Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-09-10
REQ. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE NOTED DEVINE'S SrNDAy
SERMON
And when the child n

And when the child was grown. II
"a day that he went out to his fathar
!" the reapers. And he said unto his fathar
NY head. my head. And be said 70 a lsd
"a. AIRY MIN 70 his mother. And when he had
taken him and brought him to his mothar r',s h..
SAT on her knees till noon. and then died -
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Ihere is at least one happy home :, sh,i
oem. 10 the luxuriance and snIendo, ~ I
great house had been given the advent of o
cnllu. Even when the Angel of Life brings
new soui 20 the poor mans hut. star Of
!os snines over the manger. Infancy. with
us he'plessness and innocence. had passed
away. Days OF boyhood had comedians Of
1augnter and frolic, days of sunshine and
promise. days OF strange questions and
curiosity and quick development. I sunnosa
among all the treasures of the house Tho
1IiRntest was the boy. One day there is the
h snouI OF reapers heard afeld. A bows
ueart always bounds at the sound of sintla
Or scythe. No sooner have the barras,ars
:ut swain across the field than the lad,
lolLs them and the swathy reapers feel
young again as they look down at that
;ao' as young and beautiful as was Ruth
VI tne harvest fields of Bethlehem
sieanlnS after the reapers. But the sun
so;s "as 20 hot ior MN. Congestion of the brain
selzeo on him. [ see the swarthy laborers
a1op their slckles; and they rush out to see
what Is the matter, and they fan him and
they Try to cool his brow; but all is of no
avail In the instant of consciousness be
puts ms ms hands against his temples and cries
CUT Wy head! my head" And the father
, salu: carry him to his mother" just AS anv
lather would have said: for our hand is too
rouSh. and our voice is too harsh. and our
!oot Is too lond to doctor A. sick child If
there DC IN our home a Sentler voice an, a
Sehtler hand and stiller footstep. But all
d no avail. While the reapers of Sbnnem
were busy in the field, there came a stronger
reaper that way, with keener scythe and for
ricner harvest. He reaped only one sheaf
put Oh. what a golden sheaf was that, do
not want to know any more about that heart
breaking scene than what l see in lust this
one palmetto sentence: "He sat on her knees
tl.i noon, and then died. Though hundreds
Oh years have passed away since that bow
skipped to the harvest-neid and then 1pas
brought home and died on his mothers Ian,
.he story still thrills us. Indeed. childhood
nas a charm always and everywhere I shall
now speak to you of childhood; its beauty.
us susceptibility to IMPRESSION its power
over the parental heart. and its biissful
transition from earth to heaven.
Inc chlld's beauty does not depend upon
!orm or feature or complexion or annarel
mat destitute one that YOU saw on the
3treet, bruised with unkindness and in rags.
aas charm about her, even under her -
Itutlon. You hava.er; or 1tncly cut feat}any
persons whom youosture and with faultiilnees
and with erect pvou will always remeaMa6ss eaMa6ss
Joer the poor girl who, on cold. moonlight
Wight. as you were passing late home, in her
thin shawl and barefoot on the pavement,
put out her hand and said: "Please to give
me penny" Ah! how often we have
walked on and said: "Oh; that is nothing
but street vagabondism;" but after we got
block or two on. we stopped and said: "Ah,
ALoA
same way and dropped mite into that suf-
ferin2 hand. as though it were not a matter
o1second thought, so ashamed were we of
our hard heartedness. With what admira-
ion we all look upon group of children
on the play ground or in the school, and
| we clap our bands almost involun-
:arily. and say: GLOW beautiful" All
stiffness and dignity are gone, and
your shout is heard with theirs and
/ you trundle their hoop, and fly
| their kite. and strike their bali. and all your
WEAKNESS and anxiety are gone as when a
child you bounded over the playground
| yourself That father who stands rigid and
unsympathetic amid the sportfulness of chill
dren, ought never to have been tempted out
of crusty and unredeemable soItariness.
| Inc waters leap down the rocks. but they
nave not the graceful step of childhood.
The morning comes out of the gates of the
East, throwing its silver on the lake and its
Soiu oH tue tONeTS ana IT'S IRE on the clOuu
out 1t Is not so bright and beautiful as the
morning of life There is no light like tha,
which Is klndled in a chiId's eye, no color
IKE That which blooms on child's cheek
40 music like the sound of a chid's voice
Its lace In the poorest picture redeems any
mperfection in art. When we are weary
With toll, their little hands pull the burdens
on our back. Oh, what dull. stale, NEAR
world this would be without the sportful
less of children. When I find people tha,
10 not like children. Immediately doubt
heir moral and Christiani character. But
when the grace Of God comst upon child
low unspeakably attractiv4 When Samue
begins TO pray. and Timothy begins to reaC
he Scriptures, and Joseph shows himsel
nvuinerable to temptation-how beautiful
be scene. know that parents sometime
, yet nervous when their children become
)ious. because they have the idea that gooC
children always die The strange question:
tbout God and eternity and the dead, excit'
apprehension in the parental mind rathe
han conGratuatiOn. Indeed. there ar
'ome people that seem marked for heaven
lhls world Is too poor garden Tor them Z
I bloom in The hnes of heaven are in tn
petals. There is something about their fore
read that makes you think that the hand 0
Jhrlst has been on 1t, saying: Let this on
). .ome to Me. and let il come to Me soon
: While that one tarried in the house you tel
here was an angel in the room. and yo1
hought that every sickness would be tn
asst; and when. finally. the winds Of deat
lid scatter the leaves. you were no more SD!
,rised than 10 see star come out above tn
loud on a dark night; for you had ofte
aid 10 your companion; MY dear, "
, hall never raise that child But / scou
be idea that good children always die
iamuel the pious boy. became Sanut
/ he great prophet. Christian Timothy b
n ane minister az Epnesus. Young DAME
. oDsecrated 70 God, became prime ministe
4 all the realm. and there are il hundred
0 Il the schools and families Of this countr
|. o-day children who love God and keep n
Commandments. and who are - be eore.nos
: 'nonS the Christians and the philaathrs
( lists and the re-orTuers Of the next century
q he grace Of God never kills anyone
= hid will be more apt 10 grow up with p
: igion than il will be apt 70 grow ~ wl'hol
. : Length OF days i promised 10 the nigh
q Gus. The religion OF Christ ioes not crap,
r he ches, or curve tne spin. or weaken Il
.erveS There ara 10 Taia-ias floating {
rom the river q life. The religion otChri
9 hrows over the heart and lie Of child
d upernai beauty. Her ways are ways
a leasan,ness. and ali her paths are peace.
| pass on 20 consider the susceptibility
II hildhoot. Men pride themselves Oh the
. nchangeabihty. They Will Il axe an etabo
.r to argument 70 prove that they ,hiE
CIV jus. as they did twenty years ago. II