Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-08-08
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
REV. DIR. TALMAeE DESCRIBES A
HARVEST SCENE.

HARVEST SCENE.
Tho Brooklyn DlvIne's Sermon on Sun.
day. Aug 2-Eext of His Remarks,
Ruth II. as-A Discourse That VIII Be
Read with Interest.
GLENwooD. Colo, Ang. "a SER
mon redolcnt with the breath of the
vast harvest fields Of the west Indicates
that Dr.. Tal:,ngr llas found in the
scenes through which he has been trav
cling and in his present surroundings
suggestions Of Gospel lessons His text
is taken from Ruth IL 81 And she
went and came and cleaned in the field
after the reapers; and her hap was to
light on n part of the field belonging
unto Roaz. who was of tIe kindred Of
Elirn4ech"
Within a few weeks | have been in
North Carolina. virginina 'ennsylvania,
New York. Ohio. Michigan, Canada,
Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky Missouri.
and they are one. great harvest field,
and no scason c;l be more enchanting
in any country than the season of bar
vest
The time that Put! and Naomi ar
rive nj Bethlehem is harvest time. 1t
was the old custom when sleaf fell
from a load in the harvest field for the
reaper to refuse to gather it up; that
was to he left for tile poor who might
happen to come flat way II there
were h;t..lfl!s Of grain scattered across
tl. field after lie main harvest had
been reaped. instead Of rallii,g it up us
farmers do now ii was by the custom
OF the land left in its place, SO that the
poor coming along that way might
CLEAN it and get their bread But You
shy. What is the Use Uf ull these har
vest fields to Ruth and Naomi! Naomi
is too old and feeble to go out and toll
in the sun; and can You expect that
Ruth, the young and the beautiful,
should tan her cheeks and blister her
hands in the harvest i:cldl'
EOAZ SEES RUTH.
Boaz OWLS Il large farm. and he goes
out to see the reaperS gather in the
grain. Coming there. right behind the
swarthy. sunbrowncd reapers, he be-
holds IL beautiful woinal. glealling-a
woman more fit 70 hcud toa harp or
sit upon throne than to stoop among
the slJeaves All. that was an eventful
day!
1t was love ut first sight Boaz forms
nm attachment for lie wc.nau!y cleaner
AN attachment fill Of undyins inter
est to the church CT God in all ages
willie Ruth. with III epial, or nearly a
bushel Of barley. goes home TO Naomi
to tell her tie successes and adventures
OF the day. That iiutli. WHO left her
native land of Moab in darkness and
journeyed through az undying al!ec-
ton for her Iotller-iil-law. is in the
harvest field Of Toaz. is lfiianced to
one of the best families in Judah. and
becomes in after time the ancestress OF
Jesus Christ, t,e Lord Of glory Out
OF so dark night did tl.crc ever dawn
SO bright a iuorning2
learn in the first place from this
subject how trouble develops cllarac
ter 1t waS bereavement, poverty and
exile that developed illustrated and
announced 10 all ages the summit OF
Ruth's character. That is very I'M
fortunate man who has 10 trouble 1t
was sorrow that uia'ie John Bunyan
the better dreamer and Dr. Young the
better poet. and O'Conncll the better
orator, and Bishop Hall the better
preacher, and Havelock the better
soldier. and Kitto tie better encyclo-
pedist. and Ruth the better daughter
in-law
TENDERNESS coslEs From TRoUr1l
once asked an aged man in regard
to his pastor. who wasa very brilliant
man, why is i: that your pastor, so
very brilliant. seems to have so little
tenderness in lis sennonsl" We'll,
he replied, tile reason is, our pastor
has never had any trouble. When mis-
fortune cones upon him his sty.a will
be different. !" After awhile the Lord
took child out OF that pastors house,
and though the pastor WIS just as bril-
liant as he was before. eli. tile warmth,
tile tenderness of his d;scourses The
fact is that trouble is Il great educator.
You sometimes sec Il musician sic down
at an instrument. and his execution
is cold and formal and nnfceing. The
reason is that all his life lie has been
prospcred But let misfortune or be-
rcayelment coime to that man. and he
sits down at the instrument and you
discover the pat,los in the first sweep
of the keys. Misfortune and trials are
great educators.
a young doctor comes into siciz-
room where there il Il dying child.
Perhaps lie is very rough in his prescrip-
ton. and very rough in his manner,
md rough il Tie feeling Of the pulse,
and rough III his answer to the moth
er's anxious question; bat the years
roll on, and there has been one dead
in his own house: and low he comes
into the sicl1rouml. and with fearful eye
he ooAs at tllc dying child, and he
says, .Oh. how this reminds me of my
Churliel" Trouble, the great edncatorl
Sorrow Il soc It's touch in the grandest
painting: I liear i:s treliori i'll the sweet
est song feel is power in the might
est ars;iilialit.
Grecan mythology said that the
fountain CT liippccre"e was struck out
by the foot Of the winged Horse Pesa-
sus. have often noticed in life that
the brightest aud most beautiful foun-
tains Of Christian comfort ard spiritual
life have been struck ont by the iron
shod lloof OF disaster and calamity. !
see Daniels courage best by tie flash OF
II.