
A POISONED DINNER.
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SUBJECT OF DR.. TALMAoE'S TABER-
NAcLE SERMON, MAY IL.

Parallel Drawn Between tho Past and the
Present-rhe Coloquintida of Mighty
Experimentation of IniquIty to BE
Pound Everywhere In Modern Life.
BROOKLYN, May 12.-The Rev. 7.
De Witt Talmage, D. D., preached at
the Tabernacle today to a vast congre-
cation, who sang with grand effect
the hymn beginning:
My soul. be on thy guard;
Ten thousands foes arise
And hosts Of sin are pressing hard
To draw thee from tho skies.
His subject was "A Poisoned Dinner"
and his text ii Kings iv, 40: $50 they
poured out for the men TO eat. And
it came TO pass, as they We're eating of
the pottage, that they cried out, and
said, o thou man of God, there is
death in the pot. And they could not
eat thereof"
Elisha had gone down to lecture to
the students in the theological semin-
ary at Gilgal He found the students
very hungry, as students are apt TO be.
II is very seldom the world makes
large provision for those who gixe
themselves to intellectual toll In or
der that these students may be pre-
pared TO hear what Elisha SAYS, he
first feeds their hunger. He knew very
well il is useless 10 talk, to preach,
TO lecture with hungry men
So Elisha, recognizing this common
sense principle, which every Christian
ought to recognize, sends servants out
10. f...t "a, &c
They pick up some good, healthful
herbs, but they happen to pick up also
some coloquintida, bitter, poisonous,
deathful herb, They bring all these
herbs, they put them into the boiling
pot, they stir them up, and then por-
ton Of this food is brought to the stu
dents and their professors. Seated at
the table, one of the hungry students
begins Immediately TO eat, and he hap
pens to get hold of some of the colo
quintida. He know it by the taste. lie
cries out: Poison, poisonl 0 thou
man of god there is death in tho potl''
CONSERVATION is thrown over the
whole group. What a fortunate thing
it was that this student so early found
the coloquintida i'll the mixture at the
tablet You will by reference find this
story is precisely as ! have mention
ed it,
CALDRoNs OF SIN AND DEATH.
Well, in our day there are great
caidrons of sin and death. Coloquin-
tida of mighty temptation is pressed
into IT, Some dip it out, and taste,
and reject it and live. Others dip it
out, taste it, keep on and die. And it
is the business of every minister of re-
ligion and every man who wishes
well to the human race, and who
wants to keep the world back from its
foliies and its sufferings to cry out:
Beware poison. poison Look out
for this caldron Stand back Bewarep
Sin has done an awful work in our
world IL has gone out through all
the ages, it has mixed up great cal
dron of trouble and suffering and
pain, and the whole race is poisoned
poisoned in body, poisoned in mind,
poisoned in soul. But blessed be God
that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the
antidote, and where there was sin
there shall be pardon, and where
there was suffering there shall be
comfort, and where there was death
there shall be life.
Some time ago, you will remember,
i persuaded you of the Importance OF
being charitable in judgment of others.
AT the game time / said to you briefly
what this morning ! wish To say with
great emphasis, that while we sym
pathize with the sinner we must de
nounce the sin. that while we pity the
unfortunate we must be vehement
against transgression Sin is n Jagged
hot In hn " ~
died You have no right to garland it
with fine phrases or Iustrous rhetoric.
You cannot catch II buffalo with q
silken lasso.
A group OF cmigrants settle in a
gild region. Tho next day u wild
beast comes down from the mountain
and carries off one of the children.
The next day wild beast comes down
from the mountain and carries off am
other child. Forthwith all the neigh
bors band together, and they go out
with torch in one hand and gun in
the other TO hunt these monsters
down, To find their hiding place, to
light up and ransack the caverns, and
to destroy the invaders of their houses.
so we want now not merely to talk
about the sins and follies of the world,
we want to go behind them, back of
thern. Down into the caverns where
they hsdc we need to go with the
torch OF Gods Word III one hand and
the sword of Gods eternal Spirit in
the other TO hunt out and slay these
iniquities in their hiding places. Or,
to come back to tho figure suggested
by my text, we want TO find what are
ahe caldrons of sin and death from
which the iniquities of society are dip
ped out.
UNDISCIPLINED HOMES
L. In the first place, / remark; that
u1aappy and undisciplined homes
arc tlie caldrops of great iniquity.
Parents harsh and cruel on the one
hand. or o,s the other hand loose III
their government wickedly loose IN
their government, are raising up q
generation of yipers. A home where
scolding and fretfulnesS arc dominant
is blood relation to the gallows and The
,penitentiaryi Petulance is q serpent
that crnwls upi into the family nursery
sometimes and crushes everything
WHY, there are parents who ever
mako religion disgusting TO their chil
Nren. They scoldthem for not loving
Christ. They have an eXasperatinf
WAY OF doing ilcir duty, Tho hous'
is full of the war whoopof contention
and from such a place husband ant
SONS 90 out to die
Ch, is there a Hagar leading ava,
Ishlraa into the desert 10 be smittei
of tie thirst and parchCd of The sand
In the solemB birth hour a voice fel
to thee from the throne of God, say
ing: Take this child and nurse 1t 10
me, and ! will give thee thy wages
At even time, when the angels OF go.
tsoyer over that home, do they hea
the children lisping the name o
.JeSus3 - Traveller for eternity, you
little ones gathered under your robes
are yes leading shem on the ngh
read, or are you taking them out .ol
asae dangerous sylnding bride path
of which their ineNperiencec ief
may slip, and up which comes th
hoStlisag of the wolf and the sound
loosened ledge and tumbling aVf
lanchel Blessed is the family altar
which the children kneel. Blessed
the cradle III which the Chrstla
mother rocks the Christian chic
Blessed is the song the little ones sin
at nightfall when sleep is closing tl
eyes and foosening the hand from IL
10Y on the pillow. Blessed IS thu
mother whose every heart throb is
prayer for her child@p's welfare.
The world grows old, and the stal
will cease TO illuminate il, and Il
waters TO refresh il, and the mountaii
10 guard it. and the heavens TO owe
span il, and its long story of sin an
sllame and glory and triumph wi
soon turn TO ashes; but iniluenc'
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