The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-01-17
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
6hooikLYN DIvINE's sim.
DAY SERMON.
/. Subject: "vvhat Trouble is ror.r

NOr.N
,r Ing Rsv. T. De Witt Talmape d n
<hs ps I'D % an Overlooking congraqetgr, =,
--ss.ooAiyrn Academy Of Music .
,ofso.. y preaching he said that a rnistal,a,
rie-fro..se Is Abroad that the insurance on mi
repstifsoa, e "a was enough to rebuild. I'M
49, ss..lon OF disasters left US in debt W
49,, praetieally built three chnrcfes siroe
49, 70 brooklyn. First, the ORIGINAL sl,a-
sg,s,t :. soon after that we made an e7larga
"a fo.-s mat cost almost as much Al a gh,,re5
NM ~ ears after it all burned Then ~
FesrsR s we building recently DESTROYED an,
wa u y In time when the whole eountr,
IL II Us worst financial distress
.sle Us IN debt. Nv conprsgstio1 b nv
4, ,is gnifieently, but any Church would h
~, - ~. aIter 50 many calamities. Now 10
-, 80 ,ilst Time we are out of debt But ~
ts.st. at least one hundred thoiIsand dollars +,
on - - : ch9ren large enough. and we cal
3-fe,.1 ut al creeds and all lands to helm
hs,s,i s-.- heip dedicate new church we mus
&C.,, every dollar Of 1t paid. viii nevel
ss-lh De pastor Of a church in debt IL he.
st -ySii'lea rs IN all our movements and
S Sl-iA never again wear the shackles 7 h.,-.
~. me last sixteen years preached +,
saoout o0oD people sitting and sand
tl.ss,. enlee Sabbath, but everybody know
s ssia1 We need place that win hold son 7
anau not be surprised Il some mar, ~ ,,1tt
snail say: Here are 500 a95 II ~, -, ~
but up a memorial structure. and ealiit -,
s.is nAine OF my departed father or child
sn9ss memory ] want put before ali nations
40 ~ s-tiie' And so it VIII be DONE
Tiki: God shaH tgipe aieay al t,ar,
from their eyes. Rev. Vii. II.
hlding across a western prairie wild
-lo ets up % tho hub Of the carriage wheel
- - = lie long distance from any shelter.
- eti1ls q sudden shower, and while the
In was falling in torrents. the sun was
sni51i1g as brightly as l ever saw it shine.
~ ! thought what a beautiful spactacle
s Isl 30 the tears of the Bible ara
- Iilllunlgnt storm, but rain on pausted
PlalIles IN Gods sweet and golden sIuliebt
SI remember that bottle which David
-. Is containing tears, and Marv's
49, ana fanIs tears, and ChriSts
- ana the harvest Of iov that Is Ia
sprlng rom the sowing Of tears God
.I.-.l them God rounds them. God shows
tlleni where 20 fall. God exhales them
censuS Is taken Of them. and there is a record
a. 20 sne moment when they are born. ana
49,. = % tLie Pifce OF their grave Tears CT had
~ arcSs1-S sept Alexander, in his sorrow.
had the hair clSSped from his horses and
mules, and made a gred+ ado about his grief.
- NC H-eal1 u q IL dAlN one
q Aloxender's tears I speak dfthe tears of
tne good. Alas mel they are falling all the
unae. In summer, you sometimes hear the
growing thunder, and you see there is a
storm miles away: but you know from the
dritt OF the clouds that it VIII not como any
where near you So, though it may be all
bright around us there IS a shower Of trouble
somewhere all the time. Tearsi Tears
What IS the use Of them anyhow Why
not Substitute laughter2 Why not make this
a world where all the people are well and
eternal strangers to pain and achess What
IS the use Of an eastern storm when we might
nave a perpetual norwestars Why. when
family IS put together, not have them all
stay or II they ltust be transplauted TO make
other hcztes, then have them all fivee the fam
ny reccrd telling story of marriages and
births. but Of no deaths. Why not have the
harves7s chase each other without
fa1gulug toll; Why the hard pillow.
the hard crust, the hard struggled
II Is easy enough to explain a smile, or "A
success, or c0ngratulstiun: but. come now.
and bring al your dictionaries and all volIr
pdilosophies and al your religions. and help
me explain a tear. A chemist viii tell You
that II IS male up Of salt and lime and other
component parts; but he misses the chief
ngredients-the acid Of soured life. the
Tiperlne sting Of a bitter memory. the frag-
ments o broken heart. I vii tel You
what - =; It is agony in solution.
Hear ne, then, while discourse to YOU Of
the USES Of trouble
ktist-lt Is the design OF trouble to keep
this world from being too attractive. Some
thing must be done to make Us wiilirg to
quit this existence. II It were not for trouble
this world would be a good enough heaven
for ME Yon and I would be willing to take
q lease OF this lie for a hundred million Years
II there were no trouble. The earth cusii-
s..--.lf 49, AZ
deuercG with such expense, no story Of other
worlds could enchant Us. We would say:
Let vel enough alone. If you want
70 die and have Your body disintagrated in
the dust, and your soul 90 out on a celestial
adventure, then you can 90; but this world
Is good enough for me.H You might as well
90 to man who has just entered the Louvre
at Paris, and tell him to hasten OF to the
picture galleries Of Venice or Florence
Why, he would say what Is the use of
my going theref There are Rembrandts and
Rubens ard Raphaels here that haven't
looked at yeti
No man wants 70 go out Of this world. or
out Of any house, until he has better house
To cure this wish to stay here, God must
somehow create a disgust for our surround
ings. How shah He do its He cannot afford
to deface His horizon, or to tear of a fiery
Panil from the sunset, or 10 subtract an an
fher from the water lily, or to Danish the
Duugent aroma from the miznouefte ni- IN
drag the robes Of the morning in the mire.
You cannot expect a Christopher Wren to
mar bis own St. Pauls cathedral or a Mich
aei Angelo 70 dash out his own Last
judgment. 1r Handel TO diseord his Israel
IN Egypt, and YOU cannot expect God to
spoil the architecture and music-of His own
world How then are we to be made willing
70 leavss Here Is where trouble comes in
sitter man has had good deal Of trouble,
he says; We'll, / am ready to &c. If there
Is house somewhere whose roof doesn't leak.
would ike TO live there. If there is an at
nosphere somewhere that does not distress
the lungs, I would ike to breatheit. If there
Is a society somewhere rshere there Is no title
tattle, would ike 70 live there II
there IS 4 home circle somewhere where
can find my lost friends,
wou!d ike 20 90 thoren He used to read
the first part Of the Bible chiefly. now he
reads the last part Of the Bible chiefly Why
has be changed Genesis for Revelations Ali
be used to be anxious chiefly to know how
this world was made. and all about its geo
logical construction Now he is chiefly anx-
ious 10 know how the next world was made,
and how it looks, and who live there. and
how they dress lie reads Revelation ten
times now where be reads Genesis once The
old story, In the beginning. God craatei the
heavens and Che earth does not thrill
INN LAA a. AAANA - tue hltAEl tLIfF,
Il saw a new heaven and now earth.r
The old mans hand trembles as he turns
over this ap0caiypiic leaf, and be has 10 take
cut MS handkerchief 70 wipe his spectacles.
That book Of Revelations is = prospectus nos
o. the country into which be L 70 SON irIrns--
Izrate; the country into which he has lots al
ready laid out, and avenues opened, aud trees
planted and mansions built
The .acgght 81 that blessed place comes
over me nightly, and / declare that L this
hous. Ie-e a great allip, aud you all were
lsasse > on board il. ana one hand could
Itiirch Nat ship INTO the giories Of heaven, {
should be tempted % take the response Z
1ilLy and launch yOu all into glory {
vita one stroke, holding on 70 the side Of the I
neat until could get in myself And yet I
sl-ere are people here 70 whom this world is ]
brighter than heaven. Well dear souls. I 4
90 ~ , blame you Il is natural But after
: S,nl y ~ Nil be ready 70 20. It was not I
-. SOD mad been rurn ont With bereave-
men, aha earonncies and pest OF a wife
mat ne Manted % see God. It WIS not until
ne prodigal got tired Of living amoug the
togs tnat ne wanted TO 20 70 his Fathers
mouse. y Is the ministry Of trouble f., mako
more. -S1' Gu WI lA
Again, it Is the use Of trouble 70 maxi. ia
feel our complete dependenca - 80
King Alphonso said that II h. hs5 -, -
emit at the creation he could have -
ter world than this What a pifv - i, - -
present. do not know what Col -, ~, ~
when sorue men die Men think tbsr S ~ ~ ~
ANYTHING until God eilov-a ff,,., Il an ~