Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-12-07
THE SEASON FOR HUNTING
W. TALNfAGE SELECTS A snAsox
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W. fALMAGE SELECTS A Season.
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ine Hunting Season md II. au,,,,,
non to Worldly Life unyl the Inv.
" AeifgioD-Thc Chase ~ Pleasure
and OF Wealth.
Brooklyn, N. Y, Special.-ln the fore
aoon service at the tabernacle today,
neV. Dr. Talmage took for his sub
lect a most seasonablc one: "A Hunt
ing Scene" the text being Genesis
SiiA.,2': I'm the morning he shall
aevour the pvcy, and at night he shall
hvide the spoil"
"A few nights ago 500 men cncamned
along the Long Island railroad. so as to
De ready for the next morning. which
was the first open day" for deer hunt
trs between sunrise and . o'clock in
the afternoon Of that day fifteen deer
We're shot. On the Goth Of October our
woods and forests reSound with a shock
of firearms. and ART. tracked Of point
ers and settlers, because the quail are
ten lawful prize for the sportsman.
On certain day in all England you
can hear the crack of the sportsinan's
gun, because grouse hunting has be-
gun; and every man that can afford the
time and ammunition and can draw
bead starts for the fields Ncnophon
grew eloquent in regard to the art Of
hunting. In the fl" East, people, ele-
plant mounted chase the tiger. The
Anne rican Indian darts his arrow at the
buffalo until the frightened herd tum-
BILE over the rocks. European mobiles
are often found in the fox chase and
ut the stag hunt. Francis l. was called
the father OF hunting. Moses declared
of Nimrod: HE was q mighty hunter
before the Lord" Therefore, in all the
ages Of the world, the imagery OF my
text ought to be suggestive, whether
it. means a wolf after a fox, or man
after lion. Old Jacob, dying, is tell
ing the fortunes of his children. He
prophesies the dcvouring propensiticS
IF Benjamin and his descendants. With
his dim old eyes he looks off and secs
the hunters going out to the fields.
ranging them all day, and at ngh1fall
coming home, the game slung over the
shoulder, and reaching the door of the
tent the hunters begin to distribute the
game, and one takes coney, and an
other n roe. In the morning he shall
dcvour the prey, and at night he shall
divide the spoil" Or it may be a ref
ereEce to the habits of wild beasts
that STAY their prey and then drag it
back to the cave or lair, and divide 1t
among the young.
I take my text, in the first place,
as descriptive of those people who i'll
the morning of their life give them
selves UP to hunting the world, but
afterward, by the grace Of God, in
the evening Of their life. divide among
themselves the spoils of Christian char
uctcr There are aged Christian men
and women in this house who, If they
gave testimony, would tell you that in
the morning Of their life they We're
after the world as intense as Il hound
after a hare, or as Il falcon SWoopS
upon a saZelle They wanted the
worlds plaudits and the worlds gains.
They felt that if they could get this
world they would have everything.
Some of them started cut for the pleas
ures Of the world. They thought that
the man who laughed loudest was hap
piest. They tried repartee. and conun-
drum, and burlesquc, and madrisal.
They thought they would like to be
Tom Hoods, or Charles Lambs, or
Edgar A. poes. They mingled wine,
and music, and the spectacular. Ihey
were worshipcrs Of the harlequin. and
the Merry Andrew, and the buffoon,
and the Jester. Life wlS to them foam,
and bubble, and cachination, and roy
stering, and grimacc They were so full
of glee they could hardly rcpress their
mirth, even on solemn occasions. and
they came near bursting out llilariolsly
even at the burial, because there was
something SO dolorous in the tone or
countenance of the undertaken. After
awhile misfortune struck them hard on
the back. They found there was some
thing they could not laugh at Under
their late hours their health gave way,
or there was 4 death in the house.
OF every green thing their soul was
exfoliated. They found out that life
was more than a joke. From the heart
of God there blaZed into their SOU
an earnestness they had never felt be-
fore. They awoke to their sinfulness
and Immortality, and here they sit at
so or 70 years of age, as appfeclauve
of all innocent mirth as they ever We're
but they are bent Oh 4 style OF satis-
faction which in early life they never
hunted; the evening Of their days
brighter than the morning. IN .ne
morning they devoured the prey Dull
at night they divided the spells. ,
Then there are others who started
ont for financial success. They see
how timber the rim Of a mans nat IS
when he bows down before some one
transpicuous. They felt they would ike
to see how the world looked from
the window of a $1,000 turnout. IheE
thought they would like to nave me
morning sunlight tangled in the mead,
gear of 4 dashing span. They wanted
fhe bridges of the park to reSounu
Under the rataplan Of their swift hoo1s.
They wanted gilded baldrick: and 50
thew started on the dollar hunt. Thcy
chased it up one street and chased IL
down another They followed it Whcn
# hnrrowed in the cellar. They trecu
# in the roof. Wherever dollar was
.xpected to be, they were. They chaseu
Il across the ocean. They chased IL
across the land. They stopped not 1or
the night. Hearing that dollar even III
fine darkness, thrilled them as an Az
;rondack spOrtsman is thrilled at mo