Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-06-29
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON.
Rest From Earthly Labors Comes Only
With the Graves Refuge.
Those who Have Toiied and Those Who
Have Grieved May find Consolation
In Gods Promlse-with tho
souls Transition Peace
A. Found


This was the drum beat OF n prophet
who wanted TO arouse his people from
their oppressed and sinful condition:
but il may just as properly be uttered
now as then. Bells, by long exposure
aud much ringing, lose their ciearness
OF tone; but this rousing bell of the
Gospel strikes in as clear tone as
when il first rang on the air.
As far rs l can see your great want
and mine is rest From the time we
enter life, great many vexations and
annoyances take after us. We have
our holidays and our seasons OF recrea-
ton and quiet. but where is the man
in this world who has found entire
rest. The fact is that Coo did not
make this world TO rest in. A ship
might as well go down off Cane Hat
teras to find smooth water rs "A man in
this world To find quiet From the
way that God has strewn the thorns
and hung the clouds. and sharpencd
the tusks; from the colds that distress
as. and the heats that smite us. and the
pleurisies that stab us. and the feverS
that consume us, / know that he did
not make this world rs place TO loiter
in God does every thing successfully.
and this world would be a very differ
emit world IL IL were intended for US to
lounge in. Itdoes right we'll for few
years. Indeed, IL is magnificent. Moth
ING but infinite wisdom and goodness
could have mixed this beverage of wa
ter, or hung up these brackets OF stars.
or trained these voices OF rill, and bird.
ami ocean-so that God has but TO lift
ma ., 4. u
forth into orchestra. But after all. il
Is only tie splendors of kings high
way. over which we are TO march on to
eternal conquestS
You and ! have seen men who tried
TO rest here. They gathered around
them the patronage OF merchant
princes The voice OF their bids shook
the money markets. They had stock
in the most successful railroads. and in
safe deposit vaults great rolls of gov.
eminent securities. They had en-
b.azoncd carriages, high-mettled
siecds, iootmen, plate that COMPOUNDED
lords and senator's who sat at their
table tapestry on which hoated the
richest designs OF foreign looms, splen-
dor of canvas on the walls. "Reminiscences
of music rising among pedostals of
bronze and dropping, soft and light,
on snow Of sculpture. Here let them
rest Put back the embroidered cur
tain and shake up the pillow OF down.
Turn out the lights. II is IL o'clock
al night Lee slumber drop upon the
eyelids and the air float through the
half-opened lattice, drowsy with mid
summer perfume. Stand back, all
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they viii not stand back They rattle
the lattice. They look under the can
opy. With rough touch they startle
his pulses. They cry out at IL
o'clock at night. Awake man; how
can YOU sleep when things are so
uncertain? What about those stocks?
Hark to the tap of that fire bell; ii is
your district. How if you should die
soon? Awake man. Think Of III Who
Will get your property when you are
gone? What viii they do with il?
Wake up! Riches sometimes take
wings. How If you should get poor?
Wake upw Rising ON one elbow, the
man OF fortune looks out into the
darkness OF the room and wines the
aampness from his forehead and SAYS
Alas. For all this scene OF wealth
cnd magnificencc-no rest
passed down II street of "A city with
a merchant lie knew all the finest
houses on the street. He said: There
Is something the matter in all these
houses. 10 that one IL is conjugal in
felicity. In that one, dissipated son.
In that. dissolute father. Ia that, an
IDIOT child. In that, the prospect OF
bankruptcy" This worlds wealth can
give no permanent sati sfaction. This
Is not your rest.
You and have seen men try in an
other direction. A man says, IF ]
could only rise TO such and such "a
place Of renown; e could only gain
that office; il i could only get the
stand and have my sentiments met
with one good round OF hand-clapping
applause; II / could only write a book
that would live, or make a speech that
would thrill, or do an action that
would resound!" The tide turns In his
favor His name is on 10000 lips.
DE is bowed 20, and sought after. and
advanced. Men drink his health at
great dinners. At his fiery words the
muititudes huzzal From galleries OF
beauty they throw garlands From
housetops as he passes in long process
sion, they shake out the national
standards. Here let him rest IL ISL
o'clock at night On pillows stuffed
win a nations praise let him lie down.
hush' al disturbant voices. in his
1rcams let there be hoisted a throne.
ana across il march coronation.
Hush. Hush,
wake up says a rough voice "Po-
"ucai continent is changing. How 81
on should lose this place Of honor?
"akc upi The morning papers are 20
'e iuu Of denunciation Hearkon 90
ine eEecrutions Of those who once
.''ts'ed you. By tomorrow night
,nere VIII be multitudes sncering at
'Ne words which last night YOU cx-
ee.e- would bc universally admired
i''" can you sleep when everything
p'nds upon the next turn of the
'atedy3 Up. man. OF Of this pill
DE man, with head vet hot
ron DDS last grafton, starts up sud-
hiy looks QUE upon the night. but
nothing except the flowers that
upon bis stand. or the scroll from
N''n ne reads his speech. or the books
~" which be- quoted his authorities.
goes to bis desk 20 finish bis neg
,.e' spondence. or to pen an i'm
tu'ni line 90 some reporter. or
"e,'h the plan for q public defense
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