The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-08
RAMS HORN BROWN HERE
HE TALKS TO YOUNG PEOPLE AT
THE BROADWAY NJ. f. CHURCH.
The story of David's Life Recalled
Rev. VI. l.. Haines's SermOn-At
Roberts Park Church.

| as Rams Horn Brown, preached SER
mon to young people. There was larg-
| er congregation than usual, the increase
due, no doubt, to Mr.. Browns reputation
| for oddities of speech. Those who came
| to hear a discourse filled with epigrams
or peculiar sayings, however, were dis
| appointed for the sermon was more in the
| nature of a colloquial appeal to young peo-
| pie to make the best of their chances in
| life He took for his text the 18th verse
| of the I'D chapter of Proverbs, and his
| Introductory remarks were as follows:
"'Seest thou a man diligent in his bust
ness? He shall stand before kings great
many books have been written to tell
young people how to succeed in life, how
| to get on in the world, but the best book
that has ever been made for that purpose
| is the book we have before US tonight.
! There isn't anything that is so. true, there
| isn't anything that is more practical in
| this particular respect than the Bible, and
| any young man or any young woman who
will take the Bible for guide through life
and will closely follow it's teachings will
| be sure to have success. A great many il
Illustrations are given in the Bible to bring
out the truth and make it clear. There
are many examples that are given that
| young people would do well to follow.
Perhaps there is none that would be
| better for US to consider in this way-al-
| though there are many-than the case of
David, the shepherd boy. 1t is a very COM
mon thing, you know, with young people
to-day to say that they haven't any chance,
to say that the times are closer than they
ever have been in this world, and that
there isn't any chance, there isn't any OPP
portunity for young people to get along like
there used to be in the old time.
DAVID'S CHANCES.
well, 1 want to bring up the case of
David tonight and show you that no young
man or young woman anywhere to-day
can have a harder time than he had, can
have more competition than he had, can
have the Odds against him in a greater
way than David had David was the young
est of ten children-eight sons and two
daughters He was the little boy of the
family. and anybody who has ever seen a
large family knows what that means He
was probably the chore boy of that whole
family He had more bosses than anybody
else in the family. Uaughter.) Anybody
that wanted anything done could order
David around, and he was the little boy.
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the royal army and they had opportunities
of attracting the attention Of the King, of
DISTINGUISHING themselves, but what chance
| had David for anything of that kind
But David was put out there on the back
hills somewhere to take care OF the sheep,
| and in that day that was despised call
ing. it was a calling that was only given
| TO servants and women, and David was
| given that work way out there. Now,
what kind of chance did he have? What
human probability was there that he would
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time have you than David had in the way
of competition? All the odds against him
| nothing especially in his favor, and vet
L want you to mark how David came and
stood before the King from the sheepfold
In the first place David accepted the situa-
!, ton without any growing and without any
grumbling He didn't go about the neigh
borhood talking about what poor chance
he had. He didn't fool away his time by
going down to the crossroads grocery and
sitting on flour barrels and store boxes and
telling the people there that he didn't
have any chance at all. He went right tc
work to make the best of his chance
Mr.. Brown then proceeded to show how
David learned to play on the harp. hur
| stones with a sling and do other things
which made him worthy of recommends.
ton to the King as a cunning musician
a mighty man of valor and comedy of ap
, pearance. Davids opportunity came one
| day when the King was out of sorts anS
| called for q clever player of the harp Il
, drive away his fit of the megrims. No mu
: stefan of the kind desired was presently
, | Kings right hand had heard of David.
: | ability and commended him to the King a.
cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant
| man, and a man of war; and prudent IL
matters, and a comedy person, and tn,
| Lord Is with him." The speaker dwelt a.
| length on each point of David's strons
recommendation, urging that they pertain
e to matters that are of present day impor
| lance
T. A TRIBUTE TO MOODY.
In the course of his sermon he paid
tribute to the late d. L. Moody, unde
u whose preaching he was converted from
= infidelity. OF Mr.. Moody he said:
K II was converted by Mr.. Moody's preach
$ ing, and afterward fell in with grea
: many people that knew him intimately, an,
O | L was told by people who knew him we'll
| and have seen IL confirmed in the news
papers since his death-that when Mr.
Moody first came to Chicago he was abou
as great a nuisance entered ;
: church. He couldn't talk. and he couldn'
keep STILL When he first began working
= for the Lord he couldn't read the parabl
of the Prodigal Son without stopping an,
spelling out some of the words. But h
went right on doing the best he could an,
Mr. Moody so qualified himself that Their
wasn't a man anywhere that could stan
:, | before an audience and hold the attention
of that audience any better than MI
Moody did i'm the late years of his life. III
Y became gentleman and a scholar and al
!. 4 oTdlOT III almost every respect, ana
was because he had been prudent in matter
: and because he took his natural gifts an
made the best use Of them. He had tn
y talents for all these things. And so ever
young man and every young woman shoul
make IL a rule to try TO do all you ca
: with the capital you have to start with
: You must furnish your own capital. Now
i | when you come to the Lord you come I
the Lord just as you do when you go t
school School doesn't give you anything
1t simply fills the capacity you take there.
AN INCIDENT RELATED.
A In concluding his sermon. Mr. Brow
s dwelt on the words 'And the Lord is wit
= him." and told of a railroad official VIII
q said not long ago that an entire trail
n could be manned by his road with Chris
II ton men. "They are getting everywher
: to-day" said the minister, and bushes
l. men of every kind are beginning to reac
i out and search for Christian men, becaus
= they know they can be trusted, they kno,
v that they are the real salt of the earth
e They want them, and just as IL increase
David's chances and made him stand
little higher with the King when IL wa
known that the Lord was on his side $
il will only magnify all your capabilitie
L II ii can be said that the Lord is wit
e you. And now is there any-suppose &c
O night you young people in looking int
= your own characters, II you were gettin
: a certificate, could IL be said, could il trul
s be said at this time. as it was said @
s David. could IL truly be said of you, tn