The Penn's Grove record., 1893-06-09
RBV. DR.. lALNAGE'S SERNaN
SUBJECT: "LessOn Learned From the
story of Ehud.r
Tho Brooklyn Dtyine's Sunday
sermon.


TEXT: "R,h ,rboo HE cl;y5,o, z,
sried unto the IoyI he Lo,.J 800, iS,"ss
dshgeFe1. E1u5, he San az CO. '1l ~ u
tie, man l. fl L1aiei y Iudgas "a IIsey""''
Fb,,1 ~ ~
banda5 W. " III. ~ israel. He was left
tsiho -; 1nu mHt was peculiar about the
80 VI D'HlaHii., 10 winch he belonged,
~. 20 - IA II 'O' ieIt handed men, and
2Ssv2 usNtetot' E'i tney all become in tho
uSu u ~ nail tlat the Bible says they
49,. SiH7 '''ueS III u mar breadth and
VII
+ tleLS VIZ u hihS OF the name 0.
~ = "'+ "h "Ppr"7soF OF Israel. He
EIPo'V ~ opou mem u most outrageous tax.
~, nc nt9u ~ WON lrst spoke, had a
n, " ufstF9y that oppressor.
~ t'ti Pts.SI M 'ndt ne was gong to
p"S " - UNI H7A'' 'osee hlng Egion. He
""9 ~ , rS W. IN tlt summer house, the
r. r. - ,. Ia htH- rGtired Mheh IL was
- ~ ~ ,. lu we pAiata; inns summer
1oa70 w ' F,".. ~uEFouhled by MOWERS and
hirJa NJ 'P4+i7'iS FOUNTAINS and warblng
81
~ o IIna ne summer mouse ana saio
" NM i1SIoh that ne mad q secret errand
VIZ nIl. iHlier!ateIy All Inc attendants
49, "aSeu ou' VI ti1' royal presence. King
E55n 70 az Fl ~ y IeeelVe me messenger:
lntt: ne tt'V iah"'u man puts ms LETT hand
Us, ~ - 'nis, IuiL9 out a dhgser n
II u9 isIoh tHruuSh uhtll the hait went
N MAJ aIteF the plale. lyon ialls. Ehud comes
ioStn 10 plo" d irtllPet OIL recruit amid the
ounin Vi 5PurAII' anu a great most is
marsilaIeu' am prom MOAB submits 10 the
To- nI Ii M anu iStael Is rec; SO, Lord
q a. ~ ny eheinl.9 PrIisni 90 oLora, lti
III, ny iieuys triumph
= ehl ~ rom rhls suplect tue power ca
ieL' hahleu men mere are some men VINO
py pny9ic"i otE"hi@atlo1 nave as much
strenstn IN thelr leit hand as In their rig
hauu, put there Is something In the writing
u inns teAt winch lnlpiles that Ehnu mad
sone delect IN nus rlSht hand winch com.
PsIleu hItn 10 use tle lelt. on, the power OF
ielt ndiueu t'eH nelluS Is oiteh sell oDser-
Nant, cafeiuI Oh uSoii, NOT given Toll,
bu=hihs incense 10 us own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
WING many a man WIN no natural endow-
mehts; actuaily aelectlFe In physical and
incnlaI ofShuLhItloh nus an earntSthess ior
the right, Il patieht INDUSTRY, an all CONSUME
NJ y perseverance whlsh 4chleve marVels ior
the ihgu0il oil Chrlst; ihough lelt handed
as Enud, thty can strike down a SIN as great
ana lhperiai rs hSloh'
l nay seen men ol wealth. satherlhS ABOUT
tnem al tIef treasures ahuIihga at the cause
Oh u "oIlu lying IN WlcSeahess, :
orderinG Lazarus on thelr doorstep, sending
tne!r uoss, NOT 10 LICK ms sores, put 10 nouhd
llh on LAeif premises, catGhLhg all the pure
ram OF zoo hlessihsl INTO t~hestaghaht, p
~roS-niIapIteu poo VI thelr own s~elIshneSs
-riEht-hAhued men worse imam useless
WINE many a man WIN large heart ana httie
purse mas out OF ms limited means made
poverty leap Tor 10Y ana started an mnuehce
tnat oVerSPahs the grave ana Will SWING
round II round the throne OF God, Worid
Rlthout END. amen.
An, me, q Is hlsh time that you ieft handed
men VINO nave been longing TOT TINS GIT ana
tnae sequence anu tne other a "ealth
should take your LEFT hand out OF your pock-
ct. VINO male aI these r~allroadsF Mhoset
up al these cities! VINO started al THESE
churches ana schools and asylumsF VINO
has lone all the Juggling and running and
pulllngF Men OF no wonderfui endoWments,
thousands Of them acknowledging themselves
to be LETT handed, ana et they were earnest,
and yet they were determined, ana YET they
we're triumphant.
But do not suppose that Ehud tine hrst
time ne tooK a sung In MS hand eoulh throw
a stone a hairs breadth ana not MISS. l
suppose 1t was practice mat gave MN the
wonderful ueNterlty. 70 lorth " your
spheres OF uuty anu DC h9t ulscouraseI I'LL "a
y " u TIP M y stono nmt q nara-
M9seG ~ iaGo ah'.nG s'Uho, pus -
tuly iuto Tue sung, smn1S 10y you.
ueni, Iahe pet'el a'L' am M a.. nn - 20
mason rings his trowel upon the brick he
does not expect to put up q perfect wall.
The first time a carpenter sends plane over
a board or drives q bit through a beam he
does NOT expect to make perfect execution.
The first time a boy attempts a rhyme he
does not expect TO chime a 'Lslla Rookh"
or a Lady Of the Lake" Do not be sur
prised If in your first efforts at doing good
you are not very largely successful. Under
stand that usefulness is an art, a science, a
trade.
There was an oculist performing a very
difficult operation on the human eye. A
young doctor stood by n said "HoW easily
you do that. 1t doesn't seem to cause you
any trouble at all" "Ah," said the old ocu-
list. sit is very easy now, but l spoiled a nat
full of eyes to learn that. Be not surprised
1. it takes some practice before we can help
men to moral eyesight and bring them TO a
vision of the cross. Lett handed men 70 the
work Take the gospel for a sling and ialth
and repentance for the smooth stone rom
the brook, a k sure aim, God direct the
weapon, and great Goliaths will tumble De-
fore you.
Ilearn also from this subject the danger
At worldly elevation. This Eslon was what
the world called a great man, There were
hundreds of men who would nave considered
ii the greatest honor of their Life Just to have
.,- =, H. VI. ol+horoh 10 las a,
nm speaH 10 .Ivnn, hn ~ - 1850
hlS up IN W4rsuly posllion, he y - oesunt
the reaen OF hnuGs uaSsJT. SOC d sson;ai
many pe0}Ple lrtihS u ytino u "a e
posltion, Laylhs Gu lug aLar .a'n ~ novina tha,
pIaee somewhere laI apoEe, ~ ~ IH'n ~ lnn.
we mountain . ~ iab'o nns a f sDow ~
:. rsrta"-
We iauGh al me cnlluIen ol 9ulntL . t.So
llG 10 il.ltl u lpNpI lutl tuulu lthCh " Ii
heavens, bur thlnR II u eyesight were
only goo1 enough We eoulu see = baoeI IN
many a dooryar1. on the stFugsle Is nefce
1t Is store aSlnlSt store, House asains'
hon5t' street "Sa.iss s'rGe;, NaaaOn psI ~
NaIiou. IRE goal 'pl mhl'i loH | ~