Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-13
REV. DR.. TALMAGP
The Brooklyn Diyine's
Sunday Sermon.
Subject: ga Bottle of Tears.o

e'-Psalus wi, s.
u,r5lv a mail has come to me for twenty
- that has not contained letters saying
~, INV sermons have comforted the writer's
'I.5osa letters. have not this summer nor
...tventv years spoken on the platform OF
.nv outdoor meeting but coming down
Ssys been told by hundreds Of people the
.1re thing. So I think will keep on trying
- he a .'san of consolation
TIE praver OF my text was pressed out Of
novi5's soul bv innumerable calRnities, but
80 irst As appropriate for tho distressed OF
~ 80 Within the past century travellers
- ontirlarians have explored the ruins OF
,.,rv Of the nn.ieut cities, and from the very
bs1rt of those buried splendors Of other days
have been brought up evidences OF customs
.ho+ long ago vanished from the world
rom among tombs OF those ages have been
b,or,,ht mn Iaohrvrnatories, or lschryInals,
.-SisI are Was made Of sarthonware. II
,-,a tine custom for the ancients 10 catch the
80 fhgt rhav V.pt over their dead in q bot
-, and 10 place that bottle In the graves of
he dcpqr.s!. and We have many specimens
nj the lu.l, mt Iach-ymatOrleS, or tear bottles,
in our mu-u"Is.
when on the way rom the Holy Land our
shin touched at Cyprus. we went back into
~ biIls Of that island and bought -aar bot
,ias which the natives had dug out of the
-,,i,u ~ the old citv. There is nothing more
sr,,gaS+ive 10 me than the tear bottles which
drought home and put among my curiosi-
ties That was the kind OF bottle that my text
nIluIes to when David cries, Put thou my
tears into thy hottie
Tbe text intimates that God has an init
mate acquaintance and perpetual remem-
brsnce OF all our grieis, and vial, OF lachry-
rnatory or bottle. in which He catches and
saves our tears, and I bring to you the con-
dolence OF this Christian sentiment. Why
talk about criei2 Alas, the world has its
psngs. and now, while l speak, there are
thick darknesses OF soul that need to be
lifted. There are many who are about to
break under the assault Of temptation, and
perchance, II no words appropriate to their
case be uttered, they perish. come on no
fools errHnd. Put upon your wounds no
sl!ve compounded by human quackery but,
pressing straight to the mark, hail you as a
vessel mii-el cries to a passing craft,
'Ship ahoy" and invite you on board
vessel which has faith for rudder, and
prayer ir- sIils, and Christ for captain, and
heaven for an eternal harOOr.
Catherine RlnIDieldt, a PrUssian, keeps n
boat with which she rescues the drowning.
When a storm comes on tho coast, ant other
people 20 20 their hcls TO rsst. she puts out
IL her boat ior the relief OF the distressed,
and hundreds OF the drowning mas she
BROUGHT - ely to the beach. In this H,sboat
U4 L44c fE4 put OlA LO-AAtANs AlO 4lLLLEIs bN
Gods help. to bring ashore at least one soul
that may now be sinking in the pillows of
temptation and trouble. The tears that were
ence caught in the lachrymatories brought
up from HerCulaneum and Pompeii are all
gone. and the bottle is as dry as the scoria OF
the volcano that submerged them, but not 50
With the bottle in which God gathers all cur
tears
First. Iramark that God keeps perpetually
the tears Of repentance. Many "a man has
awakened in the morning so wretched from
nights da5auch that he has sobbei and
wept Pains in the head, aching in the eyes,
sick at heart and unfit 10 step into the light.
he grieves, not about his misdoinS, but only
shout its consequences. God makes no rec
ort Of such ~eeping. OF allthe million tears
hat have gushed as the result of such mis-
demeanOr, not one ever got into Gods bot
de. They dried on the fevered cheek or
we're dashed down by the b.OGted hand or
fell into the red wine cup as it came again to
the lips, i0aminS with still worse intozic;G-
ton.
But when a man is sorry for his past AMI
tries to do ObgtteT-When he mourns his wasted
advantages and bemoans his rejection OF
Gods mercy, and cries amid the IGcsratiOns
Of an aroused conscience for help out OF his
terrible predi"ameut, then God listens then
heaven bows down then scepters OF pardon
are extended from the throne then MS c-y-
inc renGs the heart Of heavenly compassion 3,
thenhis taaEs are eau sht in Cots bottle
Oh. when [ see the heavenly Shepherd
bringing lamb from the wilderness; when
I hear the quick tread Of the prOiIca! has
teu.n- home 10 find b : father wleu l s2'
sailor BOY coming on tina whariGu hUrr. d;
away 10 gn- mis- mothers pardon Tor IcE-;
neglect and unkinduess when l see th|
hOuse.css coming to God Tor shelter, and tho
wretchei. and the vile. and the SIN burned,
and the passion blasted appealing IOr mercy
TO aCOmpassionate God. / eNclaim IN ecstasy
and triumph Moro tears Tor Gods bottle y
Again, God keeps ateuler remembrance 81
ahyour sIean sses. How many Of you are
thoroughly sound in bOdyr Not one out OF
ten. DO not eEaggerate. The vast majority
Oithe rle- are constant subjects OF ailments.
There Is some one form of disease that yCI
are part.u ariy subject to. You have a veg <
side or back or are subject to heaiacues or
iantness-s or lungs easily distressed. 1t
would not take a very strong blow to sl;var
the golden bowl OF fe or break tho pitcher
II the fountain Many OF YOU have kept on
in life through sheer force OF Will. You
think no ono can understand your Giztresses.
Perhaps you ioOE strong, ami it is supposed
that yoI ar" a nyPocroncrlac- Tney say
You Grr nor 0us-as If that were nothing
Col h"ve merry upon any man or woman
that IS nervous
h4slt'- hvA SlL dAo-AtT III NpAA AyC~-4-
Friends do not come. You feel IN inde-
srrltuNe IOGliness in your Sufferins-s, but
God knows God feels God compassion
ates. He counts the sleepless niS1is. lie
regards the acUtenes5 OF the pain. He
estimates the hardness of the breathing.
While you pour out tho medicine from the
bottle and count out the drops, God counts
all Your falling tears. As you look at the
yiss filed with nauseOus drafts and nj the
bottles OF 3lstGstefui tonic TINT stand on ths
shelf. remember that there is larger bottle
than these, which l. filled with no mixture by
earthly q. tnecaries, but il Is Gods bottle, IN
which Dc" Irh gathered all our tears.
Again. rod remembers all the sorrows OF
poverty. THERE'S much want that never comes
10 inspection. The deacOns OF the clurcn
never see II. The comptrollers Of the aims
houses meyer report it. 1t comes not TO
church for K has no appropriate apparel.
It makes no appeal for he,p, but chooses
rather 70 suffer than expose its bitterness.
Fathers who fail to gain liyelthoo l, 50 that
they and theIr children submit to constant
lHVation; sewing women, VINO cannot ply
the needle quick enough to earn then shsl-
Ter and bread.
But whether reported or unconp!a:niag,
whether in seemingly comfortable parlor. OF
IN damp cellar, or il hot carret, Gods angels
OF mercy are on the watch. This moment
those gris'5 are being collected, Down on
mo back streets, in Gil the alleys. amid shIA-
Ties and log cabins, the work goes on. Tears
o. WaH,-saathing in summers heat or iroez'
;ctE ;cE IN winters coId-they fall not unheeGed.
Iuey are jewels for heavens casket. They
are ~. pledges Of divine sympathy. They are
'ears for Gods bottle.
Again, tho Lord preserves the remem-
france OF all paterDGl anxieties. You see a
!. man rom the most infamous surroundings
Yep OUT into the kingdom of God. He has
u-1tl no sermon. He has received nc
startling providcntial warning. What
,Iou;ht him 10 this new mind2 This is the
TFet-,to1 looked over the bottle in which
t tte gathers the tears OF His people, and He
sa| sa| parental tear in that bottle which has
. oSen ior 30 years unanswered. He said. sec
~ now, and let Me answer that tear - anC
Col. -
r. On. this work OF trimming children for God
!, Is tremendous work. Some people thinl
e4sy- They have never tried it. A child
: EIae"i IN the arms of the young parent. Il
i H !. LtagtIi1II plaything. You look into tn,
,aughlhg eyes. You examine the dimples II
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