Telegram-herald., 1890-08-18

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pis~ing sish twelve Yoks q OxsE before
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Representative OF the great t2rmers'
sssociaElOEs from al paris ot tae eoaatry
are a. the eac2napDeat, rerara(l3ns foT
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fally represented To-Day services were
held Ia the open air. An i1anaenss choir
from tbs churches o. Lebanon led The
music.
bev. DR.. Talnage spoke as follows:
Farmers OF America Accept my saiu-
taIion- Our text puts Is d00a into the
plsw' 5 tusrow. where many OF Is have beeE
before. Ny koYhoOd passed on fssgl and
my father a farmer. yoar style OF lie =
familiar 10 me. One ot my earliest reco.-
lectiOns is shat Of my father coming in
from the bot harvest feld exhausted, the
preparation streaming from h.s f0rehead
and chin, and faiac.ng o. the d0orsill, and
my moths -~-os llscitatins hin. un.ll seeing
the alarm Oi the household be said. Don't
&c frightened. cot q little tired and tie
sun was LOT, bat l am all right now
: And | remember mother seated az the
/ table, often ssying, 'Well, l am too tired
I TO estl' The fact is that l 90 not think
+ the old folks got thoroughly rested until
they lay down in the greyeyard back Of
/ Someryilie TO take the last sleep.
rHx FARazR's INDEPENDENCE.
Ofice seekers 20 through the laud and
/ they stand on political platforms, and they
! tell the farmers the story about the inde-
/ pendent life OF a farmer, giving 1attcry
| where they ought 70 give sympathy. In
/ dependent Of WHAT No class Of people in
| this country have il harder than farmers
| Independent OF whats OF the curculio that
/ stings the peach treesl of the rust in the
wheat, Of the long rain with the rye downi
/ Independent OF the gra5shopper; Of the To-
1 Gust? OF the army wOrm7 of the potato
4 bUgl Independvnt OF the drought that
! burns up ths harvest Independent Of the
/ cow with the hollow horn, or the sheep
/ with the foot rot? or tho pet horse with q
! nail in his hoof7 Independent of the cold
/ Al.
I pendent OF the snowbank out OF which he
/ must shovel himself' Independent OF the
I cold weather when he stands threshing his
/ numbed fingers around his body TO keep
/ them from being frosted, Independent OF
/ the frozen ears ard the frozen feet2 InGe-
| pendent OF whatp Fancy farmers who
| have made their fortunes in the city and
| 60 out in the country to build houses
with eu the modern improvements, and
make farming q luxury. may not need
any solacet but the ycomnnry who get
tbslr living ont Of the soil, and who that
way have 10 clothe their families and edu-
cate their children and pay their taxes
and meet their interest on mortgaged
farms-such men find a terrific struggle.
| And my hope is that this great National
Farmers elcampulent may do something
| turists Yes, we were nearly all Of us
born in the country. We dropped corn in
the hill, and went on Saturday 20 the mill.
tying the grist in the center OF the sack SO
that the contents on either side of the
horse balanced each other, and drove the
cattle afeld or bare feet wet with the
! dew. and rode the horses with the halter
to the brook until we fell OF, and hunted
the now for nests until the feathered oo-
cupants went Cackling away. So we all
understand rustic illusions. The Bible is
/ full Of them. In Christ sermon on the
/ mount you sec the full blown lilies and the
I glossy back Of the crows wing ca il flies
over Mount Olivet David and John, Paul
and Isaiah fad in country life a source Of
frccusnt illustration, while Christ takes
the responsibility OF calling God a farmer,
declaring Ny Father Is the husbandmal.
Noah was the first farmer We say
nothing about Cain, the tiller Of the soil.
Adam was a gardener on large scale, hut
10 Noah was given all TIE acres OF the
earth. Elisha was en- sgriCulcUrist, not
culturiug = ten acre lot; for in my text you
aad him plowin- with twelve yoke OF oxen
before him, and he with the twelfth. In
Bible times the land was so plenty and tho
Inhabitants so few thai Noah was right
when be gave 70 every inhsbitsnt q certain
portion OF land; that land. IL cultured.
ever after to be his own possession.
CROPS OF oIDEE TINES
They were not small crops raised in those
times. for though the arts were rude the
plow turned Up very rich soil. and barley,
and cotton. and fax. and ell kindsof grain
came up &C the call OF the hervesters.
Pliny tells Of one stalk of grain that had
+ on it between three and four hundred ears.
The rivers and tho brooks, through eTtif-
cial channels. were brought down to the
roots of the corn. and TO this habit of turn
ing O river wherever IL was wanted Solo
mon refers when he says: The king's
heart is in the hand Of the Lord, and he
turneth it as the rivers Of water are turned,
whithers0evec he ~ill"
The wild beasts we're caught. and then a
hook was put into their nose, and then
they were lsd over the field, and % that
God refers when he says Co wicked Sen
nackerib. I viii put a hook in thy nose
aud 7 viii bring thee back b. the way
which thou cemest" And God has a hook
IN every mans nose, whether T. be Ne5u
chadnczzar or Ahsb or Herod he may
think himself very Independents. bat sons
l time In his lie or in the hour of his death
he will find that the Lord Almighty has 4
/ hook i0 his nose.
This was ERE rule IN regard 70 The culturr
of the ground. Thou shait rot piow VIII
an OK and N ass together illustrating
the fCNy ci ever patSng intelligent enf
useful and p1iable men IN association with
the Stubborn and the v.7nauaEeabie- Tbs
vsst majority % tros3ie in the churches
ard in rsforr12eory Institutions comes IRON
the disrsEsrd q this command of the Lord
.--Ihan shalt not nLr-v VII IN * All AZ