The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-23
NEW SPRINGS OF JOY.
SERMON PREACHED BY DR.. TAL-
MAGE ON SUNDAY, MAY 10.


As Caleb the Father Gave Achsah q De-
IectabIe Land to Live in, So God Has
Given Man This World, GoodIy Home
In Which To Dwell.
BROOKLYN, May 1e.-The Rev. 7.
De Witt Talmage, Z. D., preached to-
day on Now Springs of JOY" The
text was, ''Thou hast given me a
south land; give me also springs OF
water And he gave her the upper
springs, and the neither springs. -
Joshua XIV, 10.
The city of Debir was the Boston of |
antiquity-a great place for brain and |
books Caleb wanted it, and he offer |
ed his daughter Achsah as prize to |
any one who would capture that city. |
II was a strange thing for Caleb to do;
and yet the man that could take the
city would have, at any rate, two ele-
ments of manhood-bravery and pa
triotism. With Calebs daughter as
prize TO fight for, Gen. Othniel rode IN |
to the battle. The gates of Debir were |
thundered into the dust, and the city of |
books fay at the feet of the conquer
ors The work done, Othniel comes
back 10 claim his bride. Having con-
quered the city, it is no great job for
him to conquer the girls heart; for
however faint hearted q woman her
self may be, she always loves courage
in man. never saw an exception
TO that. The wedding festivity having
gone by, Othniel and Achsah are
about to 90 to their new home. How
ever loudly the cymbals may clash
and the laughter ring, parents are al.
ways sad when a fondly cherished
daughter goes off to stay; and Ach-
sab, the daughter of Caleb, knows
that now is the time to ask almost
anything she wants Of her father. 1t
seems that Caleb, the good old man,
had given as a wedding present to his
daughter a piece of land that was
mountainous, and sloping southwark
toward the deserts Of Arabia, swept
with some very hot winds. 1t was
called "a south land" But Achsah
wants an addition Of property; she
wants piece of land that is well
watered and fertile Now it is no
wonder that Caleb standing amidst
the bridal party, his eyes so full Of
tears because she was going away that
he could hardly see her at all, gives
her more than she asks. She said to
him; Thou hast given me south
land; give me also springs OF water.
And he gave her the upper springs,
and the neither springs"
GOD HAS GIVEN US THE WORLD.
What a suggestive passagel The
fac4 is, that as Caleb, the father, gave
Aebsah, the daughter, a south land, SO
God gives to us his world. am very
thankful he has given it to us. But
am like Achsah in the fact that want
a larger portion. Trees and flowers,
and grass, and blue skies are very well
in their places, but he who has moth
ing but this world for q portion has no
portion at all. IT is a mountainous
land, sloping off toward tho desert of
sorrow, swept by fiery siroccos; it is
"a south land, n poor portion for any
man that tries to put his trust in it.
What has been your experience?
What has been the experience of every
man, of every woman that has tried
this world for "A portion2 Queen Eliza
beth, amidst the surroundings 81 pomp,
is unhappy because the painter sketch
es too Infinitely the wrinkles on her
face. and she Indignantly cries out:
without any shadowsp Hogarth, at
the very height of his artistic triumph,
is stung almost TO death with cha
grin beealiso the painting he had dedl
ated to the king does not seem TO be
acceptable, for George III cries OUT
"Who is this IIogarth2 Take his trum
perry out of my presence. Brlnsley
Sheridan thrilled the earth with hi'
eloquence, but had for his last words
~ am absolutely undone Walter
Scott, fumbling around the inkstand
trying to write, says to his daughter
'Oh, take me back to my room Their
is no rest for Sir Walter but IN tn
grave" Stephen Girard, tho wealth
lest man in his day, or, ut any rate
only second in wealth, says; Il liv
the life of galley slave; when | aris
in the morning my one effort IS Z
work so hard that can sleep when
gets 20 be night" Charles Lamb, ap
plauded of all the world, i'll the yer,
midst OF his literary triumph says
''Do you remember, Bridget, when w
used to laugh from the shilling CALLER
at tho playl There are now no goo
plays to laugh at from the boxes.
but why 90 SO far as that2 used t
Ro 30 further than your street To lin
an illustration of what am saying.
woRIDIINGs ARE NOT REALLY HAPPY
Pick ale out ten successful worlt
lings-w without any religion, and 20
know what ] mean by successfu
worldlings-pick me out ten success
full worldlings, and you cannot fin
more than one that looks happy. Ca
Nraez him across the bridge; car
drags him back. Take your stand {
two o'clock at the corner OF Nassa
and Wall streets, or at the corner {
Canal street and Broadway, and sc
the agonized physiognomies. 1ot
bankers, your insurance men, yourm
porters. your wholesalers, and yot
retailers. MS n clasS-as n class, arc the
happy2 No. Care dogs their step
and, making no appeal 10 God *
help or comfort, they aro tossed ever.
withar. How has it been with yol
my lsearer2 Are you moro contente
in the house of fourteen rooms tina
you were ia the two rooms you had
a house when you startedl Have sc
not had more care and worrimel
siuce you won that fifty thousar
dollars than you did beforel Some
dhe poorest men | have ever know
have been those of great fortune.
s.san of small means may be put
great business straits, but the CHA:
Hest OF all embarrassments is tn
of the man who has largo estate
The men who commit suicide becau
OF monetary losses arc those who ca
not bear tho burden apy more,
cause they have only a hundred the
sand dollars left
On Bowling Green, New Aoi
there is n house where Talleyrand us
TO 90. lie was a faeorite man. 4
the world knew him. ard he Il
wealth almost unlimited; yet at
close of his life he says: "Beho
eighty-three years have passed WI
out any practical result, save fatie
of body and fatigue of mind, en-
encouragement for tho future
great disgaist for the past. Oh,
friends, this is "a south land, ant
slopes of toward deserts of sorro'
and the prayer which Achsah m,
20 her father Caleb, we make this {
TO our Father God; Thou hast ga
mo a south land; give me also spr
of water. And he gave them the
per springs, and the neither spring
Blessed be Godi We have more
vantages given us than we can res
appreciate We have spiritual bl
ines offered ns in this world whic
shall call the neither springs,
plories in the world 10 come whic
shall call the upper springs.
THE PURE JOY OF RELIGION.
Where shall I finds words emo
threaded with light TO set forth