Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-11-28
THE SON OF DAVID.
ksv. Or. TALMAeE BREACHES A SER
MON TO YOUNG MEN.
Love OF ofaoms-Indust-Ious Eabits-A High
Ideal Of Lifs-Rsspect For the Sabbath.
The chrsstIaa RsIision-A Turning Point.

Love OF of2ome-Induatrlous BeDita-A niEn
Ideal Of Lifs-Rsspeet For the sabbath.
The Christina RsIision-A Turning Point.
wAsHrxeToS, Nov. a4.-In his sermon
today Pew. d.. Talmage, preaching to the
usual crowded audience. took up a subject
o. universal interest to young men. His
text was selected from ii Samuel xviii, 80,
"Is tho young man Ahsalom safe:"
The heart of David, tho father, was
trapped up In his boy Absalom. He was
q splendid boy, judged by tho rules OF
worldly criticism. From tho crown Of his
head to the sole Of his foot thcro was not
single blemish. Tho Bible says that he
had such luxuriant shock Of hair that
when once year it was shorn what was
sut Of weighed over three pounds. But,
notwithstanding all his brilliancy Of ap-
pearance he was bad boy and broke his
fathers heart. He was plotting to get the
throne of Israel. He had marshaled an
army to overthrow his fathers govern
ment. The day Of battle had come. The
conflict was begun. David, the father, sat
between the gates Of the palace waiting
for the tidings Of the conflict. oh, how
rapidly his heart beat with emotion! Two
great questions were to be decided-the
safety Of his hoy and the continuance Of
the throne of Israel After awhile serv-
ant, standing on the top OF the house,
looks off and sees some one running. He
is coming with great speed, and the man
on top of the house announces the coming
of the messenger, and the lather watches
and waitss, end az soon as the messenger
4 AL - in hofI l.
Ing distance the father cries out.
Is 1t o question in regard to the estab-
lishment of his thronep Does he say:
''Hnve the armies of Israel been victoriousH
Am / to continue in my imperial author
| ityP Have l overthrown my enemiesP'
| Oh, mol There is one question that
springs from his heart to tho lip and
springs from the lip into the ear of the be-
sweated and bedusted messenger flying
from tho battle1eld-tho question, "Is the
young man Absalom safer" When 1t was
told to David, the king, that, though his
armies had been victorious, his son had
| been slain, the father turned his back up
on tho congratulations Of the nation and
| went up tho stairs Of his palace, his heart
breaking as hc went, wringing his hands
| sometimes and then again pressing them
against his temples as though he would
press them in, crying: 80 Absalom, my
son, my sonl Would God ! had died for
thee, o Ab-llom, my sen, fly sonp'
- 10 Absais4 ssafef -
My friends, the question which David,
the king asked in regard to his son Is the
question that resounds today In the hearts
of hundreds of parents. Yea, there are q
great multitude of young men who know
that the question of the text is appropriate
| when asked in regard to them. They
know the temptations by which they are
surrounded; they SEQ so many who started
life with as good resolutions as they have
who have fallen in the path, and they are
ready to hear me ask the question Of my
text, SIS tho young man Absalom safes'
| The fact Is that this life Is full of peril.
He who undertakes 1t without the grace Of
God and a proper understanding Of the
| conflict into which he Is going must GER
| tainly be defeated. Just look off upon So
ciety today. Look at the shipwreck Of
men for whom fair things were promised,
and who started life with every advantage.
Look at those who have dropped from
high social position, and from great for
tune, dlsgraced for time, disgraced for
eternity. AL who sacrifice their integrity
| como to overthrow. Take q dishonest
dollar and bury it In the center Of the
earth and keep all the rocks Of the noun
tain on top of 1t; then cover these rocks
| with all the diamonds Of Golconda, and
all the silver of Nevada, and all the gold
| of California and Australia, and put on
| top of these all banking and moneyed in.
| stitutions and they cannot keep down
| that one dishonest dollar. That one dis
| honest dollar in the center Of the earth
| will begin to heave and rock and upturn
itself until it comes to the resurrection Of
| damnation. GAS the partridge sitteth on
| eggs and hatcheth them not, so he that
getteth riches, and not by right, shall
leave them in the midst of his days, and
at his end shall be fool"
A Safeguard.
Now, what are the safeguards Of young
men9 The first safeguard of which want
| to speak is love Of home There are
| those who have no idea of the pleasures
that concentrate around that word
"home" Perhaps your early abode was
shadowed with vice or poverty. Harsh
words and petulanoe and scowling may
have destroyed all the sanctity of that
spot. Love, kindness and self sacrifice,
which have built their altars in so many
abodes, were strangers in your fathers
house. God pity you, young man. You
never had home. But multitude il
this audience can look back to spot that
they can never forget. 1t may have been g
lowly roof, but you cannot think of it now
without dash Of emotion. You have seer
nothing on earth that so stirred your soul
A stranger passing along that place might
see nothing remarkable about it, but oh
how much it means to you. Fresco OF
palace wall does not mean SO much to yor
as those rough hewn rafters. Parks an(
bowers and trees at fashionable watering
place or country seat do not mean so mucl
to you as that brook that ran in front O.
tho plain farmhouse and singing undel
the weeping willows. The barred gateway
swung open by porter in full dress doe
not mean as much to you as that swing
gate, your sister on one side of 1t and yoJ
on the other. She gone Is years ago intt
gloryl That scene coming back to you to
day as you swept backward and forward
on the gate, singing the songs Of you
childhood. But there are those here wht
have their second dwelling place. 1t ii
your adopted home. That also Is sacret
for ever. There you established the frs
family altar. There your children wer'
born. In that room tapped the wing O
the death angel. Under that roof, wher
your work is done, you expect to lie dowI
and die. There is only one word in all th'
language that can convey your idea of tina
place, and that word is ''home."
Now, let me say that never knew ;
man who was faithful to his early ant
adopted home who was given over at tn
same time to any gross form of wicked
ness. II you find mora eninvment in TIN