The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-07-06
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE By THE NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject; The Miracle at Cana-Lesson
Changing the Water Into Wine-christ
Teaches That We Should Not shadow
Joys of Others With Our Own Griefs'
copyright 1901


joys of Others with Our own Griefs.
copyright 1901
WAsuINGToN. ID. c. A remarkable
illustration of the ubiqulty oi Engllsh
sDeaking people is furnished by the re-
ouests that have reached Dr. lalmagc IN
Northern Europe for sermon III oul-oi'
the-way places, where he did not expect 70
find a single person who could understand
him. There, az here, he presents religion
as a festivity and invites all the world 10
come az guests and join IN ITS holy mcrrl-
ment: text John ii, 10, Thou hast kept
the good wine until now.
This chapter invites ms to marriage
celebration. II is a wedding IN common
life, two plain people having pledged 'aGh
other. hand and heart, and their trends
having come in for cOnRratulatlon. Inc
10y is not the less because there - no pre-
Sension. In each other they find all the
future they want The daisy IN the cup
on the table may mean as much as score
of artistic garlands fresh from the not
house When a daughter goes oil from
home with nothing but plain fathers
blessing and a plain mothers love, she is
missed as much az though she were prin'
cess. II seems hard, after the parents
have sheltered her for eighteen years that
IN a few short months her affections
should have been carried of by another
but her mother remembers how II was ia
her own case when she was young, and so
she braces up until the wedding has passed
and the banqueters are gone, and she has
"A cry all alone.
We'll. we are to-day at the wedding IN
Cana Of Galee. Jesus and His mother
have been invited. IL IL evident that there
are more people there than were expected.
Either some people have come who were
not invited or more invitations have been
sent out than II was supposed would be ac'
cepted OF course there is not sufficient
supply of wine. You know that there ~
nothing more embarrassing TO house
keeper than a scant supply. Jesus sees
the embarrassment, and lie comes up I'M
medately TO relieve II. lie sees standing
six water pots He orders the servants TO
fill them with water; then lie waves His
hand over the water, and Immediately It
is wine-real wine. Taste OF IT and see for
yourselves; no logwood IN It, no strychnnc
in it. but first rate wine. | will not now
be diverted TO the question so often dis.
Cussed IN my own country whether II ~
right to drink wine. | am describing the
scene as II was. When God makes wine
He makes the very best wine. and 1870 gal
Ions OF II standing around I'M these water
pots-wiue SO good that the ruler OF the
feast tastes 1t and says: "Why, this is
really better than anything we have had
Beautiful miracle A prize was offered TO
the person who should write the best cs.
say about the miracle IN Cana. Long man
uscrpts were presented IN the competition.
but a poet won the prize 10y Just this one
line descriptive of the miracle: The con.
scious water saw its God and blushcd'
We learn from the miracle, in the first
place. that Christ has sympathy with
housekeepers. You might have thought
that Jesus would have said: II cannot be
bothered with this household deficiency of
wine IL is not for Ne, Lord OF heaven
and of earth, to become caterer to this
feast | have Vaster things than this to
attend to- Not so said Jesus. The wine
gave out, and Jesus 10y miraculous power.
came to the rescue Does there ever come
a scant supply IN your household Have
you to make a very close calculation? Is II
hard work for YOU to carry on things de
Gently and respectahyf If SO, don't sit
down and cry. Don't 20 out and fret, but
go TO Him who stood in the house IN Cana
of Gahlee. Pray m the parlor! Pray i'm
the Kitchen Let there he no room nm all
your house uuConsccratcd by the voice of
prayer. If you have a microscope. put
under II one drop of water and see the IN
sects floating about, and when YOU see
that God makes them and cares for them
and feeds them come TO the conclusion that
lie VIII take care of you aud feed YOU
A boy asked If he might sweep the snow
from the steps of a house. The lady OF
the household said Yes: YOU seem very
poor lie says, II am very poor She
says, Don't YOU sonnet mes get discouraged
and feel that God is going 20 let YOU
starve" The lad looked up in the wom-
ans face and said. DO YOU think God
will let me starye when ] trust Him and
then do the best | cam Enough thco-
logy for older people, Trust IN God aud
do the best YOU can. Amid all the worrl.
ments Of housekeeping 20 Ia Him. He
Will help you control Your temper and su-
pervise your domcstIcs and entertain your
guests and manage your home economies
There are hundreds of women weak and
nervous and exhausted with the care of
housekeeping. ! commend you 20 the Lord
Jesus Christ as the best adviser aud the
most efficient aid-the Lord Jesus who
performed His first miracle TO relieve
housekeeper.
learn also from this miracle that Christ
does things in abundance | think a
small supply OF wine would have made up
for the deficiency. | think certainly they
must have had enough for half the guests
One gallon of wine will do: certainly five
gallons Will be enough; certainly ten But
Jesus goes on. and lie gives them thirty
gallons and forty gallons and fifty gallons
and seventy gallons and 100 gallons and
100 gallons of the very best wine Ii is
Just like Him-dong everything on the
largest and most generous scale. Does
Christ. our Creator. go forth TO make
leaves lie makes them by the whole for
est fuil-notched like the fern or slvercd
like the aspen or broad like the palm.
thickets i'm the tropics. Oregon forests
Does He go forth TO make flowers He
makes plenty Of them. They flame from
the hedge. they hang from the top of the
grapevine in blossoms. they roll in the
blue wave of the violets. they toss their
white surf in the spiraea-enough for
every child's hand flower. enough 10
make for every brow a chanlet. enough
with beauty 90 cover up the ghastliness of
all the grave. Does lie go forth 10 create
water lie pours IL out not hy the CUP.
ful. but by river flll. a lake full an
ocean lull. nonrlng II ont until ali IN.