The morning times., 1896-05-18
FORGIVE BEFORE SUNSET
Dr.. Talmage breaches. Against
Personal AnimOSitieS.
NECESSARY FOR A CHRISTIAN
Is Sublime and Spite Is
Foolish, He Says-''Let Not the sun
Go Down Your Notwithstanding
of Wrath Brings Nothing But Bit
terness-Alternati Brings JOY.

Rev T. De Witt Talmage preached yester-
day morning on the subject, Forgiveness
before sundown." His text was Ephes-
ians, iv:26-"Let not the sun go down
upon your wrath
Dr. Talmage spoke in part as follows:
What a pillow, embroidered of all oolors,
bath the dying day.
The cradle OF clouds from which the sun
rises is beautiful enough, but ii is surpassed
by the many-Coored mausoleum in which,
at evening, it is buried. Sunset among
the moun tains! 1t almost takes ones
breath away to recall the scene. The long
shadowS stretching over the plain make
the glory of the departing light on the tip
top Crags, and struck asianl through the
foliage the more tTansplcuous.
saffron and golu, purple and crimson
conniingled All the CASTLES of clouds in
Conflagration. Burning Moscows ON the
Sky. Hanging gardens OF roses at their
deepest blush. Banners of vapOr, red as II
from carnage in the battle OF the elements.
The hunter among the Adirondacks and
the Swiss yillagcr among the Alps know
what is a sunset among the mountains.
a SUBLIME Duty.
Sublime and all-suggestive duty for re0-
pie tlIen and people now! Forgiveness
before sundown! He WHO never feels the
throb of indignation is in!bece He
who can walk among the injustices of the
world inflicted upon himself and others
without flush OF cheek or flash of eye or
agitation of nature, is either in sympathy
with wrong or senm-idiotic.
When Auanias, the high priest, ordered
the cOnstables of the court room to smite
Paul on the mouth, Paul fired up and said
God shall smite thee, thoa whted wall"
In the sentence Immediately before my
fny nj nd 1, EraIan DO
We angry and sin not 1t all depends
on what you are ma | at and how long the
feeling lasts, whether anger is right or
wrong. Life is fun OF eXaSperations. Saul
after David, Succoth after Gideon, Korah
after Moses, the PaSquinS after Augustus,
the Pharisees after Christ, and every one
has had his pursuers, and we are all
swindled, or belled, or misrepreSented, or
| prosecuted, or in some way wronged, and
the danger is that healthful Indignation shall
| become baleful spite, ana that our feelings
| settle down into prolonged outpourng of
| temper displeasing to God and ruinnus TO
| ourselves, aud hence the important in
| junction of the text Let not the sun
| go down upon your wrath''
Other things being equal, the man who
| preserves good temper Will come out
| ahead. An old author says that the ccle-
| brated John Henderson, Of Bristol, Eng
| land, was at dining party where political
I excitement ran high and the debate got
| angry, and while Henderson was speaking,
| his opponent, unable TO answer his argu-
ment, dashed a glass OF wine in his face,
when the speaker deliberately wiped the
| liquid from his face and said:
GRACE OF GOD ONLY.
"This, sir, is a depression; now, if you
| please, for the main argument" While
| worldly philosophy could help but very few
| TO such equipoisc OF spirit the grace of 6 od
| could help any man to such triumph. I'm
| possible" you say; Il would have either
| left the table in anger or have Knocked the
| man down."
But have come to believe thatnothing is
| impossible If q Od help, since what L SAW at
Bethshan faith cure, in London, Eng, a few
summers ago. While the religious service
was going on, Rev. DR.. Boardman, glorious
man, since gone to his heavenly rest, was
telling the scores OF sick people present that
Christ was there us of old to heal all dis
eases, and that, if they would only believe,
their sickness would depart.
Aye, you viii not postpone till Sundown
| forgiveness Of enemies if you can realize
that their behavior toward you may be put
into the catalogue of the 'all things" that
work together for good to those that love
God" / have had multitudes Of friends,
but have found in my experience that God
soarrangedit thatthe atestopportunities
Ol lndt lhNC Jtth OPNhth JoIOit
me were opened by enemies.
And when, years ago, they conspired
against me, that opened all ChriStendom &c
me as field in which to preach the Gospel
So you may harness your antagonists IL
your best interests and compel them to dra "
you on 10 better work and higher character
Suppose. instead Of waiting until eleven
minutes past seven O'Clock this evening
when the sun will set, you transact THU
glorious work offorgiveness before meridian
MUST FIRST FORGIVE.
Why not put a bound to your animosity.
Why let your foes come into the sanctitie!
of your dOrmitory? Why let those slander
ers who have already torn your reputation
to pieces or injured your business, benz
over your midnight pillow and drive from
you one of the greatest blessings that Got
can offer-sweet, refreshing, all-ipvigor
ating sleep.
Why not fence out your enemies By tht
golden bars of the sunset? Why not stant
behind the barricade Of evening cloud, ant
say TO them: THUS far and no farther
Many man and many woman is having
the health of body as well as the health o
soul eaten away by a malevolent spirit
l have in time of religious awakening hat
persons night after night come into th
inquiry room and get no peace of soul
After while l have bluntly asked them
lis there not some one against whom yol
have hatred that you are not willing tC
give up?" After a little confusion the,
have slightly whispered, Yes" Then
have said: ''You will ever find peace witt
God as long as you retain that virulepce.'
A gain: We ought not TO allow the sur
to set before forgiveness takes place, be
cause we might not live to see another da V
And what if we should be ushered into th,
presence of our Maker with grudge upol
our soul? The majority of people de
part this life in the night. Between 1
O'Clock y. III. and 3 O'Clock a. m there i
something in the atmosphere which re
lakes the grip which the body has On tn
soul, and most people enter the mex
world through the shadows of this worlG
, Perhaps God may have arranged 1t in tina
way so as to make the contrast the NOR
glorious.
DARKNESS INTO LIGHT.
] have seen sunshiny days in this worl
that must have been almost like the rad
, ance of heaven. But as most peopl
leave the earth between sundown ant
sunrise, they quit this world at its darkest
and heaven always bright, will be tn
brighter for that contrast. Out Of darl
, ness into irradiation.
But says some woman, there is
horrid creature who has SO injured me tha
rather than make up with her ] woul
i die first Well, sister, you may tax
your choice-fo one or the other it wi
\ | be-your complete pardon of her or God
eternal banishment Of you.
But" says some man, that fellOy
\ | who cheated me out of those goods, {
damaged my business credit or starte
] that lie about me in the newspapers, Or b