The Monitor-register., 1896-04-03
MUSIC FIRST OF ALL.
THE BEST OF THE INDOOR REcRE-
ATOMS.
But Rev. DR.. Talmage Favors All Inno-
cent sports-He Shows, However, That
They Are Not a Fit Foundation For Soul
Building.

cant sports-He Shows, However, That
They Are Not a Fit Foundation For Soul
Building.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-In his SER
mon today Dr. Talmage discussed a
subject Of universal interest-viz, "Our
Social R~ecreations. His text was cho-
sen from I Corinthians vii, 81, "They
that use this world as not abusing it.
Judges xvi, 25: "And it came to lass,
when their hearts were merry. that they
said. call for Samson, that he may make
us sport"
There were 5000 people assembled in
the temple of Dagon. They had come to
make sport of eyeless Samson. They
were all ready for the entertainment.
They began to clap and pound, impa-
tient for the amusement to begin, n
they cried, "Fetch him out, fetch HIM
outl" Yonder I see the blind old giant
coming. led by the hand of a child INTO
the very midst of the temple. At his
first appearance there goes up a shout OF
laughter and derision. The blind OLD
giant pretends he is tired, and wants to
rest himself against the pillars Oh the
house. So he says to the lad who leads
him, "Show me where the main pillars
arer' The lad does SO. Then the strong
man puts his right hand on a pillar
and his left hand on another pillar, and
with the mightiest push that mortal
oyor made. throws himself forward un-
ill the whole house comes dow In
thunderous crash. grinding the audience
like grapes in a winepress. "And SO it
came to pass, when their hearts were
merry, that they said, call for Samson,
that he may make us sport. INC they
called for Samson out of the prison
house. and he made them sport.
In other words, there are amusements
that are destructive, and bring down
disaster and death upon the heads OF
those who practice them. While they
laugh and cheer, they die. The 5000
who persisted that day in GAIA, are as
nothing compared to the tens of thous-
ands who have been destroyed by sinful
amusements.
For Use, Not Abuse.
But my first text implies that there is
a lawful use of the world, as we'll as an
unlawful abuse OF IT, ana tne olnerenoe
between the nan CHRISTIAN ana the man
un-Christian is that IN the former case
the man masters the world, while in the
latter case the world masters him. For
whom did God make this grand and
beautiful world! For Whom this Won
derful expenditure OF coIor' THIS grace
fulness OF line, thls mosaic OF the
ground, this fresco OF the SKY, tnls glow
ing fru1tage OF orchard ana vineyard
this full orchestra OF me tempest, IN
which the tree branches nute, ana the
winds trumpet, and the thunders drum,
and all the splendors of earth and sky
come clashing their cymbalsl For whom
did God spring the arched bridge of col
ors resting upon buttresses of broken
storm olondp For whom did he gather
.ho rnho1S+orv ~ fro aronnd the win.
H. r. 49, sott;ra S,n2 For oil mon
80 800 .snooiaiir Gov. bic own door
oh;,dran
To ron hr;1d o largo mansion and
ao aroat feoSt after Il 70 ceIobrate
tha "omn1et;on of the strnctnre do Won
H. atranaors 70 come in and occnnv
tho nIace While Won thrnst vour own
in the Kitchen or the harm or
tha 6olds3 oh moi Won GOV .T am very
Glad to see strangers in nv mansion Int
INV ovn IONS and danobters shall bave
the arst riobt there Now God has
hn;1t this grand mansion of a world and
be hos Snread q olor;ors fo.St in = aud
those who are strangers tn his
oroco NOV oonoo i, + th;nk tbat God o.
nec;al1v ;ntends 70 oive the advanta 90 10
own NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. who are tbe
sons and danobter Of tho T,ord AL
those who tbronob GRACE can
look mn and saw. abba Father Yon
cannot make me believe that God gives
more advantages to the world than he
gives to the church bought by his own
blood. If, therefore, people of the world
have looked with dolorous sympathy
upon those VINO make profession OF re-
ilglon and nave said: Those new con-
verts are gong down into prlvatlon and
INTO hardship. Why did they not tarrya
little longer In the world n have some
OF Its enJoyments and amusements and
recreations!' L say to such men OF the
world, "You are greatly mistaken" and
before l get through l will show that
people who stay out OF the king
dom or God have the hardships and self
Qonlals, While those Who come IN have
the joys and satisfactions.
In the name of the King of heaven
m earth l serve a writ of ejectment
upon all the sinful and polluted who
have squatted o the domain of earthly
pleasure as though it belonged to them,
while l claim in behalf of the good and
the poor and the true, the eternal in
herltance which God has given them.
a1as;aa1 Gnris'ian pniianthroplsts'
ch;asa - 10y nase Dus'eu 'nei1selses
h.. T 80 u1oins sintui iecrea'lons'
foro 49, ~ i!sn' W s'ana pe-
49, "onien ~ mhose hearts
inc - aoa;aHo ieciea'ion anioun'-
this sua tLatao 1eoess,'y' ANNOUNCING
~ Leu "nu 'ne othei Thing "heh
81 - p1opose TO give them some
Do'lei' ooo nelplng me Il with
80. enoe 70 my last account Shall en-
;s;na epne!e nos usuaI IN sermon
70 he rraSoat"a 0!eot Mnicn l 'hinA ought
now r. ,a~ a' 'nls 'iihe' propose
r~eat;ons nh;os YOU son'e u 'he rec'
hut nos;.i-a'I ale no' only innocent
NJ d advantageous.
Tn tho e,at o,nA1 Oh music
;rdoo~Sop iace' l commend, among
s.rnwaa4~I ions' "usic-Voca d ~
oraatoS among the hrst Things
m;"S. was 'ne niro, SO mat the earth
mas1s so music at tne start. Ibis
soronaas =: oegah WIN SO sweet a
49, nay 70 pe oemoilshed