The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-02
REV. DR.. TALMAGE
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE'g SUM-
DAY SERMON.
suhseussstgessufs hrom the HYstorSv
or ofbah.n

1W, oNt nun Glaze unto her."-Ruth /
Moab was a heatnen land, Naomi is abo,,
70 leaVe 1t and go into the land of Bethle
a as she has two daughters-in-law. Ruth
= VINO conclude to GO with her
the;r nativ, Land and EndertsEs tb ,S' S Seayt
snip Of the Journey; but thew viii fot Be mar
sSsaaaea: they all three start out 81 t6eiT
journey. After awhile Naomi. althoneb she
nlghiy priced the company of her two daueh.
Sers-in-law,. attempted again to pers,1sds
tnem to go back because Of the hardship and
sen denial through which they would be
eelged TO {. Ruth responds in the words
irUn Wnlch once dlscoursed to you:
Ihtrea6 me not to leave thee,
nor to return from following after
tnee, for where thou goest I viii 90. and
Where tnou lodgest I will lodge; thy people
snah De my. people, and thy God my God.
where thou dlest will I die and there viii /
De buried. the lord do so to me and more
also II aught but death part thee. ard ma .
not So with her sister Orpah. Her deter
ssaanahon had already been shaken. The
length and peril of the journey began to
appah her, and she had worshiped the gods
OF Moab SO long that it was hard to give
them up. From that point Orpah turned
oack, the parting being described in the
words OF my text: And they lifted up their
voice a wept again and Orpah kissed her
mother-in-aw, but Ruth clave unto her.
Learn from this story of Orpah that some
OF those who do not leave the Moab of their
inlquities are persons of fine susceptibility
tt was compassion for Naomi, in her #idoS-
with her toWard gethleRsm. Il was not be-
PAUSE of any lack Of affection fdr her that
The turned back. We know this from the
grief exhibited at parting. I do not know
put that she had as much warmth and ardo,
u nature as Ruth, but she lacked the cour-
lge and persistence Of her sister. That there
ire many with as fine susceptibility as Or
2ah who will not take up their cross and fol-
ow Christ is a truth which needs but little
demonstration. Many of those who have be
come the followers of Jesus have but very
little natural impressibility. Grace often
axes hold OF the hardest heart and the most
inlovely character and transforms it. 1t is
! arnmer that breaks rocks. In this Christ
,ften shows His power. 1t wants but little
,eneralship to conqner a fat country, but
night Of artillery and heroism to take a fort
manned and readyfo raking eannonade.
The great captain of our salvation has
. doubt not that Christ coild have found
many a fisherman naturally more noble
tearted b q Simon Peter, but there was NO
ne by whose conversion He could more
sloriously have maghiied His grace. The
diversion of a score of Johns would not
ave illustrated thepoYer of the Holy Ghost
S much as the conveflfo1 of one Peter. II
you'd have been easieiatto drive twenty
ambs like John into the fom than to tame one
ion like Peter. God has often made some
4 His most efficient servants out Of men
laturally unimpressionable. As men take
tiff and unwieldly timbers, and under huge
landed machinery bend them into the hulk
f great ships, thus God has often shaped and
ent into His service the most unwieldlY ma
ures, .while those naturally impressionable
re still in their unchanged state.
Oh. how many, like Orpah, have warm af-
ections and yet never become Christians
ike 0rpah, they know how to weep, but
hey do not know how to pray. Their fine
of feeling leads them into the friendships
4 the world, but not into communion with
rod. They can love everybody but Him,
Who is altogether lovely. All other sorrow
ends their heart, but they are untouched by
he woes of a dying Christ. Good news fills
hem with excitement, but the glad tidings
4 great joy and salvation stir not their soul.
Anxious to do what is right, yet they 70
fod. Grateful for the slightest favors, they
aake no return to Him who wrung out tbs
asst drop Of blood from His heart to deliver
hem from going down to the pit. They
Fouid weep at the door of a prison at the
light of a wicked captive in chains. out have
10 compassion for their own souls. over
Fhich ssfflat raA grim jailer, holds the
ock and Key. When repulsiva, grasping,
.Tsympathetic natures resist the story of a
Iaviour's love it does not excite our surprise,
nsnv VIII srh;h;i 0rnsb,s s,scenf,hility
Ieo avI;b;t nrnabfs imnanitonov
W. = oat sI,rnr;sad that thara ;s hsrron
e. = : daso,s h,,fi J s.ranga thino Il II that
nmat;noas fssa Rose of Sharon will not grow
3 -garIar IN : s,,r,n,er mornino We are
Surprised to find q rock without any dew
. =, pu0II gong a.ao ig noea u lllss ms
aW IN snem NO giIGeerIng drops We wouIu
" ha6 Ioni sprIle mas Dssn I9oulns
nese vasesr we are I0g suiPTl5eu una
did nos nacome g 1nriSslan' DuS nov y.
lis sWeetness q 1sNfnper snoulu 10y vi,
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embed, pTouu I-eDuchadnezzhF Iepsnpeq,
nd cruel Manassaa turned unto tne LoTa
llt many q nature, aIecSlonaUs 80 genss'
fought successfully againsD aivlne Lnha-
noes. many 2 doVe mas rsaussh ~ an Slnrs ~ y
g. Nlnao1 81 w y IL ara 80
est for the sole OF ner 1901.
Again, me nlssofy 7 Dlpal y 80 r up9a
e tns AF'i1n eliao su0io :
ooo5 STARTING. Init after awhile change
heir minds and turn back. When these
1,aa n,o,,r,ers start from their home in
llss .h = : = as ,,,,eI, nrobahil;tv that
1rra,, vii reach Bethlehsaa as that her sis
Ruth and her msthersin-law Naomi will
Tr;ve there. But wilie these continue in
he Journey they commenced, Orpah after
while gets discouraged and turns back. TINS
5 the history OF many a SOUL. Iernaps VS.
turing a revival OF rel g1on uney IesoiVed
Ipon a Christian life b mace pfepdrabioas