Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-12-16
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
lhs Eminent Brooklyn Divine's Sun
day Sermon.
subject. "1he Mother of An

from parent 70 cnlld. auu yeI OhSi0 o'o
many who see chiefly the seyerer passages
As there NAV be fifty or sixty nights OF gen
tie dew in one summer that will not cause
as much remark as one hailstorm OF half an
hour. so there are those who are more struck
bv those passages of the Bible that ar
nounce the indignation of God than by those
that announce His affection. There may
come to a household twenty OF nifty letters
of affect on during the year. and they VIII
not make as mucl excitement in that nome
as one sheriff's writ, and so there are people
who ara mora attentive to those passages
which announce the judgment OF God than
TO those which announce His mercy and His
favor
God is lion. John says in the book OF Rev
elation. God is a breaker, Micah announces
in his prophecy God is a rock. God IS
king. But hear also that God IS love. A
father and his child are walking out IN the
fields on a summers day and there comes
nm a thunderstorm, and there Is HASH or
LIGHTNING that startleS the child aud the
father saws. My dear, that is Gods eye.
There comes a peal of thunder, and the
father SAYS. MY dear, that is God'S voice
But the clouds go off the SKY. AMI the storm
* gone. and light floods the heavens and
foods the landscape and the father torgets
10 saw. THAT is Gods smile.
The text of this morning ben1s with great
peptleness an love over all who are pros
trate in sin and trouble. 1t lights up with
compassion. Il melts with tenderness.
breathes upon Us the hush of an eternal lul-
lsbv. for il announces that GOt Is our
mother. las one whom his mother conf
fortetb. so viii | comfort you.
remark. in tae first pla 2, that Col has
n mothers simplicity of instruction.
father does not know how to teach Child
the A B c. Men are not skllltul IN the
primary department. but mother has so
much patience that she will tel child Tor
the hundredth time the difference between +
and {, and between | and J. Sometimes 1t
;s Inv blocks. sometimes by the wOrsted
work sometimes By the slate, sometimes
nv the book. She thus teaches the child and
has no awkwardnass OF con ascension in so
doin0 So God. our Mother, stoopS down to
our infantie minds.
Though we are told a thing thousand
times and we do not unierstsnl It our
heavenly Mother goes on, line upon line,
precept uuon precep-, here little aud there
= little. God has been teaching some OF US
thirty years and some OF US sixty years one
oriof one svlatle, ami we do not know It
vet-saith. faith When we come to that
word we stumble we halt, we loss our
placs, we pronounc9 1t wrong.
Still COTS patience Is not exhau'tei ;. God,
aur Mother. uuts Us in the SclOo OF pros
oeritv. and the letters are IN sunshine, an
We cannot spell them. COL puts us luto the
,chool of adversely. and the letters are BLACK
and we cannot spell them II God were
merely a king He would punish Us II ne
we're simDly 2 father He would whip Us;
ant Col is a mother aud 50 We are born
with and helped all the way through.
A mother teaches her cdild cliedy by PIC
furss l. she wants to set forth to her lild
he hideousneSs Of a Quarrsls0ms spirit, IN
,teai of giving a lecture UPON that snul3c,
no turns over a Leaf AMI shows the cnild
.,yo BOYS n a wrangie. anl saws, Does not
hat lo0S horrible Il she wants TO teach
her child the awfulness OF war she turns
,ver the picture book AMI shows the war
,hareer. the haadless funSs o. puSchsIS'
men the wild. b.Oodshot eve Of battle roll
nc nm Ter Ids OF flame, AMI sue says, "Inat
q, war The child understands IT,
In a GREAT nany books the s. parts are
the nicIlres. The style may be inslpiH, tne
tvpe Door but a picture always attrac,S
bil6's attention. Now God. our Mother
teaches Us almost everything by pictures.
/. the divine goodness TO be set tortEt now
3oss Co. our Mother, teach Us, BY an
autumnal picture. The barns are luI. Inc
wheat stacks are roun led. BE- cattle ar
,hewing the cul lazily IN tue sun. Inc
orchards are dropping the ripe pppins INTO
that has been busy all summer seams now
% be resting in great abundance.
We LOOK at the picture AMI say, "InOU
erovne,t the wear with Thy goodness, AMI
INV maths drop iatness.N Our family comes
around the breakfast table, 1t has been a
vsrv cold night but the children are all
bright because they sept I'M Ter thick cover.
cts, AMI they are now in the warm blast OF
the open register, and their appetltes maSes
injuries out Of the plainest fare AMI we
look at the picture and say, Bless the Lord.
D my soul"
tod wishes 10 set forth the fact that IN
the Judgment the good viii he dlvidei from
the wicked. How is it done, BY plcturei
BIZ a paraole-a fishing scene. group OF
hardv men. long bear1ed, gsared for stand
inc TO the waist in water; sleeves rolled up.
Long oar sun gilt; boat battered as tno1gn
it had been q playmate OF the storm. luii
net humping about with the nsh, "hlGu
have lust discovered their captivity, tn.
worthless mossbunkerS aud ths useful
founders all in the same net. Tne fisherman
nuts his hand down amid the squlrmlng mas
takes out the mOssbunSerS and throws them
into the water ana gathers the good fish IN
to the pail. So saws Christ, II shall be al
the end of the world. The bal He will cast
away and the goo Il will keep. Another
picture.
God. our Mother. wanted 70 So forth the
duty Of neighbory love, ami it is done by a
picture. A heap OF wounds on the road to
Jericho. \ traveller has been fighting q
robher. The robber stabbed him ami
knocked him down Two ministers come
along. They look az the poor fellow, but
10 not hep him. A traveller comes along
Samaritan. He says Whoa 70 the
beast be is riding and dismounts. He ex-
amines the wounds; be take out soma vine,
ana with it washes the wounds and then
be takes some oil ana puts that in to make
the wounds stop smartny and then he
tears of a piece Of his own garment for a
bandage Then he helps the wounded man
upon the beast and walks Oy the side, hold
ing him on until they come 70 a tavern. He
saws 10 the landlord Here is money 10 pay
the mans board for two days; take care OF
him. if il costs anything more charge it Ia
me. aud will pay it. Picture-"The Cool
Samaritan or Who Is Your Neighbor:'
Does God, our Mother, want 70 set forth
what foolish thing it is TO 90 away from
the right. and how glad divine mercy is TO
take back the waaderer' How IS 1t dOney
By q picture A good father. Large for II
with fat sheep and oxen. Fine houses with
exquisite wardrobe. Discontinued boy. Goes
away. Sharpers fleece him. Feeds hogs.
Gets nouesicx Starts back. Sees an Old
man running. u IS father The hand, torn
OF be husks gets a ring. The foot, in
lamed and bce cling, gets a sandal. The
bare shoulder. showing through tho letters,
gets q robe. The stomach, guagirg itse
with hunger, gets a full platter smoking
with meat The father canuot eat for Look
ing at the returned aiyent1rcr Tears run
ming down the face until they come TO a
smile-:Ee night dew melting into tho morn
ing.
No wors on the farm tnat day, for when
bad boy repants an comes back promis-
ing to do better, God knows that is enough
for one day. aud they began to be merry"
Picture" Proligal Son Returned From ths
Wilderness" SO God. our Mother. teaches
us everything by pictures. The sinner is
lost sheep. jesus is the bridegroom. Tho
useless man barren fig tree. The Gospel
is a great supper. Satan, sower OF tsres.
Truth, a mustard seed. That which we
could not have understood in the abstract
statement Col, our Mother, presents to US
in this Bible album Of pictures, God en-
gTaved. IS not the divine maternity ever
thus teaching Us,
[ remark again that God has a mothers
favorltism. 4 father sometimes showsa sort