The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-08-25
HELPS IN DISTRESS.
Encouraging Words By Rev d..
Talmage to the Distressed


HHHf'# EAt H"NaHHH-f HMa NAHN
Yoar Eternal Lite Fiaeed on
e saes nasiH
Rev 7. Dewitt Talmage, 90 the fol-
lowing sgrmou gives words Of eneour.
aRemept ID the afflicted Ia body and
mind The text 6;
There SIS q sanfb rock aHa Que Side BAD q
sharp r3ck oHtHe 9thsr 5ids samuel EigA
The cruel army 81 the P]hilisliues
must be taken and seattered There 30
just one mun accompanied bg bis
body-guafd, 10 10 that thing iona.
than Is the hero o. the sceue know
that David cracked the skull Of the
giant with "a few pebbles well sIung
and that 800 Gideonites scattered 10000
Anecdotes by the crash o. broken
crucltery, but here Is a more wonderful
conflict, Youder are the Philistiues on
the rocks, Here s. Jonathan with bic
bodyRuard IN the valley On the one
side lisa rock called B9zez. on The other
side Is q rock called seneh These two
were as famous IN olden times as ia
modern times are Plymouth Rock and
Gibraltar. They were preripitous uu-
sealable and sharp Between these
two rocks Jonathan must make bis as
cent. The day comes Tor The sealing
Of the height Jonathan, GA his
hands and feet, begins the ascent
With strain and slip and brujse, / sup.
pose, but still on and up hrst goes
Jonathan, and then goes his body
guard Bozrz on one side, Seneh on
che othor. After q sharp tug aud
push and clinging ] soc The head Of
Jonathan above The hole la the noun
tain; aud there Is d challenge and a
fight, aud a supernatural anusterna-
tioB. These two mon, Jonathan aud
| his b~odyEuard, driye back and drive
down the Philistings over the rocks.
and opens q campaign which demok
ishes The enemies 81 Israel. ! suppose
that the oyerhauging and o%yershadow
Ing rocks on either side did not baiE
or dishcarten Jonathan or his body.
guard, but only reused aud filled Oh en-
with enthusiasm as they went up.
'erhore was O sllarp rock ON the one
side, and o sharp rock pa the other
side
My friends, you bavs been OF are
now, some OF you, Ia this crisis OF the
text. III "a man meets ons trouble he
can 10 through with it He gathers
all Ills energies, concentrates them on
one point, and iii tile strength Of God
or by his own natural determination
pDes through IT,. Bat th6man who hu.
trouble % Tue right Of him, and trou
bic to The lett OF him Is 20 be pitied
Did either trouble come along, b,
might en3ure II, but two troubles tw,
disasters, two oyershadowing nails
fortunes, are Bozez and Seuuh Got
pity hint "Thete Is q sharp rock OF
theoue side, and q sharp rock ON thl
other side.
In this crisis Of the the text is tina
man whose fortune aud health fail him
AZ che same time Ninetenths Of al
our merchants capstae In business be
fore they come TO lA years of age
There rs some collision in commercial
circles, aud they stop payment
seems as ifevcry man must put hisnan
IA che back of q note before he learn
..tst0 f,.t ANN is VIVA rtslts MI III
q man must have q lHr0e amount Of 40
sulable goods ou his own shelf bei0r.
he learns how much easiar tt Is % hu.
than to sell. ID seems ITS ~ every mai
must be completely burned ont beror.
he LEARNS tbe importance Of Away.
keeping fully insured. IG seems as /
every man must % wrecked in a anan
oinl tempest before be learus 10 lteot
things snug "a case Of q sudden euro
clydou.
Whpb tho eHlaluftV doaS came. n /