The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-10-13
EVENINGS SHADOWS.
DR.. Talmage's Comforting Words
to Those in Declining Years.
Helpful Thoughts Suggested by the
Invitation 10 Christ TO Abide
Overniwht in an ORIENT
al village.
copyright. 1900, by Louis Klopsch.l
Washington,

Washington,
In this sermon DIR. Talmage dis
courses upon the invitation given to
Christ to stay over night in the oriental
village and makes some consolatory
suggestions. The text is Luke "a, 80:
"Abide with US, for it is toward even
ing"
Two villagers, having concluded their
errand in Jerusalem have started out
at the city gate and are on their way
to Emmaus, the place Of their resi-
dence. They go with a sad heart
Jesus, who had been their admiration
and their joy, had been basely massa-
cred and entombed. As with sad face
and broken heart they pass on their
way a stranger accosts them. They
tell Him their anxieties and bitterness
of soul. He in turn talks to them,
nightly expounding the Scriptures. He
throws over them the fascination OF in
telligent conversation. They forgot the
time and notice not the objects they
pass, and before they are aware rave
come up in front of their house. They
pause before the entrance and attempt
to persuade the stranger to larry with
them. They press upon Him their hos
FATALITIES. Night is coming on and He
may meet a prowling wild beast or be
obliged to lie unsheltered from the
dew. He cannot 60 much farther now.
Why not stop there and continue their
pleasant conversation? They take Him
by the arm, and they insist upon His
coming in, addressing Him in the
words: abide with us, for it is toward
evening" The lamps are lighted, the
table is spread. pleasant sociabilities
are enkindled. They rejoice in the pres
ence Of the stranger guest. He asks
a blessing upon the bread they eat, M
He hands a piece to each. Suddenly,
and with overwhelming power, the
thought flashes upon the astonished
people ii is the Lord! And as they sit
in breathless wonder, looking upon the
resurrected body of Jesus, He vanished.
The interview ended. He was gone.
With many of us it is a bright, sun
shiny day of prosperity. There is not
a cloud in the sky, not a leaf rustling
in the forest. No chill in the air. But
we cannot expect all this to last. He
is not an intelligent man who expects
perpetual daylight of joy. The sun
will after awhile near the horizon. The
shadows will lengthen. While l speak
many of us stand in the very hour de-
scribed in the text: "For it is toward
evening" The request of the text
is appropriate for some in every com
munity. For with them it is toward
the evening of old age. They have
passed the meridian of life. They are
sometimes startled to think how OLD
they are. They do not, however, like
Others to remark upon it. If Others
suggest their approximation toward
venerable appearance, they say: why
I'm not so old after ALL" They do in
deed notice that they cannot lift quit,
as much as once. They cannot wall
quite so fast. They cannot read quit,
SO well without spectacles. They can
not SO easily recover from a cough o.
any occasional ailment. They have los
their taste for merriment. They ar
surprised at the quick passage of tn,
| year. They say that it only seems blu
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