The Penn's Grove record., 1896-06-12
Rev. DR.. TaLuaGE.
The Eminent Diyine's Sunday
Sermon.
Subject: can I'll East wind.'

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TIKI. "Aud the ord brought nm c1s,
wind upon the land nr that day and all that
night. "-Exoaus K. 10.
The reference here IL not to n c~vclone, lint
to tho long continued blowing Of the wind
from an unhealih'ni quarter. The north
wind ia bracing. the south wind is ~relnving,
but the onst wind Is Irritating md fun nt
threat. Eighteen times does the Bible spenS
against the east wind. Moses describes the
thin ears blasted by the east wind. The
psalmist describes the breaking Of tho ships
of Tarshish nv the cast wind. The locus's
that PLAGUED Egypt wera hnrnsin on tho cast
wind. Tho gonrd hat sheltered Jonah w1a
shattered by the east wind. and in NIL the
60n0 summons, autumns. winters, springs OF
the worlds existence the worst wind that
ever blew Is the east wind. Now, II God
would only give us q climate Of perpetnal
nor'wester, how genial and kind and placid
and industrious Christians we would all bel
But It takes almighty grace to be what VT
ought to he under the east wind.
Under the chilling and wet wing Of the
east wind the most ~ the worlds viliainies,
frauds. outrages. suicides and murders have
been patched out think II you should
keep a meteorological history OF the days oi
record OF the country you would find that
those were the best days for public morals
which were under the north or west wind,
and that those were the worst days for pub
lie morals which were under the east wind.
The points Of the compass have more to do
with the worlds morals and the churrh's
piety than you have yet suspected. Rev. DR..
Archibald Alexander. eminent for learning
and for conservation, when asked BY one of
his students nj Princeton whether her always
had full insurance Of faith. replied, "Yes.
excent when the wind blows from the east, "
DR.. Franeia. dictator of Paraguay, when the
wind was from the east. made oppressive on.
aetmeDts for the people, but when the
weather changed repented him OF the cruel-
ties, repealed the enactments and was In
good humor with all the fworld.
Before / oveYtake the main thought of my
subject ! a to tell Christirn 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 tempta-
tions that you cannot endure under certain
styles Of weather. When the wind blows
from the east. IL you are of a nervous tom
permanent, 60 not among exasperating people,
try not to settle bad debts. do not try to
settle old disputes. do not talk with a bigot
on religion, do not go among those people
who delight In saying Irritating things, do
not try to collect funds for O charitable
institution, do 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 tbs west, but not when the wind 10
from tbeeast.
You say thai men and women ought MOTTO
be so sensitive and nervous. 1 admit II, but
I AM not talking about what the world ought
to be. am talking about what the world Is.
While there are persons whose disposition
does not seem to be affected by changes In
the atmosphere, nin out of ten are nightly
played upon by such influences. christian
man I nndnr a1ah rNr1nafan0 aa do n Af rr-rita
hard things against yourself. do not get wor-
ried about your ~1uctuating experience. You
are to reminder that the barometer In your
soul Is only answering the barometer OF the
weather. Instead Of sitting down and being
discouraged and saying, II am not a Chris.
tian because kdnn't feel exhilarant," get up
and look out Of the window and see the
and then say; "Get thee behind me, satan,
thou prince OF the power OF the airs get out
OF my house, get but OF my heart, thou de-
mon Of derkness horsed on the east wind.
Awayp' However good and great you may
be IN the Christian life, your soul will never
be Independent Of physical condition. ]
feel ] am uttering q most practical, useful
truth here. one that may give reliefto a great
many Christians who are worried and de-
%spondent AT times.
DR.. Rush, a monarch in medicine, after
curing hundreds Of cases of mental depres-
sion. himself fell sick and lost his religious
hope, and he would not believe his pastor
when the pastor told him that his spiritual
depression was oniya consequence OF physL
cal depression. Andrew Fuller. Thomas
Scott, William Cowper, Thomas Boston,
David Brainerd, Phllipp Maianchthon were
mighty men for God, but all of them Illus.
~trations OF the fact that a mans soul Is not
independent of his physical health. An emf.
nent physician gave as his opinion that no
man ever died q great triumphant death
whose disease was below the diaphragm.
Stackhouse, the learned Christian common.
tor, says he does not think Saul was insane
when David played the harp before him. but
1t was a hypochonGria coming from intlam.
nation of the liver. Oh, how many good
people have been mistaken In regard to then
religious hope, not taking these things into
consideration!
The dean Of Carlisle, one OF the best men
sat down and wrote: although / have en-.
tieavored to discharge my duty as well as ]
could. yet sadness and melancholy of heart
stick close by and increase upon me. tel
nobody, but I am very much sunk indeed,
and / wish I could have the relief of weeping
rs I used to. My days are exceedingly dark
and distressing. In a word, Almighty God
seems to hide His face, and I intrust the Sc.
cret hardly to any earthly being. i know
" W t"N a VI IL Aufl"A t u
less a good deal Of bodily afliction mingled
with this, but 1t Is not all so. I bless God,
however, that / never lose sight OF the cross.
and though l should die without seeing any
personal interest In the Redeemer's merits, ]
hope that l shall be found ut Ais feet. l will
thank you for a word at your leisure. My
door is bolted at the time l am writing this.
for I am full of tears"
What was the matter with the dean OF Car.
iisle2 Had he got TO be q worse mani No.
The physician said that the state of his pulse
would not warrant his living q minute. Oh,
II the east wind affects The spleen, and affects
the lungs, and affects the liver, 1t will affect
your immortal soul Appealing to God fol
help, brace Yourself against these whitening
blasts and destroying influences, lest that
which the psalmist said broke the ships OF
Tarshish sbipwreck you.
But notice in my text that the Lord con
frois tho east wind: ''The Lord brought the
east wind" He brings II for especial pur.
posei it must sometimes blow from that
quarter. The east wind is Just as important
as the north wind, or the south wind, or the
west wind. but not so pleasant. Trial must
come b text does not say o will
escape the cutting blast. Whoever did escape
IT. Especially who that accomplished any.
thing for church or state ever escaped it2 ]
was in the pulpit Of John Wesley, In Lon
don, a pulpit where he stood 0ne day and
said. 81 have bean charged with all the
crimes In the catalogue except one-thGt OF
drunkenness aud n woman arose In the
audience and said. "John, you were drunk
last night" So John Wesley passed unde
the fail.
saw in a foreign journal u report of one
Of George Whitefeld's sermons sermon
preached q hundred and twenty or thirty
years ago. 1t seemed that the reporter stood
to take the rmo and his chief idea was to
Baricature II, and these are some of the re-
portorinl interlinings of the sermon OF
neorge Whitefeld. After calling him by q
nickname indicative OF a physical defect 10
the eye. 1t goes on 10 say: "Herethe preacher
plasps his chin oil the pulpit cushion. Here
he elevates his voice. Here he lowers his
voice. Holds his arms extended. Bawli
sloud. Stands trembling. Makes a fright
lul face. Turns up tho whites OF his eyes
Clasps his hands behind him. Clasps hi
arms around him and hugs himself. Roam
lloud. ~iIailoos, jumps, cries. Changes from
cryinr. Halloos and Jumps again. Well.
my brother, II that good man went through
all that process, in your occupation. In youT