Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-03-27
TALMAGE'S SERMON
INTERESTING THEME ~ Tnk
WASHINGTON PREACHER.

weather make this sermon especially ai-
propriate. nr. Talmage'- text was Psalm
cxlyii. Il. 'Nho can stand before his c1ld:
The almanac saws that winter g ended aud
spring has come. hut the winds. anu the
frosts and the Thermometers, IN some
places down to ger, deny u. Inc l'SAVihlSs
lived in a more genial climate than TINS, ana
Vet he must sometimes have teen cut 10y the
sharp weather. In this chapter ne speaks
of the snow like wool. the frost Ike ashes,
the hailstonrs like marbles and describes w"
cOngealment of lowest temperature Ne
have all studied the power 81 the heat. How
few of Us have studied the power OF th1
frost "Who can stand before MS coiut
This challenge Of the text has many 'lHles
been accepted.
Oct. 10. lsIa. Napoleon's great army be-
gan its retreat from Moscow. One hundred
and iifty thousand men, 10000 horses, GU
pieces Of cannon. 10000 stragglers. IL was
bright weather when they started from MOS
cow. but soon something wrathier thah IN"
C0ssarks swOoped upon their hanks. Al
army OF arctic blasts with iclrles Tor mayo
nets and hailstones Tor shot, aud cohihaha-
cd bN voice Of tempest marched after them,
the living artillery Of the heavens in Pur-
suit. The troops at night would gather INTO
circles and huddle themselves together Tor
warmth, hut when the day broke they rose
not. for they were dead. and the ravens
came for their morning meal OF corpses.
The freezing horror which has appalled,
history was proof To all ages that Il Is vain
thing for any earthly power 10 accept the
challenge Of my text, who could stahd ee-
fore his coldy" In the middle of December.
III. at Valley Forge, ll,VuO uoof7 VIZ,
with frosted ears and frosted hands ana
frosted feet. without shoes, without blankets
living on the white pillow Of the snowbanK.
As during our civil war the cry was on %
Richmond ~ when the troops We're ho'
ready to march. so in the Revolutionary war
there was demand for wintry campaign ul,
til Washington lost his "lalllhriNm anu
wrote emphatically, y assure those SrhtI'-
men il is easy enough seated by good lire
side and in comfortable homes to draw out
campaigns for the American army. but tel
them il is not so easy 10 j" ON bleak hill
side. without blankets and without shoes.
Oh, the frigid horrors that gathered around
the American army an tine winter OF lt0
Valley Forge was one of the tragedies II
the century. Benumhcd. sonselrss, dead ,
who can stand pcfor" his coldF' Not
we, - say the frozen lips Of Sir John Frank
lin and his men, diving in arctic exploration.
s.Not We" answer Schwatka and his crew,
falling back from the fortrrsscs of i'cwhirh
they had tried in vain to capture. Not We,
"a , the abandoned and crushed decks Of the
Iutreuid. the Resistance and the Jeannettc.
Not we" say the procession OF American
MARTYRS returning home for American sepul-
lure. De Long and his men. The highest pill
lars Of the earth aye pillars otice--Nont Blanc.
Jungrratl the AIatt"rhorn. The largest gal
/ leries Of the world are galleries OF ice. some
/ of the mighty rivers much of the year are in
captivity of lee. The greatest srulptor~ OF
/ the ages are the glaciers with arm and hand
/ and chisel and hammer Of ice. The cold j,
/ imperal and has Il crown Of giitterlng rrys-
/ tai and is seated ON a throne Of lee. with
/ foot stool of ice and sceptcr OF Ice.
One-halfthe industries Of our day are en-
ployed in battling iurlemency ofthc weather.
/ The furs Of the north the cotton of tn" south
the fax of our own fields. the wool Of our
own flocks. the coal from our own mines,
the wood from our own forests. all employed
in battling these inrl"menrics. and still
every winter, with blue lips and chattering
teeth. answers 'Ncne of us can stand before
his cold" Now. this being such cold
world. God sends out influences to warm i
am glad that the God of the frost is the
God Of heat, that the God of the snow is
the God of the white blossoms that tn,
. God of January is the God of June. The
question as to how shall we warm this world
IN is a question of immediate and all en-
/ CONTRASTING practicaiity. In this zone and
I weather there are so many Hreless hearthS
| so many broken window panes, SO many de.
fectiye roofs that sift the snow Coal and
/ wood and naunels and thick coat are better
for warming M such place than tracts and
Bibles and creeds. Kindle that fire where il
has zone out wrap something around thos,
shiyrriny limbs shoe those bare feet; hat
that bare head; coat that bare back ; sleev,
that hare arm.
But. my friends, there is more than one
way OF warming up this cold world, for it /.
a cold world in more respects than one, and
l am here to consult with you as to the bes
way of warming up the world. want t'
have Il great heater introduced into all youi
churches and all your homes throughout tn,
world. 1t is a heater Of divine patent.