The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-07-21
STREAMING AT CHATS.
Dr.. Talmage breaches on Human
Inconsistency.
Makes Use of nm Ancient Epigram to
Illustrate the FoiIy OF Mankind
Prone to Magnify smnll Things,
Needless OF the Great.

Washington, July l6
In this discourse. founded on an an
cient epigram repeated 10y Christ, DR..
ralmage illustrates the folly Of being
very particular about insignificant
things while neglectful of vast con
Germs. The text in Matthew 23:24, I'VE
blind guides, which strain at guat
and swallow cancel
a proyerb is compact wisdom. knowl-
edge in chunks, a library in sentence,
the electricity OF many clouds dis
charged in one bolt, river put through
mill race. When Christ quotes the
proyerb of the text, lie means to set
forth the ludicrous behavior of those
who make a great buster about small
sins and have no appreciation OF great
ones. In my text a small insect and Il
large quadruped are brought INTO com
parisou-a guat and a camel. You
have i'm museum or on the desert seen
the latter, a great awkward, sprawl
ing creature, with back two stories
high and stomach having collection
Of reservoirs for desert travel. an ant
NAL forbidden to the Jews as food, and
in many literatures entitled 1.-THE Ship
of the desert The guat spoken of in
'he text Is III me gruo FORM 1t Is born
IN pool or pond, after a few weeks be-
comes a chrysalis, and then after a few
days becomes the guat as we recognize
II. But the insect spoken of in the text
il in its very smallest shape. and ii yet
'nhaoits the water Tor my text is mis-
PRINT and ought to read strain out a
gnat'
My text shows you the prince of in
consistehcles' a man. AFTER long OBJ
SeNatlon' who has formed the susri-
'l"h 'hat IN 'uPtul OF water he Is
'nouh 10 urlnk, lhere Is gruo or the
sr1hdPareht OF gnat. lie goes and
gets sieve or strWuer. lie takes the
water ana pours II through the sieve in
the broad hght lie says; u would
r3ther 90 anything almost tH"n drink
thls water until tins iHrNa be eNtlr-
patcd. This water is brought under
inquisiuou' The experiment Is sue
eessiuL he water PUSHES through the
sieve and leaves against the side OF the
carefully removes tine insect and orlHks
The water 100 u'ociutN. Hut going ont
one day, and hungry, hc 0e'oui'
'-l'p OF iHe desert. the camel which
the Jews were forbidden 'o eat The
-n-'r"noW. bias un coMpHuci'-s OF
conscience. Ire suIcr. from ho inoi-
r"stiou. He pits the lower in" under
hn Do \ |I 3D. 70
over che hump Of the camel 5 back, and
gives one swallow and the aruWcdarF
. disappears forever lie strained out IL
gnat, he swallowed camel
While thrists audience was yet
smiling at the appuslieness and WI OF
bis illustration--tor smile they 90. an
less they were too stupid 10 understand
the hNperholc-O hrst practco.!N sad
10 them: "Ihat is you. Punctihous
about small things; reckless about +
fairs OF great magnitude y" subject
ever WINGED under surgeon S knii'
more bitterly than ana the EharlseeS
under Chrst's scalpel OF truth. rs an
! an"tomst VIII i"Ne a human BODY 70
pieces and put the pieces under a M
croscope Tor examination So CHRIST
finds Ills way to the heart OF the dead
Iharisee and cuts 1t out and puts IT
under the glass OF inspection Tor all
generations TO examine those fharl-
sees thought that CHRIST would natter
them ana compliment them' ana now
they must have writhed under the red
hot words as lie SAID; y e FOOLS we
whlted sepulchers' ye pima GUIDES
winch STRAIN out gnat ana swallow
camel
There are in our day great many
gnats strained out and great many
camels swallowed, and II is the object
OF TINS sermon TO sketch rev persons
who are extensively engaged IN That
business.
First, ! remark that ali those minis
tiers OF the Gospel who are very scrupu-
Ious about the CONTEMPORARIES OF re-
! ligion, but put no particular stress up
! of vast imnnrtnnpe are