Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-25
AT THE TABERNACLE.
or. TALMAcE SCORES THE IoLERs,
TRiFLERs AND FLoATERs

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The bible in Many Places Denounce,
TdIeness as a Sin, aBd Modern Minister.
Coon Discover That the IdIer IL not
Susceptible TO Religious Truth.
BRooKLyS. April PA visitor to the
Brooklyn Tabernacle this morning
would have no difficulty in understand
ing the secret Of the attraction which
Hlls the vast building Sunday after Sun
day with throngs Of eager listeners.
Avoiding abetruse theological subjects.
Dr. Talmage preached sermon on a
practical topic giving shrewd cOmmcn ~
sense lessons Of inestimable yalue to h,s
hearers, especially TO the young people
who make up large part Of his coBgTe-
cation. His text was Proverbs xii, "a,
'The slOthful man rOasteth not that
which he took IN hunting"
David and Jeremiah and Ezekiel and
Micah and Solomon Of the text showed
that at some time they had been out ON
hunting expedition. Spears, laDccs,
swords and nets were employed in this
service. a deep pitfall would be digged.
In the center Of it there was some raised
ground, with a pole on which q lamb
would be fastened, and the wild beast
not seeing the pitfall, but only seeing
the lamb would plunge for ite prey aid
dash down, itself captured. Birds were
caught in gins or pierced with arrows.
The hunters in olden time had two ni5-
sions--Dnc 20 clear the land of ferOciOas
beasts, and the other to obtain meat for
i'1nYfIyes and their families. The oc-
cnpajon and habit Of hunters are fa-
sO.Itc L.ble siinile. David said he was
hunted by his enemy like a partridge
upon the mountain. My text IL hunt
ing scene
A sportsman arrayed in garb appro-
pirate to the wild chase lets slip tho
bloodthirsty hounds from their Kennels,
and mounting his fleet horse, with hal
loo and the yell Of the greyhound pacl;
they are off and away, through brake
and dell, over marsh and moor, across
eliasms whore misstep would hurl
horse and rider to d0ath, plunging into
inire up 70 their launches or into swift
streams mp TO the bit, till the game is
tracked by dripping foam and blood and
The antlers crack on the rocks and the
hunter has just time to be in at tho
death.
Yet after all the haste and peril of tho
chase, my text represents this sportsman
as being too indolent TO dress the game
and prepare ii for food. He lets 1t lie ia
the dooryard Of his home and become o
portion for vermin and beaks of prey.
Thus by one master stroke Solomon
gives picture Of laziness, when he
says, "The slothful man roasteth not
that which he took in hunting" Tho
most Of hunters have the game they
shot or entrapped cooked the same even
ing or the next day, but not 30 with this
laggard of the text. Too lazy TO rip
Off the hide. Too lazy TO kindle the fro
and put the gridiron ON the Goals.
A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE.
The first picture ever bought was an
engraving Of Thorwaldsen's Autumn"
The clusters Of grapes are ripe on tho
vine Of the homestead, and the returned
hounds, painting from the chase, are ly-
ing on the doorsill, and the hunter Is
unshouldering the game, while tho
housewife il about TO take portion Of
1t and prepare 1t for the evening meal
Unlike tho person Of the text, she was
enough industrious 10 roast that which
had been taken In hunting. But the
world has had many a specimen since
Holomons time Of those whose lassitudo
and improydence and absurdity were
depicted In my text. The most Of those |
who have made dead failure of life |
can look back and see time when
great opportunity opened, but they did
not know IT,
They were not as wise as George |
Stephenson, "the father of railways" |
who, when at sixteen years OF age no re-
ceiyed an appointment 10 work u pump |
ing engine for twelve shillings a week, |
cried out, "Now, am made man for |
life." God gives TO most men at least
one good opportunity. A great Grecian
general was met by group of beggars,
and he said TO them: "If you want
beasts 10 plow your land, will lend you
some. II you want land, | viii give
you some. II you want seed 10 SOW
your land, | will see that you get IL,
but ! will encourage none in idleness."
80 God gives 10 most people an oppor.
tunity Of extrication from depressed cir.
cumstances
AS II 10 create in us hatred for In.
dolence, God has made those animals
which are sluggish TO appear loathsomo
In our eyes, while those which are fleet
and active he has clothed with attract.
iveness. The tortoise, tho sloth, tho
snail, the crocodile repel us, while the
deer aud the gazelle are ms pleasing as
they are feet, and from the swift wings
Of innumerable birds God has spared no
purple or gold or jetor crimson or snowy
whiteness. Besides all this the Bible IL
constantly assaulting the vice of lazi.
ness. Solomon seems 10 order the idler
out Of his sight as being beyond all hu.
man instruction when no says, $50 10
the ant, thou aluggardi consider her
ways and be wise" And Paul seems 10
drive him up from his dining table, be.
fore he gets through with the first course
OF food, with the assertion. IF any win
not work, neither shall he eat"
Now, what are the causes Of laziness
and what are It's evil resultsY | knew
man who was never up 10 time. II
seemed impossible for him 10 meet an
engagement. When h0 was 10 DO mar
He'd he missed the train, His watch
seemed 70 take on the habits OF its owner {
and was always too slow. He had |
lethargy, for which he din !
bot seem responsible So indolenoe often 9
lrises from the natural temperament. \
10 not know bat that there a a consti.