Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-06-12
AN I'LL EAST WIND.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE SAYS THAT GOD
CONTROLS IT.

CONTROLS IT.
He Acknowledges That 1t Takes Almighty
Grace to BE What We Should BE Under
the Chill East wind-The Uses of Trou-
BILE.
WASHINGTON, June In his dis
course today Rev. DR.. Talmage pointed
out the consultations which the religion
Of Christ extends TO all who are in trou-
BILE and specially to such as are in deep
misfortune or suffering from bereaye-
ment He chose as his text Exodus X,
l3. And the Lord brought an east
wind upon the land all that day and all
that night.
The reference here is not TO a cyclone,
but to the long continued blowing Of the
wind from an unhealthful quarter. The
north wind is bracing, the south wind
is relaxing, but the east wind is irritat-
ing and full Of threat Eighteen times
does the Bible speak against the cast
wind. Moses describes the thin ears
blasted by the east wind The psalmist
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'
winters, springs Of the worlds exist
ence the worst wind that ever blew Is
the east wind Now. if God would only
give US a climate Of perpetual nor west
er. how genial and kind and placid and
industrious Christians we would all be!
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 world
villainies, frauds, outragcs, suicides
and murders have been hatched out l
think if you should keep meteorologi-
cal 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 public NOR
ais which were under the north or west
wind. and that those were the worst
days for public morals which. were un-
der the east wind. The points Of the
COMPASS have more TO do with the
worlds morals and the church's ploty
than you have yet suspected. Rev. Dr.
Archibald Alexander, eminent for learn
ing and for conservation. when asked by
one Of his students at Princeton whether
he always had full assurance of faitn,
replied, eyes, except when the wind
blows from the east" Dr. Francia, dc
tator Of Paraguay, when the wind was
from the east, made oppressive enact
ments for the people, but when the
weather changed repented him OF the
cruelties, repealed the enactments and
was in good humor with all the world
Climatic Changes.
Before Iovertake the main thought OF
nv subject | want to tell Christian
people they ought to be observant OF
climatical changes. Be on your guard
when the wind blows from the east.
There are certain styles Of temptations
that you cannot endure under certain
STYLES of weather. When the wind blows
from the east, if you are OF a nervous
temperament, go not among exasperat-
ing people, try not to settle bad debts,
do not try 70 settle old disputes, do not
talk with a bigot on religion, do not &c
among those people who delight in say
ing irritating things, do not try to collect
funds for q charitable institution, dc
not try to answer an insulting letter. II
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 ad
NIT 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 disposition does mol
seem to be affected by changes in the at
mosphere. nine out Of ten are nightly
PLAYED upon by such influences I
christian mani under such circum
stances do not write hard things against
Yourself, do not get worried about youl
fuctuating experience. You are to re
member that the barometer IN your sou
Is only answering the barometer OF Tho
weather. Instead of sitting down anC
being discouraged and saying, Il an
not a Christian because | don't feel ex
hilarant, get up and look out OF thu
window and see the weather vane point
ing 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 demon
Of darkness horsed on the east wind
Awayr' However good and great yoT
may be in the Christian life, your sou
will never he Independent Of physica
condition. feel | am uttering mos
practical, useful truth here, one tina
NAV give relief to great many Chris
tians who are worried and desponden
at times
DR. Rush, a monarch in medicine
after curing hundreds Of cases OF menta
depression, himself fell sick and lost HI
religious hope. and he would not believ
his pastor when the pastor told hin
that his spiritual depression was only
consequence Of physical depression. An
drew Fuller, Thomas Scott, William
Cowper, Thomas Boston, David Brain
erd, Philip Melanchthon were might
men for Ciod, but all Of them illustra
tions Of the fact that a man S soul Is nc
independent Of his physical health A
eminent physician gave as his opinio
that no man ever died greatly trl
! umphant death whose disease was belo'