The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-04-24
TALMAGE's SERMON.
Prayers OF the Nation Should Go
Up for It's Rulers.
Reasons why Gods Help shuoid be Asked
for Those In Authority-Prospsr-
60 Government Means
Prosperous People
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage delivered the
following sermon before his Washing
TON cop1reoation taking for his text:

following sermon before his Washing
ton congregation, taking for his text:
I exhort, therefore. that. first OF all. suppl
cations, prayers, intercessions, and giving o.
thanks be made for all men. for kings, and fol
ell that are in authority. IL. l.
That which London Is to Engla nd
Paris 70 France. Berlin TO Germany,
Rome to Italy, Vienna to Austria, st.
Petersburg to Russia, Washington is "a
the United States republic. The PEG.
pie who live here see more Of the chief
men of the nation than any who live
anywhere else between the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans. If q senator, or
member of the house Of representa-
tives, or supreme court justice, or Sec
rotary of the cabinet or representa-
tive of foreign nation enters q public
assembly in any other city, his coming
and going are remarked upon and I'M
usual Difference is paid TO him. In this
capital there are SO many political
ehieftains in our churches, our streets
our halls, that their coming and going
make noexcitement The Swiss seldom
look up TO the Matterhorn, or jung
frau, of Mont Blanc, because those peo-
pie are used to the Alps. So we at this
capital are 30 accustomed to walk
among mountains OF official and po-
Etical eminence that they are
not to US great novelty. Morning,
noon and night we meet the giants.
But there is no place on earth where
the Importance of the Pauline injunc-
ton To prayer for those in eminent
place ought to be better appreciated.
At this time. when our public men
have before them the rescue Of our ma
tional treasury from appalling deficits,
and the Cuban question, and the srbi-
tration question, and in many depart
ments men are taking important posi-
tons which are to them new and IN
tried. would like TO quote my text
with . whole tonnage of emphasis
words written by the SCARED mission
airy to the young theologian Timothy:
II exhort, therefore. that. first of all,
supplications, prayers, intercessions,
.aad giving of thanks be made for all
men; for kings, and for all that are in
AUTHORITY
II have the time, and do not forget
some of them, before l get through |
will give you four or five reasons why
the people of the United States ought
TO make earnest and continuous prayer
for those in eminent place.
First because that will put Us In
proper attitude toward the successful
men of the nation. After you have
prayed for man you will do him JUS
tice. There is bad streak in human
nature that demands us to assail those
that are more successful than our
selves. 1t shows itself in boyhood
when the lads, all running to get their
ride on the back of a carriage, and one
gets on, those failing TO get on shout
to the driver: Cut behind" Unsuc-
cessful men seldom like those who in
any department are successful The
cry is, He is political accident" or
ale bought his way up" or 1T just
happened So" and there is an impa-
tient waiting for him to come down
more rapidly than he went up. The
best cure for such cynicism is prayer.
After we have risen from our
knees we will be wishing the
official good instead of evil. We
will be hoping for him benediction
rather than ma lediction. II he makes
a mistake we will call it a mistake in
stead of malfeasance in Off ce. And,
oh, how much happier we will be; for
wishing one evil is diabolic. but wish
ing one good is sanity, is angelic. is
God-like. When the Lord drops man
into depths beyond which there is no
lower depths, He allows him to be put
or an investigation committee with the
ore hope of finding something wrong.
Ii general assemblies of the Presbyte-
rian church. in conference of the Meth
od'st church, in conventions of the
Episcopal church, in house of repre-
sentatives. in senate of the United
States there are men always glad TO be
appointed on the committee of malo-
dors, while there are those who are
glad TO be put on the committee
of eulogiums. After you have prayed,
In the words of my text, for all
that are in authority, you will
say: Brethren, Gentlemen, Mr.. Chair
man, excuse me from serving on the
committee of malodors, for last night,
just before / prayed for those in emf
nent position, l read that chapter in
Corinthians about charity which
.hopeth all things and 'thinketh nc
evil The committee of malodors is an
important committee, but | here now
declare that those are incompetent fol
its work who have. not in spirit Of
conventionality, but in spirit of earnest
importantly, prayed for those in high
position. l can not help it, but dc
like q St Bernard better than a blood
hound, and / would rather be a hum
ming bird among honey-suckles than &
crow swooping upon field carcasses."
Another reason why we should pray
for those in eminent place is becaus,
they have such multiplied perplexities
This city at this time holds hundreds o
men who are expectant of preferment
and United States mail bags, as never
before. are full of applications lie
me say have no sympathy with either
the uttered or printed sneer at wha
are called 'office-seekers-" II 1 hat
not already received appointment a
minister plenipotentiary from the high
court of Heaven-as every minister o.
xha EnSp..l hae-and had nj NV hazel