Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Consultations OF Religion for AL
Who Are in Trouble.
The Christians Faith Iiis suppo Even
Amid the Most Trying Ordeals--
All Affections Sent for
Purpose.

sermon before his Washington congrc-
CATION presented the consultations o. re-
ligion rs panncea for human troubles.
He took for his text:
And the Lord brought un east wind upon IN.
land all that day and all that night. -EXodn'
l., 10
The reference here Is not to q cy.
clone, but TO the long-continued blow
Ing OF the wind from an unhealthfuI
quarter. The north wind IL bracing,
the south wind Is relaxing, but the
EAST wind Is irritating and full Of
threat. Eighteen times does the Biblo
speak against the east wind. Moses
describes the thin ears blasted by the
east wind. Tho psallnist describes
the breaking Of the ships OF Tarshish
by the east wind. The locusts that
plagued Egypt were borne in on the
east wind. The gourd that sheltered
Jonah was shattered by the east
wind; and In all the 5000 summers
autumns, WATERS and sprngs OF the
worlds existence the worst wind that
over blew Is the east wind. Now, If
God would only give us II climate Of
perpetual norwestcr, how genial and
kind and plncid and industrious Chris
tians we would nll bel But 1t takes
almighty grace to be what we ought to
be under the east wind. Under the
shilling and wet wing Of the east
wind the most OF tho worlds
villlnnies, fraunds, Gutrages, suicides
Ind murders have been Matched ont
think II you should keep meteoro-
logical history OF tho days OF the year,
and put right beside 1t thS criminal
record OF the country, you would find
that those were the best days for pub
lio morals which were under the north
Or west wind, and that those wero the
worst days for public morals which
were undor tho east wind. Tho points
Of the compass have more to do with
the worlds morals and the church's
piety than you have yet suspected.
Rev. DR.. Archibald Alexander, cmi.
mont for learning and for consrcrn-
ton, when asked by one OF his stu
dents at Princeton whether no ways
Ind full assurance OF faith. ropicd:
"Yes, except when the wind blows
from tho enst." DIR. Francin, dictator
OF Paraguay, when tho wind was from
I'll east, made oppressive ouactments
for the people; but when the weather
changed, rcpcntcd him of tho cruel
ties repealed the ennctmenLs, and was
In good humor with all tho world.
before overtnltc the main Thought
Of my subject | want to tell Christian
people they ought To be obscrvnnt of
climatic changes. lie on your guard
t.,hn,, ,,inI AL,
There are certain styles Of temptai ION
that YOU can not endure under certain
styles Of weather. When the wind
blows from the east, il von arr IT u
nervous temperament, ga not anon
exaspernting people. try not to settle
bad debts, do not try To- settle ol dls-
pntcs, do not talk with birot un re.
llRi"u, do not go among those people
who delight IN saying irriDatt;l
things, do not trS To collect fun Is for
charitable institution, Ito nuC try t.
answer nm insulting letter. If these
things must lac done, do lhrn Wheu
the wind Is from the north, or the
south, or the west, but not whrn the
wind ~ from Tia" east
You say that men and women ought
not to hc 50 sensitive and nervous |
admit II, but am not talking about
what the world ought to be, am
talking about what the world is.
While there ARE persons whose diSpo-
hltlun does not S"cm to br affected hv
changes in the atmosphere, ninc ont OF
ten are NIGHTLY played upon 10y such
Influences o Christinn man. uudrr
IA ,,t,.. 4
things against Yourself de- not get
worried about your tlurlnating expert.
encr, You Hrc to rrm"mhrr that the
barometer in your soul is only an
hwcriuR tho barometer Of the
wca thrr. Instead of sitting down
and becoming discouraged aud
saying, II am not a Shris,
tiHn because duN't fyrl cNh,l-
nraun grt mp and lu,I> ont OF the
window aud see the weather vanr
pointing IN the wroug quarter, and
then say; Grt thee hrhind n,c. Satan,
thou prince Of the power ct the air;
get ont of my housr' get out ut my
heart thou demou Of darkness ho sd
ON the east wind, A1NayH However
good and great YOU may he il, the
Christian lite, Your stmt VIA uvy 81 hr
independent ot physical condition
feel ] an nttcrrnG a muSt practical,
useful TRUTH here, Que that may give
relies To II great many thrINtilus whu
ure worried and de,poudrut at times.
lr hush, Il monarch in medicine,
after curing hundreds of ruNc, uf ,hru-
tai Gcprc Ssion, himself tell stcli and
lost his religious hope, and he would
not hcItrve his pastor when the pastor
told h,m that his spiritual depression
was only u consequence of phN sient de-
precision. Andrew Fuller, Thomas
Scott, William Cowprr, Thnmas Kos.
tom David 5ra}ucrd, rhilip Melaurthou
were mighty mrn Tor dud, hut all If
them Illustrations Of &c fact that n
iuan@ Sou is not independent 81 his
phNSlcai health, ~ emtucut physician
gave rs his opinion that no man ever
died greatly triumphant death whose
disease was NcluN the diuphrnam
otarkhousc, tn" learned Christian
commentator, Says Ne does not think
"a Inn l1nVtl N a