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DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject: The Roll of Honor-A Tribute to
Everyday Heroes-In the Final Read
justment They Will Receive the
Crown OF valor.
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justment They Will Receive the
Crown OF Valor.
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WASHINGTON, D. Cdr. Talmage, who
is now preaching to large audiences IN
the great cities Of England and Scot land.
sends this discourse, in which ne shows
that many who in this world pass as of
little Importance will in the day Of nnal
readjustmcnt be crowned with high honor;
text, II Timothy ii, 3, Thou therefore
endure hardness"
Historians are not slow to acknowledge
the merits of great military chieftains.
We have the full length portraits of the
Cromwells, the Washingtons. the Napoo-
History is not written in back ink, but
with red ink of human blood. The gods
Of human ambition do not drink from
bowls made out of silver or gold or pre-
cious stones, but out of the bleached
skulls of the fallen. But l am now to un-
roll before you a scroll of heroes that the
world has never Observation-Disclosures who
faced no guns, blew no bugle blast, con-
quered no cities, chained no captives to
: day of eternity will stand higher than
some of those whose names startled the
nations-and seraph and Hrapt-spirit and
archangel will tell their deeds to a listen
ing universe. I mean the heroes of ccm-
mon, everyday life.
In this roll in the first place I find all
the heroes of the sick room. When Satan
/ had failed to overcome JOB, he; said TO
& God, aPut forth Tny hand and Touch his
bones and his hesh and he swal curse
Thee to Thy face. Satan, had found out
thatswhich we nave all found out-fhat
sickness IS The greatest teso OF one, = CHAR f
acterI q nan VINO can ssand q tnas can "a
stand any hing. 10 be SMUT "a e room as
fast asSth,ugh it wera bastIe, to be so
nervous ty5u cannot endure the taptof q
chlid,s foot, 20 nave luscious frult, wnic6
tempts the appetite OF the ROBUST ana
healthy, excite our ioathlng md disgust
when it first appears on the platter; to
have the Tapler OF pam strlke tnrough sne
side or across the temple ikef q O. razor or
to put the foot INTO WISE or throw = the
\ whole body INTO blaze or fever: y @ es
there nave peen men. and women u tan, Dus
more women tnan men. Huo nave S,, cIeeIs cVIs
fully endured tnls snaronsss. inr9ugn
years Of exhaustlng rheumatlsnls and e1;
cruclatlng tnsuraigias tney naVe gonS sahl apa
through pooly 9lstress tnat Iaspeu, sps ny
nerves ana toIe tne muscies and Ea.eu ps 1pe
cheeSs anu st9oPeu eIe @ snou 80, -.
the dull ngns ot tas sick. .rooM SaPet Slsy
saw on fneir van Ine picture ss5ss ol sIaas salu
Wnere blte Una s1ana. &c tha ,;ohf fSss
ihroush .nI ueau tLc n,oIs -. S
neaIa tae cnoots rus JILL on sue an liz fror, 49,
Inc cancer ate away ner ne LroT w.
& to- week and day to day, ana sne pecams' s
sMeaksr z ana, %eaker anu every gIoWu
snignN was IeeDier Sn'l1T ~ the EEou sS5 h.sLo5
ReIogre, yet meyer sau; lne m cnruIen iooAeu tn.
lsE iaSe anu saw ME- .tu vho
~ {Li@5y2s ~ neafeIlf siiiile. inosI "nJ
tsie; oaeeiGneu u-u SLuU houonoa ~
ngG g, more netoSs Illu Hetoiie
u enose IN se,aHa me,u h;o IG no "na ;oa
. N tIe aIyaali, na% ,rror,r 80 ~ sbont
cGulo cooI5 any ny sulsIiy 49, ,. U oaS InouS
sand aching ana homeslcknneSs' yet Wiling
~ suffer, conhdent IN Goa, n9pelul p OF OF
aheaven. heroes Oh rnsuItlsin, hGLoes VI
neuraigia, heroes OF splfai co,ilpssaiEnts,, Et,,a mu
SEoes 81 slch neauacne, hSloe: ". NiT'SaS TIasS5
Iesm IsamnuiSi, nsioes ,s.r anu ND eIer H.rti
ssslni 1a tslsh loi etei stI ~ o.or,.i antho,,
sSaSSn sa just one loVe VI Ine e1e.nai pan,
;sstl9efe slaii oe ho inoie pain' .''
9tIga JOE tnaI m c., ~. l ;t,;,
I'm TINS rol! ais0 hho the hcloes " VI,
who do their work uncomplainlnSlE. IL
into bate when you know that the whole
nation Will applaud the victory, IL Is com
paratlvely easy to doctor the, SICK Wneh
you know that your skill will lie appre;;
ciated by large company OF fn,, TRENDS Is and INC
relatives, IL is comparatively easy 10 aa-
dress an audienGe |nen IN Inc gieanLLne 1Laee
eyes ana llusneu cheeks yo9 h.oN shIs
your sentiments are adoPteo, out 10 c4
sewing when you eNpecG tne empioyer WI
come and thrust ms tnao 'iFoIsn the n
work TO snow now lmperlecI IL - Tl w
have the whole garment l.roWn pack on
You, to be done over agaln; to oui!d
wall and know there will pc no one to
say you did " well, but only swearing %
employer hoWilng across the scanoIo, 10
work until your eyes are dlm ana your
@ pcN at thet e gnu uo,, Ston hefora n;gbt S.o',T
ki1M Iha. Ill II % Sou eIop Ieie ~ .,SSnrd Ias
cniluleE WIZ starre al, th, 'ne oS,si SMu Tho Tt.
not SAN 20 lildny as oHe nveu. .e. :oo nnt +
g[eat 3ate,eteIS Sbh =, TIt nJ ei Suth Mount' v
GeeISsHuls atlu 0n,on t,ISaJ S,J ,,.ora -, ti.
am nnon.1s me an5 Sin' n +Da sbons snJ in the M at
tics: Wnere women haHe army JnckIg't Ja;I t,o', ior
q s1NpeIlce ihey 1 sol,eu oM uinTIr i,,Ts Mt
aled. Iney hau no tunerat e-loStuI'i, raij puijj
~ ~ tLe naIllc VI .nS "4L 49, sh'o ,;,hnr, III. +In
thelI haies atAomS L.ro'e H.. nf the
Woria was noL weftny' msloes VI ulG
nGeule! fle[oes " 'nG seMihs hJ" tIa nj
heroes OF tne at1lc HeIoes u P, Cne CJ Se
iar! heroes ana herolles' D'eSS "ou
LOT tnem! e., A.. , h
IN TINS ron l also nnu Ine ner9es WIZ
have .uncom1p,lalnngly endured domest!c
lnlustlces They are men VINO for their
to:l and anxiety have no sympathy IN
their homes' ENhaustiine aPpliicaGloii 70
business gets them livelihood: pat an
untrugal wife scatters 1t. ne Is fretted az
from the moment ne enters the door until
ne comes, out OF It,. Inc eNasperatlons or
business life, augmented by the eXaspera'
tions Of domestic life. Such men are
laughed at, but they have heartbreaking
gone into appalling dissipation but for the
grace OF God.
Society to-day Is strewn with the
wrecks of men who. under the northeast
storms of domestic felicity, have been
driven on the rocks. There are tens of
tnous,,ds of drunIrards to.dav made such