The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-21
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject: A Warning Sounded-The Talent
of the Church OF Christ Is Unde'
veIoped and Ita Energy Dormant-
The Enemy Profits by This.


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! WASHINGTON, D. C.-In this discourse Dr.
| Talmage shows how the cause OF right.
! eousness has lost many OF Its weapons and
how they are to be recaptured and put into
effective operation; text, I. Samuel kill.
1921: "Now there was no smith found
throughout all the land Of Israel, for the
! Phiistines said, Lest the Hebrews make
| them swords or spears. But all the Israel
ties went down to the Phtlistines, to
ahsrpen every man his share, and his coul-
| ter, and his Ak, and his mattock. Yet they
had flle for the mattock, and for the coul-
ters, and for the forks, and for the axes,
and to sharpen the goads."
What \ calling subjugation for the Is.
raelltes! The Philistines bad carried of all
the blacksmiths and torn down all the
blacksmiths shops and abolahed the black
smiths trade in the land 81 Israel. The
| Philistines would not even allow these par
ties to work their valuable .minss OF brass
and iron, nor might they make any swords
| or spears. There were only two swords
left in all the land. Yea, these Philistines
| went on until they had taken all the grind
stones from the land OF Israel, 80 that II an
'Israelitish farmer. wanted to sharpen his
plow or his axe:he had 20 90 over to the
| garrison Of the Philistlnes toget 1t done.
] There was only one sharpening instrument
Ieif n tGaIfSHI, snd:.that was q file, the
nhat ,in ao tha oouitar I'd tSa-eoai aud stha
W,nGSsop sno eou,te, ;,v,a n an. fn5ys3ey IS3
Piode-ad uder % snd vorL nr. ctIcsliv Sisapatsd.
Tho erest iJaa NJ tbeaa PSIiistinea was TO
sIeat auea oa .asso a,Sa - - eioht
rst iron ont % tha biIis - msta awords of.
| but they would not have any ysblacksmiths
| to weld this IRON It they got the iron
WELDED they would hs.s d; ss
om o,,it,,.n m - tha .e},itsr. 49, nnns M to an
sdns y 'A' ~ -. 49,! ss sslsG. - r
~, ;,,,,, 90 80 TsraeItes re-
oad " Z t, Az hovs nva Sitv yoai Bnt these
phii5stinas n g ,raya naf Eavas Ia .keen their
LII srttSa 81 NJ ntsods Hitjran Jonn.
ts nsor - -, SIa Ss ~ : snS EHsss climbs nm
4 oraat rnrI havond 81 ,icIi CWHre the Phil
isf5;ngs and ,is srmor beaYerS Son. his hands
and. Saaaa cIirnhs mn ii Ia a ma rock. and
ehsss fun n an witi. tf,alns tWOsSW0rds. hew
.ta nieess the philisflnes: tSeS Eofd9 tirow-
Jfs,s III orset ta,rnrmt,nn t6 81 g1Sdt, was
s saoat !, ss., M, pss.S On
fssaen; 30 y - ~ ~, boat
lnoi. AnoSs y
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llealn, ~ t liz
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~ ils y q ~ n.in ond
ss Htlss, - auorda
sx.h an hs1
4 =
- have NO
81 M
Iso ~
Il gIin9ss prs, no sS.iae Ito lon ssnes, ua
y .ass aos.sno sny aonc
talshSss tusSIs @ions
W!sn hnHt ~ atsS RioW, anu say,
Aeses sareSepe eoins VIII Inose eninRs. t,'
WS ny osoa . - .ne
sai,,t II aa1 rssyon tooiisb
I :, if.eswH3is Az yon, ahsinen than at
4 LnIrsa;, zfSbs', thsT aav s"tbe black.
4 Eis:S o-o iii torn down and wa
FiIo - nntbinr Ieit us hnt a t,ieI''
a. sI ~ ~ H. @ oi,uroh ~ Jasns ohr,st "a.
S. oo ~ W 70 ~ sne o.. -,,,i,Ua ,o o,ra ,n o,,r
taay. we are soo mir.ins r, W sr,d sMT " ut. vt.
weapons W .LH Hnsny .h ao,noia mo ~ De the
enat II aas sopSh,eu th ~ 'no enS Su ~ .oiancas
oo1eSes, anu .uo nS.La rrtntJn" nress
anu tue ntetatulH, auu .nH attsnt ptoe. 70
.nnoeney M 10 annns ns ,n ,to hon5 and the. ~
gee an ous "eupoI. W I,n, ~ N Z. o. raaLinS tbio
ho. III tho t,noa and q fter ,whiIa whan
poas. a.t inH hn..ia hs,aan ain ond riobteons.
.no @ stoa. anad paG 70 wa do not Ioot ont 1ye
uI1S LII a' ha NJ baS1v ofr as these Isrselittes
mtuus anS Soaino ,ns,rrmante coil
ous any snalpenins in ~ -, I;taso.r ,roti
upon tue supe.lntenuHnttS sa t y. ~. orS h - ,n ~
tutlohs 20 see W ~ ena. .aI has1do &c ~,
w 49,; eie snS ths eiectrc hatteries' and tfe
aen Jars, anu .ne eteou I,oaaas Sa oJ,;iSran -;
nlcroscoPes s,tti AM .eae9'op'0' Do oD -
oET' %ta hES TrndaiIeon r th,nrora q, our t,nea
LUG e,',y dynue - not niI tba ,ntai,ectnoi
arc tlslhG ~ Set eroon Wa want
soIapptiao meapiHa ch-,stians ~ cantnra tha sctence
eoi9uttus atis S Th",.t,ons - onntmre the
ana scn0!astic SnIiStue Tupsu.o
scnolarsnip, anu pniiosoph'o out tie'i@uo a. W
| capture pnllosoPny, anu tectulins CnlIs
tlans 20 take pnSh tue leHsuitnS paeio, pi.i Ia "a
we want 10 Senu OUT a5ainsi GhsIu,1Iah in
| strauss anu Nehan ~, anso09a9 sS9as aiantists
OF Gonn ana against tne innuei s,,,; solen'insS
9t tne uay GoumU'p'Ws soi. W. Hont - oon-
hltcncock ana AgasslZ. We "un. " Iup
ture all the pnliosVpnicai appu.atus uu
SWING arouna tue teleacopes VI tt tue snrre' M
until tnrougn Iaeh We eau nd sso ,r,tt HIe miuar.
Ing star OF tue heuesmeI, unu Nv VIII Pani. ~
| nloglcal manner aiscoEei ine noSA "a ~
ages ana amIo tne nora oi d" IHAs ,n'. &c, III ~
the hose OF SHARON ana tne LiHy ot TUG
valley. we want sohe oue ap'e " a.
pound the 1rst cnaPteI OF ueness, plaps ~
| it tine geoioRy anu tue astfonUIy suy y. .no
world, until, as Jop suRgesteu, tu9 Wtn s.oueS et
ot'tne heio snali % Ia teaSue .; "as VIII sholI ,
truth ana .ns ssals ~ nt .neis hNroh vo %, God
/ hght against sisela. IL, ouuiou o, VI oou'
60 out anu recapture tuese WeaPons'
Let men OF Goa go out ana Tax taKe ,pp,ns,nc pGsses,
sion OF the PiatIosm: Le. any ptinttns h, tns
presses that nave oeen cap ea2tureda d ~. Sy tae
enemy De recaptureu 10. 1oo' anu .ha tne a.
porters, ano tue tyPe,sessers' u uau 'aH aI 1 "I
itors, ana Tue pu1tasuSsls aS srren smens All nv
!egla9ce 70 tLe Loru 1ou a " tuu ond tLs
friend, that dGy muss come, ano - the the
great pooy OF Cneistian esansat;on neu nav - 40
ialth o. GoeraSo lou ee or Ionot%an on bis bnsv
| II, tnen let some oonhtuan on i u,s euSy
hanas ana on Iis praying AIeGS tt ti,"D up
on tns rock OF nlnoIanee anu ai,h ~ .no nIaoao
VI tne io uoIu uou nL,no.Ina, ~ r. thooa man
those literary fni!istines; ca II trese than theu
VIII not Do eOnSer.eu ~ "ou' 'n'A 'Do'