Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-11-27
THE ART OF HUNTING
REV. DR.. TALMAeE AGAIN DISCUSSES
A sEAsoNA5LE TOPIC.

the Crack OF the bportaman's Gun-Hunt
ing the Gains of the worId-Relie,op 7,
Dividing the spOil-A Resting Place.
BRooK1.YN, Nov. 28.-In the forenoon
service at the Tabernacle today Rev. DR.
Talmage took for his subject a most sea.
sonable one, "A Hunting Scene" the
text being Genesis xix, 81, I'm the
morning he shall devour the prey, and al
night he shall divide the spoil"
A few nights ago 800 men encamped
along the Long Island railroad SO as to
be ready for the next morning, which
was the first "open day" for deer hunt
ing. Between sunrise and 2 O'Clock in
the afternoon of that day IS deer were
shot. On the Goth of October our woods
and forests resound with shock of fire.
arms and are tracked of pointers and
settlers, because the quail are then a
lawful prize for the sportsman.
On a certain day in all England YOU
can hear the crack of the sportsman's
gun, because grouse hunting has begun.
and every man that can afford the time
and ammunition and can draw bead
starts for the fields Xenophon grew
eloquent in regard to the art of hunting.
In the far east people, elephant mount
ed, chase the tiger. The American In
dian darts his arrow at the buffalo until
the frightened herd tumble over the
rocks. European mobiles are often found
in the fox chase and at the stag hunt
Francis was called the father of hunt
ing. Moses declares of Nimrod, "He
was almighty hunter before the Lord"
Therefore, in all ages of the world, the
imagery Of my text ought to be suggest
i've, whether it means a wolf after O fox
or man after lion.
Old Jacob, dying, is telling the for
tunes of his children. He prophesies the
devouring propensities of Benjamin and
his descendants. With his dim old eyes
he looks off and sees the hunters going
out to the fields, ranging them all day,
and at nightfall coming home, the game
Rlung over the shoulder, and reaching
the door Of the tent the hunters begin to |
distribute the game, and one takes |
coney, and another rabbit, and another
roe. "In the morning he shall devour
the prey, and at night he shall divide the
spoil" Or it may be a reference to the
habits of wild beasts that slay their
prey, and then drag it back to the cave
or lair, and divide it among the young.
THE WORLDS GAIN.
take my text, in the first place, as de-
scriptive of those people who in the
morning of their life give themselves up
to hunting the world, but afterward, by
the grace of God. in the evening of their
life divide among themselves the spoil
OF Christian character. 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
were after the world as intense as a
hound after hare, or as falcon swoops
upon gazelle. 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 out for the pleasures of the
world. They thought that the man who
laughed loudest was happiest They
tried repaTtee and conundrum and bur-
lesque and madrigal.
They thought they would like to be
Tom Hoods or Charles Lambs or Ed
gar A. Poes. They mingled wine and
music and the spectacular. They were
worshipers of the harlequin, and the
Merry Andrew, and the buffoon, and the
lester. Life was to them foam and bub-
bic and cachinnation and registering and
grimace. They were 30 full OF glee they
could hardly repress their mirth even
on solemn occasions, and they came near
bursting out hilariously even at the bur
ial because there was something 30 dol
orous in the tone or countenance OF the
undertaken.
After awhile misfortune struck them
hard on the back. They found there was
something they could not laugh at. Un-
der their late hours their health gave
way, or there was death in the house.
OF every green thing their soul was OK
foliated. They found out that life was
more than a joke. From the heart OF
God there blazed into their soul an ear
nestness they had never felt oelore'
They awoke to their sinfulness and their
immortality, and here they sit at so or |
20 years of age as appreciative OF all IN
nocent mirth as they ever were, buttney
are bent on style of satisfaction when
in early life they never hunted-tne
evening of their days brighter than the
morning. In the morning they devoured
the prey, but at night they divided the
spoil.
Then there are others who started out
for financial success. They see how Inn
her the rim of a mans hat is when ne
bows down before some one transpicu-
GUS. They felt they would like 10 see
now the world looked from the window
of q "a. 600 turnout. They thought they
would like to have the morning sunlight
tangled in the headgear OF dashing
span. They wanted the bridges IN tne
park TO resound under the rstaplan OF
their swift hoofs. They wanted gliaea
baldr1c, and SO they started on the doi.
IaI hunt. They chased 1t up one street
and chased 1t down another. They toi-
lowed it when 1t burrowed in the cellar
They treed it in the roof.