Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-02-21
SUNDAYS SERMON.
]. m REV. DIR TALSfAGES
~ eTERLING DISCOURSES.
,,oct. aour own Generation"

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sr-Acts Kill, 90
a text which has for q long time
Snunninr through my mind, but not un-
y has it been fully revealed 10 me.
IN have a time to be born as Wen as
- die. a cradle as well as grave.
n cowboy and stone-slinger ami nghter
s,ar and dramatlst ana pianK verse
!, and prophet, did his best Tor the people
y ~ and then went and laid down on
l.,harn hill of Jerusalem in that sound
s,hich nothing but an archangelic
~ .n startle. David. after he had
' his own generation by the will of God,
n msleep 4;o, +h.t Ia hod
] va hat Is the people living at the time
VA And have you ever thought that
h'Ie1u.,,rsibilities are chiefly with the
5ow walking abreast of U.S. There
Psoat four generations to a century now,
.aoden time life was longer and there
r.ybans only enc generation TO a CEN
failing these facts into the calculation,
v. rough guess and say that there have
a. east one hundred and eighty
s.,,tions Of the human family. With
..ooce 10 them we have no responsibility.
'osnnot teach them, we cannot correct
n ristakes. we cannot soothe their sor-
!, us cannot heal their wounds. Their
1l,sors are deaf and dumb TO anything
-.i@hi saw TO them. The last regiment Of
!. rssot army has passed out of sight. We
'hsbglloo as loud as we could, not one OF
~ ronl avert his head TO see what we
atd a..
IA whose father had suddenly died and
M IN her little evening prayer wanted to
nne 10 pray for her father although he
"A rona into heaven and no more needed
/, nrayers, and looking up into her
80 face said: 80, mother, l can
\ ave him all out Let me say,
l,rk Gcd that had a good father once,
4 q | can keep him in my pray
~ Bnt the one hundred and eighty gen
,,4ops have passed of. Passed up. Passed
Nm Gone forever. Then there are gener-
I'M TO come after our earthly existence
ceased. perhaps hundred and eighty
rsreons more, perhaps thousand gener-
-rp, more. We shall not see them, we shall
thar any of their voices we will take no
N in thir convocations. their elections,
M revolutions, their catastrophes their
rmpbs We will in no wise affect the one
rsired and eighty generations gone, or the
hundred and eighty generations TO come,
nm; as from the galleries of heaven the
i-nsr generations look down and rejoice at
Victories, or as we may by our behavior
t,rinluences good or bad, that shall roll
through the advancing ages. Brt our bust
pxis ike David, to serve our owngeneratlon,
II peope now living, those whose lungs now
|haihe and whose hearts now beat. And
mi you, il is not a silent procession, but
nwng 1t is forced march at twenty
|mmies day, each hour being a mile.
Ging with th4t celebrity, il has got TO be a
uGk service on our part. or no service at
Id We not only cannot teach the
Ia hundred and eighty genera
hos past and will not see the
10 hundred generations to come. but this
ugat@ now on the stage will soon be off
ni We ourselves will be off with them The
dR that you and will have to start very
Dl for our work or it will be ironical and
rvistic fOrany one after our exit to say of
sit was said OF David, ''after he had
FSeahbow generation by the viii Of God,
fel on sleep"
Vel, now, let US look around earnestly,
EsYTiully and in a common sense way and
what We can do for our own generation.
ttot all let MS see to it that, as far as we
nh they have enough to eat The human
3 oy $50 constituted that three times day
body needs food as much as a lamp
sis oil, as much as locomotive
eds fuel To meet this want God
Ns.rtei the earth with apple orchards,
1hgp groves wheat fields and oceans full
ist and prairies full, OF cattle. And not
Outstanding this | will undertake to say
81 toe vast majority of the human family
rEfering either for lack of food or the
sinl If f0aA nj. fa oil
aE % this subject and God only can set
Efsht
Many Ct the greatest estates Of to-day have
n tlilt out Of the blood and bones of I'M
rEiei toll In olden times, for the build
~ 81 forts and towers, the inhabitants
lpahan had to contribute 10, 600 human
~ and Bagiai 10. 900 human skulls, and
Nhamber Of peoale were slain so as to
llsh the skulls But these two contribu-
2 added together made only l60, 900
ias While into the tower of the worlds
sAiA and pomp and magnificence have
9 wrought che skeletons of amounted
leis q the half fed populations of the
w mill ons OF skulls.
1At SIT down at your table with five or
@lrss OF abundant supply and think
-1g o. that family In the next street who
la axe any one of those five courses be-
cup and almond nuts and feel they
~ heaven. The lack of The right kind
.a the cause OF much of the drunk
- after drinking what many of our
" CAL coffee, sweetenei with what
Nl sugar and eating what many of
.lshers call meat, aud chewing what
~ our bakers call bread. many Of the
~, classes feel so miserable they are
70 put into their nasty pipes
Ae to0acconist calls tobacco, or
me- NE drinking saloons for what tine
slels call beer. Good coffee would do
~ ~ a driving out hal rum. Adulteration
\. pas got TO he an evil against which
~ aealth officers aud all the doctors and
mn sters and all the reformers and
christians neei to set them
battle array How can we serve
ssf'ation with enough to eat BY sit I
a-osn IN embroidered slippers and loung-
~ N an armchair, our mouth puck
r. around Havana OF the best brand,
ash clouds OF luxurisnt smoke read
political economy and the philos-
r. ndrises' No. No. By finding out
III y nfnokyn has been living on gristle
aing them a tenderloin beefsteak.
y some family who through sickness
injunction Of misfortune have
@oagh to eat and do for
what Christ dill for the
naliiudss OF Asia Minor. multiply
caves aad the fishes. Let MS quit
iang OF ourselves until we cannot
Ah another crumb OF cake and be-
~ ? y Of Others necessities.
'eA see on small scale a recklessness
ls welfare Of others which great
T.. sApfe'ss on large scale. when his
i ser disturbing him from a certain
81 saying: al would cost two hun
a ~. lSlha lives. rep wing with a diabol-
q h - - ~ never be FORGOTTEN. What are
4 -. re- thoasanl lives 20 mem
- ioh helping appease the worlds
zee ar those WHOM Isaiah de-
~ ~ sI.n iiag TIE faces OF tine poor You