The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-06-19
HUMAN TROUBLES.
Rev. Dr.. Talmage Discourses on the
Consultations of Religion.
They Are sunclent to Support the Chris
tian Amid scenes of Trial and
Disaster Gods Hapd
In Thorn ALL

The following discourse by Rev. I.
Dewitt Talmage on 1.-THE Consultations
of Religion" was delivered before his
Washington congregation, being based
on the text:
And the Lord brought on east wind upon the
land all that day and oil that night.-Exodus
4, IS.
The reference here Is not to cy'
clone, but to the long-continued blow
ing of the wind from an unhealthful
quarter The north wind is bracing,
the south wind is relaxing, but the
east wind is irritating and full OF
threat. Eighteen times does the Bible
speak against the east wind. Moses
describes the thin ears blasted by the
east wind. The psalmist describes
the breaking of the ships OF Tarshlsh
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, winters and springs OF the
worlds existence the worst wind that
ever blew is the east wind. Now, II
God would only give us climate OF
perpetual nor'wester, how genial and
kind and placid and Industrious Chris
tians we would all bel 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
villianies, fraunds, outrages, suicides
and murders have been Matched out.
/ think if you should keep meteoro-
logical 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 pub
lie morals which were under the north
or west wind, and that those were the
worst days for public morals which
were under the east wind. The 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, emf
nent for learning and for consecra-
ton, when asked by one of his stu
dents at Princeton whether he always
had full assurance of faith, replied:
eyes, except when the wind blows
from the east" DIR. Francia, dictator
of Paraguay, when the wind was from
the east, made oppressive enactments
for the people; but when the weather
changed, repented 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ties, repealed the enactments, and was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 want to tell Christian
people they ought to be observant of
climatic changes. Be on your guard
when the wind blows from the east.
There are certain styles of temptation
that you can not endure under certain
styles of weather. When the wind
blows from the east. if you are of
nervous temperament, go not among
exasperating people, try not to settle
bad debts, do not try to settle old dis
putes, do not talk with bigot on re-
ligion, do not go among those people
who delight in saying irritating
things, do not try to collect funds for
a charitable institution, do not try to
answer an insulting letter. If 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. !
admit it, but / am not talking about
what the world ought to be; l am
talking about what the world Is.
While there are persons whose dispo-
sition does not seem to be affected by
ten are nightly played upon by such
influences. o Christian mani under
such circumstances do not write hard
things against yourself, do not gel
worried about your auctuating expert
ence. You are to remember that the
barometer in your soul Is only an
swering the barometer of the
wea Their. Instead of sitting dowI
and becoming discouraged ant
saying, 81 am not Chris
tian because 1 don't feel exhil
arant." get up and look out of thu
window and see the weather van'
pointing in the wrong quarter, ant
then say: "Get thee behind me, Satan
thou prince of the power of the air
get out of my housed get out OF M
heart, thou demon Of darkness horset
on the east wind Awayw Howeve
good and great you may be in tn
Christian life, your soul will never b
independent of physical condition.
feel 1 am uttering most practical
useful truth here, one that may Civ
relief to great many Christians VIII
are worried and respondent at times
DR.. Rush, monarch in medicine
after curing hundreds of cases of mer