The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE sTTHE NOTED
DIVINE
subleeti Our Father. House "A Lesson
OF fstence-An Impressive Warning
Against Being Puhsd Up wtth Iesn-
STORY Earthly Grandeur.
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year, when many people are moving from
house 10 house, aud u teaches lessons OF
patience aad eqlipoise Ia very trying cir
cumstances; teKs, Philippians ~. u. Il
know both how 20 be abaset, aad know
how 20 abound"
Happy Paul, Could you really accom-.
modate yourself 10 all circumstances in
litef Could you 70 up without pride, aDd
could you come down without eXaspera.
tlon9 Teach tho same lesson 70 rs ali.
We are az a season o; the year whea vast
populations Ia all our cities are changing
residence. Having been born In u house
aud having ali our lives lived In house,
We do not have full appreciation OF what a
house Il. IL Is the growth OF thousands OF
years. The human race llrst lived in cleits
OF rocks. the beasts OF the Geld moving
out OF the cayerns 20 let the human race
move in. The shepherds and the robbers
still live In caverns OF the earth. The troy.
lodytes are race which 10 .this day 9re-
fer the cAverns 20 a house. They are warm;
they are large; they are very comfortable;
they are less sub ect TO violent changes OF
beat and cold. We come on along down in
the history OF the race, and We come 10 thu
lodge, whish was a home built out ot
twisted tree branches; We come farther or
down In the history OF the race, and we
come 10 the tent, which was home built
with round pole In the centre and skins
OF animals reaching out In all directions.
n ats on the door.
Time passed on, and the world, after
much invention, came 10 build house.
which was a space surrounded by broad
stones. against which the earth was heapsd
from the outside. The roof was made OF
chalk and gypsum aud coal and stones and
ashes pounded together. After awhile the
porch was born, after awhile the gate.
Then hundreds OF years passed on, and In
the fourteenth century the modern chim.
Vx... o F.aF. al HaNr
had openings In their houses from which
the smoke might escape II IL preferred. but
there was no inducement offered tor II 20
leave until the modern chimney. Wooden
keys opened the door or tho keyhole was
large enough 20 allow the anger 10 be in-
serted for the lifting OF the latch or the
sliding OF IL. There being no windows the
people were dependent for light upon lat
ticework over which "A thin veil was drawn
down In time OF winter 10 keep out the ele.
ments. window glass was, 20 late as 200
or 800 years ago, In England aud Scotland
so great a luxury that only the very wealth
lest could afford IL. A hand mill aud an
oven aud a few leathern bottles and some
rude pitchers and plates made up the an.
tire equipment otthe culinary department.
Thank God for your home, not merely
the house you live IN now, but the house
YOU we're born Ia and the many houses you
have resided In since you began your
earthly residence. When you 20 home
to-day, count over the number OF those
houses In which you have resided, and you
viii. be surprised. Once In awhile you will
lind a man who lives IN a house where he
was born and where his father was born
and his grandfather was born aud his
great grandfather was born, but that is
not one out OF 4 thousand cases. | have
not been more perambulatory than most
people but was amazed when came 20
Of 4 hut
occupied. The fact Is there Is In this
world no such thing as permanent resi-
deuce.
In private vehicle, and not in a rail
clr, from which you can see but little,
| rode from Now York TO Youk-rs and Tar
rytown, on the banks OF the Hudson, the
finest ride on the planet for man VINO
wants 10 seo palatial residences ia fasci-
mating scenery. IL was In the early sprng
aud before the gentlemen OF New York
bad gone out 10 their country residences.
| rode into the grounds 10 admire the
gardens. and the Oyerse er OF the place
told me-and ,hcy AL told me-that
all the houses had been sold or that
they wanted 20 sell tben, aud there
was literally DO exception, although
| called at many places, just admirlOg the
gardens and grounds aud the palatial resi-
0ences. Some wanted TO sell or had sold
because OF financial misfortune or because
their wives did not want to reside ia the
summer time In those places while their
husbands tarried IN town I'm the night,
always having some business on hand
keeping them away. From some houses
the people had been shaken out by cbilis
aud fever, from some houses they had
gone because death or misfortune bad oc-
Cured, aud all those palaces aud mansions
had either changed occupants or wanted
70 change.
~ -
England or kmcrlca and see how few
people live where tboy lived h:teen year,
ago. There Is no such thing As permanent
residence.
saw Monticello, In Virginia, President
Jetrerson's residence, and / saw on the
same day Montpelier. which vas either
Madison's or MOnrOo's residence, and /
saw also the White House, which was
President Taylcrs resideGcs aud President
Lincoln's residence aud President Gar
neld's residence. Was II "A permanent
residence I'm any case2 tell YOU that the
race is nomadic and no sooner gets Ia one
place than IL wants 10 change for another
place or Is compelled TO change Tor another
place, and 80 the race invented the rail-
road aud the steamboat ia order more
rapidly 70 get into some other place than
that In which II was then.
Ave, Instead OF being nomaiic, Il Is I'm
mortal, moving on AMI mOsing Dnl We
whip up our horses and hasten on until the
hub OF tue frout wheel sh!ver- on the tomb
stone aud tips ~ leaC!ors !uto tho grave,
the only permanent earthly rrsidsnce.
day this spring the streets will b. filed
with the furniture cart- and the drays aud
the trucks. IL will be hard day for
horses, because they vii. be overloaded; Il
will be n hard day for lAhorers, Tor they
sill oyerllft before they ge; the family fur.
niture from one house 20 another; 1t VIII
be a hard day for housekespsr- TO see their
furniture scratched. and their crOckery
broken, and their carpets miset, aud their
furniture dashed OF the sudden showers; II
will be hard day for lHni.0r f., ~ viii be
& hard day for tenants.
Especial grace T. needed lgr no7ing day.
Many mau's religion EI- uttered A isur-
tul strain between the hour on the morn
ing Of the lrst OF May wAeu be took bic
Immature breakfast, aud the hour AZ night
when he rolled into his extefnrOrized couch.
The furniture broken sometimes will result
IN the breaking ofthe Ten Commandments.
NV fret word, then, in ,his part ~ my
discourse f. 20 all those vA0 move out Ot
small houses into larger ones. Nov, We
will see whether, like ths apostle. you know
bow 10 abound.
May persons moving i1to larger house
have become arrogant anl sapsfclliOus.
They swnggsr where once they walked;
they simper where once they laughed they
20 about with an air which seems 90 say
Let all srrallsr craft gst OIt 81 these wa.
ters II they don't want - bs fI1 over bY a
regular Cunardsr."
have knOEn people vino were kind al q
auiable and Christian Ca their smaller
house. No sooner did they 20 over the
d0or.lIl % the new house than they be-
came "A glOrifsi nuisance. lusy were the
terror % dry goods clerks ani the amaze
ment ~ ferrybOat- into wuitI thsy swept
and. D. compelled % stand a moment. with
c0ndsnnatOry glance turning All the peO-
lie seated lntO criminals aud convicts.
They began % hun. 10 the family coat Oi
arms and hal lion cJuchagt ~ unicorn
rampant on the carriage iO0r when, N