Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-12-15
THE LORDS SHUT IN"
CompanSation5 of Sickness as Seen
by DR.. Talmagc.
4 sermon for In,nIids from the Stor,
eli Noah aud the Nrt,-t.oi's
DESIGNS for Our Bct-
torment.
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| torment.
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| This di,cuuIsc of Dr. Talnagc, which
i helpful to all who find life a struggle,
| is especially addressed To a elias Of per
sons probably never before addrcssrd
IN 4 sermon. The tcNl j. Cen, sis vi, Ii,
The Loud ,hut him in"
CrsmugpuN h., no more interesting
| chapter than the one which speaks Of
ihat catastrophe of the ages, the sub
mcrsiou of our world in tim.r of Noah.
The first ship carpenter. Mary Of tie
| nations who never AIw a Bible have u
flood story - Egyptian flood story,
| ,trrcian food story. al which nucaliun
MAS the Noah; Hawaiian flood story.
| New Zealand flood story. Chinese flood
story American Indian flood story all
Of which accounts agree in the INNER
sion of tn" coUtiurUts under universal
rains. and that there wasa ship floating
with select few of the human family
ard with specimens Of geological and
oruithological aud rcptiliau worlds. al.
| though | could have wished that these
| last had been shut out of the ark and
drowned.
All Of these food stories represent
the ship thus atloat aS finally stranded
81 a mouutaimtop. Hugh Miller in his
Testimony Of the Rocks" thinks that
| oil these food stories were iuiirm tradi-
tions of the Biblical account. and I've
iicye him. The worst thing about that
| great frcshrt WITS that il struck Nuah's
Great Eastern from above ard Eereath.
| The seas broke the chain of shells and
crystal and rolled over the land. and the
| heavens OPENED their clouGe, for falling
columns Of water which roarcd and
| murdered en- the roof of the great ship
for month and ten days. There was
one door Ia the ship hut there were
three parts ~ that door. one part for
each of the three stories. The Bible ac-
count says rothiuE about Parts of the
door belonging 10 two of the stories,
and do not know ON which fCor Noah
and his family ,oyagcd. but my next
| tells us that the part Of the Goor of tha'
| particular floor on which Noah staid
WAS closed after he had entered. The
Lord shut him In" So there are many
people ROW in the world who are as
| thoroughly shut in. some by sickness,
some by old age. some by special duties
| that viii not allow them to go forth,
some surrounded Ivy Gcluges of misfor-
tune and trouble. and fer them often
receive messages. and this sermon,
which | hope May DO good to others. is
more especially intended for them. To-
day address tie shut in. The Lord
shut him in"
| Notice first of all who closed the door
80 that they could rot get out. Noah
did not do it. nor his son Shem. nor did
Ham, nor did Japherh, ror did either of
the four married women who were on
shirboard. nor did desperadoes who had
scoilcd at the idea of peril which Noah
had been preaching close that door.
| They had turned their backs on the ark
and had in disgust gone away. ] will
tell you how il was done. \ hand WAS
stretched down from heaven 10 close
that door. II was divine hard as well
rs kind hand. The Lord shut him in"
The world has no statistics as to the
number of invalids. The physicians
know Someihrhg about it, and the
apothccaries and the PASTORS, but who
can tell us The number of blind eyes,
i and deaf ears. and diseased lungs. and
congeStcd iivers. and tangled nerves.
and neuralgia temples, and rheumatic
feet. or how many took no food this
morning because they had no appetite
TO eat or digestive organs to assimilate.
or have lungs so delicate they cannot
GO forth when the wind is in the east,
or there Is fog rising from the river.
or there is damrness on the ground
or pavement because of the frost corr
| ing out: 1t would he easy to count the
people who every day go through
street. or the number of passengers
carried by railroad company in year,
or the number Of those who cross the
ocean in shirs. But who can give us he
statistics of the great multitudes who
are shut in? call the attention of all
such TO their superioro opportunities Of
doing good.
Those of us who are well. and can see
clearly, and hear distinctly. and par
take Of food of all sorts. and questions
| of digestion never occur to us. and we
can wade the snowlanks, and take an
| equinox in our faces. and endure the
| thermometer mt zero. am. every breath
| of air is a tonic and stimulus, and
sound sleep meets us within i've min
utes after our mead touches the pillow,
do not make so rauch q an impression
when we talk about the consultations of
| religion. The world Snys right away:
81 guess that man mistakes buoyancy
Of natural spirits for religion. What
does he know about it? lie has never
| been tried" But when one goes out
and reports TO the world that that
morning on his way to business he
called TO see You and found you. after
being kept in your room for two
months. cheerful and hopeful. and that
| you had not one word of complaint and
asked ali about every body and re ioiced
I In the success of your business friends.
| although your own business had almost
come to n standstill through your alb
sence from store or Office or shop. and
that you sent your love to all your old
friends and told them that il YOU did
not meet them again in this world you
hoped 10 meet them in domnions
seraphic. with a quiet word of advice
from you to the man who carried the
| message about the Importance of his
not neglecting his own soul, but
| through Christ seeking something bet
ter than this world could give him