Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-12-14
"A HUNTING SCENE.7
The Subject of Seasonable Ser
mon by Rev. DR.. Talmage.
ieopie who Want the Worlds Plaudits
ana the Worlds Gains This :, Grid
Poor Thing to Hunt-Many
that Chase the World Die
In the Chase.

49, DtcohiJ II lhucrnacle recently
hev. DIR. Talmage took for the subiec
OF ms sermon most seasonable one
"A Hunting Scene" the text beipt
Genesis Xix, %:
IN the morning he shall deyour the prey. and
at night he shall divide the spoil.
A few nights ago eight hundred mer
encamped along the Long Island rail
road SO as to be ready for the nexi
morning, which was the first 'opeu
day for deer hunting. Between sun
rise and o'clock in the afternoon ot
that day fifteen deer were shot On the
2oth OF October our woods and forests
resound with shock of firearms. and
are tracked of pointers and settlers be.
cause the quail are then lawful prize
| Tor the sportsman. On a certain day in
an England you can hear the crack OF
the sportsman's gun because grouse
hunting has begun; and every man that
can afford the time and ammunition.
and can draw = bead. starts for the
helds Aenophon grew eloquent 10 re-
gard to the ant of hunting In the far
east. people, elephant-mounted chase
the tiger. The American Indian darts
his arrow at the buffalo until the
frightened herd tumble over the rocks.
European mobiles are often found in the
fox-ehese and At the stag-hunt Francis
l. was called the father OF hunting.
Moses declares of Nimrod: 'He was a
mighty hunter before the Lord"
Therefore. in all ages of the world, the
imagery of my text ought to be sug.
gsstive. whether it means a wolf after
fox, or man after lion. Old Jacob.
diving, is telling the fortunes of his
children. He prophesies the devourng
propensities of benjamin and his de
scendants. With his dim old eyes he
lco,.s off and sees the hunters going
ont to the fields, ranging them all day,
and at nightfall eomin.s home, tho
game slung over the shoulder. and
reaching the door of the tent the
hunters begin 10 distribute the game
and one takes a coney, and another .
rabbit, and another roe. "lh the
morning he shall devour the prey, and
at night he shall divide the spoil" Or
1t may be reference to .hs
habits of wild beasts that slay
their prey, and then drag 1t back To
the cave or lair, and divide it among |
tie young | take my text. in the first |
place, as descriptive of those people |
who in the morning of their life give |
themselves up TO hunting TIE world |
but afterward, by the grace of God. in
the evening of their life divide among
themselves the spoils of Christian char
actcr. There are aged Christian men
and women who. if they gave testi-
monv. would tell you that in the morn
ing of their life they were after the
world as intense as hound after
hare, or as falcon swoops upon a
gazelle They wanted the worlds
paudits and the worlds gains They
felt that if they could get this world
they would have everything Some OF
them started out for the pleasures OF
the world They thought that the man
who laughed loudest was the happiest.
They tried repartee, and conundrum.
and burlesque and madrigal They
thought they would like to be Tom
Hoods, or Charles Lambs. or Edgar A.
Poes. They mingled wine, and music
and the spectacular They were wor-
shippers of the harlequin. and the Merry
Andrew, and the buffoon and the
Jester. Life was to them foam, and
bauble, and cachination, and royster-
ng and grimace. They were so full of
ylee they could hardly repress their
nirth, even on solemn occasions. ana
hey came near bursting out hilarious
" even at the burial, because there
was something so dolorous in the tone or
of the undertaken. After |
while misfortune struck them hard on
he back They found there was some
hing they could not laugh at Under
heir late hours their health gave
yav or there was a death in the
iouse OF every green thing
heir soul was exfoliated. They
ound out that life was m2re thpn
ohe. From the heart Of God there
,lazed into their soul an earnestness I
hat they had never felt before. They ,,
woke to their sinfulness and their inn !
and here they sit at sixty or 2
evenly years of age, as appreciative !
L all innocenty mirth as they ever 9
we're but they are bent on a style of Q
which in early life they 5
ever hunted; the evening of their days I
Brighter than the morning In the l
morning they devoured the prey. but
4 night they divided the spoils.
Then there are others who started q
nj for financial success. They see how
mber the rim of mans hat is when :
! bows down before some one trans
icious. They felt they would like TO
= how the world looked from the
,indow OF four Thousand dollar turn {
nj. They thought they would like to
ave the morning sunlight tangled in
he headgear of dashing span. They
-anted the bridges in the park to re-
ouna uuder the rataplan of their swift
COTS. They wanted gilded baldricix,
nd 80 they started on the dollar hunt .
hey chased it up one street and chased
! down another. They followed 1t :