St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-08-01
HUMAN TROUBLES.
~. d. TalmaCo Discourses ON the
Oonoolations Of RELIGION.

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Oonsoaations Of Religion.
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The following discourse by Rev. T.
levitt TalmaRe ON "The Consultations
g keligfon" was delivered before his
Waohington congregation, being based
q the text:
80 ne Lord brought an east wind upon the
. -. ~ tAat Gag and al that night Exodus
Eae reference here il not to Z cy.
eaooe, but TO the long-continued blow.
an9 OF the wind from IN unhealthful
quarter. The north wind Is bracing,
ne south wind 10 relaxing, but the
aaat wind Is irritating and full OF
eAreat Eighteen times does the Bible
peak against tho east wind. Moses
oeeextoes the thin ears blasted by the
sast wind. The psalmist describes
the breaking of the ships of Tarshish
oy the east wind. The locusts that
plagued Egypt wore borne in on the
east wind. The gourd that sheltered
Sonah was shattered by the east
wind; and In al the 5000 summers,
aatumns, winters and springs of the
worlds existencs the worst wind that
ever blew IL the east wind. Now, il
Sod would only give 1s . climate OF
perpetual nor'wester, how genial and
kind and placid and industrious Chris
etans We would all bel But it takes
almighty grace to be what we ought to
b under tho east wind. Under the
chilling and wet wing of the east
Wind the most of the worlds
vtllianies. fraunds, outrages, suicides
and murders have been hatched out
I think If you should keep meteoro-
logical history Of tho days Of the year,
and put right beside 1t the criminal
record Of the country, you would find
that those were the best days for pub
lio morals which were under the north
Or west wind, and that those were tho
worst days for public morals which
were under the east wind. The points
Of the compass have moro to do with
the worlds morals and the church's
paety than you have yet suspected.
Rev. DR.. Archibald Alexander, emil
nent for learning and for consecra-
taon, when asked by one Of his stu
dents at Princeton whether he always
bad full assurance Of faith. replied:
Yes, except when the wind blows
from the east" DIR. Francia, dictator
Of Paraguay, when the wind was from
the east, made oppressive enactments
Tor the people; but when the weather
ehanged. 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 repealed the enactments.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 subjeet want to tell Christian
people they ought to be observant Of
e1imatic changes. BE on your guard
when the wind blows from the east.
There are certain styles of temptation
that ron can not endure under certain
styles Of weather. When the wind
6lows from the east. If you arc Of .
nervous temperament, 60 not among
oxnsperating people, try not to settle
bad debts, do not try to settle old dls-
putes. do not talk with . bigot on re-
liGion, do not go among those people
Who delight in saying irritating
fhings, do not try to collect funds for
. charitable institution. do not try to
answer IN insulting letter. II these
fhings must be done. do them when
the wind II from the north, or the
eoath, or the west, but not when the
wind = from the east.
You say that men and women ought
not to be 90 sensitive and nervous.
admit It, but I am not talking about
what the world ought to be; I am
talking about what the world II.
While there arc persons whose dispo-
Dition does not seem to be affected by
changes in the atmosphere. nine out of
Zen arc nightly played upon by such
jhduenceA o Christian mani under
such circumstances do not write hard
things against yourself, do not get
worried about your fluctuating expert
once. You are to remember that the
barometer In your soul is only an
swerinG the barometer of the
wea ther. Instead of sitting down
and becoming discouraged and
0ying, Il am not = Chris
tiAn because don't feel exhil-
arant" get mp and look out of the
window and see the weather vane
pointing in the wrong quarter. and
then say: ''Get thee behind mo, Satan,
thou prince Of the power of the air;
yet out Of my house! get out Of my
heart. thou demon Of darkness horsed
ON the east wind Awayw However
good and great you may be in the
Christian life, your soul win never be
Independent Of physical condition. 1
4eel am uttering . most practical,
useful truth here, one that may give
relief to great many Christians who
are worried and despondent at times.
DIR. Rush, . monarch In medicine,
after curing hundreds OF cases Of mem
I'll depression, himself fell sick and
lost his religious hope. and he would
not believe his pastor when tho pastor
told him that his spiritual depression
was only . consequence of physical de-
pressiou. Andrew Fuller, Thomas
Scott. William Cowper, Thomas Bos-
ton. David Brainerd. Philip Melancthon
-were mighty men for God, but al Of
them illustrations Of the fact that .
mnn's soul is not independent Of his
pAysical health. An eminent physician
ave - his opinion that no man ever
6led . greatly triumphantdeath whose
disease was below the diaphragm.
0&nckhouse, the learned Christian
coumentator, says he does not think
SAL was insane when David played
- harp before him. but Il was a.hvpo.
choodris coming from Inflammation Of
tAe liver. Oh, how many good people
have been mistaken in regard to their
xo1ieious hope, not taking these things
into consideration! The deem Of Car :
lfSle. enc Of the best men that ever
liyod. and me Of the most useful, sat
Avn and wrote: Though I have
enAeavcred 70 discharge my duty =
woll . could, yet sadness and mel-
ncholy Of heart stick close BY and
fnarease upon me-. tell nobody. but
- very much sunk indeed, and