The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-11-16
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject; The Welfare of Others - We
should Banish selhshness-Job peii'-
cred Prom Evil when He fraNsd FOR
rriends-usppy Prom Doing Good
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cred Prom Evil when He rraNed For
Triends-Hsppy Prom Doing Good
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WASHINGTON. ID. C-In this discourse
Dr. Talmage wars on narrowncSs OF view
and urges life helpful 70 others; text,
Job xiii. To- And the Lord turned the
captivity OF Job when he prayed tor has
friends.
Comparat.vclv few peonle read this last
chapter of the book Of job. The earlier
chapters are So full Of thrilling incident.
Of events - dramatically portrayed. OF
awful ailrents and terrific disaster. Of
domestic infelctv. of staccato passage,
OF resounding address. Of omnipoiency
proclaimed. ot utteranccs showing JOB to
have been the greatest scientist OF hrs
day. an expert in mining and precious
stones. astronomer. and geographer and
7oologist and electrician. and poet, that
most readers stop before they get tn my
text which. strangely and mysterously
announces that "the Lord turned the can
tivity of Job when he prayed for his
friends
Now. will Won please explain 10 me how
Jobs PRAYER for his friends halted hls
catas,ronhess Give me some good reason
why Job on his knees in behalf OF the
welfare Of Others arrested the long pro-
cesson of calamities Mind YOU. It was
not PRAYER for himself. for then the cesss-
ton OF his troubles would have been only
another instance of prayer answered. hut
the portfolio of his disaster was rolled nm
while he sunplicated Cod in behalf Of Eli
phay the Temanite. Bildid the Shuhite,
and Zophar the Naamathlte. | must con-
fess 20 vou that | had To read the text
over and over again before | got its full
meaning-"And the Lord turned the can
tivity Of Job when he prayed for his
/ friends
Wei. il Won will not explain II % mo.
/ will explain it 20 Won. The healthlc,t the
/ most recupcrative thing on earth 10 do Is
/ TO stop thinking so much about ourselves
and GO 20 thinking about the welfare of
others J,h had been studying his misi0r-
tunes. but IN, more he thought about his
/ hankruutCv the poorer hc seemed. the
more @ thought Of his carhunclcs the
worse they hurt. the more he thought
/ Of his unfortunate marriage the more IN.
tnleranle became the coniugal relation,
the more he thought of his house blown
down tho more terrific seemed the cyclone.
/ His misfortunes grew blaCkcr and h'acker,
but there was to come reversal ot these
sad conditions One day he said to him
self: Il have been dwelling too much
temper and nv hcrcavements II is time
began 10 think about others and do
something for others. and ! will start now
hy wing for my three friends Then
Job dropped upon his knees, and as he
did 30 that last shaclle Of his captivity Of
trouble sna~1cd and fell of. Hear it. all
We ages of time and all We ages Of etcrnitv.
"the Lord turned the cantivltv Of Job
whom he prayed for his friends"
The fault with most Of us Is too much
self concentration-our health. orr for
tunes, our Advancement, our social posi-
tion our achievements. our losses. our de
fcats, our suhcrings. our persecution, our
life, our death. our immortality. or course
there is lawful and righteous selishncss
In n world and i'm time Of such activities
and rivalres and temptations we must
look after our own interests and our own
destiny or we will go under Do
not wait for others 10 talc care
of YOU Take care Of yourself. But
il will not hinder our preservation and
prosperity II we enlarge the sphere Of our
wishes and prayers so "a TO take in 9th
ers The law in the natural world would
do we'll f~r the moral and spiritual world
The ccntripetal force in nature woulc
throw everything in toward the center
and the centrifugal force in nature woulC
]
The rcntripetal and tho centrifugal worl
would throw everything toward tho cen
tor is balanced by the force that woul6
throw everything outward.
our world. with It's own interests. feel
The pull Of other worlds. No world. ~
nation. no community, no man, no woman
can afford TO exist only for itself or him
self or herself. The hour in which Jol
has that soliloquy about the enlargement
Of his prayers 50 ~ 20 take in his friend
aud he put into execution his good rcsolu
ton was the hour when be felt n tonic
n sedative, a n"rylne, n Catapllsm, tha
helped 10 cure his body and revived hl
fortunes till they were n hundred pc
cent better than ever before. for th,
record is "thc Lord gave job twice a.
much as hc had before" and tended I,
make him a wonder of longevity for h
lived liO years after his troubles wcr
gone. Oh. what mighty mrdoamcnt j
the contemplation Of and the effort 70
the welfare of others,
But saws some one. 1T was cng
enough for job 10 pray for his friends
Anybody can do that There are thos
20 whom we arc obligated for wears n
kindness They stand 80 close 10 NJ II
sympathy and rcminisccncc and antic
patton that II is easy for us 30 pray fO
their welfare" Well. ! see you du no
understand that these friends Of Job wcr
the most tantalizing and cYasperatin
friends a man ever had Look AZ thci
behavior. When they heard Of HE l.,
rpavements and the accidents bv whir
wrd and lightning stroke they came d
and sat down by him a whole week, 90,
On davs and seven nghta and the rocOr
is none spakc a word % him. Wha
a dlsreputabc and wicked slcncei Mn
you. they professed 30 be RELIGIOUS mcr
and thcv ought 20 have been able 10 ofc
some religious consolation Instead ~ tha
, they were dumb as the suhiug which n
that time stood in 'he African desert an
stands there still Why did they not sa
something about reunion in the hoavcr
lv realms with HE children who had boo
slain, Why did they not talk. 10 hir
about the satisfactory eyplanat 'ons m th
future world of things we DO not undei
| stand in this world1 WHY did they M
50 % the apothecary and buy a DDulto
that would have sOOthed the cafbuncle
or some quieting potion that would cali
his nerves. or a few drops Oi febribu7
that would cool his heated Frame "
For seven days and seven nights they q.
nothing and said nothing for hi. relic
Thcv must have almost bored him
death.
After these three friends had complete
their infamous silence of a wert they h
gan q lecture job First Eliphaz NJ
Temanite opens with = long story amor
a dream which he had ln the night and :
r.tates the sufferer with words that mai
things worse instead - better. and sc
him in an attitude of de'ense Sainst ~
lecturer Then comes B.dad the Shuh't
who gives tine Invalid a round scoldIng an
coils him gsrru'0us and rrart 'ally tel
him that ir deserved al that he bad -