Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-04-06
REV. DIR. TALMAGE
THE BROOELYN DIVINE'~ SIN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: Sustaining Power Of Re
li2iOn."

i0Ir gold. Palms xviii, l3
suppose You know what tue lsrarhtes
did down in Egyptian slavery They made
bricks Amid tile utensils OF the hriekkhn
there We're also other utensils oil cookery
the kettles. the pots, the pans, with when
thew prepared their daily food, and when
these poor slaves tiret of tn" day work, law
down TO rest they lay down among the I'M
Elements OF cookery and the implements ol
hRrd work. When they arose In the morn
ing. they found their garments covered with
the CLAY and the smoke, and the dust. ana
hesmirched and bogrimet with the utensils
Of cookery
But after a while the Lord broke up that
slayerv. and He took these poor slaves into
land where they had better garb, bright ana
clean and beautiful apparel. No more bricks
for them TO make Let Pharaoh make his
own bricks. When David, IN my text, comes
10 describe the transition OF these poor Is
raelites from their bondage amid the brick
kilns into tho glorious emancipation for
which God hal prepared them, he says,
Though We hnve lain among the pots. yet
shall We be rs thu wings Of a dove covered
with silver and her feathers with yellow
gold.
Miss Whatuly. the author OF a celebrated
hook. Life In Egypt, said she sometimes
saw people in the East cooking their food on
the tops Of houses, and that she had often
seen lust before shutdown pigeons and
doves. which had during the heat Of the day
been hiding among the kettles and the pans
with which the food was prepared. picking
up the crumbs that they might find. Just
about the hour OF sunset they would spread
their wings and fiY heavenward, entirely
unsoiled by the region In which they had
moved for the pigeon is a very cleanly bird
And NJ the pigeons flew away the setting
sun would throw silver on their wings and
gold on their breasts. So You see II is not
fRrfetched smile or an unnatural COM
parison when David. in my text. says to
these emancipated Israelites, and says 10 all
those who are brought out OF any kind OF
trouble into any kind of spiritual JOY,
Though ye have lain among the pots, yet
shall We be "a the wings Of "a dove covered
with silver and her feathers with yellow
gold
Sin is the hardest of all taskmasters.
Worse than Pharaoh il keeps us drudging
IN most degrading service, but after awhile
Christ comes and He says, Let MY people
go. - and we pass out from among the brick
kilns Of sin into the glorious liberty OF the
gospel We put on the clean robes Of u
Christian profession, and when at Inst We
soar away to the warm nest which God has
provided for us In heaven we shall 90 fairer
than a dove, its wings covered with silver
and its feathers with yellow gold.
lam goirg to nreanh sonetbipy which
soma of YOU DO not believe, and that is that
the grandest possible adornment is the re
ligiun of Jesus Christ There are great
many people who suppose that religion Is a
very different thing from what 1t really is.
The reason men condemn the Bible is because
they do not understand the Bible. They
bovo NOT nronerIv eyominedu Dr Johnson
said that Hume tolJ minister in Inc hiahnn-
rio NJ Dnrhnm that he bo3 ar+Iculnri>.
examined thn New Testament vat nil his lifn
worring against /, HALEY me nstronomrr
announced hi. skentirism 10 sir Isaac Nav
t1n and Sir Isanc Newton said vow sir
7 have examined the subject md Won have
NOT And nm oshomei thot Won nrofcss-
ing 70 be n philosenher consent 70 condemn
a thing Won hive never examined
And 90 men reject the religion of Icsus
Christ because they really have never in
vestigated il. They think IL something I'M
Desirable somathino thar will NOT WORK
something Pecksnifilnn. something hvpocrlt-
zeal something repulsive. when il Is so
bright and so beautiful YOU might compare
II TO n chafflncb. Won might compare II 10 IA
robin red breast YOU might comnarr II to n
doye--lts wings covered with silver and its
feathers with yellow gold.
but how is 1t II young man becomes a
Christian? ALTHOUGH the clubrooms where
he associates. all through the business cir
cles where he is known. there is commiscra-
ton. They SAY, w hat n pity that "a young
man who had such bright prospects should
go have been drspoiled by those Christians
giving up all his worldly prospects for some.
thing which Is Of no particular present
worth =" Here is a Young woman who be-
comes Christian-her voice, her face her
manners the charm Of the drawing room.
Now all through the fashionable circles
the whisper goes what pity that such a
bright light should have been extinguished,
that such q graceful gait should he crippled
that such worldly prospects should be
ohliterated" All. my friends. it can he
shown that religions WAYS are WAYS Of
pleasantncss and that ali her paths are
peace that religion. instead Of being dark
and dolsful and laehrvmosa md ranulsIve
is bright and beautiful. fairer than a dove
Its wings covered with silver and it's feathers
with yellow gold
See, in the first place. what religion will
do for a mans he"rt. cnre not how cheer
fu man may naturally be before conversion
conversion brings him nm to n higher
standard Of cheerfulness I do NOT sny he
will laugh any louder do nor CAV hut hn
may stand hnoi. from, oo,,o torn. ~ hiIo.i.r
In which no onco inJnIoaJ IN tbora 80
into his sonl mn immenee satiafacti,n 4
vonn" man ,ota Tbr;s,ion d.nsnis ,non
worlJIv smccessa" ~ tnsn his "niri,e 'p ~
Now no is nrosnarod no,r 10 bas n Ia r up
aaIar, NOW no hns h n"" ~ ia ,ni
now be has nlAasart friends no,v ha y ba6
more money than he knows how 70 snond
Fvervthino Zoos hricht and we'll with hin,
Rnt trouble comes There ara mnnv vo,,ng
man in the honsot hjs morring who On, Toe
tifv ont of thnir own evnerlenca tbat so,no-
times to vonng mon tronhIe noroos his
friends are zone his aniorv 10 gone he La,i,h
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