The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-27
LESSONS FROM EHUD.
DR.. Talmage on the Subject of Is
rael's Deiverer.
His Divine Commission TO Destroy
nm OpprcssL r-Deuuncintion Of
WorshipcrS of NInmmon.
Who scOn ut Sin.

washington, Jan % Copyright 1899.
From scene in ancient story DR..
| Tamage in this discourse draws les
sons as appropriate for this time as
they were appropriate for the time
when the event occurred many CEN
! turtles ago; text, Judges. 3:15, But
| when the children of Israel cried unto
| the Lord, the Lord raised them up de-
| liycrer. Ehud, the son Of Gera. a Ben
| Jamie, man left-handcd; and 10y him
the children of Israel sent present un-
to Eglon, the king of Moab"
Ehud was ruler in Israel. He was
! left-handed, and what was peculiar
about the tribe of Benjamin. to which
he belonged, there were in it 700 left
| handed men. and yet 80 deNtrous had
they all became in the use Of the left
hand that the Bible says they could
! sling stones AT a hairbreHdth and not
miss. Well, there was a king 10y tie
name of Cglon who was an oppressor
OF Israel. lie imposed upon them a
most outrageous tax. Ehud. the man
OF whom first spoke, had a Divine com
mission to destroy that oppressor He
| N'''''N - ''N'i'E 'ii"A Nv NhH SpliE ~
! pay the tax, and asked TO see King Egg
| lon. He was told he vas in the summer
house. The place TO which the king re-
! tired when ii was too hot TO sit in the
| palace. This summer house was place
| surrounded 10y howers and trees and
! spriHging fountains and warbiug
| birds Ehud cLteied the summer house
| and said to King Eglon that he had
secret errand with him. Immediately
| all the attendants were waved out of
| the royal presence. King Eglon rises
| up TO receive ,he messenger. Ehud, the
! lcft-handed man. puts his left hand to
| his right side, pulls out n dagger and
| thrusts Eglon through until the halt
| went in after the blade. Egion falls
and Ehud comes forth to blow trum-
| pet Of liberty amid the mountains of
! Ephraim, and Erca host is marshaled,
and proud Moab submits to the con
quercr, and Israel is free. So. o Lord,
let all Thine enemies perish! So, o
Lord. let all Thy friends triumph
learn first from this subject the
power of Ieft-handed men. There are
some men who 10y physical organila-
| ton, have AS much strength in their
| left hand as in their right hand, but
| there is something IN he writing of
| this text which implies chat Ehud had
some defect 10 his right hand which
compelled him to Use his left. Oh. he
| power OF left handed men! Genius is
| often self-observant. careful of itself,
not given 20 much toll. burning incense
! TO its own ACKNOWLEDGMENT, while many
a man, with no natural endownents,
actually defective in physical and men
tai organization, has an earnestness for
the right, patient industry, an all-con-
| suming perseverance, which achieve
marvels for the kingdom of Christ.
Though left-handed, as Ehud, they can
strike down n sin as great and imperial
as Eglon.
] have seen men of wealth gathering
about them all their treasures, snuffine
at the cause of world lying Ia wicked
ness, roughly ordering lazarus off
their doorstep, sending their dogs, not
| TO lick his sores, but 70 hound him off
their premises; catching all the pure
rain of Gods blessing into the stag
aNH'H ApBNg =AOb kbOOl vi lHtlT
own Observation-Disclosures men,
worse than jacksonville many a man
with large heart and little purse has
out OF his limited means made poverty
leap for JOY and started an influence
that overspans the grave and will swing
round and round the throne of God
world without end. Amen.
All. me! 1t is high time that YOU left
| handed men, who have been longing
for this gift and that eloquence and the
other mans wealth, should Jake yotr
left nand out OF your pockets. Who
made all these railroads? Who set up
all these cities? Who started all these
churches and schools and asylums?
Who has done the Juggling and running
and pulling? Men of no wonderful en-
dowments, thousands of them acknowl-
edging themselves to be left-handed.
and yet they were earnest, and yet
they were determined, and yet they
were triumphant
But | do not suppose that Ehud, the
first time he took a sling in his left
hand, could throw a stone at hair
breadth and not miss. suppose it was
practice that gave him the wonderful
dexterity, Go forth to your spheres of
duty and be not discouraged If, in your
first attempts, you miss the mark.
Ehud missed it. Take another stone,
put it carefully into the sling, swing
II around your head, take better aim,
and the next time you will strike the
center. The first time u mason rings
his trowel upon the brick he does not
expect to put up perfect wall. The
first time a carpenter sends the plane
over board or drives a bit through
u beam he does not expect 10 make per-
feet execution. The first time a boy
attempts rhyme he does not expect to
chime a "Lalla Rookh" or "A Lady of
the Lake" Do not be surprised If in
your first efforts at doing good you are
not very largely successful. Under
stand that usefulness is an art, n
science a trade Thara was an oculist