Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-05
LIKE SHEEP ASTRAY.
and REV. DR.. TALMAGE SAYS IT
MEANS EVERYBODY.


Tho First Half of the Text Is an Indict-
mont. but the Last Opens the Door vida.
o,..,
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tho Nations Capital.
w,sv,,orox M,roh rho o,
"'u ioN' soSpo'
, senus oue i's giuooeSV Sounu IN 'his sermon
from tho natlons capital immense
throngs pack and overflow the church to
which DR.. Tamago breaches twice zach
Sabbath. His text this morning was
Isaiah iii. Gan we. ike sheen, bnvc
roma ss.rav W, bove turrod ovorv ono 20
his own wnv. and tho Lord h,th I,id nm
him tho iniouitv ~ ua nil -
Once mora RING tho old ,osro, ho,,
The f,rst half of INV noxt tout ,s an ,ndIct'
mont .,Ajl wo i,ko sbeep bnvo noro
.s,rnv Some one savs. "Capit Won dron
that frat ,yordp That IL too general. TIM.
.woons too ,roat a ci-cio ;, So,,n ,Tn,,
rises In tho oudIenoo and no looks o,ar on
Tho onposite side of the bouso aud savs.
uTbere is n bIasnbomer and undorstnnd
how he b,a gonc astrnv and tboro In m
other nart ~ tho house il n defaultor ond
he has zone astrnv. and there ia nm in,nnro
nerson ond he has conn astrav - Sit
down. NV brother. and look at homo Nv
taV mi oil In cfa Is hn1 Nd e IN
nulnit sxvee,s tina o,rcuit Of tbo roon, and
nomes hack to tho point whore H. started
when a. sava "AiI we. like ohccn bnve
cone astravH
coz very easily understand why MAJ.
Tin Iutber threw nm hts hands oftor ho Ind
found the Bible and cried out. "Oh nv
aims. nv sinai, and why the puhlican No.
oordino to tho custom To tais dav in the
eaat 1yhen tbov bavo INV preaG griof Iva.
0nn to heat bimself and orv ms ho stnot,
unor his breast. Good no ,nerc,ful 10 ma
a sinner - yyaa Iiko MANY NJ von
brought I'M in the country and 7 hnovv
some Of tho habits of sheen and how tbev
Get astray. md what NV text means when
II savs. IAN wa like sheen. have gone
astray." Sheen get nsSay in two ways-.
either by trying to get into other pasture
or from beino scarab nv tho doga. In tbo
forrnor ,roy eo,n. ~ nc cot astr,y W.
,hnuoh+ th. ,.,,o,o, % Josrs CLr,.+ ,,,,.
sc o,e sho,+ oo,,snoor, W. ,ho,,,h, tLouo
was better pnsturnpe eomewbere else. Wa
Thought II we GOULD only lie down on tho
hanks of n distant stream or under grent
onks ON tho other side OF some hill wa
might be batter fed. We wanted otbor
pasturape than that which God, through
Jesus Christ. gave our soul. and we wan.
dered on. and we wandered on. and we
were lost We wanted bread. and yvc found
parbeoo The farther wa wandered in
s.ood Of finding rich nasturaoo yva found
blasted heath and sharnor rocks and uoro
stlnginp nettlos. No pasture How yvns
A. in tho clubhouse vhen Won lost vour
childY Did they come around and holm
Won very muobP Did your worldly assooi
ates console Won very nuobp Did not the
plain Christian man who came into vopr
house and sat m with your darling child
give Won more comfort tbon nil worldly as
sooiatesP Did all the conviyial songs Won
oyor honrd comfort Won in that dnv of be.
renvement 40 muob az tho song tbev sang
TO you-perhaps the very song that was
snno nv your little child tho last Sabbath
afternoon of her life,
There o. +, hon,v ,.r,
FAR far a,Say
Whore saints immortal reign
Bright, bright as day
A Man, q Soul.
hid vour hus,nsss associatas IN tbat d,y
of darkness and trouble give Won INV es.
pecial oondolenoep business exnsneratod
vou. business wore Won ont business lof
Won linn ms n rag. business made Won mol
Yon cot dollars' Int Won got no ncnco
God have mercv on the man who has moth
inc but business TO comfort himI Tho
world AFFORDED Won no luxuriant pnsturngo
A famous Enplish actor stool on the stayo
impersonat,no. and thunder, of onplause
Game down from tho galleries and many
tbonoht n WINS the nroudost momont NJ ail
his lifo but there was n man osleen inst in
front NJ him and tho fact that that man
was Indifferent and somnolent snolled Mi
tho occasion for him and bo cr;od. "Woko
mn, Wake mt, 60 ono littIo onroyorco
In life has been more peryudinQ to your
mind tbnn Ali the brilliant oorgrotnIations
ma suooass poo, nns,,,rar,of or 60 ao,,I
sN'' a. s -, 80, ~ .'- 80, ' Nv,
cboated Won tho world has bol,od ,o,, .ho
world has m,s,nternretod vo,, NV, y.orld
bos norseontod Won II novar confortod
Won oh this world ,s n good roclr from,
vhic,, borso INV ,,,ol, lie sond. a. &. -
Good trouoh from yh,ch tha S,r;ro nav
cruncb thu n,oss INIT n oiyoo h,,t littio
God 20 n so,,i hIood boraht o,d ,,,',nartaiI
what 10 n son,S r. 10 n Sono bioh aS tha
tbron. NJ God what "a n r,ors Won
saw "It 10 onIv NAN - t. 10 onI,, ,,,on
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