The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-04-20
AT THE TABERNACLE.
DR.. TALMAGe ON THE DARK FEAT
URES OF LIFE IN THE CITY.


City from Ali Scot ons-Thev Are Awake
when Other People SIerp-Strect Seen
at Midnight.
BROoKLYN, April 9.-Rcv. DE-. Tai
mage chose for his sermOn TODAY 6
theme Of universal intcrest--thc dark
side of social life IN our great cities
The text chosen IS the basis Of most
uraphlc discourse was Genesis |. 5,
"Aud the darkness he callCd niWht.n
Two grand divisions OF time. The Cnc
of sunlight The other of shadow; the ono
for work the Other f>r rest: the one q
type Of everything clad ard beautiful.
the other used III all languages as a type
of sadness and affection and sin. These
two divisions were made hs Tho Lord
himself Othcr djvlSlrns ot time may
have nom ucuclaturc Of human invention.
but darkness held un lis XIV row TO
the Lord, and hc hart nd i, tllc dew
dripping FROM his timers Ns hr WAvc It q
name And tive darkness hr r"lI,h
night"
Ny suAi"c. is m;G"i-M! ~ .orn. Th"
air. The slightest sounds ru, the ni"ht
with such dlslinciur~S Is 20 at'raat Your
attention. The llu>iuy oF tie brll 0i the
street car in thc dis ,ncC and the bay iny
of the dog. The stamo ot'a horse in
the next street. The slamminH of Il 81.
loon door. Tn" hirc"ut! !! OF the drunk
ard. TLc shrjcks nt the steam whistle
five miles away. Oij. how su4"cstivn.
my friends; midnight in town.
There arc h"rcSt men EassiNv up anG
down the street. Here is Il city MISSION.
ary who has been carving Il semitic OF
coal to that poor family in that da l.
place. Here is an undertaken ~Oinc up
the steps o! Il buildin" from which there
comes bitter cry which indicates that
the destroying angel has smittCn the
ilrs.bOrn. Here is q minister of rcligiO |
who has bCrn @ivInJ the sacrament TO a
dying Christian. Here is Il physician
passing along IN Erc@t haste, The mes.
scngcr 4 lew steps ahead hurry me- on tO
the household. Nearly all the Iights
have gone odt III the dwellings. That
light II the window IS the il-ht OF thC
watcher, for the mrdt, mes mu t be adj
min!stcrcd, and the fever must be
watched, AMI Tic restless tossing OF the
COVcrlld must hc resisted and the per
petual prayer must go up from hearts
soon to be br"Nru. On, the midnight in
towh What slupcndnus thoW,ht~-
whole city at rest!
Weary arm preparing ror tomorrow's
toll. Hot brain being cooled of. Rig
id muscles rciaXrl Excited nerve,
soothed. The white hair Of the octoge
marian in thin drifts across the pillow
fresh fail of tlakc5 on SHOW already fal
len. Childhood with its dimplcd hand
thrown out on th" pillow and with rN
cry breath taking in Il new store of lu
and trolic. Gods Slumhulle%S eve wi
look. Let one great wave OF rctrrSi
ing SlumOer roll over the heart Of IL
great town, SuDmrrglnG care and HnN
ety and Worrimcnt and pIln.
Let the city sleep. But, my trlrnd
De not deceived. Thcr" will h, thou,
andS tonight who viii not slrr,, al al
Go up that dark alley and he caution
where You tread, lest Won fall over iii
proStrate form of II druukdrd lying o
his own doorstep. Look anu'll yol
lest You feel the garrotrr'S hug. Loo
through the broken window pane an
see what NOu can see. You say, "NOti
inc " fHhpn liCinD N'but !, !, , nf
hell as" Nm fnniIiCLts INF ,r,,,n,I
ghastl1rr and mirhtinr tr,n ri.tnrri -
Edwin Booth ever rnsripu NJ I,y)
no fire no bread no hnnr >;hiynTin
in the coli they hoyr had no fnnI rn
81 hOulS. You SAY. "N'hv don't thr,
beg :" They Io. Init th,.v rui uothinC
You say. "Whv dou't Ihry ryd,.,v,rIh,n1
selves over TO the a)mShou,,,>" An
you woulI not ask that if Won eve,
heard the bitter crv of 4 man or civil,
when toll ne must 90 tothrHlmSHous
son." Won say. "thry are thr y1r,nn.
poor, and therefore, they do not dn,uour
our Sympathy" Are thrv vicious? So
much more need they v0ur njIy Th.
Christian poor Gnd' hr,ns thn.n
Through their night there twju,lI., thr
round, merry star of none and inrnnvh
the broken window mana ihr, 500 IN,
CRYSTALS of heaven hnf III v,cin q,
poor, they are more tu h, nit,rt Thnir
last-hght has gone uu, Won rvcusr
yourseIf from Inln,n" ,h.,', w. vHC;''o .',,.;,,
they are SO bad thry Lrnmyht Ills "y tr"M, x
BILE on themselves. reilly whrrr !
give 10 prayers tor the innocent who
are sullrriup will u,yr on n,rvnrc rnr
the guilty who are slIt"rr,ny
The fisherman, when me- Sees q yessr,
dashing into the ,rrnlrrs rn,rac nmt
from his hut and wrans the w,r,nnet
tlannels arouud ihnsn v,hn ,rn ,''n't
chilled and mos, hr,io.I ,,,l ,,n., h,t