Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-09-16
REV. DIR. TALMAGE
TIE BROOKLYN DIIlNE'S Sun
DAY SERMON.
Tzr7 Put thou my h7rs a.t ttey IT,
u. Psalms wi. :.

4 " fDH my b'fTS tttt ftB 8A-
H. Psalms wi. :.
Hardly a mail has come II M for tyet.r
year, that has not contained lettc- saving
that my sermons have contor'ei The writers
ofthos- letters. have no, this sumner 10,
for twenty years spoken on II" platform -
hnv outdoor meeting hut coming DOWN |
hive been told by hundreds ~ geolih tire
SAN" thing. 50 think I will keep on. trying
| 10 te a son y. consolation.
The prayer Of ny text was pressed out %
David : soul by ~innumerable calami'ieS. hut
II is Just as appropriate Cor tho distressed -
ali ages. Within the past century travellers
AMI nn'iquarian- have explored the ruins -
Elany II ID" ancient cfti.s. and from the very
heart ofthose buried splendor- Of other iays
have teen brought up evidences. % customs
that long ago vanished from the world.
From among tornbs OF those ages have been
brought up lachryuatories. or lachrymals.
which are vials made Of enrthenware. K
was the custom for the a~ucients 10 catch the
tears that they wept their dead In a bot
| lie. and 10 place tina. bottle IN the graves Of
II" departed. and We have many specimens
2. the ancient larhrymat0rieS. ortear bottles.
In our nusuems.
When on the way from the Holy Land our
ship touched at Cyprus. we went hack into
N" hills of that island and bought tear bot
ties which the natives had duc ont Of the
ruins of the old city. There il nothing more
I SHEN'FiiFF ~ me IMAM tHN L"tl brtIit@ WDfP1
] brought home and put among INV curiosi-
ties. That was the kind Of bottle that nytext
ailuf"s to when David cries. Put thou my
tears into thy hottie"
tt" text intimate4 that God has an init
mat acquaintance and perpetual remem-
fri't'" OF ali our grief-. and "A vial. or lachrv-
natorT. or bottle. IN which He catches and
s'Ff- our tears. and | bring to YOU the CON
do 70" of this Christian sentiment. Why
tar about greet Alas, the world has It's
phng-. and nov. while / speak. there are
thic@ Iarkncs-"~ IF soul that need 10 b,
I'f"' There nr" many who are about to
'r"aL under the assault Of temptation. and
IT .ilnre. II no words Appropriated their
az =" uttered, they perish. | come on no
TOO ; GRAND. Put upon your wounds no
~9iFo compounded by human guackcry tint.
pressing straight TO the mark. hail YOU a a
vessel midsta cries TO a passing craft.
ship ahoy - aud invite YOU on board a
vessel which has faith for "a ruider. and
prayer for sails, and Christ for captain. and
heaven for m eternal harbOr.
Catherine Rhctnf"ldt. "A Trussian. keeps Il
boat with which she resrues the drowning.
Nhch "a storm comes on the coast. and other
people 90 to their beds TO rest. she outs out
ln3lrr boat for the relief Of the distressed.
and hundreds Of the drowning has she
brought safely to the beach. In this lifeboat
OF the Gospel put out to-day, hoping. by
God : help. to bring ashore at least one soul
that may now b" sinking In the pillows Of
ten ptatiOn and trouble. The tears that were
one" caught In the lachrymntories brought
up from Herculaneum and Pompeii are all
gone. and the bottle is as dry a. the scoria of
the volcano that submerged them, but not 50
with the bottle In which God gathers all our
tears.
First. remark that God keeps perpetually
th" tears OF repentance. Many -arman has
awakened In the morning so wretched from
q nights dehauch that he has sobbed and
W'ff. Pains In the head, aching In the eyes,
SICK at heart and unfit to step into the light.
n" grieves. not about his misdoing, but only
about its consequences. Coo makes no rec
ORR OF such weeping. OF allthe million tears
that have g1lshed as the result Of such mis-
demeanor, not one ever got into Gods bot
tie. They dried on the fevered cheek or
were dashed down by the bloated hand or
1eil INTO the red wine cup rs It came again to
the lips. foaming with Still worse intoxica-
ton.
But when a man Is sorry for his past and
tries TO do b~etter-whenh he mourns his wasted
advantages and bemoans his rejection of
God ) mercy, and cries amid the decorations
OF an aroused conscience for help out of his
terrihl" predirarnent, then God listens then
heaven bows down then scepters of pardon
are extended from the throne then his cry
ing r"nds the heart Of heavenly compassion :
then his tears are caught in Gods bottle.
ON. when | see the heavenly Shepherd
bringing "a lamb from tho wilderness when
| hear III" quick tread Of the prodigal has,
tening home to find hts father when F see a
sailor boy coming on the wharfand hurrvinc
away 10 beg his mothers pardon for long
pesie"t and unkindness when see the
'hous"less coming to God for shelter. and the
wr't"hei. and the vile. and the sin burned.
ano the passion blasted appealing Tor mercy
to "a compassionate God. / exrlaim in ECSTASY
and triumph more tears for Gods bottle
Again. God keaps atender rcmemhrnnceof
all Your sicknesseS. How many OF YOU are
thoroughly sound In body? Not one out of
ten ! 10 notexaggerate. The vast majority
q ~" race are constant subjects Of ailments.
There Is som" ono form Of disease that yol
ar" particularly subject to. You have a weak
sid" or back or ar" subject to headaches or
fafntn"es"s or lungs easily distressed II
Won!d not take q very strong blow u shiynr
the golden bowl Of fe or break the pitcher
at the fountain. Many OF YOU have kept on
IN HE through sheer force Of will. You
th'nk no one can understand your dist -"s4aS
Perhaps Won look strong. and il Is supposed
that You are Il hv~pocnonlrIac. Ihey say
You are nervous rs IL that were nothing
H"d BAY" merry upon any man or woman
that : nervous
NJ TINES vnu ST alone in .,ou-
fr"his do not come You feel an inaa-
sc<ahle lonliucss In YOUR surarinc- bu.
doi knows Goi feels God commission
afrS. IL" counts the sl"epless nights. He
resnris the acuteness OK the pain IIa
estimates the DARKNESS Of the breathing
"hi!" you pour&ut the maiiclne from the
ootti' anitcount out the drops. God counts
all your falling tears. Az YOU look n: the
Nials fslsd with nauseous drafts AMI a, tha
hotties ~ dtstastefUl tonic that stand on the
sh"it. remember that there Is a larger BOTTLE
than these. which il filed with no mixture nv
'artAiN apothecartes. hut II is Gots bottle. IN
whict =" hath gathered all oar tears.
Again. God remembers all the sorrow. ~
poverty Thereismurh want that never comes
t. in~ie tion. The ieacons Of the church
ne>' II. The comptrolicgs Of ,hn am
h"u-> never report ii. It comes No. I,
cha for il has no appropriate apparel
q n1.>e> ny appeal for help. bot chooses
rath"1 - suffer than expose is bitterness
Fn'h : who fail 10 gain "a livelihood. - tina.
th"h AMI their children submit, u c.,us,no,
pr1vaiian sewing women. who. cannat rly
tn n'~'ile quick enough u earn them ~h.i-
ter aui br-ad.
but whether reported or unrp.atlaIntnc
Whistler in seemingly comfortable parIar ar
In ianl cellar. or liz no, Sarr.t. God San-als /
81 mercy ar on The watch. This -rs,-r,.,.
tho>' -riefs arr being collected Down .n
tn tack streets, in all tn" atiev@ -~,t4 Sha-