The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-05-13
RECALLS THE PAST.
Dr.. Tslmage's Sermon Is Largely
Reminiscent
BelPful Lessons from h Ell
Deriences and Vsef.aitudes of
Life-Memorfes of
Home.
Copyright. lEs. BY Louis Klopsch. Wash
ington, MayT

Copyright. 100, BY Louis Klopsch. wash
ington, AsyZ
This sermon Of DIR. Talmage calls the
roll Of many stirring memories and in
.-rprets the meaning Of hfe's ~vicissi-
tudeS. The text is Psalms xxdK, 3:
"H7hile / was musiRg the ere burned"
Here is David, the psalmis;, with the
forehnger Of his right hand against his
temple and the door shut against the
world, engaged in contemplation. And
it would be well for US to take the same
posture often while we sit down in
sweet solitude TO contemplate.
In a small island of the coast Of Nova
Scotia / once passed a Sabbath in de-
lghtful solitude, for l had resolved that
] would have one day Of entire quiet be-
fore l entered upon autumnal work. /
thought 10 have spent the day in laying
out plans for Christian work, but in
stead Of that il became a day Of tender
Renaissance. reviewed my pastorate;
/ shook hands with an old departed
friend, whom l shall greet again when
the curtains Of life are lifted. The days
Of my boyhood came back. and | was
ten years Of age, and ] was eight, and i
was five. There was but one house on
the island, and yet from Sabbath day
break, when the bird chant woke me,
until the evening melted into the bay
Of Fundy, from shore 10 shore there
were ten thousand memories, and the
groves were a-hum with voices that had
long ago ceased.
Youth is apt too much TO spend all it's
time in looking forward. Old age is apt
too much 20 spend all its time in look
ing backward. People in midlife and on
the apex look both ways. 1t would be
well for US, ] think, however, 10 spend
more time in Renaissance. BY the con
stitutioh Of our nature we spend most
Of the time looking forward. And the
vast majority Of people live not so much
In the present as In the future. l find
that you mean TO make q reputation.
you mean 10 establish yourself, and the
advantages that you expect 10 achieve
absorb q great deal Of your time. But
] see no harm in this, Efit does not make
you Disconnected with the present Of
d~isqualiiy you for existing duties. j
is = useful thing sometimes TO lool
back aud 10 see the dangers we have es
capped and TO See the sorrows we have
suffered and the trials and wandering
Of our earthly pilgrimage and 10 sun
up our enjoyments. ] mean, 80 far al
God may help me, 10 stir up your mem
DRY Of the past, so that in the review YOU
may be encouraged and humbled ant
urged to pray.
Phere is a chapel in Florence with
fresco by Guido. II was covered up with
two inches Of stucco until our American
and European artists went there, anC
after long toll removed the covering anC
retraced the fresco. And ! am awar'
that the memory Of the past, with man,
Of you, is all covered up with oblitera
tons, and / now propose, so far as thu
Lord may help me, to take away thu
covering, that the old picture may shin
out again. ! want TO bind In one shea
all your past advantages, and | a Il
bind In another sheaf all your past ad
ve-sities. II Is a precious harvest, an'
] must be cautious how ] swing tn
scythe.
Among the greatest advantages o
your past life were an early home an'
its surroundings. The bad men Of tn
day, for the most part, dip their heatet
passions out OF the boiling spring o
an unhappy home. We are not sur
prised TO find that Byron's heart wal
concentration OF sin when We hear hi
mother was abandoned and that sh
made sport OF his infirmity and oftel
called him "the lame brat" He VIII
has vicious parents has TO fight ever.
inch Of his way II he would maintaiI
his integrity and at last reach the HON
Of the good in Heaven. Perhaps you
early home vas in a city. It may hay