The Progress., 1897-02-13
THEHARBOR OF HOME
pEv. DIR. TALmAeE breaches UPON
A GRAND THEME.

The Home ms Il Test of Character. as e
safeguard, as School and as " type Oh
Heavcn-A beautiful Dream.
z WASHINGTON Feb. This sermon Oh
mr. Talmage will set many memories ring
Ing with the good old times. HIS sub9ec0
was ssHarbor of Home" and the text MARX
Y, 10, $50 home to thy TRENDS ana "ii
them how great things the Lord hath done
for thee"
There are a great many people longing
fcr some grand sphere in which to serve
God, They admire Luther at the diet Oh
Worms, and only wish that they had some
such great opportunity In which TO display
their Christian prowess. They admire
paul making Felix tremble, and they only
wish that they had some such grand occa-
sion in which to preach Righteousness, tenn
perance and Judgment to come. All tney
want Is an opportunity to exhlpl0 thelr
Christian heroism. Now the apostle comes
TO us. and he practically says, Il Will show
vo,, n Mace where you can exhibit oil that
IL grand and beautiful and glorious In
Christian character, and That is the domes-
tic circle"
II ono is not faithful in an insignificant
sphere he will not be faithful In resound-
ing sphere. If Peter will not help the GRIP
. ple at the gate of the temple, he will never
he able to preach 8, 1000 souls into the king
dom Mt the Pentecost. If Paul Will not
take Mains to instruct in the way of saliva
ton the sheriff of the Philippian dungeon,
he will never make Felix tremble. he VINO
is not faithful in u skirmish would not be
faithful in an Armageddon. Inc iact ID
we are all placed in just the position IN
which we can most grandly serve God, ana
we ought not to be chiefly thoughtful about
some sphere of usefulness which we may
after awhile gain, but the all absorbing
question with you and with me ought 90
be, Lord, what wilt thou have me (now
and here) to do?'
Significance OF Home.
There is one word in my text around
which the most of our thoughts will today
reyolvc That word is home. ASK ten OH
ferent men the meaning of that word nno
they will give you ten different definitions
To one it means love at the hearth, i
means plenty Mt the table, industry at th'
workstand, intelligence at the BOOKS, de
yotion Mt the altar. To him 1t means I
greeting at the door and a smile at tn
chair. Peace lowering like wings. 10.
clapping Its hands with laughter. Life
TRANQUIL lake. Pillowed on the ripple
sleep the shadows.
Ask another man what home is and h
will tell YOU 1T is want looking oct OF
cheerlcss fire crate and lSneading hunger L
mn ennpty bread tray. The damp air SHY
erinr with curses. No Bible on the shell
Children, robbers and murdercrs in en-
bryo. Vile songs their luAtpy. Lively i'S,
n picture of ruin. Want In the backgroun
md sin staring from the front. No Sal
bath wave rolling over that doorsill. We
tibu,e of the pit. Shadow of Internal wall
Furnace for forging everlasting chain
Faggots for an amending funeral pile Ay
full word 1t is spelled with curses,
wccps with ruin, it chokes with Woe
sweats with the death agony OF despair
The word home in the one case meal
everything bright The word home in ii
other case means everything terrific.
1 shall speak to you of home as test
character, homo refuge home as n p
litica1 safeguard, homo rs n school AZ
home as II typo of heaven.
And in the first place remark tn
home is a powerful test of character. T.
disposition In public may be in gay &C
tune, while in private it is in dishabill
AS play actors may appear in one way
the stage and may appear in another W
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