The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-08-24
CURE FOR ANXIETY.
DR.. Talmage Prescribes for Those
in Trouble.
Advises Them to Follow the Examine
Of the Disciples. Who event
and Told Jesus"-COmforI
for the DereaVed.


whercsoever he preached. is now ON
his way TO Norway and Russia. in
which countries he is already well
known through the publication OF
translations of his sermons. I'm the
following discourse, which he has
sent for publication this week. he
gives prescription for all anxiety
and worriment and illustrates the Di-
vine sympathy for all who are i'm any
kind of struggle. The text is Mat
thew IA, -: And His disciples went
and told Jesus"
An outrageous assassination had
just taken place. To appease a re-
yengeful woman King IIerod ordered
the death of that noble, self sacrifc-
ing prophet, John the Baptist. The
/ group Of the disciples were thrown
into grief and dismay. They felt
f themselves utterly defcnseless. There
was no authority to which they could
appeal. and yet grief must always find
/ expression. If there be no human
ear to hear it, then the agonizcd soul
viii cry it aloud 10 the winds and the
woods and the waters. But there
was an ear that was willing TO listen.
There is a tender pathos and at the
same time a most admirable picture
in the words Of my text: "Thcy went
and told Jesus He could understand
all their grief, and lie Immediately
soothed it. Our burdens are not
more than half so heavy to carry if
another shoulder is put under the
other end OF them. Here we find
Christ, His brow shadowed with grief.
standing amid the group OF disciples,
who, with tears and violent gesticua-
tions and wringing of hands and out
cry Of bereavement, are expressing
their woe Raphael. with his skilled F.
brush putting upon the wall of a pal .
ace some scene Of sacred story, gave .
not so skillful a stroke as when the .
plain hand of the evangelist writes:
"They went and told Jesps."
The old Goths and Nandals once
came down upon Italy from The north
of Europe. and they upset the gar
dens, and they broke down the statues
and swept away everything that was
good and beautiful So there is ever
and anon in the history of all the
sons and daughters Of our race an in
cursion Of rough-handed troubles that
come to plumber and ransack and put
to the torch all that men highly
prize. There is no cave so deeply
cleft into the mountains as to afford
us shelter, and the foot of neetcst
courser cannot bear us beyond pur-
suit. The arrows they put TO the
string fly with unerring dart until
we fall pierced and stunned.
feel that l bring to you a most
appropriate message ! mean TO bind
up all your griefs into a bundle and
set them on fire with a spark from
Gods altar The prescription that
'urcd the sorrow Of the disciples will ,
,ure all your heartaches. have read
hat when Godfrey and his army 6
marched out to capture Jerusalem. as {
hey came over the hills. at the first .
lash Of the pinnacles of that beauti- f
al city. the army that had marched q
II silence lifted shout that made +
he earth trembe. Oh, you soldiers
# Jesus Christ, marching on toward h
Ieavcn, / would that to-day by some p
lean from the palace Of Gods mercy y
nd Gods strength. You might be 4
ftcd into great rejoicing and that u
S the prospect Of its peace breaks s
n your enraptured gaze you might s
aise one glad hosanna TO the Lord. +.
In the first place, / commend the W
ehayior of these disciples to all bur- p
ened souls who are unpardOned. III
here comes a time in almost every "
lan's history when he feels from Y,
)me source that he has an erring G;
ature. The thought may not have vi
Ich heft as to fell him. 1t may be 4
My IKE the flash in an evening cloud n,
st after a very hot summer day. One fr
an to get rid Of that impression will ri
, TO prayer, while another VIII slim iii
ate himself by ardent spirits, and ST
lother man will dive deeper in Sec do
aritics. But sometimes a man can ID
IT get rid of these Impressions The NO
ct is. when man finds out that his II,
ernity is poised upon a perfect un- an
rtainty and that the next moment SD
S foot may slip, he must do some gl
ing violent TO make himself forget Sa
here he stands or else fly for refuge. tn
Some of you crouch under yoke, glc
ID YOU bite the dust, when this mo- sa
ent YOU might rise up a crowned on
nqueror. Driven and perpleXed as is
u have been by sin, go and tell 10
sus. To relax the grip Of death sid
1m your soul and plant your un- ye
ackled feet upon the golden throne, tn,
rist let the tortures OF the bloody pei
,unt transfx Him. With the beam WI
His own cross He will break down tn,
E door of your dungeon. From the is
)rns of His own crown He Will pick wh
)ugh gems to make your brow blaze mu
tn eternal victory. In every tear on do'
s wet cheek, in every cash Of His yol
e. i'm every long, blackening mark an,
laceration from shoulder TO shoul- wo
=, in the grave-shattering, Heaven 1t
ittering death groan, hear Him fes
P: Him that cometh unto me / buc
J i'm nowise cast out" vii
Oh" but you say. "instead Of cur pa'
my wound you want TO make an L
er namely. that of convic- are
nl" Have you never known sur abu