The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-28
STRONG SWIMMER.
Him DR.. Talmage Draws a
Noble Lesson.
,,,n,s Ready Helpfulness of
lh' m.,on for Those Who struR-
aIe Against Adverse CIR
cumHtances.

., ,bis discourse Dr. Ialmage EN-
n very bold figure of the Bible e
O.@ ant the helpfulness of religion fol
I, 't ,scse In any kind Of struggle. IN,
+. Iyaiah 25;l1: "lle shall spread
~ Ills hands in the midst Of them, as
hot swimmeth spreadeth forth his
nds.
ia wade into the ponds and lakes
rivers and seas TO dive or float or
lI n In a world the most of which is
.,or all men and women should learn
,vim. Some of you have learned the
a. stroke introduced by George Pew
In 1850, each stroke of that kind
.r,ing the swimmer a distance of six
al and some of you may use the over
.rd stroke invented by Gardener, the
,nert who by il won the 500 yard cham
orsbip in Manchester in 1862, the
simmer by that stroke carrying his
,m in the air for a more heightened
Zach. and some of you may tread the
,,er as though you had been made to
ar the sea, but most of you usually
DO what is called the breast stroke,
airing the hands with the backs up-
ard. about Ave inches under the water.
M inside Of the wrists touching the
-fa,t, then pushing the arms forward
Iopcident with the stroke of the feet
truck out TO the greatest width posi-
c and you thus uncorsciously illus
ntc the meaning of my text: "He shall
Dread forth His hands in the midst of
hem, as he that swimmeth spreadeth
orth his hands TO swim"
The fisherman seeks out unfrequent-
4 hooks. You stand to-day on the
hank Of a river in the broiling sun and
me out your line and catch nothing.
hile an expert angler breaks through
he Jungle and goes by the shadow of
he solitary rock and, in a place where
10 fisherman has been for ten years.
hrovs out his line and comes home at
|ight, his face shining and his basket
bill. do not know why we ministers
II The Gospel need always be fishing in
be same stream and preaching from
he same texts that other people preach
rom. cannot understand the policy
i the minister who, in Blackfriars,
london, England, every week for 30 |
ears preached from the Epistle to the
Iebrews, 1t is an eXhilaration to me |
then come across a theme which | |
he'll no one else has treated. and nv
ext is one of that kind. There are
ahs in Gods Word that are weH beat
! By Christian feet When men want
, quote Scripture, they quote the old
assages that everyone has heard.
Ihen they want a chapter read, they
Pad a chapter that all the other peo-
e have been reading, so that the
lurch to-day is ignorant of three
urths of the Bible.
You 60 into the Louvre, at Paris. You
mine yourself to one corridor of that
iuent gallery of paintings. As you
me out your friend says to you: Did
ID see that Rembrandt?" "No." did
III see that Reubens?" NO" Did
~ see that Titan ?' "No." did Won |
{ that Raphael?" "No." Well"
Us your friend, then YOU did not see
e Louvre" Now, my friends, think t
are too much apt to confine ourselves {
one of the great corridors of Scrip-
re truth, and so much so that there is
one person out of a million who has +
T noticed the all suggestive and pow I
al picture in the words of my text. ;
'he text represents God as a strong {
INNER striking out to push down in i
ity and save the souls of men. "He <
n spread forth His hands in the
Isl of them. as he that swimmeth
eadeth forth his hands to swim"
, figure is bold and many sided. t
i of you know how TO swim. Some f
you learned it in the CITY school, il
IRE this art is taught; some of YOU il
boyhood. in the river near your f,
ler's house: some of YOU since YOU \
lie to manhood or womapbood. while o.
mering on the beach of the sea. tits d
bod thing 10 know how to swim. not j,
! for Yourself, but because YOU will G
r awhile perhaps have TO help 9th n
h
10 not know ANYTHING more stirring b
sublime than TO see some man like II
man Mckenzie leaning from the
Madras into the sea to save Charles Y,
ner, who had dropned from tbe roy n
ard while tryinp 70 loosen the sail m
ging him back to the deck amid the tc
as Of the passengers and crew. If h,
an has not enthusiasm epouoh TO q.
r in such circumstances he de- n,
IS himself to drop into the sea and b,
no one help him. The Royal HUI he
E society Of Enolapd was est0b- =,
a in M. IFS object 70 annland md h,
I'd those who should pluck up life s.
the deep. Anyone who has per he
ed 4oh deed of daring has All tbe n,