The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-06-17
AN I'LL EAST WIND.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE SAYS THAT GOD
CONTROLS IT.

He Acknowledges That It Takes Almighty
Grace to Ee What We Should Ee Under
the Chill East Wind-The Uses of Trou-
BILE.
WASHINGTON, June Tn his dis
course today Rev. Dr.. Talmage pointed
out the consultations which the religion
of Christ extends to all who are III trou-
bic and specially to such as are in deep
misfortune Or suffering from bereave-
ment. He chose as his text Exodus x,
lS, "And the Lord brought an east
wind upon the land all that day and all
that night.
The reference here is not to cyclone,
but to the long continued blowing OF the
wind from an unhealthful quarter The
north wind is bracing the south wind
is relaxing, but the cast wind IS irrltat-
ing and full of threat. Eighteen times
does the Bible speak against the east
wind. Moses describes the thin ears
blasted by the cast wind. The psalmlst
describes the breaking of the ships OF
Tarshish by the east wind The locusts
that plagued Egypt were borne III OIL the
cast wind. The goIrd that sheltered
Jonah was shattered by the east wind,
and in all the 6, 900 summers, autunns.
winters, springs, of the worlds exist
ence the worst wind that ever blew is
the east wind. Now. if Gcd would only
give Us climate of perpetual nor west
or, how genial and kind and placid and
industrious Christians we would all be!
But it takes almighty grace to be what
we ought to be under the east wind.
Under the chilling and wet wing OF
the east wind the most Of the worlds
villainies, frauds, outragcs, suicides
and murders have been hatchcd out. l
think if you should keep a nctcorologl-
cal history of the days of the year and
put right beside it the criminal record
of the country you would find that
those were the best days for public NOR
ais which We're under the north or west
wind, and that those were the worst
days for public morals which We're un-
der the cast wind. The points Of the
COMPASS have more to do with the
worlds morals and the church's plcty
than you have yet suspected. Rev. DR.:
Archibald Alexander, eminent for learn
ing and for conservation, when asked by
one of his students at Princeton whether
he always had full assurance Of faith,
replied, eyes, except when the wind
blows from the east" Dr.. Francia, die
tator Of Paraguay, when the wind was
from the cast, made oppressive enact
,neuts for the people, but when the
weather changed repented him OF the
cruelties, repealed the c2actments and
was in good hunor with all the world.
Climatic Changes.
Before Iovcrtake the main thought OF
NV subject want to tell Christian
people they ought to be obServant Of
climatical changes. Be on your guard
when the wind blows from the cast.
There ars certain styles Of temptations
that you cannot endure under certain
STYLES Of weather When the wind blows
from the east, if you are OF nervous
temperament. 60 not among exasperat'
ing people, try not to settle bad debts,
do not Try to settle old disputes, do not
talk with eigpt on religion, do not 90
among those people who delight III say
ing irritating things. do not try to collect
funds for q charitable institution, do
not try 70 answer all insulting letter. II
these things must be done, do them
when the wind is from the north, or tho
south. OF the west, but not when the
wind is from the east.
You say that men and women ought
rot to be SO sensitive and nervous ad,
nit if. but I am rot talking about what
the world ought to Ee. l am talking
about what the world is. While there
a.e persons whose disposition does not
seess TO be affected by changes III the at
,nospheTe, nine out of ten are nightly
olayed upon by such influences. y
christian saanl under such circum-
stances do not write bard things against
yourseif, do not get worried about your
fuctuating experience. You are TO re-
.,e,nher that the barometer IN your soul
is only answering the barometer OF the
weather. Instead of sitting down and
being discouraged and saying, 4 am
not o Christian beeause l don't feel e1-
silarant," get up and look out of the
window and see the weather Eane point
sug in the wrong quarter, aud then say;
,.Get thee behind me, satan, thou prince
of the power of the air; get out OF my
house; get ont of my heart, thop demon