The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-09
A TALK OF OTHER DAYS.
Or. TALMAGE REFUTES A STORY
THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED.

THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED.
Before Discussing the Experiences of the
Past He Denies Emphaticaily That He
Ever Advocated HIiscegenation-A Ser
mon on Religious Life.
BROOKLYN, May 5.-At the Taber-
nacle today, the Rev. T. De Witt Tai
mage, D. D., preached a sermon on
the subject, "Other Days Lived Over"
and made reference to the falsehood
that he had advocated miscegenation
of the white and black races The
vast congregation sang the hymn be-
ginning:
Our God, our help in ages past.
Our hope for years to come.
DIR. Talmage's text was Deuteronomy
viii, 2: Thou shalt remember all the
way which the Lord thy God led
thee" He said:
Before entering on my subject /
wish to ssy that some newspaper cor
respondents, referring to a recent SER
mon in which | welcomed foreign ma
tionalitie3 To this country, have said
that ! advocated as desirable thing
the intermarriage of the white and
black races. ! never said so, | never
thought so, and any one who so mis-
represents that sermon is either q
villain or fool, perhaps both.
A RETROSPECTIVE SERMON.
But to open this mornings subject
have to say God in The text advises
the people to look back upon their past
history. 1t will do us all good to re-
hearse the scenes between this May
morning and our cradle, whether it
was rocked in country or town. A
few days ago, with my sister and bro
ther, | visited the place of my boy
hood. II was one of the most emotion
al and absorbing days of my life.
There stands the old house, and as
went through the rooms ] said, 81 could
find my way here with my eyes shut,
although ] have not been here in for
ty years. There was the sitting room
where large family group every even
ing gathered, the most of them now in
n better world. There was the old
barn where we hunted for Easter
eggs, and tho place where the horses
stood. There is where the orchard
WaB, only three or four trees now left of
all Che grove that once bore apples, and
such apples too. There is the brook
down which we rode to the watering
of the horses bare back and with a
rope halter We also visited the ceme-
terry where many of our kindred are
waiting for the resurrection, the old
people side by side, after journey to-
gether of sixty years, only about three
years between the time of their going.
There also sleep the dear old neigh
bors who used to tie their horses under
the shed of the country meeting house
and sit ut the end of the pew, singing
Duke Street" and "Balerma," and
Antioch" Oh they were a glorious
race Of men and women who did their
work well raised a asplendid lot of boys
and girls, and arc now MS to their bodies
in sifcnt neighborhood on earth, but as
to their souls in jubilant neighbor-
hood before the throne of God. feel
that my journey and visit last week
did me good and it would do you all
good, if not iii person then in thought,
to revisit the scenes of boyhood or
gjrlhood. Thou shalt remember all
the way which the Lord thy God led
thee"
Youth is apt too much to spend all
its time in looking forward. Old age
is apt too much to spend all its time
in looking backward People i'll mid
life and on the apex look both ways.
1t would be well for us, think, how
ever, to spend more time in reminis
scence. BY the constitution of our nat
uro wo spend most of the time looking
forward, and the vast majority of this
audience live not so much III the pres
ent as IN tho future. | find that you
mean to make reputation, you mean
TO establish yourself, and tho advan
tages that you oxpect to achieve alb
sorb great deal of your time. But
see no harm in this if it does not make
you discontented with the present OF
.disqualify you for existing duties.
IT Is GOOD TO LOOK BACK.
81 is useful thing sometimes tc
look back. and to see tho dangers we
haze escaped and to SEQ the sorrows
we have suffered, and tho trials ano
wanderingso of our earthly pilgrimage
and to sum up our enjoyments.
mean this morning SO far rs God may
help me, to stir up your memory oi
the past, so that in the review you
may bo encouraged, and BUNDLED
.and urged to pray.
There is chapel in Florence with c
fre$co by Guido. IL was covered VI
with two inches of stucco until oul
American and European artists went
there, and after long toll removed the
covering and retraced the fresco. And
am aware that the memory OF thc
past, with many OF you, is all covered
up with ten thousand deliberations, ano
4 propose this morning, so far rs tht
Lord may help me, TO take away tht
covering, that the old picture may
shine out again.
want 10 bind in ono shcaf all youl
past advantages, cud ! want TO bind ii
another shcaf all your past odvcrsl
ties IL is precious harvest, and
must be cautious bow / swing the
seYthc.
Among the greatest advantages oi
your past life was an early home anG
its surroundings. The bad men OF the
day, for the most part, dip theif heated
passions out of the boiling spring ol
an unhappy home. We are not sur
vrised to tind that Byron's heart was {
concentration of sin, when we heal
his mother was abandoned, and tha'
she made sport of his iniirmity, ant
Uften called him "the lame brat" Ht
who has vicious parents has 60 figh
every ihoA of his way If ho wouia
maintain ilis integrity, and at las
reach the home Of the good in heaven
Perhaps your early home was in tn,
CITY. 1t may have Deen in the day
when Canal street, New York, was fa
APP town and the site of this presen
church was an excursion into the coun
try. That old house in the city ma,
have been demolished or changed int
stores. and it seemed like sAcrlege 4
YOU, for there was moro meaning II
that plain house, in that small house
than there is in n granite mansion o
a turreied cathedral. Looking bacl
this morning you sec 1t MS though
were yester(lay--the sitting room
whero the loved ones sat by the plan
1amplight, the mother ai tlle evening
stand, the brothers and sisters, perhap
long ago gathered into the skies the
plotting mischief on the floor or unde
the table, your father with q firm vote
commanding silence that lasted hal
minute.
Oh, those were good days! If yo
had your foot hurt, your mother a
ways had soothing salye 10 heal i
II you were wronged in the stree,
your father was always ready TO PR
fect you The year was one round {
frolie and niirth. Your greatest trol
BILE was like AN April shower. moF
sunshine thhn shower The heart Ia
not been ransacked by troubles, nc
had sickness broken il. and no lam