The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-21
At the Tabernacle.


The sermon is founded on the tex
Judges iii, Is, But when the children o
Israel cried unto the Lord the Lor
raised them up deiverer, Ehud. tn
son Of Gera. Benjamite, a man lef
handed"
Ehud was a ruler in Israel he wa
left handed, and what was peculiar abou
the tribe of BENJAMIN, TO which he be
longed, there were in it 700 left handeC
men, and yet so dexterous had they al
become in the use of the left hand tina
the Bible says they could sling stones al
hairs breadth and not miss.
Well, there was King of the name Of
Eglon who was an,oppressor of Israel
He imposed upon them most outrage
Gus tax. Ehud, the man Of whom first
spoke, had a divine commission to de-
stroY that oppressor. He came, pre-
tending that he was going to pay the
tax, and asked to see King Eglon. He
was told he was in the summer house,
the place to which the King retired when
it was too hot to sit in the palace. This
summer house was place surrounded
by flowers and trees and sDringing foun-
| tans and warbling birds.
Ehud entered the summer house and
said to King Eglon that he had secret
errand with him. Immediately all the
attendants were waved out of the royal
presence. King Eglon rises up to re-
| ceive the messenger Ehud, the left
| handed man, puts his left hand to his
| right side, pulls out dagger and thrusts
Eglon through until the haft went in
after the blade. Eglon tails Ehud
| comes forth to blow a trumpet OF recruit
amid the mountains Of Ephraim, and
great host is marshaled, and proud
Moab submits to the conqueror. and
IsTae! is free. So, o, Lord, let all thy
enemies perish! So, o Lord, let all thy
friends triumph!
The Power OF Left Handed Men
l learn first from this subject the power
OF the left handed men. There are some
men who by physical organization have
as much strength in their left hand as
In their right hand, but there is some
thing in the writing of this text
which implies that Ehud had some
defect in his right hand which compelled
him to use the left. Oh, the power of
lett handed men! Genius if often self |
observant, careful of itself, not given to |
much toll, burning incense to its own ag-
grandisement, while many a man with |
i've in physical and mental organization. |
has an earnestness for the right a
patient industry. and all consuming
perseverance, which achieve marvels for
the kingdom of Christ. Though left
handed as Ehud they can strike down a
sin as great and imperial as Eglon,
| have seen men of wealth gathering
about them all their treasures, snuffing
at the cause of world lying in wicked
ness, roughly ordering Lazarus off their
doorstep. sending their dogs, not to lick
his sores, but to hound him off their
premises; catching all the pure rain of
GODS blessing into the stagnant, ropy,
frog inhabited pool of their own selfish
ness-rlght handed men, worse than use
less-whlle many a man, with large
heart and little pulse. has out of his
limited means made poverty leap for ioy
ana started an influence that OverSpans
the grave and will swing round and
round the throne of God, world without
end, amen.
All, me, it is high time that you left
handed men, who have been longing for !
his gift, and that eloquence, and the !
other mans wealth, should take your !
eft hand out of your pocket Who made ,
Ill these railroads? Who set up all these !
cities? Who started all these churches
and schools and asylums? Who has done
The tugging and running and pulling? ,
Men OF no wonderful endOwments, thou =
sands of them acknowledging themselves ;
% be left handed, and yet they were :
and yet they were determined, :
md yet they were triumphant. :
But DO not suppose that Ehud the =
lrst time he took sling in his left hand a
could throw d stone hairs breadth and !;
lot miss. suppose it was practice that 4
rave him the wonderful dexterity. Go =
orth to your spheres of duty and be not ~
discouraged If in your first attempts you =
MISS the mark. Ehud missed it, Take >
mother stone, put it carefully into the =
ling, swing it around your head, take bet
er aim, and the next time you will strike ~
he center. The first time mason rings q
us trowel upon the brick be does not ex- =
'ect TO put up perfect wall. The first q
lme carpenter sends the plane over +,
'oard or drives bit through beam he -
oes not expect &c make perfect execu- o.
lon. The first time boy attempts a =
hyme he does not expect to chime a y
'Lalla Rookh" or Lady of the Lake. =
DO not be surprised if in your first et :,
orts at doing good you are not very ~
argely successful. Understand that use 81
illness is an art a science, a trade. -
The Value of Experience. O.
There was an oculist performing a tC
cry difficult operation on the human b
We. young doctor stood by and said. 81
How easily YOU do that: ii don't seem
cause you any trouble at all" "Ah."
AID the old oculist, lit is very easy now. h,
ut spoiled hatful Of ewes to learn r
hat" Be not surprised il it takes some a,
ractice before we can bel p men to moral ht
yesight and bring them TO vision Of M
DC cross. Left handed men to tie work, .
axe the Gospel for sling and faith in
No repentance for the smooth stone bc
ON the brook, take sure aim. God d. m
sct the weapon, and great Goliaths will tn
lmble before YOU. do
When Garibaldi was going out 70 +,
attle, he told his troops what be wanted 81
lem 10 do, and after be had described or
hat he wanted them 10 do thew said. ar
Well general, what are you going 70 pi
I've rs for all this?1 We'll" he re- ~
lied, Il don't know what else Won Will IN
st but Won vii! &c. hunger and cold "a
I'd wounds and death. How CO Won
Ae it?' dis men stood before him FOR M
little while in silence, and then they In
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