The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-11-30
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE sY the NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject; spirit of Unrest - II u the
Cause OF Much rnharpiness->ecd Of
the Church ard the World l. VI nrs
stability-s op Gadding About.


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WASHINGTON. ID. C.-From an unusual
text DR.. Tai. age in this discourse rebukes
the spirit of unrest which characteriEes
50 many people. and shows them the hap
p.ness and usefulness 20 be found IN sta
blhty; text, Jeremiah n, 80, Why gaddest
thou about 80 much 10 change thy way
Homely Is the illustration hy which this
prophet OF tears depores the Nacilation
O; the nation 10 whom he wrote, Now
they wanted alliance with Egypt and now
with Assyr.a and now with Babylon, and
now they did not know what they wanted,
and the behavior of the nation reminded
the prophet oi man or woman who, not sat-
ished with home lie, goes from place 10
place sadGlng about. As we say, never set
tied anywhere OF in anything, and he
cries out 10 them, why gaddest thou
about 50 much To caange Thy wayf'
Wei, the world has now as many gada.
bouts as II had, IN Bible times, and think
that that race ct people Is more numer-
Gus now than II ever was gadabouts
among occupations, among religious theo-
ries, among churches. am nng nClghbOr-
hoods-and one OF the greatest wants OF
the church and the world Is more stead
fastness and more hNcdness of purpose
lt Wa no small question that Pharaoh
put u Jacc and his sons when he asked
What Is your occupation GctDug into
the nit occupation not only decides your
temporal welfare, but may decide your
eternal destiny. The reason so many men
and women are dead failures Is because
instead of skiing God what they ought
TO be or do they, through some vain am.
bitlon or whlms,cality. decide what they
ought 10 be. Let me say 10 all young men
and Young women in homes or IN school
or college, do not SO gadding about among
occupations and professions 20 find what
you are fitted for, but make humbl and
direct appeal TO God for direction.
While seeing divine guidance IN your
selection of lifetime sphere examine
your own temperament. 7 ne phrenologist
will tell YOU your mental lroclyitcs. The
psychologist will tell yol your physical
temper nent Your enemies will tell you
your weaknesses. Ii YOU are, as we say.
nervous, do not become surgeon Ii
you are cowardly, do not become an en-.
glnecr. Ii you are hoping for a large and
permanent income, do not seek a govern.
ment position. II you are naturally quick
tempered, do not become a ministc. of
the ospel, for while any one is dlsadvau.
tagged by ungovernable disposition there
Is hardly any one who enacts such an I'm.
congruous part as a mad minister Can
you make fine sketch of a ship or rock
or house or facey BE an artist DO YOU
ind yourself hummlng cadences. and do
the treble Gle. and the musical bars drop
from your pen easily, and can you make
a tune that charms those who hear it Be
a musician. Are you born with a fondness
for argument; BE an attorney Are
you naturally a good nurse and especially
interested in the relief of painy BE
phynlclan. Are you interested an all ques.
tlons of traffic and in bargain making, are
won ant IN lao ettggpgsftl on .t,.U ,,
large scaley BE a merchant DO YOU pre-.
Ter country life, and do you like the plow.
and do YOU hear music IN the hustle of A
harvest field; BE farmer. Are YOU fond
OF machinery, and are turning wheels To
YOU fascination, and can YOU follow with
absorbing interest a new kind of thrash.
ing machine hour after hour? BE a me.
chanic. II YOU enjoy analyzing the natural
elements md a laboratory could enter. m
you all day and all night, be chem.t
II you are inquisitIve about other worlds
and interested IN all instruments that
would bring them nearer for inspection,
be an astronomer. III the grass under your
feet and the foliage over your head and
the ilowers which shake their incense on
the summer air are TO you the bellies let.
tres OF the field be a botanist
IL YOU have no one faculty dominant and
nothing IN your make up seems 20 point
mp a. "our own room, get down on your
knees and reverently ask God what He
made on FOR and tell Him that you are
willing 10 do anything He wishes YOU 10
do. Before you leave that room YOU will
find out. For the sake of your usefulness
and happiness and your temporal and
eternal welfare do not join that crowd OF
people who 20 gaddlng about among busi-
nesscs and occupations now trying this
and now trying that and never accom-
pllshlng anything.
There are many who exhibit this frail.
" M matters OF religion. They arc not
sure about anything that pertains 10 their
soul or their eternal destiny Now they
are Jnltarans, aud now they are InI-
vcrsalsts, and now they are prcsbytcri.
ans, and now they are nothing al all They
are not quite sure that the J4.,e was in
splrcd or II inspired whether the words
or the ideas were inspired or whether only
part OF the book was inspired. Tney think
az one time that the story m Genesis about
the garden OF Eden Is "A history. and the
month after they think u II an allegorv.
At one time they think the book of Job
describes what really occurred, but the
next time they speak of u they call a. a
drama. Now they believe all the miracles.
but at your next interview they try 10
show how these scenes had nothing IN
them supernatural but can be- accounted
for by natural causes Gaddlng about
among religious theories and never salts.
fled. All the evidence II put before them
and why do they rot render a verdict ii
they cannot make up their mind with all
The data put before them. they never will
There are all the archaeological conhrma.
tl0ns Of the Bible brought ~ view by the
Palestine Exploration Society" There
arc the bricks Of Babylon. the letter "N'
Impressed upon thcm-"N' for Ncbuchad.
nozzar, showing that he wa- not a myth
and the farther the shovel Of the anti.
quaran goes down the more B. revealed
Of that most wonderful city of all time
Professor Icilprecht. OF the Duiysrsity of
Pcunsylvania, presents us tablets found
ln the far Last ratifyng and explaining
Scrptural passages which were before IN
mystery. As the builders IN Jerualcm 10.
day Dig for the Foundation of new } uses
they turn up with their pIckaRcz the ashes
oi the animals that were used for burned
offerings in The temple ayes ago, demon.
strat!ng the truth of the Bible story about
the sacrifices Of lambs and hc,iers and
pigeons There is the history by JOsephus
describing on uninspircI page scenes
which the Bible depicts On the banks Of
tie Dead sea there are pieces oi the very
birthstone that fell in the suiphurOus
s-orm that destroyed S0dOfn and GJmor.
iah. Make up your mind whether the ii.
DIE Or glorious revelation OI God of the
worst imposition 0f the centuries. Mhy go
gaIdiug about among nhdel.. atheists and
deIsis asking questions and surmIsing and
guessing about the authority and value II
a book which involves the iuhnitiesy II b.
either a good book or a bad book II b
30 a bad book. you do not want % IN your
house nor have your children cDntaminst.
Cd with its teachings u 10 s rood book,
your eternal happiness depends upon the