Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-30
STRONG SWIMMER.
nn rALMAGE's SERMON
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mr. TALMAGE's SERMON
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uo,d Forth His Hands in the
Pa" ,,,cm, AS He That swinmeth
~, :" Forth His Hands to SWIM"
ard. of His Text
r De Witt Talmaee, D. D.,
Rev. .,, nreached at Seattle, w. T.,
|oSl1u Il, text was Isaiah XIV, IL:
+ ;, read forth his hands in the
pau i. mem, as he that swimmeth
Oh u, forth his hands to swim.
['ssacher said:
lta' saosop of the year multitudes
pr wade into the ponds and lakes
'Nls l.. a and seas. At first putting out
vti T., from the shore, but having
~, ~. right stroke of arm and foot,
a ~. .ha waters roll over them, and
e {, , w." dive or float or swim. SO
,r;ll be very suggestive: He
" ,"al forth his hand in the midst
I IS as he that swimmeth spreadeth
~ hands to swim"
SHERMAN seeks out unfrequented
IL You stand all day on the bank
~ in the broiling sun, and fling
w line, and catch nothing, while
t.. angler breaks through the
and goes by the shadow of the
= We rocS, and in q place where no
s,n has been for ten years, throws
III. line and comes home at night.
:. shining and his basket full. 1
!, tnow why we ministers of the
need always be fishing in the
tream, and preaching from the
syt that other people preach from.
Of understand the policy of the
er who. in Blackfriars, London,
", ~ every week for thirty years
ID IRON the Epistle to the He
n is an exhilaration to me when
across a theme which [ feel no
;e has treated, and my text is one
kind. There are paths in Gods
hat are we'll beaten by Christian
When men want to quote Scrip
Iev quote the old passages that
me has heard. When they want
ter read, they read q chapter that
other people have been reading,
the church to- day is ignorant of
sourths of the Bible. You 60 into
1,yre at Paris. You contine your
one corridor of that opulent gall
paintings. AS you come out your
saws to you, Did you see that
andt:' No." did you see that
ST. No" did you see that
}" No" Did you see that
el?" No" Well" says your
then you didn't seethe Louvre.
nv friends, l think we are too
MT to confine ourselves to one of
eat corridors of this Scripture
and so much so that there is not
rson out of q million who has
.oticed the all suggestive and
jul picture in the words of my
text represents God as a strong
er, striking out to push down in
and save the souls of men. He
spread forth his hands in the
Of them, as he that swimeth
eth forth his hands to swim. y
rure is bold and many sided.
t you know how to swim. Some
learned it in the city school,
his art is taught; some of you in
d, in the river near your fathers
some Of you since you came to
ID OF womanhood, while summer
the beach of the sea. You step
II the wave, you throw your head
on bring your elbows to your
;ou put the palms of your hands
ard and the soles of your feet
d, and you push through the wa
though you had been born aquatic.
grand thingto know how to swim,
ly for Yourself, but because you
ter while, perhaps, have to help
| do not know anything more
, or sublime than to.see some man
orman Mckenzie leaping from
p Madras into the sea to save
5 Turner, who had dropped from
al yard while trying to loosen
|, bringing him back to the deck
lie huzzas of passengers and crew.
IL has not enthusiasm enough to
Il such circumstances he deserves
t to drop into the sea and have
to help him. The Royal HUI
Society of England was estab-
i'll l774. it's object to applaud and
those who should pluck up life
he deep. Any one who has per-
such a deed of daring has all the
lars of that bravery recorded in
c record, and on his breast a
Il done in blue, and gold, and
anchor, and monogram, and
ton, telling to future genera
he bravery of the man or woman
we'd some one from drowning.
friends, if it is such worthy
0 save q body from the deep,
if it is not worthier thing to
immortal soul? And you shall
hour the Son of God step forth
5 achievement. He shall spread
is hand i'll the midst of them. as
It swimmeth spreadeth forth his
% swim"
der to understand the full force
figure. you need to realize, first
that our race is in a sinking con-
You sometimes hear people
of what they consider the most
ul words in our language. One
Us it is home" another man says
word mother" another says it is
rd Jesus" but l will tell you
terest word in all our language,
rd most angry and baleful, the
saturated with the most
:, the word that accounts for all
thsomeness, and the pang, and
rage, and the narrowing; and that
sin" You spell it with three
and yet those three letters de-
the circumference and pierce the
er of everything bad in the uni
Sin! it is sibilant word. You
pronounce it without giving the
the flame or the hiss of the SER
Sin! And then if you add three
to that word it describes every
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