Sharp County record., 1891-10-22
fHAT WEARE HERE FOR
sN. ,ZDeWitt Talmage Strives
~ to Make the Matter Plain,
,ct ITaa n Mission to Accomplish, on the
Results OF which Depend Much OF
Earthly and All of licav-
eIly Happiness.


discourse by Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage
q the Brooklyn tabernacle. The text
as;
=, tn this end was l Dorn.-John xviii, 81.
After plate had suicidcd, tradition
Q avs that his body was thrown into the
Is, iber. and such storms ensued on and
ali bout That river that his body
l as taken out and thrown into
m ,e Rhone, and similar disturb
nces swept that river and It's
+, anks. Then the body was taken out
!, nd removed to Lausanne and out IN Il
ccper pool, which Immediately be-
~ lme the center of simila" atmospheric
@ nd mucous disturbances. Though
l1T iese arc fanciful and false traditions
4 ley show the execrations with which
be NJ world looked upon PLATE. 1t was
aas efeie this man when he was IN full
ns fc and powcr that Christ was arraiSned
a in court of oyer and telminer
Hate said to his prisoner: "Art thou
king, them" and Jesus answered;
10 thisend was | born" Sure enough
Though all earth and he'll arose to
y. eep Him down lie is to-day empal-
'4 ced, enthroncd and coronetcd King Of
no arth and King of Heaven. ''To this
a5t nd was | born" That is what lie
anne for, and that was what lie ac-
J nomplished.
BY the time q child reaches ten years
,uf age thc parents begin to discover
child destiny, but by the time he
rshe reaches fifteen years Of age the
question is on the childs lips; "What
nj | to be? What am | going to be ?
sAVhat was l made for?" 1t is sensi
IA le and righteous question, and the
y outh ought to keep on asking it until
lis SO fully answered that th> young
ian or the young woman can saJ, with
smucl truth rs its author, though on
4, less Expansive scale. ITO this end
Il. ras | Born"
There is too much Divine skill shown
the physical, mental and moral con-
N titution of the ordinary human being
% suppose that he was constructed
1githout any Divine purpose. If you
i2 AXE me ont en- some vast plain and
In how me pillarcd temple surmounted
NJ dome like st. Peters and having u
.oor of precious stones, and arches
hat must have taxed the brain Of the
reatcst draughtsman to design, and
galls scrollcd and niched and panclcd
nv nd wainscotcd and painted. and |
hould asll you what this building was
ut up for, and you answered.
q For nothing at ALL" how could
Il believe you? And it is i'm
eT iossiblc FIR me to believe that
.r ny ordinary human Icing who has in
rs is muscular, ncrvoNs and cerebral or
I, anixation more wonders than Christo-
In, hor Wren lifted in st. paul's or PHI
las ever chiscled on the Acropolis, and
luilt IN such way that it shall last
ong after ST. Paul's cathedral is as
! Aauch ruin as the Parthenon-that
laluch being was constructed for no
purpose, and to execute no mission, and
any Divine intention toward
eli ofne end. The object of this sermon
4 to help you to find out what you are
aadc for and help YOU find your
|. pherc, and assist you into that condi-
= ION whcrc you can say with certainty
nd cinphasis ard enthusiasm and
riumph: "ro this end was | born"
First, | discharge you from all re-
4 possibility for most Of your environ
rents. lou arc not responsible for
our pnrcntagc and grand parcntagc.
n,ou arc not responsible for any of the
ranks That may have lived in your an
5estral lincan whom u hundred years
lefore Wow were born may have lived a
LYLE OF life that more or less affects
Iou to-day You are not responsible
pr Or the fact that your temperament Is
ID ang,inc, or mcnncholic, or bilious or
'. ymphntlc, or nervous Neither are
na'o'l rcsponsiblc for the place of your
lativlty, whether among the granite
-lills Of New England or the cotton
Ia,lantations of Louisiana, or on the
s.'nnksof the Clyde, or the Dnicber or
ne shannon, or the Seine. Neither are
a'ou rcsponsible for the religion taught
z your fathers house, or the irrcigion.
h 70 not bother yourself about what
ra,ou en- not help, or about circum.
tances that you did not decree,
Olnke things ns they ne and decide
,Tnc question so that you shall be
isalblo kufcly to say; "To this end was
wrn' How will you dcridc it? By
Prlirectnppl'catIon to the Only being in
rai'e pnivcrso who is competent to tell
!. r. ,ou--thc Lord Almighty, DO yru know
'aho rcnson why lie is the only ono who
n1un WIZ Because lie can sec every.
n Mng between your cradle and your
rnve' though the grave be eighty
'17oqrS Ply And besides that lie Is tho
d MY Wng who can see what has beer
y 'nppenlng for the last five hundred
iears N your ancestral line, and for
oounnhds OF years, clear back to Adam,
no 'rcre Is not one person in all that
'uocevo| line Of six thousand years
p ne somehow affected your char.
W'or nnd even old Adam himself will
,omo'nns turn up In your disposition.
.no only being who can take all
4n'ngs that pertain to you into consid.
rutIon is God, End IIo is the one Won
f,'an nsN Life is SO short wc have no
me v experiment with occupations