The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-13
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DlycNE'S SUNDAY
SERMON.
Subject: "An Only Son."

and shs was a widow, and much paon!a o.
ehe oity was with her. And when the Lori
cav her He had compassion on her AMI SAID
unto her, Weep not. and He came and
eouehed the bier. and thew that hore him
stood still. And He said. Young man. say
onto thee arise And he that was dead sat
up and began to sneak. and He delivered
Atm TO his mother. Luke vii, 12-l5.
The text calls Us to stand ct the gate Of
che city OF Main. The strpatS are a-ruSh with
business and cavetv. and the ear is deafenei
With the hammers of mechanism and the
wheels OF traffo. Work. with its thousand
arms AMI thousand eyes and thousand feet,
flIIs all the street. when suddenly the crow
parts, and funeral passes. Between the
a reels Of work and pleasure there CONES
long procession OF mourning people. Who
Is It? A trifer saws: son. It's nothing hut
q funeral. II NAV have coma 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 OF dire be-
resvement that wa know at the first glance
some one has been taken away greatly be-
loved, and to our inquiry. who IS this that
is carried ont with so MANY Offices OF kin /.
ness and afertion?" the reply comes. "The
onlv son OF his mother, and she wdo" V
Hush ali the voices OF nirth and pleasurei
Let every head be npcoverndi Weep with
this passing procession AMI let it be told
through all the market places and haza1rs
of Main that in Ga'ilea to-day the sepuchn,
hath gathered 10 itself ''the only son OF his
mother. and she a widow
There are two or three things that, in my
mind, give especial pathos to this scAnn.
TIE first is. he was young man that va:
being carried out. To the aged death be.
comes beautiful. The old man halts ana
pants along the road. whore once he boua /.
ed like the roe. From the midst o. lmmc Il
cable ailn..nts anl sorrows he cries ont,
Glow long, Lord. hoT long" FootSore
snd hari'y neStnad on the hot journey. he
wants 10 get home. He sits in the chu-ct
an sings, with tremU'ous voice. some tnnt
he sang forty years ago and longs TO join The
better assamplage OF the one hundred AMI
forty ami tonr thousand who have passed
the food. How swa"tIy he sleeps the las!
sleep! Push back the white locks from the
wrinkled tenp!-s. They will never ache
again. Fold the han Is over the Still heart
They will never toll again. Ciosa gently the
eyes. They will never weep again.
But this man that an speaking OF was a
vouns man. He was Just putting on the
armor Of life. AMI he WAS exuItinS to think
how his sturdy blows would ring out ahovf
the clancor OF the battle. suppose he had
ayOung mans hops, a young mans anbi-
tons and Young mans courage. He said :.
"If 7 live many years, will iced nun:ly
an! clotte the naked. In this city o. Main,
where there are 50 many ha young m"n, !
will oe SOBER and hones1 AMI pure AMI mig
ran;nous, ani my mother snail never be
ashane Of me-" But all these prosp cts
are blasted in one hour. There he passes
rfeless in the procession. Be :oid ali tnar is
let on earth of the high hearted young man
ost-e city OF Main.
There is another thing that adds v:,ry
much 10 this scene. and that is he was ar
ony son. However large the family tocs
may be, we never couli think OF sparinc one
): the lambs Though they may all have
.heir faults. they all have their eNcelenci"s
that commend them to the parental heart,
an,2 If it were peremp:orily demanied OF you
Today that you should yield up one OF your
children out OF very large family you
would be contoun3ed ami You could not
make a selection. But this was an only son,
around whom gathered all the parental ex-
pectations How muca care in his eiuca-
ton! How much caution in Watching his
eabits! He would carry down the name 20
other times. He would have entire control
ii the family property long after the parents
l2U GOOp 10 lnelE IlS- IcnulL. i1O NOStA
ran,i in society a thinker, worker, phil
anthropist. Christian. No. no. 1t Is all
sn..ed. Behold him there. Breath is gone.
Life is extinct The on Y son Of mis- mother.
There was one thing that added to the
oathos oftniS scene, and that was mis- mother
VAS a widow. The main hope OF tnat nome
oad been broken. and now he was come up
% be the staff. TIE chief light OF the house
aold has been exlincuished, and this was
The only light LETT. suppose she often san,
ooHinS at hin. "Thece are only two OF US. -
Oh, it is grand thing to see young man
yep out in life and say to his mother /;
Don't be down hearted. will, as far rs
possible. take fathers place, and as long aa
{ live YOU shall never want anything. 1t Is
not atwavs that way. Sometimes tue young
people set tired OF the OH people. They
m7 they are queer that they have so many
ailments, and they sometimes wish them out
Of the way. A young man AMI his wife SAT
1t the table, their little son on the floor play
ing beneath the table. The Old father was
gery old. and his hand shook. Sc they said,
You shall no more sit With US at thetab.e.
AMI so they gave him place in the corner,
Tnere, day BY day. he ale out OF an eartheI
oowl-everythinS put into that bowl. Ont
iay his hand tremoled 50 much Re dropped
II, AMI it broke, AMI the soa, seated az ths
elegant table in. nlidfoo-. said 20, his wife,
ESO% veil get father Il wooien bowl, and
tha- he cant break" SO a WOO len bowl
was obtained, AMI every day old grant.
tather ate out OF that, sitting in the corner.
One dav, while the elegant young man ant
his vie were seated at their table, with
.hasel silver anil ali the Injuries. anl tneir
little son sat upon the floor, they slw the
lad whiting, and they said My son, what
ara YOU cong there with that knife!
t.Oh," said ne. lin making a trough for
my father AMI mother to eat out OF WAel
they get old!'
But this vorns man OF the text was no
osrhat character H. did not belong 70 thai
school. I can sell i: from the WAY the,
mourned over him. He WAS TO be the con
panion OF mis- mother. He WAS 20 he M
mothers protector. lie would return nov
some of the kinln"ss he had received III IN
6ays OF chillhooI and boynooi. Aye, ~
would 0.h his strong ham, upao.n INA
form al.aaGy IN iee3ed WIKI aS". N:Ii n
do il? No. IL one hour thar promise o
belp and comran on>hip is Son". I!ere
aworiI OF anguish IL tGat on" short pur''>e
.The oaly son OF lis mother, and she
widow"
Now. nv frienls. it Was upon this seen
that Christ broke H. came IN without an
intvoIurtion. II" stopped the process'ol
He had only two utterances 10 1naKe-'n
one TO the mourning mother, the o'Rer
the dead. He cried out TO the mournIn
one. Weep not AMI then. tou;hlnS III
bier on wnicn the son lay, He crIet ou
"Youns man, say unto thee arise, Al
he that was deal sat up.
! learn TWO or tnrre things from this su
iec,, and first that Cnrst VS. 4 man. 1t
SEQ now mat sorrow p'Hv"! upon All Il
crorFs o. E's heart think tNnt u" for-
this roo often. Christ was Z man more ."
tainiy than you are. FOR Hs was nerfo
man. No sailor ever siant in shir's h"-
mock more soun'lv than Christ slart in ~
boat on T..TuNsar"r. In "v"rV n"rv" ~
rusc'A and hona ani nher o. us 10 ".
evnrv emotion an AFFECTION OF H;S h"7-t.
evnrv acton AMI decision OF His mind
WIS --7.
He Looked or uooa no sAe inst aSvHrl 'N'
or rnor the va.e-s. Ht went mo N'r.N
house Just AS Won 90 in-o co'ta"'. /
bcaetheGi hard vhan Fa vas tirei, inst
Won 40 whan YOU ara exhausted. II" T.
ela oc-ht in the storm