The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-10-21
FAhIlNE-STRICKEN.

FAhIlNE-STRICKEN.
Or. Talmage's Observations in Russia
and Great Britain.
The Hunger Tiend In Russia swept Ills
blasting Wing and Home. Became
the sepulchrcs Of Their Inmates
Prayers for Americans.
The subject Of DR. Talmage's dis
course Sunday was, Observations in
Russia, and Great Britain, the text Sc
lectcd being: Psalm cxxx, x: 9; III i
take the wings Of the morning and
dwell In the uttermost parts OF the sea,
even there shall Thy hand lead me-"
What an absurd book the Bible must
be TO man who has no poetry in his
soul ''wings Of the morning. What
kind of a bird Is 1t, and how long are its
wings and OF what color? All, some of
Ms have seen and felt Its wings. They
arc golden. They are b,aoyant. They
hre swift They are W. presd. The
4.s a II W. - s'|Rl 8
June 20, on ''the wings of the norm
ing" started from Liverpool; July
IL, on 1.-The wings of the MORN
ing" l entered Germany, the land of
Martin Luther and many of that Tx.
living and dead. On 1.-THE wings Of the
morning" I entered st Petersburg,
Russia. On 1.-The wings Of the morning"
II On. h. -
the morning" entered the palaces of
Russia, greeted by emperorand empress,
surrounded by lovely brood of princes
and princesses. On 1.-The wings of the
morning | entered Inverness, the CAPT.
tai of the Scottish Highlands, country
of Robert Burns and Thomas Chalmers,
the one for poetry, the other for reli-
zion. September 81, on 'the wings of
the morning" I entered the first haven
of all the earth--New York harbor-
and looked off toward the most inter-
esting place had seen in three months
Il South oxford street, Brooklyn.
Oh, ! like "the wings of the morning"
] am, by nature and by grace, n son OF
the morning. think must have been
born in the morning. / would like 10
die in the morning. have a notion
that Heavea is only an everlasting
morning. In the summer of 1892 my
text was fulfilled to me again and again
''If take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the
sea, even there shall Thy hand lead
me" Yes, lie led me as He has always
led me since / took my first walk from
the cradle to my mothers lap at Bound
Brook until this pulpit where now
stand, and he will lead meuntilP stop
for all time about three miles out yon-
der. where, the most of you will be my
Observation-Disclosures.
You all know why ] went to Russia
this summer. There are many thou
sands of people who have a right to say
to me, as was said in the Bible parable:
give an accounted thy stewardship"
Through the Christian Herald, which I
have the honor to edit, we had for
months. in publishers, in repertorial
and editorial column, put before the
people the CHASTITY facts concerning
twenty million Russians who were
starving 20 death, and subscriptions TO
the relief fund had come by letters that
seemed not SO much written with ink as
with tears, some of the letters practi-
,ally saying: 1--WE find it hard to get
bread for our own families, but we can
not stand this cry of hunger from be- |
1ond the seas, and SO please to receive |
he inclosed."
And others had sent jewels from their |
lands and necks, saying: "Sell these |
md turn them into bread" And an
,ther letter said; Enclosed is an old |
,old piece. 1t was my mothers She
rave it to me and told me never to part
With IL, except for bread, and now in
lose IT," we had gathered SIS, 900 in
money, which we turned into 5000, 900
'ounds of -four. When went down to
he board of trade at Chicago and left
8, 900 of the amount raised with a
prominent -four merchant, taking no
eceipt and leaving all to him 10 do the
'est thing, and returned. il was sug-
'ested that had not done things in
BUSINESS way. How could we know
What sort of flour would be sent?. There
re styles of -four more fit for the
rough Of the swine than the mouths OF
u.
customary. when the -four came to New
iorll it was tested. and we found in
ecd that they had cheated us They
ave MS better flour than we had
ought. bought in Chicago fine -four,
nut they sent us superfine. God bless
he merchants of Chicago!
Now, we know nothing about famine
n America. The grasshoppers may
ill the crops In Kansas, the freshcts
nay destroy the crops along the Ohio.
he potato worm may kill the vines of
.ong Island, the rust may get into the
Wheat of Michigan, yet when there has
cen scarcity in some parts of the land
here has been plenty in other parts.
Int in districts OF Russia, vast enough to
rop several nations into them, drought {
or six consecutive years has devastated, I
nd those districts were previously q
he most productive Of all the EN-. /:
ire. 1t was like what we would I
owe in America il the hunger fiend 4
omchow got out of he'll and alighted in !
mr. land, and swept his wing over I
Minnesota, and said:
Let nothing grow here" and over.
iissouri, and said, "let nothing grow
ere" and over New York state, and
aid, 'let nothing grow here" and over
,hio and Georgia and Massachusetts I
nd Pennsylvania and Nebraska and
Dakota and the Carolinas, and said,
let nothing grow hore.' and the
unger 6cnd had swept the same
'ithering and blasting wing over the
'est parts of America in the years 1887, .
SIS, 1850, 1890, 1891, and 1892,
nd finally all our families were ont
N small allowance, and we all had
isen from the table hungry. AMI after
while the children had only a quarter
nough and after awhile only one meal
day, and after awhile no good food at
II, but mixture IF wheat and chat
nj bark of trees and then three of the ,
hildren down with hunger typhus and
hen all the family unable To walk, and
hen crawling on hands and Knees, and !
hen one dead in each room, and neigh J
'ors, not quite So exhausted, com
NJ in to bury them and after I
ward the house becoming the $
omb, with none TO carry the .
cad to more appropriate sopul- !
hcr-whole familie, biotted out That /
vas what occurred in Russia in homes &
lore than were ever counted, In homes {
hat were once as comfortable and
,appy and bountiful as yours or mine,
n homes as virtuous us yours or mine, }
n homes where Gpl Is Morshippcd as I