The Grenada sentinel., 1899-10-28
A STRONG SW INNER.
From Him Dr.. Talmage Draws a
Noble Lesson.
Vhe Always Ready Helpfulness o.
Religion fer Those Who StruE-
Eie Against Adverse Cir-
cumstanceS.
(Cooyr:ght, Louis Nlopsch. 1929

bring out the helptulness of religion fol
an those in any kind Of struggle. Inc
text is Isaiah o5:ll: He shall spread
forth His hands in the midst OF them, as
he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his
hands"
In the summer season multitudes OF
people wade into the ponds and lakes
and rivers ard seas to dive or float or
swim. In a world the most of which is
water all men and women should learn
to swim. Some of you have learned the
side stroke introduced by George Pew
ters in 1850, each stroke of that kind
carrying the swimmer distance OF six
feet, and some you may use the over
hand stroke invented by Gardener, the
expert who BY it won the 500 yard cham
pionship in Manchester in 1862, the
swimmer by that stroke carrying his
arm in the air for q more heightened
reach, aLl some Of You may tread the
water as though you had been made to
walk the sea, but most of you usually
take what is called the breast stroke,
placing tie hands with the backs up
ward. about five inches under the water,
the inside Of the wrists touching the
breast, then pushing the arms forward
coinciGcrt with the stroke of the feet
struck out to the greatest width pCssl-
bic, and YOU thus uucorsciously illus
trate the meaning Of my text: "He shall
spread forth His hands in the midst OF
them. as he that swimmcth spreadeth
forth his laIts to swim.'
The fish hc:ran seeks out unfrequcnt-
ed nCoEs. You stand to-day on the
bank CT d river in the broiiing sun and
fling out Your lire and catch nothing,
while ar expert angler breaks through
the jun~,e ard goes by the shadow OF
the solitary rock and, in place where
no fisherman has been for ten years,
throws c"t his line and comes home at
night, his face shining and his basket
full. 10 rot know why we ministers
of the Gcspc neeG always be fishing in
the same stream and preaching from
the same texts that other people preach
IIDHi. ki4tliLl u4iAN1 stttIil llt Po4AA
OF the minister who, in Blackfriars,
London. England, every week for 30
years preached from the Epistle to the
Hebrews. l: is an eNhilaration to re
when come across a theme which !
feel no c1e else has treated, and my
text is one Of that kind. There are
paths III Gco's Word that are we'll beat
en- by Christian feet. When men want
to quote Scripture, they quote the Old
passages 'lat every one has heard
When they Wa;j chantrr read, they
read a q cl.n2-'1 'h,.t all the other peo-
pls E5n" 'o fe"t,nc, So that the
<'1rr' 'r-i"> i ignorant of three
foH'tl- 80 "'..
i,u&+Ir s.a louvre, at Paris. You
contire vo'.;-rif &c lie corridor of that
".NIerF -;.."ay If paintings. AS YOU
come Jut - friend says to YOU: did
y"ts ..' 'ha, IcmDranG1??' NO" did
y"1 s>c the: N%uocns?." "No.' Did
vow >2c tl,:.1 Iir r..un:' NO" Did You
se2 that E@rhacI""' "No.' "Weil,'
sntS YOU. 4;i%..L.. "thcn YOU did not see
the LOUVRE Now my friends, I think
We are too l.acA apt 10 contine ourselves
to enc Of 'n2 great corridors Of Scrip
ture Trait. aLG sc n:"ch so that there is
not oHe !tT>rn out Of million who has
ever notice" TIC al suggestive and pow
erful picture il The words Of my text.
Tie tc.;t represents God as a strong
swimmer. s1riEiE~ cut to push down in
EQUITY arr, saye the souls of men. lie
shal! spread forth Ills hands in the
midst Of item, as he that swimmeth
sprcadctL forth his hands to swim.'
The figure is bold and many sided.
Most Of you kEow how to swim. Some
'of you learned it in the city school,
where this art is taught; some of you
in boyhocG, in the river near your
fathers house: some of you since you
came to maIhood CT womanhood, while
summering CT the beach of the sea. 1t is
a good thing TO know how to swim, not
only for yourself, but because you will
after awhile perhaps have to help 9th
ers.
lido not knew anything more stirring
Or sublime than to see some man like
Norman Mckenzie leaping from the
ship Madras into the sea to save Charles
Turner, who had dropped from the roy
al ward while irving to loosen the sail,
,,;,r hin, k-cl. IN tho 1ocl, n mid he