The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-06-26
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE NOTED DTviNHs SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
subIeet' can III East wiud''

from an unhealihul quarter The north
wind q lraelng. The south wind % relaxing,
but the east wind % irritating and fan oi
threat Eighteen times does the Bible sneak
against the east wind. Moses describes tho
thin fnrs blasted hy The east wind. Tho
psalmlal Describes the breaking ~ the shirs
81 Tauhlsh bv the east wind. The loeus'a
that plorued EgyOi were born I'm on the east
wind. The gourd That sheltered Jonah WIS
shattered by tho east wind. and IN all the
GOO summers, autumns winters springs OF
the worlds existence thu worst wind thar
ever blew Is the east wind Now. II God
would only give us climate OF perpetual
nor'wester, how genial and kind aud placid
and industrious Christians we would an bel
But u takes almighty grace 20 DO what we
ought 10 be under the east wind.
Under the chilling ard wet wing n tho
east wind tine most ~ the worlds vlllalnies.
frauds, ouiruges. suicides aud murders have
been hatched out. I think 40 you should
keep q meteorological history Of the daAs OF
the year and put right beside II the criminal
record Of the country you would find that
those were the host days for public morals
which were under the north on west wind.
and that those we're the worst days for pub
lie morals which were under the east wind.
The points oftha compass have more 70 40
with the worlds morals and the chureh's
y
Archibald Alexander eminent for learning
and for conservation. when asked by one OF
bis students at Princeton whether he always
had full assurance Of faith. replied. s'Yes.
EXCEPT when the wind blows from toe east"
Dr. FraGcia. dictator Of Paraguay. when the
wind was from the east. made oppressive en-
ae;ments for the people. but when the
weather changed repenied him OF the cruel
ties. repealed the enactments and was In
good humor with all the world.
Before ! overtake the main thought Of my
subject / wani 10 tell Christirn people they
ought 20 bs observGnt Of cimaiical changes.
BE on your guard when the wind blows from
the east. There are certain styles 81 tempta-
lions that you cannot endure under certain
styles Of weather When the wind blows
from the east. II you are Of nervous tenn
permanent. so not among exasperating people,
try not to settle bad debts. do not try 70
settle old disputes, 40 not talk with a bigot
on religion, do not co among those people
who delight IN saying irritating things, do
not try 10 collect funds for a charitable
institution. do not try 10 answer an insulting
letter. il these things must be done, do them
when the wind Is from the north or the
south. or the west, but not when the wind Is
from the east.
You say that men and women ought not to
be so sensitive and nervous I admit It, but
l am not talking about what the world ought
TO BIZ. am talking about what the worlds.
While there are persons whose disposition
does not seem to be affected by changes in
the atmosphere. nine ont OF ten are nightly
played upon by suchinhupnces. OChristian
man under such circumstances do not write
hard things against yourself, do not get wor-
ried about your fuctuating experience. You
are 70 reminder that the barometer In your
soul is only answering the barometer of the
weather Instead Of sitting down and being
discouraged and saying, II am not n Chris
tian because / don't feel exhilarant," get up
and look ont OF the window and see the
weather vane pointing In the wrong quarter,
and then say; Get thee behind me, satan.
thou prince of the power of the air, get out
OF my house; get out OF my heart thou de-
mon Of darkness horsad on the east wind.
! Away However good and great you may
| be in the Christian life. your soul will never
he independent of physical condition.
| feel am uttering a most practical, useful
| truth here. one that may give reliefto a great
| many Christians who are worried and de-
| spOndent at times.
DR.. Rush a monarch in medicine. after
| curing hundreds Of cases of mental depres-
| sion. himself fell sick and lost his religious
| hope and ne would not believe his pastor
| when the pastor told him that his spiritual
| depression was only consequence OF physi-
cal depression. Andrew Fuller, Thomas
Scott, William Cowper, Thomas Boston,
David Brainerd, Philip Melanchthon were
mighty men for God but all Of them illus
trations Of the fact that a mans soul is not
independent Of his physical health. An emil
nent physician gave rs his opinion that no
man ever died a great triumphant death
whose disease was below the diaphragm.
| Stackhouse, the learned Christian common
tor, says he does not think Saul was insane
when David played the harp before him. but
it was q hypochonGrla coming from infam-
nation Of the liver. Oh, how many good
people have been mistaken in regard to their
religious hope, not taking these things into
consideration
The dean of Carlisle, one Of the best men
that ever lived, and one Of the most useful
sat down and wrote: Though have en-,
deayored to discharge my duty as we'll as
could. yet sadness and melancholy OF hear
stick close by and increase upon me. tel
nobody, but l am very much sunk indeed
and wish / could have the relief ofweepinG
as used to. My days are exceedingly darl
and distressing. In word, Almighty Goo
seems to hide His face, and intrust the 80
cret hardly to any earthly being l know
not what will become Of me. There Is doubt
less a good deal of bodily affection mingled
with this, but II is not all so. bless God
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and though | should die without seeing an!
personal interest In the Redeemers merits,
hope that shall be found at His feet. will
thank you for word at your leisure. Nj.
door is bolted at the time / am writing this
for am full of fears"
What was the matter with the dean OF Car
lisleg Had he got to be worse mann No
The physician said that the state of his pulls
would not warrant his living a minute Oh
if the east wind affects the spleen, and affect
the lungs, and affects the liver. it will affec
your immortal soul. Appealing to God 70
kelp brace yourself against these witherin
blasts and destroying influences, lest tina
which the psalmist said broke the ships c
Tarshish shipwreck you.
But notice in my text that the Lord cor
trols the east wind THE Lord brought tn
east wind" He brings It for especial pui
pose; It must sometimes blow from thf
quarter. The east wind Is just as importaI
as the north wind, or the south wind. or tn
west wind. but not SO pleasant. Trial mus
come The text does not say you wi
escape the cutting blast. Whoever did escaI
! it? Especially who that accomplished an.
thing for church or state ever escaped III
/ NJ. A. I