The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-03-17
BITTERNESS Of LIFE.
Dr.. Talmage Draws a Contrast Be
tween Selfishness and Kindness.
skoald Make the WerId q Pheasant
PIsce-scatterers Of Wov@w o"a
Are i.ikeaea 60 AttIta
the i1an.

The contrast between life 81 seIf.
ishncss and a life of Kindness IL set
forth by DIR. Talmage While dlscours'
ing upon the bnlcfnl character OF
ronqueror OF oiien time; text Rev
elation viii 10. H. There fell a great
star from heaven. burning rs u were
. lamp. and IL fell upon the third part
Of the rivers and upon the fountains
n water, aud the name Of the star "
called Worm~ ood.'
Patrick and Lo~th. Thongs Scott.
Ma,.ss~ ;:srsS N,s;yIl Ahrss Az
the star Norwood OF my text was
type of Attila King OF the Huns. lie
was 80 called because he was brilliant
~ . star, aud, like NORWOOD, he EN-.
Uttered everything he touched. We
hsy~ studied the Star OF Bethlehem
aud ihc Morning Star OF Revelation
and the Star Of Peace, but my subject
call-us To gaze at the etar Norwood,
aud my thcme might be called bril-
liant bitterness"
\ more Extraordinary character his
tory does not furnish than this man
Attila. the hing OF the Huns. The
story goes that one day wounded
hrifcr came limpiug along through the
fields. and a hcrdsnan followed IT.
bloody tracks ON the grass 90 zee
where the hcifcT was wounded, and
went on hack farther and farther un-
til he came 90 sword fast in the
earth, the point downward, AZ though
I, had dropped from the heavens, and
neains the edges Of this sword the
heifcr had brcu cut. The hsrdsman
pulled up that sword and presented
II 90 At,ila. Atiila said taat sword
must have dropped from the heavens
from the grasp OF the god Mars, and
iis being given TO him meant that At
tia should conquer and govern the
whole earth. Other mighty men have
been delighted at being called liber'
ators. or the Merclful. or the Good.
bu, Aiiila called himself and demand
cd that others cali him "ibe Scourgc
Of God"
At The head Of 700 600 troops mount
- on Canpadocian horses, he swep,
everything from the Adriatic 10 the
Blsck sea, lie put hi iron heel on
Macedonia and Greece and rhrace lie
made Milan and pnvia and Padua
and Verona hey for mercy, which he
bestowed not. The byzantine castles
10 meet his ruinous levy. put up at
suction massive silver tables and vases
~ solid gold. When city was cap
iured by him, the inhabitants we're
brought on. a:a pat into three Glasses.
The Arst class. those Who could bear
arms. must Immediately enlist under
Attsla or he butchcred; the second
elias. the beautiful women, were made
capti,os 10 the Huns; the third class
she aged men and women, were robbed
- everything and let go back To the
city to pay a heavy tax.
II was common saying that the
grass never grew where the hoof OF
httila's horse he'd trod. Ills armies
rcddcucd the waters Of the Seine aud
,hc Mnscllc aud the Rhine with ear.
mage aud fought on the Catalonian
plains the 6erccst battles since the
world stood-10o. 900 dead left on the
field. ON aud on until all those who
could not Oppose him with arms lay
TrstTate on their faces in prayer. |
then a cloud 81 dust way seen in the |
distance. and a bishop cried: at J.
the aid OF God" and all the people |
took up the cry: at is the aid OF God" !
\, the cloud ~ dust was blown aside |
the banners OF reinforcing armies
marched in 90 help against A,,ila,
"ihe Scourge Of God" The most nm. |
important occurrences he used as a
supcrnaiarnl resource. After three |
months OF failure to capture the city |
of Nquileia, when his army bad given |
mp the Siege, the fight OF 6 stork and |
her young from the tower Of the city !
was taken 10y him rs "a sign that he
was 90 capture the city, and hi army,
inspired with the same occurrence,
resumed the siege and took The WALLS
at point from which the stork had !
emerged.
slain on the evening OF his marriage
bN his bride. ildico, who was hired
for the assassiua ton his followers he. |
walled him not with tears hut with !
blood. cutting Themselves with knives
md lences. He Wa pnt into three
collins, the first Of iron. the second OF
silver and the third OF gold. lie was
burird by night, and into his grave
were poured the most valuable coins |
and precious stones, amounting To the |
wealth OF Kingdom The gravrdiH.
Ccrs aud all those who assisted az the |
burial We're mhssacred, 50 that II |
would never he known where 80 much |
wealth was entumbcd
The Roman empire conquered the |
world. but httila conquered the Ro' |
man empire, lie was right in calling |
himself scourge, but instead of he. |
ing "ihc Scourge OF God he was the |
scourgc of bell
Because Of his brilliancy aud bitter
mess he commentators might well have |
supposed him 10 be the star Norwood |
Of the text. As the regions he dcyas
tatcd were parts most opulent with |
fountains and streams and rivers, you
see how graphic my tent l.; There |
FELL a great star from heaven, burning |
a. IL were a lamp. and IL fell upon the
third part of the rivers and upon the
fountains of waters, aud the name OF
the star Is called Norwood"
Have you ever thought how many |
cmbiitcred lives there are all about
us. misanthropic, morbid, acrid, satur-
nine? The European plant from which
NORWOOD is extracted, Artemisia alb
sinlhlum, is perennial plant and all
the year round IL IL ready TO eNude its
oil. and IN many human lives there Is
perennial distillation Of acrid expert
cnccs. Yea, there are some whose
whole work Is TO shed baleful in
fucnce on others. There are Attilas
Of the home, Attilas OF the social cir
Gle. Aitilas OF the church, Aitilas OF
the state, and one-third Of the waters
Of all the world. IL not two-thirds the
waters, are poisoned by the falling OF
the star Norwood. II Is not unicorn.
pIimentary TO human nal that most
men-as soon as they get great power.
become overbearing, The more power
men have The better IN their Doxypr hy |