The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-06
THE BUNDLE OLLIE.
REV. DR.. rALMAcE INSPIRED BY "a
MlLlAR SIMlte.

Mans Earthly and Heavenly Dxist-
ehce-They Are Bound Together In
the Divine ECONOMY.
copyright. 1899. by American Press Asso-
oiatlon.]
WASHINGTON, March 6.-Undcr the ia
miliar image of bundle DR.. Talmage
shows In this sermon the things which 60
to make up mans earthly and heavenly
life; text, Samuel XIV, 30, "The soul
Of my Lord shall DO bound In tho bundle
Of life with tho Lord thy God"
Beautiful Abigail in her rhythmic Plea
for the rescue of her inebriate husband,
who died within ten days, addresses David
the warrior in the words Of the text She
suggests that his life physically and intel
lectually and spiritually, is valuable
package or bundle, divinely bound up and
to be divinely protected.
That phrase "bundle Of life" heard
many times in my fathers family prayers.
Family prayers, you know, have frequent
repetitions because day by day they &C.
knowledge about the same blessings and
deplore about the same frailties and SYM
pathze with about the same misfortunes,
and do not know why those who lead at
household devotions should seek variety Of
composition. That familiar prayer be-
comes the household liturgy. fwould not
give one Of my old fathers prayers for 80
elooutiopary applications Again and
again. In the morning and evening PRAYER,
I heard tho request that We might all be
bound up In the bundle of life, but did
not know until a few days ago that the
phrase was a Bible phrase.
Now. the more think of It the better I
like IL: Bundle of iifoi It Ia such a sim
plo and Understanding, vet expressive com.
parison. There is nothing like prandilo-
uuence in the Scriptures. While there sre
MANY sublime passages in HOLY Writ. there
are mora messages homely and drawing H.
Illustrations from common observation and
everyday life In Christ's great sermons
YOU hear a hen cluckipg her chickens to-
oether and see the Photographs of hypo-
critics with a sad countenance and hear of
the grass OF the field. and the black crows
which our heavenly Father feeds, and the
salt that Ia worthless, and tho precious
stones flung under the feet Of swine, and
tho shifting sand that lets down the house
with great crash and hear the COMPARE
son Ut the text, the most unpoetical thing
we can think OLA bundle. Ordinarily 1t
Is something tossed about, something
thrown under the table something that
suggests garrets OF something on tho
shoulder Of a poor wayfarer But there
arc bundles Of great value, bundles put up
with great caution, bundles the loss OF
which means CONSERVATION and despair,
and there have been bundles representing
the worth Of kingdom.
thara ,yora brr5,as fiat attr.ctad the at-
tontion and the plaudits of the high heay-
~h,,ndIaa n olotbino m tba wav from
co,rfor+oh le homns In tho door of tIe mis-.
sion roo1n and Christ stood in the snow
hanks and said ns the bundles nassefl.
HNnho5 ard 90 clothed mo Tnasmuch
40 % horo do,o a into ona NJ the laast; NJ
.h:so MI, hrathrer va have done n INTO
,,'o !" Thoso hnndios ara mnltin,ving
p,nss;ro Nv tbosa rvbo mach tbemi Hess.
I've ~, 49,. I'm, a;st r;bn+e theni Diess-
Ing: ..,s W ". . .hoss w" '.h, neo.,ra .hamI
i"s' VII ."o'o "-o -eN
es'c"" na"
With what beautifnl aptitude old ADJ.
gail, IN my text, speak OF the nunuic OF
lifel On, what precious punole Is Ele!
Bundle OF memories, bundle OF hopes,
bundle OF alnDitiohs' ouhaie " uestihles'
Once IN while man writes MS autobi-
ography and 1t Is OF thrililng interest,":
The story OF his birthplace, the story OF
his struggles, the story OF his suherlngs'
the story OF bis triumphs! But II tne au-
photography OF the most eventfui lie were
well written 1t would make many cnapters
Of adventure OF tragedy, OF comedy ana
there would not be an embarrassing step
from cradle to grave.
Bundle OF memories are you! boynood
memories, with all Its inJustioes rom
playmates, with oil It's games with Dali
ana pa5 ana klte anu s'ed. mahhoou mo"-
o,ies' WV" 81. w, e., a:sa ~. -
ooseaoiss, "pposl''ons' "I W.'S,,. ~ ~
1unoh, LOSSES suooossee no nl'.., ~ nv ~
nrs' nl"lrlase you evei ea" ao.e s "
.ho ,rs' siuse you wv. s"w op .,'ssar,S
tne nrse ihieny wione you Owe, su NJ,
OF ohe Its' vlc'ory you oSui sane osso NIL
DRY Oh the hour WISH YOU wei" ' a'r'a n
memory Q, !he nrs' als ah, ~ s you, a mon,
blne ewes closed in the last sleep, memory
of anthem and of djrpe. memory of great
main and NJ slow conyalescenoe, memory
If times when all things we're against YOU,
mamorv Of nrosperlties that cnme in like
~ eli tIdo ~ tho son ,romor;es of "a life