Sharp County record., 1891-07-16
FRAY, YETREC0VERED.
a nneai to the Stray Sheep by
Rev. 7. Dewitt Talmage.
snr from the Old-Fashloned Gospei
rex Anord Temporary DIVERSION
INT the Old Fold and the old
shepherd are the Best

10 following discourse, apropos OF
endency of the times to drift from
gsSSA odox beliefs, was delivered by Kew
Ss&SW eWitt Talmage in the new Brook
&2ANS3 tabernacle from the text:
va we. like Sheep, have gone astray;
ID the Lord hath laid on Him the IN
nlts when Of Us All l.-1siaah Ill., 8. -,
IS pleasant thin ninety years at the ongtS' s, al. ha
and &C, hear or read TINS sermon SER xt t'lt eftv Nv
@ n1 " $ YOU will nearly all be gone, Inc
J. 'nss ~ ten years will cut wide swath
uS lead' no the pea ple. The year 1881 VIII
nabNaa ,me be the finality. Such consider
IS Is ths ms make this occasion absorbing
ever nm mo1nentous. The first half OF my
and A. is an Indictment; "All we like
romnt !, ID have gone dstray." Some one
ial + .Can YOU not drop the first
tbo ~ d? That is too general; that
onO,. nca eps.toog great circle" Some man
eeHess' M IN t,S5 7rtieaea ieaea and he looks over
nmed :, i he opposite side Of the house and
the mos avs: v "There is a bIasphemer, and
Iderstand how he has gone astray
e in 5A there in another part of the house
ng drun defrauder, and he has gone astray
gist VII, there is an impure person, and
will nv, has zone astray.' Sit down, my
one who 'ner' ano looI 7. az S.dnta mt hohind the
cept any It 80 s~eeps S vs. tbe circuit of the room
comes back to the point where 1t
p CO. ted, when it says: "All we like
ID have gone astray." | can very
&&E ly understand why Martin Luther
Nv up his hands after he had found
Bible, and cried out: 80! my sins,
sins!' and why the publican, ac-
ling to the custom to this day in the
~ l. when they have any great grief,
- an to Beat himself ami CRY as he
tie upon his breast: Goo be merci-
to me sinner"
was, like many Of you, brought up
he country, and l know some OF the
its of sheep and how they get
ray, and what my text means when
ays: "All we like sheep have gone
ray Sheep get astray in two ways:
Ter by trying to get into other pas
3, or by being scared by the dogs. In
former way some of us got astray.
ct thought the religion of Jesus Christ
Nv rt commons. We thought there was
ter pasturage somewhere else. We
Iught if we could only lie down on
banks of distant streams, or under
,at oaks on the other side of some
we might be better fed. We want
other pasturage than that which
through Jesus Christ gave our soul,
1--we wandered on and we wandered
and we were lost. We wanted
N lad and we found garbage. The
Ill ther we wandered instead of find
'AA rich pasturage, we found blasted
Q ath and sharper rocks and more
nging nettlcs. No pasture. How
Is it inthe worldly groups when you
ityour child? Did they come around
d console you very much? Did not
great eplain Christian man who came into
Asth. ur house and sat up with your dar-
Colis g child, give you more comfort than
II -, worldly associations? Did all the
u ~ nvivial songs you ever heard comfort
ousn! u in That day of bereavement so
|, anu uch as the song they sang to you, per-
ough. ,ps the very song that was sung by
Of the 'ur little child the last Sabbath after
ungs, 'on Of her life?
hand lerc is happy land, far, far away,
,t of here saints immortal reign, bright, bright
'h'o VI as day.
leiiV Did your business associates in that
clne, W OF darkness and trouble give you
man ly especial coincidence? Business ex-
con. perated you, business wore you out,
my lsiness left you limp as rag, business
> first ade you mad, You got dollars, but
great ~ gotno peace. God have mercy on
p 70. Iemtn who has nothing but business
tod comfort him. The world afforded
nas a, ~ no luxuriant pasturage. A famous
'eu nglish actor stood on the stage i'm
anu ersonating, and thunders of applause
6 ID lme' down from the galleries, and
ased ANY thought it was the proudest mo-
lat ent Of all his life; but there was man
Ger. sleep 1ust in front of him, and the fact
ees lat that man was indifferent and SOM
,y olent Spoiled all the occasion for him.
A nd, ne cried, "Wale up, wake up!" So
ne little annoyance in life has been
lore pervading TO your mind than all
10 brilliant congratulations and sue.
sss Poor pasturage for your soul you
'und IN this world. The world has
heated you, the world has belied you.
70 world has misintcrpreted you, tho
ORD pas prosecuted you, 1t never com.
ortedyou. OF this world is u good racl,
. rom Which horse may pick his hay; tits
I'LL oatrough from which the swine may
Al runch their mess; but gives but little
~ ood 70 the soul blood-bought and inn
nortal What is u soul? 1t is hope
ign aS the throne Of God. What Is
nanY You say; at is only man." 1t
only man gone overheard in sin. II
only Il man gone overheard In bust.
"A less NC, What is q man? The battle.
w round of three worlds, with his hands
hking hold OF destinies Of light or dark
,A iess A mani No line can measure
aa' ann No limit can bound him. The
Aa irchnngcl before the throne can not
w putlive him, The stars shall die, but
j." ne VIII watch their extnguishment,
I|8 Inc world will burn, but he win gaze