Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-29
THE STRUGGLE OF LIFE.
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage Carries
Spiritual Encouragement
To Those who Labor Under Disadvan-
la.ro, ...,.... Physical or Mental
Their Affections a Means OF Get
ting Nearer to Christ.

The following discourse was delivered
l.. Re-. /. Dewitt TaImage at Nash
vile Tenn. during his recent lecture
tour. 1t is based on the text:
III" tame take he prey.-Isaiah xxxiii., g.
The utter demolition of the Assyrian
host was here predicted. Not only ro-
bust men should go forth and gather
the spoile of conquest, but even men
crippled Of arm and crippled Of foot
should 90 out aud capture much that
was valuable. Their physical disad-
vantages should not hinde" their great
enrichment. So il has been in the
past 80 ii is now. 50 it will be in the
future So it i. in all departments.
Men laboring under seemingly great
disadvantages ami amid the most I'M
fa"Dra Die circumstances. yet making
grand achievements. getting great
Tie ne for themselves. great blessing
tlr he world. great blessing for the
church. and 50 the lam" take the
pro-
10 ~on know that the three great
pnnts ~ the World were totally blind2
HoIner Oesian John Milton. DO you
,,uow that MIR Prescott, who wrote
tnnr enchanting bDf,I he Conquest
80 tlrsico. never Saw Mexico, could
n-t see the pape. 0" which he was
writing y framework across the
sfn.,t. between erich. uD and down.
,vcrt ne pen immortal DO Won know
t;rat ti,tt.4i1asNio t.e sculptor. could
NJ; SO the Iaart5p before him or the
Gins, With which h, cut il into shapes
tIo., .t.i4,I.n Ia gou know that Alex
;.If NJ: Pope, ,,,Io,c poems VIII last as
.0n. IS til" EH.ii i lancuar". was 50
I4..,..i Of an juviin, That IL. had TO he
sawed, ~, every fuolfli.I.- -. rgnlrh can
e..S iii order - stand Dn his feet at all
10 ON i.n0i,. til.,t Stuart fine. ,.ei.-
,,r,,t,t, n.;ut,- did much Of his won.
a.rfui ,,.rI. ,,,.{nr tl,,. ,I,.,,i,,,,. Of ,ha
DUNGEON, u.l,.r. No. naJ ,.,n uniu>tIv
,,,,.n..f,J 81. lshtp >, ,.nn l.,n1,
.t,.,t p..,,,,.t!,ares .,r,,...t .,norl,,-
,,au c>rrtion b,d t., c,ncuer tho I,n
ar III own speech before he. commenced
;A-cfnl,l;4r..>, ~ Ms rlo4arnceo DO
YOU know that Bacon STRUGGLED all
through innuiuera >irinesses. and
.iIat Lore! Byron and Sir Walter Scott
tiicil Iif.. and that many Of The ,rr.,t
po.tS, and painters, and orators. and
historians. and hrror, of the. world had
.ornethin~ TO keen Them back and
nulI the,o down and i,nned4 their
way and ,c.rjnnle their nhv>ical an.
thrir intellectual movement and vet
that they nu>hed an and nnshed nm
un1Ii thcy r.;,rhed HE snoi!s az world
success, and amid III. huzzab of nations
and centuries the lame tcol, tho
orc,.
You kno,y Hint . VAST multitude of
these men started under the ai,;,dyan
tar, OF obscure parcntaye. Cniumbus
the son of The weaver. FERGUSON the
astronomer. the son of the shenherd
Amrric1 the prey Of one. worlds on
worlds the prey Of tn. other Rut
what * true IN sccu,ar directions
j. more true in spiritual and religious
directions. and proceed to prove it.
There ar. in All communities many
invalids. They never know = we'll day
TREY adhere to their occupations. but
thcg 90 painting along the streets with
exhaustionS, and at eyentide they lie
dowmon the lounge with aclliprs beyond
all medicaments. They have tried all
prescriptions they have gone THROUGH
All the cures which were proclaimed
infstllible and they have come now TO
surrender to perpetual ailment They
consider they are among many disad-
vantaocs: and when they see those
who are bn"yant III health pass by,
they almost envy their robust frames
and easy reepirat ton.
But have noticed among that in
valid class those who have the great
est knowledge of the Bible, who are in
nearest intimacy with Jesus Christ,
who have the most glowing expert
tncca 81 the truth. who have had the
most remarkable answers to prayer,
and who have most exhilarant antici-
pat,uns Of Heaven. The temptations
which weary rs who are in robust
health they nave conquered.
Many who are alert and athletic and
swarthy. loiter in the way-the lame
take. the prey. Robert Hall an invalid
Edward pavson an invalid. Richard
Baxter. an invalid Samuel Rutherfo~d
an invalid. This morning. when YOU
want to call to mind those who are
most Christlike. YOU think of some
aarkened room in Your fathers non~r
from which there went forth an intlu-
ence potent for eternity.
\ step farther: Throueh raised ,et-
tiers the art OF printing mas been
brought To the attention of the blind.
Won take nm the Eihla for h,. I,1ind
and ven close vour eyes ard Won ,.,,n
vour tinoars ov-er tba r,;s.5 I.+t..,. .,a
you Sa,.. ..\Nb, i nnra,. ,,Id