Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-13
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUM-
DAY SERMON
Subject: a Hunting Scene"

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Genesis xix. ~.
lew nights ago 500 man enclmpod a,oac
+ssLru- Island railroad so as to be ready
for the next morning, which WAS the first
.5pen day s0rdeer hunting. Between sun
-.ss AMI . 0''.o,k in the afternoon of that
Igvarreu ta0r wore shot on the 2sth OF
p.fabs- ogr WOO IS and forests resound with
the shock rf Nro'rus and ars tracked OF
r1snters aui settlers because the Quail are
tgrn i1g'll prize for the sportsman.
On certain day in all England YOU can
bsar tbs e-a.s OF the sDortSman's gun
because rr1use hunting has begun, and
every MAJ talt can afford the time and am.
rauiti0u a-l can draw a bead starts for the
feds. Naup.lOn grew eloquent in regard
toths art @ hunting. In tho far east peo-
Tie. elephant mounted, chase the tiger The
American Indian darts his arrow at the but
fl.0 au. fhe frightened herd fall over the
r9ess. European mobiles are often found il,
the fox chase and at the stag hunt. Francis
Eas sa.s the father OF hunting. Moses
declares of NimroI. "He was a mighty
hunter 6a.orathe Lord" Therefore. in MI
ages Orthe world, the Imagery of nv text
ought 20 be suggestive, whether it means
wolf ai.er q fox or u man after lion.
OH Jacob, dying. IS telling the fortunes
o. his children. He prophesies the devour-
Ing p-0peusii,cs OF Benjamin and his de-
s,sn!au:s. With his dim old eyes ne Iooas
OF suI seas the hunters going out to the
Hals, ranging them all day, and ut nightfall
,oulIg home tie game slung over the
shoulder, end reaching the door OF the tent
tle hunters begin 10 distribute the game, and
one takes couey, and another a rabbit. and
another roe. In the morning he shall de-
vJu- the prey, and at night he shall divide
the spoil Or it may be a reference to the
ha0its Of wild beasts that slsry their prey and
then dag it back 10 the cave or lair and di-
vide 3 among the young.
ItaHs my text, in the first place. as de-
ss-p,tyo sf those psople who IN the morn
ing of thelT ltfs give themselves up to hunt
Ing the world, bat afterward, by the grace Of
God, in the evening OF thsif life divide
among themselves the spoils of Christian
character. There arg aged Christian men and
women il this house. who. il they gave testi-
D0ny. would tell you that in the morning Of
their life they were after the world as in
tense as hOund aftor a hare, or as a falcon
:ToOps upon q ga1e!l@, They wanted the
worlds pallits and the worlds gains
They felt that if thcy could get this world
they would have everything. Some OF them
start 81 Dut for the pleasures of the world.
They bought that the nan who laughed
l5utast WAS Lappiest. Thcy tried repartee
an cOaunlrum anG 5urlesQue and madriga!
They thought ;hcy would like to be Tom
Hoo Is II Charles Lambs or Edgar A. Poas.
They uin-.el vino and music and the spec
-a.g.ar. They were yOrshipcrs Of the har-
i-IT.n. and the Merry Andrew, and the huf-
loon, and the Jester. Life WIS TO them foam
and bubble and cschinn1tion and registering
lnG crima,e. They were so full OF glee they
could hardly reprsss their mirth even on sol
sDn occasions, and they came near burst in,
cut ui.arjoUsly even at the burial because
:here was something so dolerous in the tone
Cr r0uuteuance Of the undertaken.
After awhile misfortune struck them hard
On tho back They found there was some
thing thy could not laugh at. Under their
ATE hours their health gave Way or there was
ia hR IrfTT n N5rar-
trs.I sou, WAS eSfoiatcd. They found out
tlat life was more rhan a joke. From the
hngr' n God there blazed into their soul an
saru 'stGsSs they had never ielt before. They
7Tosa to their siutUlness and their immoral
Fy. ami hera they sit et sixty or seventy
years o. age as apprsciativ9 Of all innOcan.
-rlh as they ever We're but they are bent
IN d style or Gtis'aetiOn which in early life
hey never hunred-the evening of their days
TiEhter than the morning. In the morning
E'y teyourei the prey, but at night they
iIv led the SpOils.
TLer thero are others who started out for
financial success. They see how timber the
rim Of mans hat Is when he bows down
0sl0r5 Some ems transpicuous. They felt
Joy wGult like 20 see how the world looked
..g q 'Ie window OF a $4,000 turnout. They
tp Iyht they would Ike to have the morn
M sunlight tangled in the hsadgear OF
lasiiny ypgu. They wanted the bridges in
he par5 % rasOund under the rataplan OF
s'l-tE =Nlt LOO 2. 1lcN WduNcl BlAuou
lslIriH, and - they started on the dollar
punt. They chased il up one street ana
chased il down another. They followed 1t
y gen Il hurrOwej in the cellar. They treed
Il 70 che zoo.
Wa sreyer dollar was expected TO be,
,--T were. They chased it across the ocean
Ilav chszad II across the land. They stopped
r5- o. the uight. Hearing that dollar, even
iu tho darkness, THRILLED them rs IA Akron
dlrS sport4maE IS thrilled at midnight Oy "a
!yJ7's laugh. They chased that dollar to ths
money vault. They chased It to the Gov
r-l-nCus treasury, They routed II from
uaIrr the counter. All the hounds were out
all the pointers Pdd the settlers. Ihey
lnapsJ tine hedges for that dollar, and the!
cried 'Tark Gway. A dollar! A dollar
And when at lsst tley came upon 1t aLlt II,
3-'Ca.ly captured it their excitemens was
like tuEt OF n falcozer VINO has successfully
flung his first hEwE. -
In the morning. Of their life, oh, how they
devoured the prov But there came net,
,er fine 10 their soul. They found o1t thai
m immortal nature cannot live on oanS
stock. They took up Northern Pacil'
bond, aIri there was a hole IN lt throuRl
which they could look into the uncertainty
q. all earthly treasures. They saw som'
Ralstou. living at the rate Of 81, 900 month
Ieaping from a San Francisco wharf oecauS'
he could not continue to live at the sam
ratio. They saw the wien and para ~ n
bankers who had changed their sous lht'
molten gold stamped Win lus lIld5o VI -.
earthJ, sarthy. They saw some great souE
by avsr.cs turned into hOmuncui, ana tneS
said to thsmselves, II will seek after hlshet
treasure"
From that time they did not care whsthel
they walked or rode If Christ walked VIII
them nor vbether they lived in mansloI
or in a hut II they dwelt under the snadoM ~
OF the Almighty, nor whether thef We.
robed in French broadcloth or IN hohesPe Pn
f. they had the robe of the Saviours rlSnL
eousnsss nor II they were salultno ati,5 7ritl
morocco or calfskin IL they We're shou VIZ ~
the preparation of the Gospel Now you So
peace on their eountenance. Now that MAJ
says Rwhat fool was to be enonalt'e, eno.3it,S
with this world. Why, nave more satIs ga Ilo
tion in Ave minutes In the service OF 20. 70
than had in ali the first years OF my NE
while 1 was gaingetting. like TINS even N,1 N ~
OF nv day great deal better than uiu 'he !,
morning. In the morning 1 greeduy ue
voured the prey, but now IT Is eNyHiAs' "--'
am Cloriously dividing the spoil 49, 4,
NV friends. this world is a poor thing 70 s,
hunt. II is healthful TO go out in the Woo.S ''a
and hunt. 1t rekindles tho ulster OF Ins Issf IN,
r strikes the brown OF tins aut tuulnat i7St -
to the cheek. 1t gives to the rheu nm o
the strength to leap like roe. Chrstopne
North's pet gun, the muckle-nou'd Meg, go
inR OF in the summer In the forest had II
echo in the winter time in the eloquencg = tta ,is
rang through the university haiis Oh - ~,
burgh 1t is healthy to go hunting III IN
0eISs h11t 7 fell YOU THAI it is belttihg ah'
bedwarfing and belaming for man 10 nun 1h
this world. The hammer comes down on ~ az
guncap, and the barrel explodes anu ls,,ine I'M,
you instead of that which you are PuIIs,u!.nIs .IIs
When YOU turn out TO hunt the worii, "a,
xorid tnyns out to hunt you, and as many
sportsman aiming his gun at Pa..Jjoa .trjT,,
hsart, has gone down under the STRIP, I,,fr,
claws, SO while you have been attelnP aaL' de
10 deyour this world the world mas OeeH u0
vourins you. So it was with LORD byI0n ron
So il was with Coleridge. 30 II MaS W.,
6unting for this world. and its lances str1Gl i,
through his heart Francis L. aimed al IL, tn
world. but the assassin's dagger put iLn an en,
to his ambition and his life at one $50 $50,
Mary Queen Of Scots wrote on the
7f her castle.
From the top of all my trust
EI.hsp hath laid me In the dust.