Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-03-04
LIES SPRINGTINIE.
DR.. TALmAcE'S SERMON RECALLS
SCENES OF YOUTH.

ne Draws n Vivid Picture of Two
Contrasting HomeS--A Mans True
Character Comes ont at the Fire
side-Parents Are Writing History.
Copyright. 1899 by American Press Asso-
ciationl
WASHINGTON. Feb 26.-Many render
rrollcctions are stirred 10y DIR Talnlarc's
discourse. and scenes Of boyhood and
girlhood days will be lived over again.
text ! Timothy v. 4. Let them learn
first To show picty az home
During the summer months the tendcn
~ is 10 the fields. to visitation. To foreign
travel and the watering places. and the
ocean steamers are throngcd. but in the
winter it is rather 10 gather In domestic
circles. and during these months We spend
many OF the hours within doors. and the
apostle comes To us and says that we ought
to exercise Christian behavior amid all
such circumstances Let them learn first
10 show piety at home
There are IA great many people longing
for some grand sphere in which t. serve
God They admire Luther at the diet oi
Worms and only wish that they had some
such great opportunity in which to dis
play their Christian pruwcss They admire
Paul making Felix treinblc and they only
wish that they had some such grand occa
sion In which to preach righteousness,
temperance and Judgment To come All
they want is an opportunity TO exhibit
their Christian heruisin Now, the apostle
practically says Il will show you a place
where you can exhibit all that Is grand
and beautiful and glorious in Christian
character and thar Is the domestic circle
lat them learn first To show piety at
home II one is not faithful in an insig
nificant sphere. he will not be faithful in
n ncsounding sphere VI Peter viii not
help the cripple at the gate of the temple
he will never be able 10 preach 5000 into
the Kingdom at the Pcntecost Ii Paul
will not take pains Ia instruct In the way
Of salvation the lailer Of the Phiippian
dungeon. he will never make Fclia. trcm
bile He who Is not faithful in skirmish
would not be- faithful in an Armagctldon
The fact Is we are all placed in !ust the
position in which we can most prandly
serve God. and We ought not to be chiefly
thoughtful about some sphere of useful
ness which We may after awhile gain but
the all absorbing question with ypn and
with me ought TO he Lord. what wilt
thou have mo now and here Ia do
An Expressive word.
There is one word m ~ Pauls ldIura
ton around which the most oi our
thoughts will rcvolve That word is
home ASK ten different men the mean
ing Of that word ana they will give you
ten different definitions To one il means
love at the hearth plenty ut the table in
dustry at the wurkstand intelligence at
the books devotion at the altar In that
household discord never sounds lis war
whoop and deception never tricks with its
false face To him II means grs fing at
the door and smile nj the chalr peace
lowering like wings JOY clappng its
hands with laughter Life Is tranquil
lake Pillowed on the ripplcs sheep the
shadows Ask another man what home
is and he will tell you u Is want looking
out of "A cherries fir, CRATE kncading hun
ger IN an empty bread tray Tho damp
air shiyering with curses No lliblc On
the shelf Children robbers ana murder
ers In embryo Obscene songs their lula
by Every face a picture of ruin Want
In the background ana sin staring from
the front No sabbath wave rolling over
that doorsill Nestibulc Of the pit shadow
OF internal walls Furnace for forging
everlasting chains Faguts for an uncnd
ing funeral pile Awful word II Is
spelled with curses. 1t weeps with ruin. 1t
chokcs with woe u sw,ars with the death
agony of despair The word home in
the one casc means everything bright
The word home IN the other case means
everything terrific
| shall speak now of home rs A test of
character. home a. refuge home rs n
political safeguard home as a school and
home rs a type N heaven And IN the
first place home Is a powerful tee; of char
acter The disposition IN public may bc
In gay costume while in private IL Is
dishnbiile A. play nrturs may appear in
one way on the Stage and may lpcar in
another way behind the sscncs - private
character may be very different from pub
lie character Private character Is often
public character turned wrong SIDE nut
a man may receive you into his rnrlOr rs
though he were a dstillatIon ui smiles
and yet his heart may to "a swami Of net
ties There are business men wnD all day
long are mild and courteous aud genial
and good natured IN commercial life
damming back their irrltahility and their
petulance and their discomfort hut at
nightfall the dam breaks and scolding
pours forth in floods and fnShcts
fhItAAstAloN - hHAh ti' Ftt.tbtn VI flAtli
acter and very small house sometimes
will cast very long shadow The lips
may seem 60 drop with myrrh and cassia
and the disposition Ia hc "a bri sht and
warm as sheath of sunlHanis and yet
they may only h. magnificent show win
dow for wrtchcd stock Of goods There
is many man who l. aiiablc in public
life and amid commercial spheres who In
a cowardly way takes his anger and his
petulance home and drops them tn the
domestic circle The reason men do not
display their bad temper IN public Is be
cause they do not want to bc knocked
down There nrr men who hide their
pctulance and their irritahility Just for
the same reason that they do not let their
notes go Ia prot..sf-it dncs not pay-or
for the same reason that they do not want
n man IN their sturk company 10 sell his
stock below par lest II drprr'atc the value
show PI-ts az Home.
As ~ sunset sometimes The wiaG rises
~ after sun~hinv day thcrr tnay H. "A
temp,stuous night There arr people who
In public act the ph,lanthr1pist who ut
home net ~. Nero with rcspsi Ia their
slippers and their gown Audubon the
great urnithologist with gun and pencil
went through the forests of America to
bring dow u ana to sketch the beautiful
birds ana after years oi toll and exposure
completed his manuscript and pat 10 IA .
trunk ln Philadclphia and went oh for IA
few DAYS nf n~.nsltipn ana r-st aud came
hnrk and found than the rut~ had utterly
destrnv,n ~, manuscript tut without
sny it--uiufrt-lu. tfid witauiii any fret or
tad ienir" 49, i-aiu pirh.d az Ms gun
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