Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-09-08
"A BOTTLE OF TEARS"
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage Discourses
Upon a Unique Theme.
Gods Intimate Acquaintance with the
Earthly Griefs of His Children
POrtrayed-AI Our Trials aud
Sorrows Remembered.


Put thou my tears in thy bottle Psalms
wi. :.
Hardly a mail has come to me for
twenty VearS that has not contained
letters saying that my sermons have
comtorted the writer's of tho>.. letters.
nave not this summer nor for twenty
years spoken on the PLATFORM of anv
outdoor meeting. but coming down |
have been told By hundreds, Of people
the same thing. SO think will keep
on trying to be a Son OF Consolation =
The prayer OF my text was pressed
out OF Davld'S sou! by innunera BILE
calam ties. but it is Just Is appropri-
ate for the distressed Of all ages.
Within the past century travellers
and antiquari;2nS have explored the
ruins OF many OF the ancient ,iti,, and
from the YER heart OF those buried
spIendor% of other days have been
brought up evidences Of customs that
long ago vanished from the world
From among tOmbs ~f tho, ,z-t,> have
been brought up 1ar'1rvrn2tories or
lachrymalS. which are Walls made of
earthenware. 1t was the custom for
the anclentS to catci. thr tears that
they wept over their 4 NJ in = bottle,
and to place that bottle in the graves
Of The den.r5aJ .od - t.,,.. .,,.,,,,-
sneo;n.pl of 80 ,,..;,,,+ l.,.l,,.,.,.,4I
ries. Or tear bottlA in .,.,,. ,.,,,.,,,,.
When on tl,s, way from, ,l,.. l!,l,.
I.anl oar Shin fo,,h..f - C,.,,..,. w.,
went }ac'; into III t:l,, 81 rrAt island
an@ bought tear-bottIes >vhici, the ma
ola ,.;tv ..r,.r. j.. ,,.,,,,..,.. .,,.,,., ..,-I.
~cstiv.. ta M. 47,., tI,,, <,,r,l,,,t4i7s
which h,,,,l.ht hn,,..,.,l ,,,. ,,,nna.
f1y rurin~it;s., TAat ,,..,>, tf,. kind If
botf}:, ,t,3t WY, tn,t .,Ii,,,., !, 1,.,,a,,
David ,.r:as. .i,,7t 49,, NV. t,.,., ;,+o.
thy bottle
The text iut7inateS f|,at t.o;i has AN
Intimate acr}laint2rl.r. .t3;; ,,n,,,u4,,.,l
rerig.In hral,t..> Of all o,1r yrirfs and .
vial, on lachrvn7:tDry. 0,. bottle, in
which iIs. catches and SAGE, ui.r tears;
and j bring to yon IT,. :,sn,iole.ic,. Of
this Christian sentiment. Why talk
about grief? Alas! tin. world has IFS
Dailo.s. and now. whit. ~. ~nn,4i, there
are thick d;rlinessts., vi .~,l:i tat need
to be IiftaJ! There ar, l.i:ir.y who are
about to break under the rsS:,aIt of
temptation. and percnlifvt.. II no words
appropriate 20 their CIV, be uttered
they perish. I conlt, ,,n rn fools nr-
rand. Put npon your vour,lS no salve
compounded by human ouacl<erv.
but pressing straight 10 the mark
hail Won as \ vessel mia-sea
cries to passing craft: "Ship
ahoym and Invite Won on board =
vessel which has Faith for = ,ud-
der, and PRAYER for sails. and Christ for
CAPTAIN, and Heaven for an eternal
harbor. Catherine Rheinfe}dt pr,s-
sian. keeps boat with which she POS
cues the drownino Whom = Storm
comes on +ba cnnst and tho otbar
n,.ople uo to their hadS to rast cha ,,,,ts
ont in her. boat fo, the ro1iaf Of tho
distressed and hundreds of IN. dro,.,,,-
jnc has she brourht safalv to tho
beach. In this life-baat of the Gosnal
mt ont to-dav bo,,i,o NV Code bal,,
to bring ashore at least one soul that
may now be sinlzipr i'm tho biIlo,yS IF
t,nn+,4;,n and +,.o,b1a ,rho 4o
,h.,t ,,,a,.o o,oo. o,,,,,1,+ :, a. 1.I
,n.,+or;es h,.o,,rb4 %, So ua,l,,
~
tho bottle ie nc Dr., .v tho soor.;, 80 49,
volcano that submerped them, Int not
81 with tho hottie :, which cd ,r.th.,,.s
all ON, +a,rs
E,;,::s+ ,o,,.rl, 4L.4 Goa ,-oo,a .
netrallv the tears Of ,,anant.n 100 Mpn,
q man bas,1ua1,anad in tho ,,,or,;,,r, ~
wretched from tnt. n;ul,t.. dah,n,.L
that he has sobbad and wont pa;ns
in the head acbiney i'm tho avas s;oL a.
heart and unfit TO s+a, into tho 1iI,h+
He prieves. not abont his no;sdoi,o h,+
onlT about IT'S consequences Caa
,oaises NO record of sncb 7veonino of
all the million tears that have ansbed
as the result of snch misdamaano, not
one ever oot into Gods bo+t1a Tbov
dried an 4ba fa,,ar.d obaaI, ,,.'>
DOWN nv, tho l1o.+aa bad -,
fell into. the rod wine ON, as = oa,o
AGAIN To the Inns fo.m;n,e With Till
worse intoxica tion Rnt 1ban a nan
is sorry fo,. his mast and trias n do Mt
ter-wben he monrns his wasted al
vantaces and benoans his rejection Of
Gods mercy. and cries amid the LAGER
ations of an aroused conscience for helm
ont of his terrible nredicament then
God listens: then Heaven bows down:
then seepters of pardon are extended
from the throne, then his CRYING rends
the heart of heavenly compassion; then
his tears are caught in Gods bottle.
You know the story of paradise and
the Peri. l think it might be put to
nlgher adaptation An angel starts
trn1 hot