St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-12-31
|DAWN OF A CENTURY
D.. Talmage breaches Of the Bright.
ness in Which It Comes.
America To-day the Chosen Nation Or
Go1-What the Old Century Leaves
Behind lt-ChriatianIty IL
SpPeadlng.
Copyright. 1881

Washington. Nov. q.
This sermon of DR.. Talmage is al
anticipation of things near at hand and
urges preparation for stirring events;
text, Chronicles. 1892: The children
Of Issachar, which were men that ha,.
understanding Of the times. to know
what Israel ought to do"
Great tribe. that tribe of Issacha-.
When Joab took the census. there were
l4s.6O0 of them. Before the almanac
was born, through astrological study.
they knew from stellar conjunctions
all about the seasons of the year. Be
fore agriculture became an art they
were skilled in the raising of crops.
Before politics became a science they
knew the temper of nations, and when
ever they marched, either for pleasure
or war. they marched under three
colored f1ag-topaz. sardine and car
buncle. But the chief characteristic
of that tribe of Issachar was that they
understood the times. They were not
like the political and moral incompe-
tents of our day, who are trying TO
guide 1898 by the theories of 1928.
They looked at the divine indications
in their own particular century. So
we ought to understand the times. not
the times when America was 10 colonies
huddled together along the Atlantic
coast. but the times when the nation
dips one hand in the ocean on one
side the continent and the other hand
In the ocean on the other side the con-
tinent; times which put New York
Narrows and the Golden Horn of the
Pacific within one fash of electric
biography; times when God is as d.
rectly. as positively. as solemnly. as
tremendously addressing us through
the daily newspaper and the quick
revolution of events as he ever adj
dressed the ancients or addresses us
through the Holy Scriptures. The
voice of God in Providence is as i'm
portant as the voiceo of God in typology,
for in our own day we have had our
Sinais with thunders Of the Almighty.
and Calvaries of sacrifice and Gethsem-
anes that sweat great drops of blood,
and Olivets of ascension. and Mount
Pisgahs Of farreaching vision. The
Lord who rounded this world 5000
years ago and sent his Son to redeem IL
near l 900 years ago has yet much to do
with this radiant but agonized planet.
May God make us like the children c:
Issachar, (which were men that had
understanding of the times. to know
what Israel ought to do"
The grave of this century will soon be
dug. The cradle Of another century will
soon be rocked. There is something
moving this way out Of the eternities,
something that thrills me, blanches me,
appalls me. exhilarates me. enraptures
me. It will wreathe the orange BIOS
SONS for millions of weddings. It will
beat the dirge for millions of obse-
quies. It will carry the gilded ban
ners Of brightest mornings and the
black flags Of darkest midnights. The
world will play the grand march of its
heroes and sound the rogues' march Of
its towards. Other professions may
halt or break down or fall back, but
the procession led by that leader moves
steadily on and will soon be here. It
ELL preside over coronations and de-
l bless it!