The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-12

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BROOKLYN, July s.-The Rev. DR..
Talmage has chosen as his subject for
today the text. AT Evening Time 1t
| Shall Be Light" Zechariah xiv, o
While night in all languages Is the
| symbol for gloom and suffering, it is
often really cheerful. bright and i'm
pressive. l speak not of such nights as
come down with no star pouring light
| from above or silvered wave tossing up.
| light from beneath-murky. hurting, por--
| kentious-but such as you often see
| when the pomp and magniieence of
heaven turn out on night parade and it
seems as though the song which the
morning stars began so long ago were
Ginning yet among the considerations
and the sons of Gh were shouting for
| joy.
Such nights the sailor blesses from
the forecastIe and the trapper on the
vast prairie, and the belated traveller by
| the roadside, and the soldier from the
| tent, earthly hosts gazing upon heaven
| ly. and shepherds guarding their flocks
| afield. while angel hands above them set
the silver bells a-ringing, "Glory to God
in the highest and on earth peace; good
| will toward men,"
| What a solemn and glorious thing is
| night in the wildernessi Night among the
| mountains, Night on the ocean! Fra
grant night among tropical groves!
| Flashing night amid Arctic severities!
| Calm night on Roman campagna! Awful
night among the Cordilleras! Glorious
| night mid sea after a tempesti Thank
| God for the night! The moon and the
| stars which rule IL are lighthouses on
the coast toward which, hope, we are
| all sailing, and blind mariners are we
If. with so many beaming. burning, fam
| ing glories 10 guide us, cannot find
our way into the harbor. My text may
| we'll suggest that as the natural evening
is often luminous, so it shall be light in
the evening of our sorrows-of old age
of the worlds history-of the Christian
life. AT the eventime it shall be
light"
FuIfIment Of the Prophecy.
The prophecy will be fulfilled in the
evening of Christian sorrow. For long
time it is broad daylight. The sun rides
high. Innumerable activities go ahead
with thousand feet and work with a
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mine, and the battery made discovery.
and the investment yielded its 20 per
cent. and the book came to it's twentieth
edition, and the farm quadrupled In
value. and sudden fortune hested to
high position, and children were praised,
and friends without number swarmed
into the family hive, and prosperity sang
in the music and stepped in the dance
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banquet and all the gods of music and
ease and qualification gathered around
this Jupiter holding in his hands so
| many thunderbolts of power.
| But every sun must set, and the bright
est day must have it's twilight Sud
| denly the sky was overcast. The foun-
tain dried up. The song hushed. The
wolf broke into the family fold and car
ried off the best lamb. A deep howl of
woe came crashing down through the
| joyous symphonies. AT one rough twang
| of the hand of disaster the harp strings
all broke. Down went the strong bust
ness firmi Away went long established
credit! Up flew a flock ofAsalumnies,
The new book would not SefS A patent
could not be secured for the invention.
company exploded. How much" says
the sheriff. will you bid for this piano?'
How much for this library?' How
much for this family picture?'
| VIII the grace of God hold one up in
such circumstances? What have be-
children who have been pounded of the
fail and crushed under the wheel and
trampled under the hoof? Did they lie
down in the dust weeping, wailing and
| gnaShing their teeth? When the rod of
| fatherly chastisement struck them, did
they strike back? Because they found
one bitter cup on the table of Gods sup
ply, did they upset the whole table?
Did they kneel down at their empty
money vault and say, IAN my treasures
| are gomez" Did they stand by the grave
of their dead saying, There never will
| be resurrection
| Did they hemoan their thwarted plans
and say: THE stocks are down. Would
| God ] were dead?" Did the night of their
| disaster come upon them moonless, star
less, dank and bowling, smothering and
choking their life out? No! Mol MOI AT
| eventime 1t was light. The swift prom
| stellations, from their circuit about
| Gods throne, poured down an infinite
luster. Under their shining the pillows OF
trouble took on crests and piumes OF
| gold and jasper and AMETHYST and flame
| All the trees OF life rustled in the mid
summer air of Gods love. The night
blooming assurances Of Christ's sym
| pathy filed all the atmosphere with
| heaven. The soul at every step seemed
to start up from its feet bright winged
| joys warbling heavenward. ~
ut is good that have been afflicted, .
cries David THE Lord gave, and the
Lord hath taken away" exclaims Job
''Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing" says
| ST. Paul. And God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes, exclaims John
in apocalyptic vision. AT eventime IT
was light. Light from the cross, Light
| from the promises! Light from the
| thronel Streaming, joyous, outgushing
everlasting light!
The Evening of Life. s.
The text shall also find fulfiilment in
the time of old age. 1t is a grand thing
to be young-to have the sight clear and
| the hearing acute, and the step elastic
and all our pulses marching on to the
drumming of stout heart. Midhf(
and old age will be denied many of us
| but youth--we all know what that is
Those wrinkles were not always on your
brow; that snow was not always on your
head; that brawny muscle did not al
ways bunch your arm; you have not al
ways worn spectacles. Grave and dig
| nified as you are now, you once went
| coasting down the hillside or threw of
your hat for race or sent the ball fly
ing sky high. But youth will not always
last 1t stays only long enough to give
| us exuberant spirits and broad shoul
ders for burden carrying and an arm
with which to battle our way through
difficulties.
LIES path, if you follow it long
enough, will come under frowning crae