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THE COMMON PEOPLE.
REV. DIR. TALMAGE BREACHES UPON
q POPULAR SUBJECT.

Being Conspicuous The Gospel of Con.
tent--A Heavenly Elixir.
NEW YORK, July 21.--Rev. DR.. Tai
mage, who is still absent on his annual
midsummer tour, preaching and lecturing,
has prepared for today u sermon on "Plain
People" topic which viii appeal to a
very large majority of readers anywhere.
The text selected was Romans xvi, IA, Is,
"Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hcrmas,
Patrobas, Horines Philologus and Julia. F"
Matthew Henry, Albert Barnes, Adam
Clark, Thomas Scott and all the common
tators pass by these verses without any es-
pccial remGsk The otter 90 people mon
toned in the chapter were distinguished
for something and were therefore discussed
by the illustrious expositoTs, but nothing
Is said about Asyncritus, Phlcgon, Her
mas, Patrobas, Hcrmes, Philologus and
Julia Where vero they born? No one
knows Where did they die? There is no
record of their dccca=e. For what wcro
they Distinguished? Absolutely for moth
Ing, or the trait of character would have
been brought out by the apostle. If they
had been very intrepid or opulent or hir-
suite or musical of cadcncc or Grass OF style
or in anywiso anomSiouS, that feature
would have been caught by the apostolic
camera. But they We're good people, be
cause Paul sent to them his high Christian
regards They wero ordinary people, moy-
ing in ordinary sphere, attending 10 ordi-
nary duty and meeting ordinary RESPONSE
bilities.
Tor Ordinary PPcDic,
What the world wants is religion for
ordinary people If there be in the United
States G5. 900, coo people, there are certain
" not more tnnn l,OO0, O3G extraordinary,
and then there are G4UOO,0U ordinary,
md we do we'll to turn Our backs for lit
tie while upon the distinguished and con
epicuous people OF the Lihio and consider
in our text the seven ordinary. We spend
too much of our time ia twisting garlauG5
Tor romaEkablos and building thrones for
maqnates and sculptuIing warriors and
apotheosiziag philanthropists. The rank
and file Of the Lord 5 soldicry need especial
help.
Tho vast majority OF people to whom
ellis sermon comes will never lend an army,
viii never write a state constitution, viii
never uleCtrify Il senate, Will nCyCr make
an important invention, Will never intro
duco new philosophy. will never dcoidc
the fate Oh q nutiou. You uouot expect TO-.
You 90 not want TO- You will not ho u
Moses e. Load IL nation out of bondage.
You viii not be n JCslua to prCiGE- tho
daylight until you can si,dU five king in
n cavern. You Will not he II It. john to
unroll an Apocalypse You Will Iu, lo II
Paul to preside over an apostolic college.
You will not be a Mary II mothcra Christ
You will more probably be Asynciitu, or
Phlegon or Hcrmas or Patrobas or !iarnvs
or PhilOl0gus or julia.
Many OF you arc women at the head Of
households This morning you launched
the family for sabbath observance. Your
brain decided the apparel, and your jGdg-
mcnt was final on all questions Of personal
attire. Every morning you plan for the
day The culinary department OF your
household is in your dominion. You de-
eide all questions of diet. All the sanitary
regulations Of your house are under your
supervision To regulate the food, and
the apparel, and the habits, and decide the
thousand questions of home life IS "a tax
upon brain and nerve and general health
absolutely appalling, if there be no divine
alienation.
1t does not help you much to be told
that Elizabeth Fry did wonderful things
amid the criminals Of Newgatc. 1t does
not help you much to be told that Mrs.
Judson was very brave among the Borne
sian cannibalS. 1t does not help you much
TO be told that Florence Nightingale was
very kind to the wounded in the CrimCa.
1t would be better for mo tell you that the
divine friond Of Mary and Martha is your
friend, and that he sees all the annOyanCCs
and disappOintmcnts and abrasions and
exasperatiuns Of an ordinary hOusrkccpCr
from morn till night, and from the first
day of the year to Tho last day Of the year,
and at your call he is ready with help and
Reinforcement
A Great Battle.
They who provide the food Of the world
decide the health Of the world. One Of the
greatest battles of this century was lost
because the commander hat morning had
fit of Indigestion You have only to g
on some errand amid the taverns and the
hotels of tho United States and Great Brit
ain to appreciate the fact that a vast null
titude of the human race are slaughtered
by incompetent cookery. Though young
woman may have taIon lessons in music
and may have taken lessons in painting and
lessons in astronomy, she is not well odu-
Gated unless she has taken lessons In
dough They who decide the apparel of
the world and the food Of the world decide
the endurance Of the world.
An unthinking man may consider it q
matter OF little importance-the cares OF
the household and the economies OF domcs
tic lifo--but l tell you the earth is strcwn
with the martyrs OF kitchen and nursery
The health shattered wOmanhood of Amer
lea cries out for God who can help ordi-
nary women in the ordinary duties OF
housekeeping. The wearing, grinding
unapprecatcd worl; goes on, but the salnt
Christ who stood on the bank of Galilce in
the early morning and Eindled the fire and
had the fish already cleaned and broiling
when the sportsncn stepped ashore chilled
md hungry will help every woman tc
prepare breakfast whether by her owl
hand or the hand of her hired help,
The God who made indcstructible eulogy
Of Hannah who made coat for Samuel
her son, and carried it to the temple every
year, will help every woman in preparing
the family wardrobe. The Sod who open,
the Bible with the story Of Abraham 5 On
tertainmcnt Of the three angels on TIE
plains Of Mamrc viii help every woman t,
provide hospitality, however rare and en-
harrassug. II is high time that some o
the attention we have been giving to In,
remarkable women Of the Bible remark
able for their virtue or their want OF it, OF
remarkable for their deeds, Deborah ant
JezeDel and Herodlas and Athalish ant
Dorcas and the Marys, excellent or aban
uoned--it is high time some Of the alton