Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-04-19
AT THE TABERNACLE
REV. Or. TALMAeE breaches ON
HOME RELIGION.

HeV. Oh. TALMAGE breaches ON
HOME RELIGION.
The Eloquent Divine Makes strang Plea
For the Gospel In the Family CirCle-A
Sermon That Takes Hold of the Heart.
The Grandest Gift.
BROOKLYN, April 15.-In the great au-
dlence which assembled In the Brooklyn
Tabernacle this afternoon were many
strangers. Rev. DR.. Talmage chose for the
subject of his sermon Home Religion"
taking his text from Luke viii, 80, Return
to thine own house and shew how great
things God hath done unto thee"
After fierce and shipwrecking night,
Christ and his disciples are climbing up
the slaty shelving of the beach. How
pleasant 1t Is to stand on solid ground after
having been tossed so long on the billowsl
While the disciples are congratulating
each other on their marine escape, out
from dark, deep cavern on the Gadarene
hills there is something swiftly and terri
bly, advancing. Is 1t an apparitions Is tia
mani Is it wild beastf 1t is maniac
who has broken away from his keepers,
perhaps few rags on his person and frag-
ments of stout ehackles which he has
wrenched of in terrific paroxysm. With
wild yell and bleeding wounds of his own
laceration he flies down the hill.
Back to the boats, 70 fishermen, and
put out to sea and escape assassination
But Christ stands his ground; SO do the
disciples, and as this flying fury, with
gnashing teeth and uplifted fists, dashes
at Christ, Christ says: Hands off Down
at my feet, thou poor sufferer" F" and the
demoniac drops harmless, exhausted, wor-
shipful. "Away, ye devils!" commanded
Christ and the 1900 flends which had
been tormenting the poor man are trans
ferred to the 1000 swine which go to sea
with their accursed cargo.
The restored demoniac sits down at
Christ's feet and wants to stay there.
Christ says to him practically: ''Do not
stop. You have q mission to execute.
Wash of the filth and the wounds in the
sea, smooth your disheveled locks, put on
decent apparel and go straight to your des-
olated home and tell your wife and chill
dren that you will no more alright them,
and no moro do them harm; that you are
4-s - :. - a.
reseorea 70 rsason, anu snaS !, sne olnnip-
oVen1 ooh " Hou, ain ohs,0le1 herealSer
" tne WotsuiP VI YOU en'iio housenoio
Ceourn 70 Dntne own mouse anu sne" no"
sreao 'n,nss uou hasn uohe unoo Inee.
les, Siie HOUSE .ne none' 40 sne nrsS
plaoo where our ro,iei1us elaoivuue ou9n. !,
W oe uoiuonsOfaVeu IN ono ouOsiu9 Moriu lul
we may seeih 70 naTe reiieion wnen we
naye ~ IoV' puO 'ne hoino UesUs "n1Ihel I1i
our releion ls sehoine or SHALL "ha'
AnaAes q Ae'ppy hoiio'
Happy Home
Well, one would say house with great
wide halls, and antlered deer heads, and
parlors with sculpture and ric-a-brac,
and dining hall with easy chair and plen-
ty Of light, and engravtngs Of game on the
wall, and sleeping apartments commo-
dious and adorned. No. In such place as
that gigantic wretchedness has sometimes
dwelt, while some of you look back to your
fathers house, where they read their BIZ
BILE by the light Of tallow candle. There
were no carpets on the floor save those
made from the rags which your mother
cut night by night you helping wind them
into ball, and then sent to the weaver,
who brought them to shape under his slow
shuttle. Not luxury In all the housel
But you cannot think of 1t this morning
without fearful and grateful emotion. You
and have found out that it Is not rich
tapestry, or gorgeous architecture, or rare
art that makes happy home.
The six wise men Of Greece gave pre-
ecriptions for happy home. Scion says
happy home is place where mans es.
tate was gotten without injustice, kept
without o1squletude and spent without re-
pentance. Cnllo says tnat nappy nome
Is the place where man rules as mon
arcn a kingdom. Bias says that happy
nome Is place Where a man does volun'
Carly Wnae Dy law ne IS compelled 20 &c
ABROAD. buT you ana y under grandei
ngnt, give Detter prescription. A happy
hoine Is Piace WheIe bne klndness OF tne
gosPe. OF Ghe Don oi Goo mas Iuil swing
Wnne SPEAK TINS morning tnere Il
KnocGhg az your ffon5 door, II ne pe no,
aiieady aomit0ed one whose LOCKS are we,
WIN the deWs OF the nlgnt, VINO woulo
take your chiidren into his arms and
would throw upon your nursery, and yom
sleeping apartments. ana your Drawing
room, and your entire house blessing,
that VIII make you rich while you live
ana DO an inheritance 20 your children ait
er you nave Done bne iast Gays work fol
tnelf support ana made for them the last
prayer. IL Is inc iiiusurious one VINO salo
10 the man Of my text, heturn to thine
own mousse anu sheW now great thlngs