Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-09-06
AN ONLY son.
pev. DR.. Talmage Talks of Bravo
Young Men.
Lessons That May Be Drawn From One o,
Chrlst's Embellishments Which
Bring More Than Their Share
of Sorrow-The Widow
of Main.

/ Australia. on his round-the-world ta,r
selected as the subject for his latest
sermon through the press: SAN Only
Som" the text chosen being Luke vii.
19-l5:
.itv behold there was a dead man Carried
mt the only son of his mother and she was
a widow. and much people OF the city was
with her. And when the Lord saw her He had
compassion on her, and said unto her, ween
not And He came and touched the bier ana
tbey that bare him stood still And He said:
Young man. l say unto thee. arise. And he
that was dead sat up, and began to speak And
He delivered him to his mother.
The text calls us to stand at the gate
Of the city of Main. The streets are
arush with business and gayety and
the ear is deafened with the hammers
of mechanism and the wheels of traffic.
Work, with its thousand arms and
thousand eyes and thousand feet. fills
all the street, whom suddenly the crowd
parts and a funeral passes. Between
the wheels of work and pleasure there
comes long procession of mourning
people Who is it? A triher SAYS: 20
It's nothing but a funeral, it may have
come up from the hospital of the CITY.
Or the almshouse, or some low place of
the town" But not so says the serious
observer. There are so many evidences
0f the bereavement that we know at
lie first glance some one has been
taken away greatly beloved, and to our
inquiry: "Who is this that is carried
.. IL.
and Affection the reply comes: "The
only son of his mother and she a
widow" Stand back and let the pro-
eession pass out. Hush all the voices
Of mirth and pleasure! Let every head
be uncovered. Weep with this passing
procession; and let it be told through
al the market places and bazars Of
Main that in Galilee to-day the sep
ulchre hath gathered to itself 'the only
son Of his mother, and she widow"
There are two or three things that,
in my mind. give especial pathos to
| this scene. The first is, he was a young
man that was being carried out. To
the aged. death becomes beautiful. The
old man halts and pants along the
road where once he bounded like the
roe From the midst of immedieable
simeuts and sorrows. he cries out:
How long, o Lord how long?" Foot
sore and hardly bestead on the hot
Journey. he wants to get home. He
SITS in the church, and sings, with a
uemulous voice, some tune he sang
forty years ago, and longs to join the
| better assemblage of the one hundred
and forty and four thousand. and thou
sands of thousands who have passed
the food. How sweetly he sleeps the
| last sleep. Push back the white locks
| from the wrinkled temples; they will
never ache again. Fold the hands over
| the still heart; they win never toll
| again. Close gently the eyes; they will
never weep again.
But this man that | am speaking of
was a young man. He was just putting
On the arnor of life, and he was exult- |
Inc TO think how his sturdy blows
would ring out above the clangor OF
he battle. / suppose he had young
mans hopes. young mans ambitions
and a young mans courage. He said;
II live many years, / viii feed the
hungry and clothe the naked. In this
| CITY Of Main. where there are so many
. lad young men. | will be sober, and
honest. and pure. and magnanimous,
ind my mother shall never be ashamed
q ne" But all these prospects are
blasted in one hour. There he passes
ieless in the procession. Behold al
that is left on earth of the high-hearted
| y0ung man of the city of Main.
There is another thing that adds very
zuch to this scene. and that is, he was
an only son. However large the FAM
| i fock may be. he never could think
Of sparing one of the lambs Though
they may all have their faults, they all
| have their excellences that commend
| hem to the parental heart; and II 1t
we're peremptorily demanded of you TO-
day that you should yield up one OF
/ your children out of very large ram
| ly, you would be COMPOUNDED, and you
. could not make a selection. But TINS
vas an only son, around whom gain
cred all the parental expectations. How
much care in his educationl How much |
sution in watching his habits' lie
would carry down the name to other
lines. He would have entire controi
Of the family property long after the
PARENTS had gone to their last reward.
He would stand in society thinker a
4 yorker a philanthropist, Christian
No no. 1t is all ended Behold nun
here. Breath is gone. Life is extinct
The only son Of his mother.
There was one other thing that added
bthe pathos of this scene. and that was
is mother was a widow. The mann
hope Of that home had been broken
/ tld now he was come up to be the stan,
he chief light of the household hau
zen extinguished, and this was the
cl7 light left. / suppose she oi'eh
Nd looking at him. There are only
iEo Of US. O. il is a grand thing -
y young man step out IN ne an"
q to his mother. Don't be down
hsarted. will. as far as possible taNe
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