Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-15
DR.. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
T.LNaGE SPEAKS OF THE MISSION
OF LEFT-HANDED MEN.
II Is Those who Struggle as"'
D%fffcuIties That
Most-Practice In Christian
A Powerful

A Powerful Sermon.
Rrook,yp. n. Y, Specialize sermoh
selected by Rev. DR.. Talmage Tor 'i's
forenoon is founded on the text JUICES
ill.,, -: But when the children VI
Israel cried unto the Lord, the Loru
raised them up n deliyerer, Ehuo' nc
son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man iei'-
handed"
Ebud was a ruler in Israel. lie Was
| I~eft-banded. and, what was peculiar
| about the tribe Of Benjamin, TO whei
| he belonged, there. were III IL 'Vo ~
handed men, and yet, SO ueA'elousi.
had they all become in the LIST Vi ny
| left hand that the Bible says they So ulu
sling stones at a hairs breadth anu ho'
miss.
We'll there was a king by the name
of Eglon. who was an oppreSsor vi 10
rael. He imposed upon them a mosS
| outra tax. Ehud, the man Oh
whom | first spoke, had a divine com
| mission TO destroy that oppressor. ne
come pretending that he was going 10
| nav the tax. and asked to see Ain Es-
| Ion He was told he was in the sum
mer house, the place TO which the king
retired when it was too hot to SIT III uhe
nolace. This summer house was ii
| Mace surrounded by flowers and trees
| and springing fountains and
birds. Ehud entered the summer mousse
| and said to King Eglon that he had Il
secret errand with him. Immediately
| all the attendants were waved out OF
he royal presence. King Eglon rises
| I'M TO receive the messenger. Ehuu.
! the left-handed man, puts his left hand
TO his right side, pulls out a dagger
| and thrusts Eglon through until the
haft went in after the blade. Eglon
| falls. Ehud comes forth TO blow a
trumpet of recruit amidst the noun
| tains of Epriam; and Il great host Is
marshaled. and proud Moab submits
| 10 the conuueror, and Israel Is free.
| So. O Lord, let all thy enemies perish.
So. o Lord, let all thy friends triumph!
/ learn first. from this subject, the
| power of left-handed men. There are
some men who, by physical organiza-
| ton. have as much strength in their
| left hand as in their right hand; but
there is something in the writing OF this
text which implies that Ehud had some
defect in his right hand, which COM
! PEELED him to use the left. On, the
power of left-handed men. Genins
is often se~lf-obServant, careful of itself,
not given 10 much toll, burning incense
| to its w ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; while many
a man, with no natural endowments,
! actually defective in physical and men
1 tai organization, has an earnestness
for the right, a patient industry. an
| all-consuming perseverance, which
| achieve marvels for the Kingdom OF
Christ. Though ~left-handed as Ehud,
they can strike down n sin as great
| and imperial as Eglon.
/ have seen men of wealth gathering
about them all their treasures, shutting
| at the cause of a world lying in wicked
ness. roughly ordering Lazarus off their
doorstep, sending their dogs, not 20
lick his sores, but to hound him off their
premises; catching all of Gods blessing
into the %stagnant. ropy, frog-inhabited
pool of their own selishnesS-right-
handed men. worse than jacksonville
many n man, with large heart and lit
tie purse, has, out of his limited means.
made poverty leap for joy, and started
an influence that overSpans the grave,
and viii swing round and round the
throne of God, world without end:
Amen.
All me. il is high time that you left
handed men, who have been longing
for this gift, and that eloquence, and
the other mans wealth, should take
your lefS hand out Of your pockets.
Who made all these railroads? Who
set up all these cities? Who started all
these churches, and schools, and asy-
lumss Who has done the Juggling. and
| running. and pulling? Men of no Won
derful endowments. thousands Of them
acknowledging themselves TO be left
handed, and yet they were earnest, and
| yet they were determined, and yet they
We're triumphant.
But / do not suppose that Ehud. the
first time that he took 4 sling in his left
hand. could throw a stone hairs
breadth and not miss. I suppose IL was
practice that a him the wonderful
~dexteTity. Go forth to your spheres
of duty, and be not discouraged if, in
your first attempts. you miss the mark.
Ehad missed il. Take another stone.
put it carefully in your sling, swing it
around your head take better aim.
and the next time you will strike the
center. The first time a mason rings
lie hONti upon iAt DITCH. ne does not
expect 10 put no n perfect wall. The
first time a carpenter sends the plane
over a board. or drives a bit through
a beam, he does not expect TO make
perfect execution. The first time n
boy attempts a rhyme he does not ex-
pect 10 chime n -Lalla Rookh." or n
Lady OF the Lake" Do not be sur
prised if, in your first efforts at doing
good. you are not very largely success.
ful. Understand that usefulness is an
art, 4 science, n trade.
There was an occuliSt performing n
very difficult operation on the human
eye. A young doctor stood by and
said, -HOw easily you do that: il don't
seem to cause You any trouble at alr'
All said the occulist. lit il very easy
now, but ! spoiled a hatful of eyes 10
learn that" Be o surprised if II
takes some practice before we can helm
men TO moral eyesight. and bring
them 70 a vision of the cross. Left.
handed men 10 the work, Take the
Gospel for a sling. and faith and re-
pentance for the smooth stone from
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