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STREAMING AT CHATS
DIR. TALMAGE BREACHES ON HUMAN
INCONSISTENCY.
Makes Use of mn Ancient EpIgram to
illustrate the Folly of Mankind.
Prone TO Magnify Small Things,
Needless of the Great.
copyright, louis Klopsch, 1892. ]

HeedIess of the Great.
Copyright, Louis Klopsch, 1921
WASHINGTON, July 16.-In this dis
course, founded on an ancient cpigram
repeated by Christ Dr. Talmage illus
trates the folly of being very particular
about insignificant things while neglectful
Of vast concerns. The text is Matthew
xiii, "a, "Ye blind guides, which strain
at n gnat and swallow a camel"
A proverb is compact wisdom, knowl-
edge in chunks, library in sentence,
the electricity of many clouds discharged
In one bolt, a river put through mill
race. When Christ quotes the proverb Of
the text, he means to set forth the lu-
dicrous behavior of those who make
great buster about small sins and have
no appreciation of great ones. In my
text a small insect and aHarge quadrupcd
are brought into Comparison-a gnat and
a camel You have in museum or on the
desert seen the latter n great awkward,
sprawling creature, with back two sto-
ries high and stomach having collec-
ton of reservoirs for desert travel, an
animal forbidden to the Jews as food
and in many literatures entitled the
ship Of the desert" The gnat sWken of
in the text is in the grub form. 1t is
born in pool or pond, after few weeks
becomes chrNshiis anu .nen "i. .. a ~"
days becomes the sn", as We 's.ln.
II. but the Insect SpoN.n VI III "! "a.
Is IN its very snla'ie - snip anu y; ~ Wv.
inha0its the wafer LOT III! teA' Is HIS
print ana ought 10 reau s'i"in o"'
gnat."
My text shows you tne prince Oh llcoh-
siTencles. man after long opserN"-
~ .,D,. hat q
ton has FORMED the suSpiclon 'na' III
cup of water he Is ABOUT TO urlhh' 'nere
Is grub or the grahupareht oi snn''
lie goes ana gets sieve OF stIaiher; ne
takes the water ana pours u through 'ig
sieve in the broad Hght' ne says, l
would rather do awning almost IMAM
drink TINS water untli this IaINa ne eA'i'-
pated. Inns water Is pro"eht "nuei III
QUESTION The experiment is successful,
The water rushes throuEn t,e sieNe anu
leaves against the side OF the sieve tne
grub or Hnat' linen we man S"'eiu''
removes the insect ana drinks 'he Wa'',
In placidlty. But gong out one da!' ana
hungry, he devourS snip OF the ues-
ert,' the camel, when the Jews were
forbidden to eat. Inc gastrohoinSr mas
no compunchons OF conscience lie SUI
fers from no lnolsestoh' re puts Tue
lower Jaw under the Gamer loreloo''
and his upper Jaw over inc hump Oh inc
camel pack ana gives one s""''o" anu
the dromedalN disappears loltNcI' ne
strained out ehat' ne s""IlV"eu
camel
N"ris' ~" wv
W ME Chrlst auulchce was YET nIl!,-
ing ut lhe appositeucSs anu WI VI HlS IL
lustratlon-for smile theE dlu, unless
they were TOO stupid 10 uhderstanu inc
hyperboLe-onrlst praCtlcailH Halu 10
them, lhat Is you uhctiil"us "p""t
small things; reckless ABOUT AFFAIRS OF
great magnitude no SUBJECT ever WINGED
under a surgeon KNIFE more pltteilv
than did the Iharlsees under Chrlst
scalpel or truth AS an ahatoillst VIII
take human body 10 pieces ana put the
pieces under microscope LOT eNamlha-
ton. so ohrlst hhds MS way 10 lhe heart
OF the dead fharlsee ana cuts II out anu
puts IL uhuer the eiass OIL Inspection LOT
di generations 10 eAanlihe' Ihose haii'
sees thought mat Ohrist "ouiu matter
thein ana compliment tnein' anu NOW
they must nave Wriiheu uhuer 'he ieo,
not words us ne salu' 1e loois, !e "ni'cu
sepuichers' We piihu Suiues' "nich stiaih
Out en"t anu s""iioM caiiiei
Ihere are IN our Gay great many
cahels swalioWeu' ana II Is the OBJECT OIL
thls sermon 10 SKETCH re" persons WHO
are extensively engaged IN mat business
FIRST remark that All tnoSe ministers
Oh the Sospei VINO are very scrupuious
ABOUT the cohNehtlohaii'les OIL reieloh'
OUT put no p"r''cui"l s'iess upon ii,attc.s
OF vast hllpo,t"HGe' are photosralheu III
the text Church services ought TO De
grave anu SoieHh' Ahcrc - io room ior
frlvolltF IN relleious conFocatioh, nut
there are illus'raliohs' anu tnere are ny
perpoies nhe mat Vi ChrlsC III 'he tcAt
mat VIII lrrauiale Win si'ieS any iniei-
liSent nuulenc'' mere are men inc
those piihu su'ues Vi tiie ',A' WI" du'o'
cate ohly those innings Ill reiis'o's service
which ara" 'he corners Oh the NOUN
doWn ana uehouhce al thoSe thihSS
winch nave 'enuehcE 10 IRA" the cor,
hers OF the mouth up ana 'heSe men VIII
go 10 ihStaliatohS' ana 10 prespS terles'
ana 10 conferences ana 10 ASSOCIATIONS
thelr pochels iuil OF me sieNes TO STRAIN
our the ghats' WINE IN lheir own cnurchcs
at nome ever! Sullu"E ,here are ~ peo'
-. -" ~ -
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spnii,'ieiT", ee.i" r "ie Iiau'e an ~
lne III ,eu p"t iy 'i.n' iuii"os, "n"e
sone NJ" ~ a, "a " p."' WIN ''ei
Idn Neelo .iie nie' W UNCONSCIOUS pc;
eons "pP lpN.l'' -; w. Say =; ~
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