St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-16
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
The Life that 10 Worth Living and
How to Live It


Rev. +. Dewitt Talmage. in the fol-
lowing discourse. discusses = subject
vital to Ill and of timely application.
lt Il based on the text:
WHIST Is your Hfe.-James iv., IA
II We leave to the evolutionists tu
gness where we came from and to the
theologians to prophecy where we are
going to, we still have left for consid.
eration the important fact that we are
here. There may be some doubt about
where the river rises, and some doubt
about where the river empties, bat
there can Be no doubt about the fact
that we are sailing on it So I am NO,
surprised that everybody asks the
question: '.Is life worth livingr"
solomon. in his unhappy moment
says It i not Vanity" .'vexation OF
spirit mo good. - are his estimates.
The fAct = that Solomon was at one
time , polygamist, and that soured his
deposition. One wife makes . man
happy; more than one makes him
w1etched. But solomon was converted
from polygamy to monogamy. aud the
last words he ever wrote, SO far - we
can read them, werc the words ''moun-
tains Of spices-' But jeremiah says
lilo = worth living. In = book sup
pGsed to be dolefuL and lugubrious,
md scpulchral. and entitled ''Lamen-
tations." he plainly intimatcs that the
61easing Of merely living is 30 great
nd grand , blessing that though .
mnn have piled on him all misfortunes
and disasters, he has no right to COM
plain. The ancient prophet cries ont
In startling intonation to all lands and
% Ill centuries. ''Wherefore doth .
living man complaint"
4 diversity Of opinion in our time Is
we'll = in olden time. Here il .
young man Of light hair and blue eyes
and soand digestion. and generons sal
osy, nd nappily afaanced, and ON the
Way TO become partner in . CONNER
e3a1 1rU Of which he is m important
e1sxk. AK him whether life il worth
Mf He will laugh in your face and
~ Fes. yes. yes!" Here il . man
Uho hns come to the 40s. He is st the
e5ptop q the hill Of life. Every step
haa been . stumble and bruise. The
people he trusted have turned out de-
serteIA and the money he has honestly
0Ade he has been cheaeed out of. His
1orv1a ne out Of tune. He has poor
oeito, and the food he does eat
1nos not assimilate. Forty miles
elinbing up the hill Of life have been
- hin like climbing the Matterhorn,
a11 there are forty miles yet 70 60
doWn, and descent Is always more
6onGoroua than ascent Ask him
Wlothcr life il worth living. and he
out in shivering and lugu-
1etona and appalling negative: mo.
How IRE we to decide this matter
yluhtly and intetligently? You will
- - seme man vacillating, oscil-
lattne in his opinion from detection to
exoherance, and II he be very mercurial
q hn temperament It will depend very
0ooh on which way the wind blows
II tho wind blow from the northwest
I'D ~ aak him he will say, YEA >
n6d - e blow from the northeast. and
81 o1k him. he win say, NO" How
- ~ then. 70 get the question right
6e1ely answeredy Suppose We call
o1l1aatons together in . great conven-
H. % eastern or western hemi-
e9horo, and let oil those who are
= the Affirmative say AYE" and al
theee who are In the negative say
NO. While there would be hundreds
- tAoasands who would answer in the
Dx1nAttve, there would be more mil
15oQo pho would answer in the mega
tiNos ond, because Of the greater num-
10 have sorrow, and misfortune,
] - tsouble, the Noes" would have it
Iho onswerI shall give will be differ
&6t TN either. and yet it will COM
1tlelf 10 all who hear me this day
right answer. If you ask me.
= worth living" answer, it all
1oods upon the kind of life you live.
1ntho frst place, remark that .
H. 9 mere noney-getting Is always .
1a0ero, because you will never get -
1nehs = yoa want The poorest peo-
- - this country are the millionaireA
31eeo s. not = acissors grinder on the
e)gNeAo of New York or Brooklyn who
r. - anxious to make money Is these
- eho haye piled mp fortunes year
- Y6ar In storehouses, in govern
fa&e11 city blocks You ought
= - them jump when they
- 4re bells ring. You ought
~ them in their excitement
- = bank explodes. You ought 70