The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-08-07
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
rHE NOTED DIvINE's SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
Subject "rho Law Of Hsrsdlty."

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thak1oiWtoh David and Goliath. David Use
feet high. Goliath ten. David n shepherd boy
brought up amid rural scenes, Goliath %
warrior by profession; Goliath q mountain al
brnegadocio, David o. marvel OF humility
Goliath armed With au iron spear. David
armed With q sling. With smooth stones from
the brock. But y0u are not 90 despise thes,
latter weapons. There was a regiment O
singers 10 the Assyrlan army and q regiment
ot SINGERS Ia the Egyptian army, aud they
made terrible execution, and they could cast
stone with as much accuracy aud force a
now can be- sont shot on she'll. The Greek.
IN their army had singers who W0uldthrow
ltaden plummnts inscribed with the lrrltai-
ing words "Take thlsm
So Z was a mighty weapon David enc
ployed in that famous combat. Jewish
rabbi says that the probability Is that Goliath
was in such contempt for David that Ga
paroxysm OF laughter he throw hls head
BACK and bis helmet fell or, aud David saw
the uncovered forehead. aud his opportunity
had come, and taking this sling and swing
ing Il around his head two or three times
and aiming 10 az that uncovered forehead.
crashed q IN like an egg5heIl. The battle over
behold the tablcau. King Saul sitting. little
David standing, his fingers clutchod into the
hair OF decaptated Goliath. As Saul sees
David standing there holding Ia his hand the
CHASTITY, reeklng, staring trophy evidence OF
the complete victory over Gods enemies, the
king wonders what parentage was honored
oy such her0ism, and tn my text he asks
David his pedigree, "Whose son art thou,
thou young mani" Tie king saw what YOU
and / see, that this question OF heredity is q
mighty one.
The longer + live the more believe In
| blooi-g0od blood, bad blood, proud blood,
| humble blood, honest blood, thieving
| blood, heroic blood, cowardly blood. The
/ tendency may skip generation or two, but
/ 1t Is sure 20 come out, as In a little child
| You sometimes see q similarity 20 q great
/ grandfather whose picture hangs on the
wall That the physical and mental and
moral qualities are Unbeatable Is patent to
any one who keeps his eyes open. The sim
| ilarlty Is so striking sometimes as 70 DO
amusing. Great families, regal or literary,
are apt 70 have the characteristics all down
| through the generations, and what Is more
| perceptible in such families may be seen on
a smaller scale In all families. thousand
years have no power to obliterate the DIFF
ference
The large lip Of the house Of Austria is
seen In oil the generations aud Is called the
Hapsburg lip. The house Of Stuart al
ways means In all generations cruelty ana
bigotry and sensuality. Witness Queen OF
SCOTS Witness Charles and Charles III.
Witness james / and James III aud all the
other scoundrels OF that line. Scottish blood
means persistence, English blood means
reverence for the ancient, Welsh blood
means rellgl0sty, Danish blood means fond
ness for the sea. Indian blood means roam
ing disposition, Celtic blood means fervid-
ity, Roman blood means conquest The
Jewish facility for accumulation you may
trace clear back TO Abraham. Of whom the
Bible says she was rich in silver aud gold
and CATTLE" and 70 Isaac and JACOB, who
| had the same characteristics. Some families
are characterized by longevity, andthey have
atenaclty of life positively Nethuselish. 9th
ers are characterized by Goliathiau stature.
and you can see il for che generation. two
generations, five generations, In all the gem
erations. Vigorous theology runs down In
the line Of the Alexauders. Tragedy runs
on in the family of the Kembles. Literature
runs on in the line OF the Trolopes. Phil
anthropy runs on 10 the lines Of the Wilber-
forces. Craftsmanship runs on in the line Of
the Adamsss. You see these peculiarities in
all generations. Henry and Catherine of
Navarro religious, all their families religious.
The celebrated family Of Casini, all mathe-
madcians. The celebrated family of the
Medici grandfather. son and Catherine, all
remarkable for keen intellect The celebrat-
ed family OF Gustayus Adolphus, all war
riors.
LUIS law VI ubEGll-y hS5eIAS llSblA WAluOul
reference to social or political condition, fol
you sometimes find the ignobe in high place
and the honorable in obscure place. A de-
scendant OF Edward l a toll gatherer.
descendent Of Edward III a doorkeeper.
descendant of the Duke of Northumberland
a trunk maker. Some OF the mightiest fam
lilies Of England IRE extinct while some o.
those most honored in the peerage 90 bacl
to an ancestry of hard snuckles and rough
| as~fp wfa Ian 81 Do a,kgs IL
independent Of social or political conditions
Then you find avarice and jealousy and sen
suality and fraud having full swing in some
families. The violent temper of Fredericf
William is the inheritance OF Frederick the
Great. It is not theory founded by world
ly philosophy, but by divine authority. DC
you not remember how the Bible speaks of 1
chosen generation, of the generation Of tn,
righteous. Of the generation OF vipers. OF al
untoward generation, of a stubborn genera
ton, OF the iniquity of the fathers visite,
upon the children unto the third and fourtl
generations? So that the text comes tc-da,
with the force of a proiCctile hurled iron
mightiest cataput. "Whose son art thou
thou young man?'
"WCll, says some one, "that theory dis
charges me from all responsibility. Born c
saneuGed parents, we are bound to be goot
and we cannot help ourselves. Born OF III
righteous pArentage, we are bound 10 .
evil, and we cannot help ourselves" Tw
inaccuracies. AS much as you should say
THE centrlpetal force in nature has a tel
dencyto bring everything to the center, an
therefore all come to the center. The cor
trifugal force in nature has q tendency [
throw everything to the periphery, an
therefore everything will 80 out to the per
phery." You know as well as know thu
you can make the centripetalforce overcou
the centrifugal, and you can make the cel
trlfugal overcome the centripetal, as wine
there is a mighty tide OF good in fami
) that may be overcome by determination
evE as In the case Of Aaron Burr, the libe
tine, who had for father President Burr, Il
consecrated as in the case OF Pierrepont e
wards, the scourge of New York soeie
: eighty years ago, who had Christian ance
try, while on the other hand some Of Il
best men aud women of this day are tho
$ who have come OF an ancestry Of which
/, would not be courteous to speak in the
5 presence. The practical and useful obje
r of this sermon Is to show YOU that il v,