Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-08-31
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE's SUM-
DAY SERMON.
Subject. "Everlastin- LIFE

nITW TTlT-
great many veV1tions m annoy ~, -
af,ar ma W. may have our hol'uaN7
arj orr SEASONS OF recreation aui qnl"'' nut
yvbera ia the man coma 70 nj llll" VIZ -
tound entire rest? The tact Is thf ''" ~.
No, make this worll to rest in. AS1lp h,S",
as well go down or Cane HNteraS 10 nhi
smooth wat"r rs man IN thl4 worm !" ~"
ouie' From the way tina; Goi mas Nr'"h
the thorns an hung the clou IA ana Sh'rP-
ane1 tho turks. fro n the colds thut distress
nc mt the heats that mite Va. ami the
nleurisips that sab Us. ant tn" tevHrS IuW
consume us | know that HI dtd not make
this world as a nluce to lOitor In. foi dops
everything successfully. AMI thiS worm
woull d, very different world II II w'rN m
tended for IA to loupg" in. II does right
well for few hours Inlr"l II ia magnit-
cont Nothinc hut infinite wis ION ant
goo lness could hav' miXei this beverage ~
water. or hung m thcsr hrlcIrts OF stars. or
trained these voices Of rill aud bird an
ocean, so that Go | has but To lift His hlnd'
and the whole wOrll breaks forth into or
chostra. Bat. after all it is only the splen-
doris of kings highway. over which we arc
to march on TO eternal conQneSts.
You and have seen men who triei 70
rest herr. They huilleI themselves great
stores. They gathered around them the pat
ronage of merchant princes. Tn" VOC" OF
their bid shook the money markets. They
had stock in the moat succ 'sstus rallroll'
and in .ssaietv deposits great rolls ot tor-
eminent securities. They hat emNlWnh"i
carriages, high mnttle stHn Is. ioot'n"H,
plate that confoundel lorls AMI senators
who sat mt their tables, tap 'strv On wnl'h
foatei the richest designs OF foreign looms
splendor of canvas on the walls. exquisite
ness OF music rising among ped'SIhls 81
bronze and dropping, soft "a light on snow
OF sculpture. Here let them rest. Pat hl',
the embroidered curtain an shake up IN"
inflow OF down Turn out the II Shta. II Il
ii o'clock at night. Let slumN"r dro1 upon
the evpliis and the air font through the hill
oppned lattice drOYsy with midsummer per
f,ime Stand back. all care. ANXIETY an
trouble. But. no. they will not stnn hArH.
They rattle the lattice. Fhey look un Ter the
canopy with rough touch they 7tar'ln hiS
puisee They cry ont ut II o'clock ut nlSht
awake. man How can YOU sleep when
things are so uncertain What about those
stocks? Hark to the tap otthlt tireoell II
is YOUR district How II YOU sho1li Ill" soon
Awake. man Think Of It VINO Will get
your property when YOU ARE gone what
will they do with III Wake up, Riches
sometimes take wings! How If You shonl
get poor? Wake up Rising on on e.
| how, the man OF fortune LOOKS ont INTO me
| darkness Of the room AMI wipes the damp
all this scene OF wealth AMI magnliitence-
| no rest !"
passed down n street OF a city Win
merchant. He knew all the finest houses on
| the street He said "rherc Is something
| the matter in all these houses In that one
1t Is conjugal infelicty in that one, DIST
pated son in that, n dissolute father in
that. an idiot child ; in that, the respect OF
bankruptcy" This worlds wealth can Civ
r.. If,fa, - tsNttF
rest
You and have seen men try in another
| direction. A man SAYS III l could only
rise to such and such place OF renown; II |
could gain that Office II could only get
| the stand AM have my sentiments met with
| one good rOun OF han cl,pping applause :;
| II could only write "a book that would live,
| or make Il speech that would thrill or do an
| actIsn that would resound " The tide turns
in his favor. His name is on 10. 900 lips. He
| is bowed to an sought after and advanced.
Men drink his health at great dinners. At
| his fiery words the mutitudes huzzl. From
galleries OF beauty they throw garlands
From houseops, as he passes in long pro-
cession, they shake out the national stand
ards. Here let him rest, 1t is IL o'clock at
night On pillow stuffed with nation
| praise let him lie down. Hush all disturbant
voices In his dream let there be holsted "A
throne and across it Il coronation. Hush.
| hush Wake up, says rough voice.
| Political sentiment is changing. How II
| you should lose this place OF honor? Wake
up. The morning papers are TO be full OF
denunciatlon. Hearken TO the execretion9
OF those who once cares,ei you. By to-
morrow night there will be multltudCs Sncrr-
| ing at the words which last night you eN
| peGted would be universally admired. How
( can you sleep when everything depends
| upon the next turn OF the great tragedy :!
! Up, man. on this pillow" The man, with
| head yet hot from his last GRAFTON. starts
up suddenly, looks out upon the night, but
| sees nothing except the flowers that lie on
| his stand, or the scroll from which he read
| his speech, or the books from which he
! quoted his authorities, and goes to his desk
to finish his neglected correspondence, or to
pen an indignant line to some reDortor. or
sketch the plan for public defense against
the assaults OF the people. Happy when he
got his first lawyers brief, exultnnt when
he triumphel over his first political rival,
vet, sitting on the very top OF all that this
world offers Of praise, he cxcaims, "No
rest, no rest"
soon hiss. That world sail OF tho great
Webster "What a statesman What Won
derful exposition OF the constitution A
man for any position. That same world
snid after awhile: Down with him He is
an office seeker He s sot He Is IA liber-
tine. Away with him. And there Is no
peace for the man until he laws down his
broken heart in the grave mt Marshneld.
jeffrey thought that il he could only be Judge
that would be the making Of him got to be
| judge and cursed the day in which he was
born. Alexander wanted to submerge the
world with his greatness submerged 1t and
then drank himselfto death because he could
| not stand the trouble. Burns thought he
would give everything II he could win the
favor OF courts and princes won 1t, and
amid the shouts OF Il great entertainment
when poets and orators and duchesses were
adortns his genius wished that he could
creep back into tho obscurity in which he
dwet when he wrote of tho
Daisy, We, modest, crimson ppel flower.
Napoleon wanted to make all Europe
| tremble at his power made IL trembe
then died, his entire military achieve
ments dwlndlng down to n pair OF mill
tary boots which he insisted on hay
Ing on his feet when dying At Versailles |
saw picture OF Napoleon in his trumphs
went into another room ana saw Dust or
Napoleon as he appeared Mt st. Helena bur.
oh what grief and anguish in tho face OF the
latter The first was Napoleon In TRUMP g.;
the last was Napoleon with his heart broiHn.
How they laughed and cried when silver
tongued Sheridan in the midday OF pros
perty harangued the people Of Britain, AMI
| how they howlel at AMI exeented him when,
outside OF tho room wher' his corpse lay,
his creditors tried to got his miserable bones
and sell them.
This world for rest2 "Ahar crv tho
waters. emo rest herei We plunge TO tho
s,a." "Aha !" cry the mountains. "no rest
here! We crumble to the plain" "Aha "
cry the towers. mo rest hero. We follow
Babylon and Thebes an | Ninevoh Into the
dust" No rest for the flowers they fade.
No rest for the stars; they dta. No rest Tor
man, he must work, toll suffer and slave.
Now, for what have said all thls2 Just
to prepare you for the text. "Arise ye AMI
depart, for this Is not your rest" am GO