Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-08-26
WATERING PLACES.
DR.. TALMAGE DRAWS SOME LESSONS
FROM SUMMER OUTINGS.

The Necessity For "A Period of Inoc-
cupntIon - Dangers AID Tempta-
lions Of Popular Gr.or.s-No Su,
plus Of Ptct, ut Those Places.
copyright. Louis Klopsch 1891
" AsnINGTua, Aug - At this sea
son ~ the year. when all who can get -
vacation are taking il. this discourse Of
pr Ialmage i suggestive and Apr"
pirate. The text is John Y. .. 3: "A pool.
which il called in the Hebrew tongue
Bethesda. having i've porches. In these
lay great multitude u impoteni folk.
~ blind. halt wifhcred. waiting for tn"
moving " the water
Outside the city Of Jerusalem there
was n sanative watering place. the pop
ular resort FOR invalids. To this day
there j. a dry basin Of rock which shows
that there may have been pool there
500 feet long. 100 feet wide and - feet
deep. This pool was surrounded by five
piazzas. or porchcs. or bathing houses
where the patients tarried until the time
when they were to step into the water
So far as rcinvigorating was concerned.
il must have been Saratoga and
imgton and n Brighton combined med
zeal and therapeutic. Tradition says
that AZ certain season Of the year there
was an officer Of the government who
would 20 down to that water and pour
in il some healing quality. and after thar
the people would come and get the medi
cation. But prefer the plain statement
u Scripture. that NJ n certain season nm
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hled the water. and then the people cam.
and got the healing. That ance 81 God
that stirred up the .Iudaean watering
place had his counterpart ia the angel ~
healing who. in our day. steps into the
mineral waters II Congress or Sharon
or Sulphur Springs. or into the salt sea
nj Cape May and Nahani. whore multi
iudcs who are worn out with commercial
and professional anNictics. ns well as
those who are afflicted with rheumatic.
neuralgia and spenetc diseases go and
are cured by the thousands These
blessed Bethesdas are scattered all up
and down our country.
We are ~ n season Of the year when
rail trains are laden with passengers and
baggage On their way To- the mountains
and the lakes and the seashorc Multi
tudes ~ our citizens are away for re-
Skbrativc absence The city heats are
pursuing the people with torch and fear
If Sunsirnke. The long. silent halls #
suinptuuus hotels are all ahnzz with "a
cited arrivals The ani!eis of Adiron
dack deer rattle under the shot Of city
sport sinen. the trout make fatal snap al
the hook ~ adrot sportsmen. who toss
their spotted hrilliauts into the game
basket: the baton of the r,heStral lead
or taps the music stand on the hotel
green. and American life has put on fcs
tai array. and the rumhlinc If the tenpin
alley. and the crack of the ivory balls on
the green baized billiard tables. and the
jolting Of the barro"m goblcts. and the
explosive uncorking II the champaign"
bottles. and the whirl and the rustic ~
the ballroom dance. and the gathering
hoofs ~ the race courses and other signs
Of social dissipation attest that the sea
son for the great American watering
places Is in full play Music Flute and
drum and cornet- a piston and clapping
cymhals wake the echoes Of the noun
tains Glad am that tagged out Amer
lean life fos the most part has an oppor
innity 20 rest and that nerves rackcd and
destroyed will End q Bethesda believe
in watering places. They recupe ate for
active service many who were worn out
with trouble OF ovcrwork. They are ma
tional rcstoratiyes.
Need of Vacations.
Let not the commercial firm begrudge
the clerk. or the employer the journey
man. or the patient the physician. or the
church its pastor season II inoccupa-
iion. Luther used to sport with his chill
drcn: Edmund burke used t. carcs> his
favorite horse: Thomn> Chalmers. IN the
dark hour II the church's disruption.
played Kite for recreation 81 | was told
by his own daughter and the busy Christ
said 10 the busy apostles Come We apart
awhile into the desert and rest your
selves" And | have observed that they
who do not know how ia rest do n 4
know how to work Rnt ! have e. de-
clare this truth tuday-that some of our
fashionable watering places are the tenn
pnral and eternal destruction Of "A multi
tude that no man can number" and amid
the congratulations ~ this season and
the prospects ~ the departure 81 many
~ you for the country ! must utter n
warning. plain. earnest and unmstaka
bile.
The first temptation that is apt 10
hover in this direction is 10 leave your
piety AZ home. You will send the dog
apd cat and canary bird to be- we'll cared
fsr somewhere else, hut the temptation
will b. - leave your religion in the room
with the blinds down and the doors bolt
ed. and then you will come back in the
autumn 10 fii,d that il is starved and sur
focatcd. lying stretched on the rug. stark
dead. There j. no surplus 81 pi"iy nj
the watering places. never knew any
one To- grow very rapidly IN grace ~ the
Catskill Mountain House or Sharon
Springs or -. Falls ~ Montmorcncy IL
is generally the cae" that the Sahhari Is
more - a caransll than ans other day.
and there are Sunday walks. and Sunday
rides and Sunday excursions. Elders and
deacons and ministers Of religion who
are entirely consistent at home. some
times when the Sabbath dawns on them
~ Niagara Fails or the White noun
tains take day 10 themselves. II they
20 to the church. II is apt to bc sacred
parndc aud the discourse. instead Of Ice
ing plain talk about the spul. is APT To-
be- what j. called q crack sermon that
Is. some discourse picked ont Of the II
fmsions ~ the year as the one most
adapted e. excite admiration. and in
those churches. from the way the ladies
hold their fans ynu know that they are
not 80 much impressed with the heat rs
with the pictur"squcn"ss II half diSclps.
ed features. -Four puny souls stand IN
the organ loft and squat tune that no.
body knows. and worshipcrs. with S2.VFl
worth Of diamonds on the right hand
drop n cent into the poor box. and then
Che bencdiciion Is pronounced. and the
farce i, ended The toughest thing
ever tried 10 do was 10 loo good NJ wa
fcring place The air is bewitched with
the world. the flesh and the devil.
There are Christians who. ia three OF
four weeks in such a place, have had
such terrific r"uis made in their Chris.
tian rohc that they had To- keep dnrnine
il until Christmas Ia get il mcndcd
Tai.c the BibIc Along.
The health II great many people
makes An annual visit 20 some mineral