Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-07-27
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE,s
SUNDAY SERMON.
l:.sserpensd 4Axes.. preached at Mad
ison, Wis.,.

ny loving and glad salutation 10 tb,s nm
So o most, Chautauquans, Christian En-
I I@Seayofs, gospel workers and their friends
1911 .ssra ~ parts o. Wisconsin and America.
Innn,rrs ana sinners My text is eloriously
tne lsraelites were suffering The P6ilistines
MAD carried of all the blacksmjths and to-,
LOW al the blacksmiths' shops and abolished
'sle piacksmith's trade In the land az Ieraei
/. Inese fhilistines had particular erudoe
lagslnst blacksmfths, although have alwavs
4umileo them and have sometimes thought
u,eent 70 nave been one myself. The Phil
Nstmes would not even allow these barties RI
Work their valuable mines Of brass and iron
M ~ might they make any swords or spears
anere were only two swords left in ali the
uand. Yea, these Philistines went on until
Sney had taken all the grindstones from tha
aand OF israel, SO that if an lsfaeitish farmer
wanted to sharpen his pillow or his ak he had
~ ~ Eo.over 70 the garrison OF the Philistines
20 get 1t done. There was only one sharnan-
ing instrument left in the land. and that WINS
nae. me farmers and the mechanics hay-
ing nothing to whet up the coulter, and the
Ggau, and the pickAx save a simple file. in
9ustry was hihdered and work practically
dis8raccd. '"y
Inc great idea of these Philistines was 70
EecP the lsraelites disarmed. They might
get Iron out ofthe hills tic make swords ~
put they would not have any blacksmiths to
weld this iron. II they got the iron welded.
sney would have no grindstones on which to
pring the instruments of agriculture or the
multary weapons up to an edge. Oh. YOU
poor, weaponless Israelites, reduced to a file
now pity you But these Philistines were
not forever to keep their heel on the neck of
GODS children. Jonathan, on his hands and
knees, climbs up a great rock beyond which
We're the Philistines, and his armor bearer.
on MS hands and knees, climbs up the same
rock, and these two men, with their two
swords, hew to pieces the philistines. the
Lord throwing great terror upon them. So
u was then so IT is now. The two men of
God on their knees mightier than Philistne
host on their feet.
Gus It Is for the church of God to all, wv its
Weapons to stay In the hands of its enemies,
These Israelites might again and again
nave obtained supply OF swords and
weapons, as for instance, when they
took the spoils of the Ammonites, but
these Israelites seemed content to have
no swords, no spears, no blacksmiths
no grindstones, no active iron mines, until it
was too late for them to make any resistance.
SEQ the farmers Juggling along with their
ptckaxes and plows, and say, Where are
you going with those things?'' They saw.
"Oh, we are going over to the garrison OF
the Philistines to get these things sharp
ened" Isay, ''You foolish men ; why don't
say, 1.-THE blacksmiths shops are all torn torn
down, and we have nothing left us but a
f1la /"
Soft is in the church of Christ to-day. We
are too willing to give up our weapons to the
enemy. The world boasts that it has COB
bied up the schools, and the colleges, and
the arts, and the sciences, and the literature,
and the printing press Infidelity is making
N oil O11r xuoo IN,
It's hand and then to keep them. You know
It Is making this boast all the time, and after
q while, when the great battle between sin
and righteousness has opened, If we do not
look out we will be as badly off as these Is
raelites, without any swords to fight with
and without any sharpened Instruments.
call upon the superintendent of literary
institutions to see to it that the men who go
Into the classrooms to stand beside the Ley
den jars, and the electric batteries, and the
microscopes or telescopes be children Of
God, not Philistines. The atheistic thinkers
OF this day are trying to get all the intel
lectual weapons OF this century in their own
grasp. What we want is scientific Christians
to capture the science, and scholastic Chris
tians to capture the scholarship, and philoso-
phic Christians to capture the philosophy,
and lecturing Christians to take back the
lecturing platform.
We want to send out against Schenkel
and Strauss and Renan Of the past men like
the late Theodore Christlieb OF Bonn, and
aeaa1s sne innoei sclenIlsLs uoa worship
NY oalnman ana nHcncock ana Agassiz;
Me WANT 20 capture az me philosophical
on the swivel until through them we can see
the morning star Of the Redeemer, and with
meteorological hammer discover the Crock
Of Ages and amid the fora of the realms
iind the Rose Of Sharon and the Lily Of
~ 1 10y:
W. WanS eaerey ieaIneo enough 70 ois-
cy1xse - sno HUMAN w, snowing " 70 pe
s'sh ~ ana telescope n one instrument a n
closing g, 600 Of 10000 times day, all its
g g s e-s 911 nerves ano pones showing the
13nlate skll ~ a. lnnnite dod. ana tnen
Wlno19k " Wnn tne Pe1orauon, ne ina!
t2Emea we eye, snaii ne moi seer Ana
tn2a n. W Wans g 9lscoutse ABOUT the human
~ Wcnaefiut mteguments, membranes
~ y ~ ~ nna ~ cnan OF sman pones,
~ ~ eS8no.y Asl We, ciosns VIII tue
q9s ~, ne Snat planned rne ear, snail He
~ nsar
3. ~ ~ Wanh some one apie % expound
~ ~ cpapter Of ucnesls, bringing %
sne S2cto8y ana the astronomy OF the world,
Sn4if - !9p suggested; tine STONES OF the
ASd shall % y league" with the truth, and
{ns sfsF, ~ e their cSuIses snail nsnt sgs'nst
s1fsurs these wsspons. Let men me Of God 60
c,if Snd tSfe possSssion Of the platform. Let
81 ~ p<;nfinS nrsrs q this country spe AL
9,,f 70r 6brjsf snd fbe rsporters and fhe
~; ~ 1890 ay,d fhe as1ifoxs ant3 nnbliaher1