The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-07-25
REV. DR. TALMAGE.
sundays DISCOURSE BY THE
NOTED DiViSK.
Subjec; Pisin People"

tors pass Nv thesn verses with 1ui any esoe hi
remark. The othrrtwenty people mentionIi
in the chapter were distinguished fO- sonb-
thing and were therefore discussed by the
iilustrious expositors, but nothing is sdd
about Asyncri;us. Phegon. Hsrmas. PATIO
has. Hernes, Philologus and Julia. Whfc
were they born? No one knows. Where ID
they diey There il no record OF their deceaie
For what were they distingushed2 Abp-
lutely Tor NOTHING. or the trait of character
would have been brought out by the apostle.
IL they had been very intrepid or opulentbr
hit-ute or musical OF cadence or Grass of
style or in anywise anomalous. that fcattre
would have been caught by the apostolic
camera. Butthey were good people. because
Paul sent 10 them his high Christian regasls.
They were ordinary people. moving In oti-
nary sphere. attending to ordinary duty and
meeting ordinary responsibilities.
What the world wants H. u religion for
ordinary people II there be In the United
States $1,000. 90 people. there are certainly
not more than 900. 900 extraordinary, and
then there are 400 100 ordinary. and we do
we'll TO turn our backs for a little while upon
the distinguished aud conspicuous people OF
the Bible and consider in our text the seten
ordinary. We spend too much of our timc
in twisting garands for remarkables and
building thrones for magnates and sculptir-
ing warriors and apotheoszing philanlh-
| rOpists. The rank and file Of the Lords
soldery need especial help.
The vast majority Of people to whom this
| sermon comes will never lea an army, will
never write State constitution, will never
clectrify Senate, will never make an inn
| pOrtant invention, will never introduce
"a new philosophy, will never decide
the fate OF Nation. You 40 not ex-
| pect to you do not want TO. You will not
| be "A Moses to lead Nation out OF bondage.
| You will not be a Joshua to prolong the day
| light until you can shut Ave kings in cav
ern. You will not be- st. John TO unroll an
apocalypse. You will not be Paul to pre-
| side over an apostolic college. You will not
| be Mary TO mother Christ. You will more
! probably be Asyncritus or Phlegon or Her
mas or Patrobas or Hermes or Philologus or
| Julia.
Many of you arc women at tho head Of
households. This morning you launched the
| family for Sabbath observance. Your brain
decided the apparel. and your Judgment 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 decide all questions OF
| diet All the sanitary regulations OF your
! house are under your supervision. To regu-
| late the food. and the apparel. and the habits
| and decide the thousand questions of home
life Is tax upon your brain and nerve and
| general health absolutely appalling II there
| be no divine alleviation.
IL does not help you much TO be told that
Elizabeth Fry did wonderful things mid the
criminals Of Newgate. II does not help you
much to be told that Mrs. Judson was very
| brave among the Bornesian cannibals IL
does not help you much to be told that Flor
cnce Nightingale was very kind to the
wounded in the Crimea. II would be better
| for me TO tell you that the Divine Friend OF
Mary and Martha Is your friend and that He
sees all the annoyances and disappointments
and abrasions and exasperations OF an ordin-
ls.ss r.. ...-l.a
and from the first day OF the year to the last
day OF the year and at your call He is ready
| with help and re-enforcements.
| They who provide the food OF the world
decide the health Of the world. One OF the
| greatest battles OF this century was lost be-
cause the commander that morning had a ft
| of indigestion. You have only to 90 ON some
errand amid the taverns ana the hotels OF
| United States and Great Britain to appre-
ciate the fact that vast multitude of the
human race are slaughtered by incompetent
cookery. Though young woman may have
! taken lessons In music and may have taken
| lessons in painting aud lessons in astronomy,
she is not well educated unless she has taken
lessons in dough. They who decide the ap-
parel Of the world and the fool Of the world
| decide the endurance OF the world.
An unthinking man may consider II n mat
ter OF little importance--the cares OF the
| household and the economies of domestic life
| --nut tel you tnt tHrtu Is StreWn WIN tnt
martyrs OF kitche and nursery. The health
shattered womanhood of America cries out
for u God who can help ordinary women In
the ordinary duties OF housekeeping. The
wearing grinding, unappreciated work goes
on, but the same Christ who stood ON the
bank OF Galilee In the early morning and
kindled the fire and had the fish already
cleaned and broiling when the sportsmer
stepped ashore, chilled and hungry. will helI
svery woman to prepare breakfast whether
by her own hand or the hand of her hired
help.
The God who made indestructible eulogy
OF Hannah, who made a coat for Samuel
her son, and carried 1t to the temple every
year. will help every woman in preparing tn,
family wardrobe. The God who opens the
Bible with the story Of Abraham's entertain.
ment of the three angels on the plains o.
Mamre will help every woman to provid,
hospitality, however rare and embarrassing
II IL high time that some Of the attention W.
have been giving TO the remarkable womef
OF the Bible-remarkable for their virtue o
want of IL or remarkable for their deeds
Deborah and Jezebel and Heroiia and Atha.
liah and Dorcas and the Marys. excellent ant
abandoned--it is high time some of the at
tention we have been giving TO these con
spicuous women of the Bible be given I,
Julia OF the text, an ordinary woman ami,
ordinary circumstances, attending to ordi
nary duties and meeting ordinary response
bilities.
Then there are the ordinary business men
They need divine and Christran help
When we begin to talk about business life
we shoot right of and talk about men VIII
did business ON large scale, and who sol,
millions Of dollars of goods a year, but tn
vast majority OF business men do not sell
million dollars OF goods. nor half n million
nor quarter Of a million, nor the eight
part OF IA million. Put all the business mel
of our cities, towns, villages and neighbor
hoods side by side, and you will find tina
they sell less than 100000 worth OF goods
All these men in ordinary business life wan
divine help. You see how the wrinkles ar
printing on the countenance the story @
worrimcnt and care. You cannot tell ho'
old business man Is by looking at hin
Gray hairs mt thirty. man ut forty-hy
with the stoop OF a nonogennrian. No tim
TO attend to improved dentistry, the grinder
cease because they are few. Actually dyin
OF old age at forty or fifty when they ough
to be at the meridian.
Many Of these business men have bodie
like IA neglected clock TO which you com,
and you wind it up, and II begins to bu2
and roar aud then the hands start aroun
very rapidly, and then the clock strikes fly