Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-07-16
TALMAGE'S SERMON
INTERESTING THEME BY THE
WARRINGTON PREACHER.
Eloquent Exposition Of the WAY saul Won
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Stary-The Utter FutiIitv Of Fraud.
TIKI: And Samuel laid. What mcan.tn
then this bleatinr uf the sheep la mine
| ears aud the lowing 20 the oxen which
heart Il samuel Nv., n.
The Amalekites thought they hal con-
qu"red God aud that Do would not carry
I into execution his threats against them.
| They had murdered the lsraslitoS IN battle
and out ot battle aud left no uutrBg" uu-
] tried. For four hundred wears this had
| been going 90. and they saw. God either
| DARE not punish ~ or he has forgotten 10
] 81" so. Let us see, samuel God
. prophet tells saul to - down aud slay all
| the Amalekitcs, not leaving one OF them
I alive: also To destroy an the beasts Ia their
[ rpS-ession-oN, sheep, camel aud ass.
Hark. hear the tread 81 30 0o0 men, with
monstruus saul NJ their head. ahla7a with
armor, his shield dangling at his side. hold
ing In his hand a spear. at the waving ot
/ which the great host marched or halted. |
see smoke curling against the sky. Now
4 there is thick cloud of Il. and now see
| the whole city rising in a chariot of smoke
behind stecds Of fire. II is saul that set IN"
city ahlaze. The Amalrkites and lsra"iites
meet; the trllmpct- Of battle blow peal on
/ peal, and there j. death hush. Then
there is a signal waved swords cut aud
hack, iavelins ring on shields, arms fall
from trunks aud heads roll into the dust.
Cash after cash the frcnzied veil the
gureiug Of throttlcd throats, the cry Of
pain, the laugh Of revenge. the curse Missed
between clinched teeth-an army's death
groan. Stacks Of dead ON all sides. with
eyes unshut and mouths vet griuninC ven
Ccance. Huzza for the Israelites, Two
hundred and ten thousand men wave their
plumes and clap their shields for the Lord
God hath given them the victory.
Yet that victorious army Of Israel is con-
quered by sheep and oxen. God, through
the prophet Samuel, told Saul to slay all
the Amalekitcs and TO slay all the beasts in
their possession, but Saul, thinking he
knows more than God, saves Agag, the
Amalekitish king. and five drove of sheep
and herd of oxen that he cannot bear to
Kill. Saul drives the sheep and oxen down
toward home. He has no idea that Samuel.
the prophet, will find out that he has saved
these sheep and oxen for himself Samuel
comes and asks saul the news from the
battle. saul puts on "a solemn face, for
there is no one who can look more solemn
than your genuine hypocritC, and he saws,
Il have fulfilled the command Of the
Lord. Samuel listens, and he hears the
drove of sheep little way Of Saul had no
idea that the prophets ear would be so
acute. Samuel says to Saul. IF YOU have
done as God told Won and slain nil In,
Amalpkites and all the beast In their nos
session. what meanpth the beating of the
sheep in mine ears and the lowing Of the
oxen that | hcar?' All. one would have
thought that bushes would have con
sumed the cheek Of Saul No, moi Hesavs
the army-not himself, Of course. but the
army-had saved the sheep and oxen for
sacrifice and then they Thought il would
be too bad ANYHOW to Kill Agal, the AmnIn-
kitish king SnuucI takes the sword and
he slashes Aror ia ,ircns and tban Lc
takes the skirt If his cont in true orisntnI
STYLE and rnnds il in twain ne mnrb as
to saw. ..You Saul inst like that shall hs
torn away from yourcmpfrr and torn away
from yoIlr throne" In other words l%t
all the nations Of thn earth hear the story
that Saul Inv disobryiul. God won u Gori,
of sheep. but lost n kingdom
learn from this subject TINT God will
expose hyporrisy Uore Saul nrstends he
has fulfilled the divine commission by sI,v.
ing all the beasts beIonginp to the imnl@-
kites. and vet nt the yerv moment he is
telling the story and ,,roctinine Tho InIr.
| sion fhe secret comes nrt ,nI ,I,r shonn
| hlpnt and tbe oveD hallor
A hvporrite is ono whn nratends "a M,
what he is not or to do what he does not
| Sarl was only Il tvnn of n cloes Tho mod
| ern hvpocritG looks avyfuIlv solemn ,vLipns
| when he pravs and during his rublir do
/ votion shows a great deal of the white Of
| his ewes He never laughs. or. If ne does
/ laugh. he seems sorry for 1t afterward. as
/ though he had committed some great in
I discretion The first time he gets n rhnuca
/ he prays twenty minutes in public. and
/ when he eXhorts he seems to implv that MI
/ the race are sinners. with one exception.
/ his modestv forbidding the stating who
/ that one is There are a great many
/ churches that have two or three ecclesiasti.
/ cal Uriah Heeps.
/ When the fox begins to pray. look ont
for YOUR chickens. The more genuine re-
ligion man has the more comfortable he
will be- but Won NAV know a religions i'm
poster bv the fact that he prides himself on
being uncomfortable. man of that Kind
is Of immense damage to the church of
/ Christ. A shin NAV outride a hundred
! storms. and vet n handful Of worms in tbe
/ blanks NAV sink II TO the bottom. The
church of God is not So much in danger Of
/ the cyclones of trouble and persecution
that come upon il as Of the yermin NJ
/ hvporrisy that inCpst if Wolves are of no
danger to the fold of God unless they look
/ like sheen. Arnold was of more damage
to the army than CORVALLIS and his hosts
Oh. we cannot deceive God with n church
cprtincotei He seas babind the rnrtain os
well as before fine curtain. He secs every
thing inside ont. A man NAV through
policv hide his reaI character hut God will
aftprowbiIn tnar onen the whited sanuIchnr
and eynose tba mitrefartion Snnda,
faces dannot soyn him Lonc ,,ra,.ors
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