The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
The Eminent Divint's Sermon Dec
livered In Washington.
Subject: "Divine Chirography."


church, and told by some architects that the
voice would moi be heard in building shaped
like that proposes | came in much anxiety
to this city AMI consulted with Prof. Joseph
Henry, OF the Smithsonian Institution, about
the law OF acoustics. H. said: 60 ahead
aud build Your church in the shape pro-
posed, and | think 1t will be all right. l
have studied the laws OF sound perhaps more
than any man ii my time, and have come
So far rs this: Two auditOrIums may seem to
be exactly alike, AMI in one the acoustics
may be good AMI IL the other bad. In the
same unsatisfactory stage is chlrOGraphT,
+ although many declare they have reduced it
to Il science. There arc those who say they
can real character by handwriting. 1t i
said that the way one writes the letter ~
decides his ego;iSm or mOteSty, and the way
one writes the letter 80" decides the height
and depth OF his emotions. 1t is declared b
cran,rrI hand m"anSt cramOed nature, and
an easy. ttoNIng hand Il faelta and liberal
spirit; hut ii there be anything in this science
there must bt some rules not yet announced,
for some OF tho DOIl!est and most aggressive
men have a delicate and small penman ship.
while some Of the most timii sign their
names with the height and width and scope
Of the name Of John Hancock on the immDr-
tai document. But WAlle the chirogra nh Y
OF the carth is uncer,ain, our blessed Lord
in our text presents the rhirO GraDhy ceieS-
, tI@'. Nhor al trH~5tnS the seventy tNSctp'eS
stahh'hT peiote ann, tie si'!": 'it"joice pc
cau,e your names are written IN heaven.
or course. the Bible, for tna most par,
when speaklu; OF the heavenly world, speak
hGurauVeiv while talking about books an /
about trumpet', an about wings and abOuc
Ea'eS anu ahput "oi zen p1VemensS ana apoH-
ofchaFoS WAN tWe'Fe crops Oh tr"'t-1n"
crop each month-an anout the wnite
not5eS OF heaven caF"Iry; but We 90 We'l 10
$t,,SD 4
Ioio" "lI' 'HF9e LIS Pi''i7 "ua IFa ,
from them courage an sublime eipectatio"
anu cohSo!itiloh and victory. we are tO.u
'naN IN the heavenly '"rtfy thefe IS BOOB
OF Lie. Hefn"HC tner' are many volumes IN
IL. "iieh We SAY d p'oN, we lntau ;tii "rit-
zen ny ihe a"thor on til'tl 'u2jecS. c;ihHot
tell now large those heavenly volumes ar.
nor me ShifhlPr OF 'he'r p'hdlhS, nor t"''
number OF tnelF PAGES, no. whether tHeE are
plctotIallzeu VITA some eNciIn; scenes OF t:jt
word. ohiE Nh'' thiit tne WorEs EaV' Il =
been impressed by type. out written "ttt t.
come hahd. ana that all those Who. like the
/ seventy dl7t'nie7 10 VINO u tde text W.
spoken, repent anu trust the Lora tor their
e'tIhal saiFal'oh, surely nave thelr names
written III heaven. 1t may rot be the same
name that We carried on earth. We may,
through th3 lhcOhSderateneSe or parents,
nave Il name 1hdt IS uhcouth, or thlt WAS
atefWafd dlShCnoTed by one after whom We
were called. 90 not know that the seventy
entrances OF the names OF the seventy dis
clpleS correspond with the record III t."
genealogical table. 1t may not be the name
oy when we We're calied on earth, but Ii Will
De Inc name by winch heaven will Know Us,
an we VIII nave 1t announced to us as W..
pass IN, and we will know it 50 certainly that
we VII! not have to be called twice by it. a
IN the Blote times the Lord called some pen-
PIE tWlce by nam: saul! Saul! samuel.
samuel: Mart ha! Martial"
IN examination OF your name in the
heavenly archives, If you findi thera at
al, you Will find it written with a bold han l..
YOU nave seen many signature that be:Iu~.
OF sickness or Old age had trenor in it. vt
II was as bold as the man who wrote it.
many an oruer written on the battlefield aud
anna the thunder OF the cannonaie has hal
evidence or excitement i'll every word and
every letter and IN the speed with which it
was 1oided and handed to the officer as he
Put MS loot IN the swift stirrups, and yet
tnA commander, Notwithstanding his trem-
pllng han1. gives boldness OF order that
SHOWS ltself IN every word written. You do
not hteu 10 Dc tolu tnat a trembling hand
does not always mean coWardly hand. 1t
was with very trembling hand Charles
Carroil, OF CaffoiltOn, slgnei his name to
the DECLARATION OF American independence,
Dut no siSner had more courage and when
SONS one salu, Ih"fe are many Charles
Carrolls, ana 1t will not be known which one
II ls' ne resumed the pen and wrote Charles
Carroii OF CarroIlt0n. trembling hand no
sign OF tlmldlty. me daring and defiance
seen IN the way your name is written n
heaven Is challenge to all earth and hel! to
come on II they can TO defeat your ransonpi
SOU.
AZ Asaln, II according TO the promise OF the
text, you are permitted to look into the
volumes OF eternity and see your name there.
you Will hnd 1t written In lines, in words. i'll
letters uhmlstakaoie. Some people have
come 10 consider lndIstlnct and almost un-
readable penmanship a mark OF geniu~. AMI
SO theT affect 1t. Because every paragraph
tnat InomaS Chalmers, and Dean Stanley,
ana Lord byron, and Rufus Choate ana
other potent men wrote was puzzle, imjtH-
TORS make their penmanshlp puzzle. Alex
ahHer Dumas says that plain penmonship is
the preVet or lncapaclty. Then there are
some Who' through too much demand upon
,helr energies ana through lack OF time, lose
inc capacltY OF making the pen lntetllgibfe,
ana lnuch OF the writing OF this world is III
uect i,Ierao!e. we nave seen piles OF mex
thcaoie chirography. and we ourselves haSa
! netPel augment the magnitude. we haT4
hot oeen sure OF the name signed. or tn"
sentiment expressed, or whether the reply
was affirmative or negative. Through III
ulSlllct penmanSh1p last wills and tesla
nleh'9 nave hePn defeated. widows a.
ofphanS rohhea or their inheritance. rai'r""
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