The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-24
.TALMAGE's SERMON.
THE BETTER ONE rs THE MORE
HE is HATED
ny the vile Creatures Who Haunt the
Ahodes OF Mcn--Texti - Was the
song Of tho Drunliarcs" - rsaims
0aIe.

who rald that? Was It David o. was
Il Christi II was both, These Mes
slanic Psalms are Ike a telescope. Pull
| the instrument to a certain range, ana I
q shows you an object near By, Pun % I
o another range. and q viii show you .
objects far away. David and Christ /
aore both. each IN his own time' the |
song Of the trunkards. Holiness OF
doctrine and liie always d!d excite
wicked mcrrlmoat Although David
had fully reformed end written
psalmody Ia which all subsequent ages
have so3bod out their peuitenee. nus
enemies prolcgud 20 fetch mp his Ola
career. and put into metric measures
iins long before forgiven. Carist' VINO
committed no sin. was SIN more the
subject Of unholy toug, because the ne'-
ter one Is. the more iniqui.y hates him
on the best Being whose voice ever
moved the Or or whole foot ever
touched the earth Sc Iigtt be sa'd'
Tho bywori OF the passing ihrong'
The rulers scon. the druukards soag.
The earth Gifted up Cor lhc human
race. Ga conrraulat.on the morn.nr
|ftau sang song. The lHaeliush
Iarmy safe on the bank Of the Red Sea
and the Egyptians clear under the re-
turned water. Moses sang a song. One
Of ,hc mos, important parts OF THIS
great old nool, 50 solomon's gong. Al
the birth OF our Lord the Virgin May
and old Simeon ana angelic pr.ma dom
mas IN lowering clouds sang a sons.
What enrichment has been given TO
the worlds literature and enjoyment
by the ballads. the oantcles, the dis
cants. the dlttles. the roundelays, the
epics. the lyrics. the dlthyrambs But
my text calls attention 10 a style OF
song that think has never been dis
eouraed upon. You sometimes hear this
style Of music when passing a saloon.
or q residence In which dissipation Is
ascendant. or after you have retired al
llght you hear 4 coming out OF the
street from those who. having tarried
long at the.g cups. are on their way
home-the ballad Of the lnobsiaie. the
scllnade OF the alcohollzed. or what my
text calls the Song Of the Drunkarda.
For practical and saving aud warn
SAG and Christian purposes ! viii an
rounco to you The characteristics Of
/ ttat Wcll-known cadence mentioned IN
my text Flrat ! remark that the Song
oi the Drunkaids "a an old song, Much
q the music o. the world and Of the
church Is old music. First came the
iausic OF percussion. the elapplng GYM
bal. which was suggested By a hammer
c. an anvil. and then the signing Of
The wind across the reeds suggested
the flute. and then the strained slnews
o. the tortoise across ITS flcll sug-
gesied the harp but far back OF that.
and nearly back as far as the moral
collapse OF our hrst parentage Is the
Song OF the Drunkards. That tune was
rung az least four thousand two hun
drcd and forty-three years ago. when.
the deluFe past. Noah came out Of the
ark. and AS n dlagustcd with too much
prevalence Of water. be took to strong
drink and staggered forth. for an ages
tue FIRST known drunkard lie sounded
tie Arst note Of the old music OF In
ehrlacy. An Arab author OF A. d. 1910.
wrote: Noah. being come out % the
ark. ordered each Of bis Sons 10 build
o house. Afterwards they were occu-
pied IN sowing and IN planting trees.
the pipplna and fruits OF which they
found In the ark. The vine alone was
wanting. and they could not discover
/ g. Gabriel then Informed them that
the devil had desired a. and indeed
had some right TO a. Horoupou Noah
summoned him 10 appear In the field.
and said TO him, % accursed' Why
hast thou carried away The vine from
mer Because, replied the devil. ~
belonged to me- shall ! part Il for
youY said Gabriel. 1 consent. said
Noah. and will leave him n fourth
THAT "a not sualelcn, Cor him. said
Gabriel. Well. / will take half.' re-
piled Noah. and ne shall take the 9th
err That is not sufficient yet. re-
rponded Gabriel He must have two
thirds and thou one. and when thy
wine shall have boiled on the Ore I'M
al two-thirds are gone. the remainder
shall be assigned Tor thy use" A
fable that illustrates how the vine has
been Incorporated.
nenhadad and thirty-two allied
kings. rioting In a pavilion. took up the
same haechanal Nahal was rendering
that drunkards SOP when his wife.
beautiful Abigail. came back from her
expedition to save her husband. Herod
was singing that song when the daurh-
ter OF Horodias wheeled In the dance
before him. BclahaEzar and a thou
sand lords renewed that song the nirht
the handwriting came out on the plas-
teriag oi the wall and the tramp OF
the bcsicglng hos, was heard on the
palace stairs Ahasuems sang that
song when. after seven days of carous.
al. De ordered Vashu 20 come into
the presence OF The roaring rue4.s
without her veil on-a January storm
trying 10 command O. June morning
on. yes The song of The drunkarda
is an old song. Kluk Cyrus boosted
that De could drink more wiao than h.a
brother Drunkenness was 500 rice
among thc Lacoiaomouans that Iy.
cursua bad oll tho vines oi me ylsc-
yards destroyed. Paul eycor.atos tho
Corinthians ior turning the comman-
icn Of The Lords supper 90 church into
ogrousal Isaiah mentions the drunk.
ards 90 Ephuim. So much were The
Aihcnians given 10 Wasnl that law
was passed giving a man double pun
ishment for crime while intoxicated. ;hr
FIRST punishment for the crime. and the
other Tor the intoxlcstion. Il was a
siaccato passage In thar song when
Alexander the Great arose from a ban
quet and struck a spear through the
heart OF Clitus while putting up the
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