The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-27
THE REST OF THE BLESSED.
WORLDLY FATIGUE AND THE RE-
CUPERATIoN or PARADISE.


the Faithful Worker.
Washington. June 26-This discourse of
DR.. Talmage draws a contrast between the
fatigues of this world and the blissful re
cupcration of tie heavenly paradise Text:
Micah 2:iO, ARISE We and depart for this is
not your rest"
This was the drum-beat of prophet who
wanted to arouse his people from their op-
pressed and sinful condition; but it may
just as properly be uttered now as then.
Bells. by long exposure and much ringing,
hose their cIearness Of tone, but this rous-
ing bell Of the gospel strikes in as clear
tone a. when ii first rang on the air
As far as I can see. your great want and
mine is rest. From the time We enter life,
q great many vexations and annoyances
take after US. We have our holidays aud
our seasons of recreation and quiet, but
where Is the man in this world who has
found entire rest The fact is that God
did not make this world 10 rest in. a ship
might as well so down of Cape Hatteras
TO find smooth water as a man In this
world to find quiet. From the way that
God has strewn the thorns and hung the
clouds and sharpened the tusks; from tho
colds that distress US, and the heats that
smlte US. and the pleurisies that stab US,
and the fevers that consume us. I know
that he did not make this world as place
10 loiter Ia. God does everything. sue
cessfuIly; and this world would be a very
different world if it were intended for US
to lounge in. Ii does right Well for a few
years Indeed, it is magnificent Nothing
but infinite wisdom and goodness could
have mixed this beverage Of water, or
hung up these brackets Of stars, or trained
these voices of rill and bird, and ocean
so that God has but to lift his hand, and
the whole world breaks forth into orches-
ira. But, after all. it is only the splendors
OF a kings highway. over which We are
10 march on TO enternal conquest.
You and have seen men who tried to
rest here They builded themselves great
stores. They gathered around them the
patronage Of merchant princes. The
voice of their bid shook the money-mark-
cts They had stock in the most sue
cessful railroad, and in safe-deposit vaults
great rolls of government securities. They
had emblazoned carriages, high-mettled
steeds footmen plate that cOnfouded
lords and senators who sat. at their table,
tapestry on which fioated the richest de-
signs Of foreign looms, splendor of can
vas on the wall, exGuisiteness Of music
rising among pedestals of bronze and
dropping. soft as light, on snow of sculp-
ture. Here let them rest. Put back the
embroidered curtain. and shake up the
pillow Of down Turn out the lights. Il
is II O'Clock at night. Let slumber drop
upon the eyelids. and the air float through
5.aTf a Isfs trrffh mi
summer perfume. Stand back, all care,
anxiety, and trouble. But no! they will
not stand back. They rattle the lattice.
They look under the canopy. With rough
touch they startle his pulses They cry
out at y O'Clock at night Awake man;
how can you sleep when things are 50
uncertain What about those stocks
Hark 10 the tap of that fire-bell; Il is
your district: How if you should die soon?
Awake mani Think Of it. Who will get
your property when you are gone? What
will they do with it? Wake up Riches
sometimes take wings. How if you should
get poor? Wake up Rising on one ell
bow, the man of fortune looks out into the
darkness of the room, and wipes the damp
ness from his forehead and say, Alas!
For all this scene of wealth and magnifi-
cence-no restr'
passed down a street of a city with a
: merchant. He knew all the finest houses
on the street. he SAID mere - SOkIlc-
thing the matter in all these houses. In
that one it is conjugal infeicity. In that
one, a dissipated son. In thar, a DISCO
lutte father. In that, an idiot child.' In
that the prospect of bankruptcy" This
worlds wealth can give no permanent
satisfaction. This is not your rest
You and have seen men try in another
direction A man says, IF | could only
rise to such and such place of renown
If / could gain that Office; if l could only
get the stand, and have my sentiments
met with one good round of hand-clapping
applause; if l could only write a book
that would live, or make speech that
would thrill. or do an action that would
resoundr' The tide turns in hiss favor
His name is on ten thousand laps He is
bowed TO, and sought after, and advanc-
ed. Men drink his health at great dinners.
At his fiery words the multtudes huzza,
From galleries of beauty they throw gar
lands. From house-tops. as he passes in
long procession, they shake out the ma
tional standards. Here let him rest. Ii
Is II O'clock az night. On pillows stuffed
with a nations praise let him lie down
Hush! all disturbant voices. In bis dream
let there be hoisted a throne, and across
1t march a coronation. Hush Husni
Wake up!' says rough voice. "Po-
litical sentiment is changing. How IL you
should lose this place of honori Wake up!
The morning papers are to be fun of de-
uuticIdtAOn- f1edFhen TO the excavations
or those who once caressed you. BY to
morrow night there Will he multitudes
sneering at the words which last night
you expected would be universally admir-
ed. How can you sleep when everything
depends upon the next turn of the great
tragedy? Up mani Off of this pillow
The man, with head yet hot from his las
GRAFTON, starts up suddenly, looks out
upon the night, but sees nothing except
the flowers that lie upon his stand, or the
scroll from which he read his speech. or
the books from which he quoted his au-
thorities, and goes to his desk TO finish
his neglected correspondence, or to pen an
indignant line 10 some reporter or sketch
the plan for public defense against the
assaults of the people. Happy when he
got his first lawyers brief; exultant when
he triumphed over his first political rival:
yet, sitting on the very top of all that
this world offers of praise, he exclaims.
mo rest! no restr'
The very world that now applauds will
soon hiss. That world said of the great
Webster. What statesman. What won
derful exposition of the constitution A
man fit for any positfoni' That same
= world said after a while, Down with
himl He is an office-seeker. He is a
sot. He is a libertine Away with himi''