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DR.. TALMAeE ENCOURAGES PEOPLE
.xe WHO ARE IN TROUBLE.
What We Are Taught BY the Triumph Of
Jonsthan over the Philistines - nspira.
ton In Persecution and New Life In
Adversity.
copyright 1885, b. c|.t american Press Ass0-
WARRINGTON, Aug. 14.-This discourse
Of DR.. Talmage Ia full Of encouragement
for those who know not which way to
turn because Of accumulated misfortunes;
text, ! Samuel xiv, 4, "There was sharp
rock on the one side and sharp rock on
the other slde.'
The cruel army Of the Philistines must
be taken and scattered. There is Just one
man accompanied by his bodyguard to do
that thing. Jonathan is the hero Of the
scene. know that David cracked the
skull Of the giant with few pebbles we'll
slung, and that 800 Gideonites scattered
10000 Amalekites by the crash of broken
orookery, but hero Is more wonderful
conflict. Yonder are the Philistines on
tho rocks Here is Jonathan with his
bodyguard in the valley. On the one side
lie a rock called Bozez; on the other side ia
rock called Ssneh. These two were as
famous In olden times as In modern times
are Plymouth Rock and Gibraltar. They
wero precipitous, unscalable and sharp.
Between these two rocks Jonathan must
make his ascent The day comes for the
scaling Of the height. Jonathan on his
hands and feet begins the ascent. With
strain and slip and bruise, I suppose, but
still on and up, first goes Jonathan, and
then goes his bodyguard Bozez on one
side, Seneh on the other. After sharp
tug and push and olinging I see the head
Of Jonathan above the hole in the noun
tain, and there Is a challenge, and fight
and supernatural CONSERVATION. These
two men, Jonathan and his bodyguard,
drive back and drive down the Philistines
over the rocks and open campaign which
demolishes the enemies Of Israel. I sup
pose that the overhsnging and overshadow-
ing rocks on either side did not balk or
dishearten Jonathan or his bodyguard,
but only reused and filled them with en-
thusiasln as they went up "There was
sharp rock on the one side and sharp rock
on the other side.'
Sharp Rocks Of Trouble.
My friends, you have been or are now,
some of you, in this crisis Of the text II
a man meets one trouble, he can go
through with 1t. He gathers all his ener-
GIGS, concentrates them on one point and
in the strength Of God or by his own nat
ural determination goes through it. But
the man who has trouble to tho right of
him and trouble to the loft of him Is to be
pitied. Did either trouble come alone, he
might endure 1t, but two troubles, two
disasters, two overshadowing Inisfortunes,
are Bozez and Seneh. God pity him
There Is q sharp rock on the one side and
o sharp rock on the other side."
In this crisis Of the text is that man
whose fortune and health fail him at the
same time. Nine tenths Of all our mer-
chants oapsize in business before they
come to As years Of age. There is some
collision In commercial circles, and they
stop payment. 1t seems as If every man
must put his name on the back Of note
before he learns what fool man Is who
risks oil his own property on the prospect
that some man will tell the truth 1t
seems as If man must have q large
amount Of unstable goods on his own
shelf before he learns how much easier 1t
is to buy than to sell. 1t seems as If every
man must be completely burned out be-
fore he learns the Importance Of always
keeping fully insured. 1t seems as If every
man must be wrecked in financial TEN.
pest before he learns to keep things snug
In case Of a sudden euroclydon.
When tho calamity does come, 1t Is aw-
full. The man goes home In despair, and
he tells his family, "We'll have to go to
tho poorhouse. He takes dolorous view
Of everything. It seems as If no never
could rise. But little time passes, and
he says: "Why, lam not SO badly off after
all. have my family lefo."
Blessing OF . Family.
Before the Lord turned Adam out of
be lost paradise he could stand it. Permit
one who has never read but few novels
In all his life, and who has not great
deal Of romance In his composition, to say
that If when mans fortunes fail he has
, good wife-a good Christian wife-he
ought not to be respondent. "Oh," you
Jay, that only increases the eInbarrass-
nent, since you have her also to take care
IT," You are an migrate, for the woman
IS often supports the man as the man sup
ports the woman. The man may bring
III the dollars, but the woman generally
brings the courage and the faith in God.
Well, this man of whom am speaking
ooks around, and he finds his family is
eft, and he rallies, and the light comes to
lis eyes, and the smile to his face, and the
outrage to his heart. In two years no Is
uite over 1t. He makes his financial Ca
amity the first chapter in new era Of
prosperity. He met that one trouble
1t. He sat down for q little
While under the grim shadow of tho rock
sozez yet he soon rose and began like
onathan to climb. But how often Is 1t
hat physical ailment comes with financial
When the fortune failed,
J broke the mans spirit His nerves wero
battered. His brain was stunned. can
how you hundreds of men in our cities
hose fortune and health failed at tho
anne time. They came prematurely to the
aft. Their hand trembled with incipient
analysis. They never saw well day
nee the hour when they called their cred
ors together for n compromise. If such
ZEN are impatient and peculiar and irri-
.ble, excuse them. They had two trou-
les, either one Of which they could have
let successfully. If when the health went
Nd fortune had been retained, 1t would
OF have been so bad. The man could
ave bought the very best medical advice,
I'd he could have had the very best at
ndance and long lines of carriages would
svo stopped at tho front door to inquire
to his welfare. But poverty on the ono
de and sickness on the other are Bozez
I'd Bench, and they interlock their shad-
vs. and drop them upon the poor mans
ay. God help him! There Is sharp
ok on the one side and a sharp rock on
e other side"
Sunlight Of Gods Favor.
Now, what is such man to dor In tho
me of almighty God, I will tell him
hat to DO. Do as Jonathan did-climb;
NIB up into the sunlight Of God 8 favor
I'd consolation. l can go through the I.
urches and show you men who lost for
ne and health at the same time, and yet
no sing all day and dream Of heaven all
ght. If you have any idea that sound
gestion, and steady nerves, and clear eve