The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-13
POISON IN THE DINNER.
TALMAGE SPEAKS ON ELISHA's
SPREAD FOR THE STUDENTS.

JuG w Oil0 VI
Temptation Mixed In Them-.Those
Who Reject It Live-Those Who
Feast On It Die.
BROOKLYN, May l2-Ths Rev T. De
Witt Talmage, d. d., preached at the Tab
ernacle to-day to a vast congregation, who
sang with grand effect the hvmn beginnings
My soul, be on thy guard;
Ten thousands foes arise,
Aud hosts OF sin are pressing hard
To draw thee from the skies
His subj O. was "A Poisoned Dinuer.H
and his text II Ki gs iv. 40; 80 they
poiret out for the men to eat And it came
10 pass. as they were eating Of the pottags,
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
| stude t IN tine theological semi AIRY at Gil
gal He found the students vary hungry,
| as studsnts are apt to be- II is very seldom
he wOr d makes large provision for those
who give themselves TO Intellectual toll. In
order that these studeats may b. prepared
| to hear what Elisha says, he first feed their
hunger. He knew very well 1t is useless to
talk, to preach, to lecture with hungry
men.
So Elisha. recognizing this common sense
priuclple, which every Christian oug 1t to
| reco pize, ssnds servants out TO get food
for these hu CRY students. They pick up
some good, healthful erb but they ha pen
| TO pick up also me col qu tida, a Dittsr,
poisonous, dsathful herb. Tuey bring all
| these herbs, : ey put them into the boiling
| pot, they stir then up, and then por-
ton Of this 70 d is brought TO the stu
dents aud their professors Seated at tho
table, one II the hungry students begins
| Immediately to eat md he happe IS 10 get
hold Of some OF the cDloquintida He knew
it by the taste He cries out: Poison,
poisonl o, thou man Of god, there is death
| in the potp CONSERVATION is thro wn over
the whole group. What fortu ate thing
| ii was at this student 50 early found the
| LOO intida IL the mixture at the bleI
You will by reference q I'd this story is pre-
cisely as | have mentioned 1T
| Well, in our day there are great caul-
drO OF sin and d att. Col qlintida OF
mighty temptation is pressed into It, Some
| lip it out and taste and reject IL and live.
| Others dip II 1t, Ia to 1t, Ike esp on and die.
| Aud L. is the business Of every minister OF
! religion and every man who wishes veil to
| The human race, and who wants 20 keep the
world back fro II its folli 8 d its sutferings.
TO cry Ut. "Bewarel poison. poiso Look
| out for hi ,ldroul Stand back Bawarei"
| Sin has done an awful work in our world
| 1t has 20 g out through all the ag g. 10 has
mixed up a great cal iron of trouble and
,ufferi X and pain, and the whole ra Is
| pois ned-p1isone In body, poisone In
mind, )isoaed in soul. But blessed be God
that tho gospel of Jesus Christ Is the anti
| lote, and where there was sin ere shall
| b. pardon. and where there was suffering
there shall be comfort, and where there was
| death there shall be- life
Some time ago, you will re member, I
| persuaded you Of the imporCa zee of beiuy
| chari BILE juig uent OF othe 5. At the
4ame ii no said to you briefly what this
morning wish to say with great emp lasis,
| that while we sympathizs wit the sinner
Ne must dsnounce I . sin, that while We
| pity the unfortunate We m ist be vehement
against trausg ession. Sln Is Jagged
| hing that useds to be roughly ha ldlei
You have no right to garland it with hns
phrases or lustrous rhet tlrio. You cAnnot
catch a buffalo with a silken lasso.
a group OF emf grants settle In a wild re-
| gion. he next day wi d beast c7E1es
down from the mountain and carries Off
| me OF the chill lren. Tue next day wild
beast comes down from the mountain and
carries Off another ch IL. Fort with all
| the neighbors band together, and they go
out with orch in Que band a ID gun In the
| other t. hunt these monsters dowh, 60 find
heir hiding place. to light up
and ran ack the caverns, and to
destroy the invaders OF their houses
SO we want now not merely t) talk
about the sins and foil es OF the world, we
| want TO 60 behind them, back Of them
| Down into the caverns whore they hide we
| need 10 go with tao torch Of G. DDS word in
one ha nd and the sword OF Gods eternal
| spirit in the other TO hunt out and slay
| these iniuuisie, in tn ir hi ling places; or to
come back TO the figure suggested bv my
text, we want to finI what are the caldrols
| Of sin and death from ich the iniquities
| OF society are dipped out.
l. In the first place, remark. that un-
happy and undisci pll ed homes are the
cildrons OF great iniquity.
Parents, harsh and cruel on the ono
hand, or on / o OF or hahd loose in their
government, Nickedly loose in their govern
meat, are raising up a generation Of vipers.
A home where scolii and fretfu ness are
dominant is blood rela n to the gallows
and the peuitentiaryl Pstuiance Is "A SER
pent that crawls up into the family nurse Y
sometimes aud crushe5 everything WhY,
there are parents who even make religion
disgusting TO their child en-. They SEQ Id
them for not loving Christ. They have an
eKasperating way ~ doing their du y. The
mouse is full OF the war whoop of con en-
tion, ard from such place husband and
sons gO out to die.
Oh Is there a Hagar leading away Lsh-
mael Into tho desert b he smitten OF tho
thirst and parched Of the sandl In the sol
emn birth hour Il voice fell TO thee fro n tho
throue Of G. )d, saying: Take this child
aud nurse IL for me, a ID will givs thee thy
wages" At even time, wheI he angels Of
God hover over that nome, do they hear
be children lisping the name Of Josusi o.,
traveller for eternity, you lit 10 ones gath
cred under your rob s. are you lending them
on tho right road, or are tou taking them
out on tho dangerous, Hinding brI le path,
II which their inoxperie iced feet nay
slip, and up W ich comes tho how'll < OF
the wolf and tho sound II loosenel le1go
AID tunbling avalauchel Blessed is the
family tar ut ~ ~hich the childron k eel.
Blessed is the cradle in which he christian
mother Jcks the clrls ian chill Bessed
is the song the lit le ones 81 & at nisn fall
when sleep is closing tae eyes and loos ming
he hand from the toy on the pillo y.
Blessed Is that mo her whore every nearn
throb Is a PRAYER for her ohildren's elfare.
The word grows old. and the t,rs will
cease to illuminate and the waters 10 re-
fresh II, and the mountains t. guard it, and
the heavens 10 overspan IL, aud its ng
s.ory Of sin and shame and glory ard RI
umph will soon turn TO ashes; but lndu-
ences that started In the early home roll on
and roll no through all eternity--blooming
In all the Joy, wing in all triumph.
exuting ia all tho 80 q, or shrinking back
into all the darknes. Fa her, mother,
which way are you leading your childreal
A b use took hie. and the owner was
| very careful n got all hrs furniture out.