The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-06-15
A LEFT handed NJ AN.
OR. TALMAGE GIVES ADVICE T
THOSE WHO WOULD BE USEFUL.

HCoG "1o NooED DC oOCT 49,
Scene In summer House-At HeIshaz-
war's Feast-When the Day OF Sorrow IL
Gone The Light That Wa the Dark.
ness.
BRonI.LYN, June 4.-The sermon Sc
lcCtcd by Rev. DR.. Talmage for this
forenoon is founded on the text Judges
iii, Is, "But when the children of Israel
cried unto the Lord the Lord raised
them up u deliver, Ehud, the son OF
Gcrat, Il Beniamltc, a man left handed.
Ehud was a ruler in Israel. He was
lett handed, and what was peculiar
about the tribe OF BCuiamln, to which
he helOnyc,, there were in it 700 Lett
handed men, and yet SO deXterOus had
they all become ~ the use OF the left
hand that the Bible SAYS they could sling
stones at n hairs breadth aud not miss.
Well, there was Il klnT Of the name of
ESlOn who was an oppOssOr OF Israel.
lie imposed upon them most outrage
ous tax. Ehud, the man of whom rs',
spoke, had divine commission LD dc.
stroY that opp cssor. He came, pretend
ing that he was going to pay the tax
ana asked TO see King Eylon. lie was
told he was in the summer house, the
place TO which the king retired when it
was too hot to sit in the palace. This
summer house was place surrounded
by flowers and trees and sprlnIinr l0un.
tains and warbling birds.
Ehud entered the summer house and
said to King EglOn that he had secret
errand with him. Immediately all the
attendants were waved out OF the royaI
presence. King EH lon rises up to re.
celVc the messenger. Ehud the left
handed man, puts his left hand to his
right side, pulls out dagger and thrusts
E9lon through until the hat. went i'm
after the blade. Eylon falls. Ehud
comes forth to blow n trumpet OF re-
crult amid the mountains of Ephraim,
and Il great host is marshaled, and proud
Moab submits 10 the conqucror and
Israel IS free. SO, o Lord, let all thy
enemies perish! SO, O Lord, let all tlv
friends triumph!
L learn first from this suhicc: the pow.
er Of left handed men. There are some
men who by physical organization have
as much strength i'll their left hand as IN
their right hand, but there is something
III The writing OF this text which implies
that Ehud had some defect in his riuht
hand which compelled him to use .hc
lett. On, the power of left handed men!
GeLjus is often self obscrvant, careful OF
ltselt, not gwen to much toll, burning
incense to its own aySvadizcmcnt
while many Il man with no natural ell,
dowments, actually detective in physical
and mental organization, has an earnest
iul /
an all consuming perseverance which
achieve marvels for the kingdom of
Christ. Though lett handed as EhuI
they can strike down sin as great and
imperial as Eglon.
nav seen men oil wealth gathering
ABOUT them all their treasures, snuniny
AT the cause OF world lying in wickc,l-
ness, roughly ordering Lazarus of their
doorstep, sending their dogs, not to lex
his sores, but to hound him or their
premises, catching all the pure rain of
God,s blessing into the stagnant, ropy.
lrOS inhabited pool OF their own selfish
ness-right handed men, worse than use
iess-whllc many Il man with LARGE |
heart and little pulse has out OF his lin. |
led means made poverty lean for ioy |
ana started an influence that Oycrspuns
The crave and will swing round and
round the throne of GOD, world with.
out end, amen.
AN, me, 1t is HIGH time that Won lett |
handed men who have been lon"lnu for
inns Silt and that cloqucncc and the
othef mans wealth should take your left
hunu out OF your pocket. WHO made
an these railroads? Who SET M oil
llese cllles: Who started all these
Cnurches and schoOls and asylnms2
VINO has done the tugginy and runnjnr
ana pulling Men Otno wonderful endow.
nehts, thousands OF them acknowledolnc
themselves TO be lett handed, and vet
tioJ were earnest, and yet thew were
uetermihcd, and yet they were trium.
a. Dut 40 not suppose that Ehud the
, naS, llme he took n sling in his hand
Soulu thfoW stone hairs breadth and
noI li'sS. suppose it was practice that
tase MN The wonderful dcxteritv. 10
Gttn Ean 10 your spheres Of duty and be NOT
discouraged II In your first attempts Won
nn'ss INC mark. Ehud missed il. Tokn
"HoIher o1;. stone, put it carefully into ihc
niins, swing II around your head taLo
petIer ann anu the next time Won viii
sUrlKe the center. The first timo q raa
son rings his trowcl upon the brick A" ho
does not expect to put up perfect wall
Inc hrst time carpenter sends nlann
over a board or drives a bit tbrouob |
beam he does not expect to make perfect
execution. The first time a boy aLtemnts
rhyme he does not expect to chine n
"Lalla Rookh" or a "Lady ofthe Lake. -
DO not be surprised it in your first er
iiorts at doing good you are not vcry
largely successful. Understand that use.
fulness ls an art, science, trade.
There was an oculist performing a
very difficult operation on the human
eye. A young doctor stood by and said:
"How easily you do that. 1t doesn't
seem TO cause you any trouble at all.n
"Ah," said the old oculist, cit is very
easy now, but L spoiled hatful of eyes
IN learn fhof ~ a.