The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-07
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE 81 THE NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject; Lack ofrstience-Faith. Hope and
Charity Bioom In Many Hearts where
the Grace OF Patience IL Wanting-fity
Rather Than Condemn tn. Erring.

WASHINGTON, ID. C,- hls discourse ot
DR.. ralmage is full length portrait of
virtue which all admire, and the lessons
taught are very helpful; text. Hebrews \,
80, "Ye have need OF patience
Yes, We are m awful need OF n. Some
of US have a little of it, and some of US
have none az all. There is less oi this
grace IN the world than OF almost any
other. Faith. hope and charity are all
abloom in hundreds of souls where YOU
find one specimen of patience. Paul, the
author OF the text. on conspicuous occa-
sion lost his patience with coworker,
and from the way he urges this virtue
upon the Hebrews, upon the Corinthians.
upon the Thessalonians, upon the Ro-
mans upon the ColoSSfans, upon the
young theological student, Timothy, l
conclude he was speaking out Of his own
need OF more of this excellence. And l
only wonder that Paul had any nerves left.
Imprisonment, hagellanon, Mediterranean
cyclone. arrest for treason and consplr-
acy, the wear and tear OF preaching to
angry mohs, those az the door OF a thea.
tire and those on the rocks Of Mars hill,
left him emaciated and invalid and with a
broken voice and sore eyes and nerves a.
/ langle, He gives us a snap shot of him
self when he describes has appearance and
has scrmonic delivery by saying In bodily
presence weak and IN speech contcmpti-
/ ble." and refers 10 his inhamed eyelids
/ when, speaking OF the ardent friendship of
/ the Galatians. he says, If It had been
| possible, We would have plucked out your
own eyes and have given them 10 me.
We all admire most that which we have
least of Those of us with unlmpresslye
visage most admire beauty; those of us
, with dlscordant voice most eNtol musical
cadence. those of us with stammerlng
/ speech most wonder at eloquencc, those
/ OF us who get provoked at trlhcs and are
naturally irasclble appreciate IN others the
eQuopoisc and the calm endurance of pa
/ tiencc. So Paul, with hands tremulous
with the agitations of h,,ume, writes OF
/ the God of patience and OF ministers
/ of God in much patlenea' rnd of patience
OF hope" and tells them 20 follow after
patience" and wants thCm 10 run with
patience" and speaks oi those Strength.
encd with all might 20 all patience and
/ looks US all full IN the face as he makes
/ the startling charge, "le have need OF
patience"
The recording angel, making q pen out
/ of some plume OF bird of paradise, is not
getting ready 10 write opposite your name
anything applaudatory. All your sublime
equilibrium OF temperament is the result
of worldly success. But suppose things
nightly change with you, as they some
times do change. You begin 10 20 down
hill and 1t Is amazing how many there are
/ TO help you down when YOU begin 90 90 IN
/ that direction A great investment fails.
/ The Colorado silver mine ceases 10 yield.
! You get land poor; your mills, that yield
/ ed marvels of wealth, are echpsed by
mills with newly invented machinery; YOU
get under the feet OF the bears OF Wall
street. For the first time IN your life you
| need 20 borrow money, and no one rs will
/ ing 20 lend. Under the narrowing worrl-
mcnt YOU get a distressfu feeling az the
base OF your brain. insomnia and nervous
/ dyspepsia lay hold of you. Your health
goes down with your fortune, your circle
| oi acquaintance narrOws. and where once
/ you were oppressed boy the fact that YOU
/ had not time enough TO return one.hali OF
/ the social calls made upon you now the
/ card basket in your hallway is empty, and
/ your chief callers are your creditors and
/ the family physician who comes 20 learn
| the effect of the last prescription. Now
you understand how people can become
/ pessimstic and cynical and despalriul.
! You have reached that stage yourself.
Now you need something that YOU have
/ not. But ! know OF a reinforcement that
/ you can have # you will accept It, lon.
der comes up the road or the sidewalk a
messenger of God Her attire IL unpre
/ tending. She has no wings, for she - not
an angel but there II something IN ser
/ cOuutenancc that implies rescue and dclly-
erauce. She comes up the steps that once
were popuOus with the aiiluent and into
/ the hallway where the tapestry IL getting
/ faded and iraycd, the place now all empty
/ of worldly admirers. ] viii tell YOU her
/ name If YOU would like o. know u. Paul
baptized her and gave her the right name.
/ She IL not brilliant, but strong. There IS
deep quiothood in her manner and a
/ frmness IN her tread, and IA her hand Is a
scroll revealing her mission. She comes
from heaven She was born IN the throne
/ room OF the King. This Is Patience. "le
have need OF patience"
First, patience with the faults Of others.
No one keeps the Ten Commandments
equally well Ones temperament decides
which commandments he shall come near
est 20 keeping. If we break some Of the
commandments ourselves, why be ~ hard
on those who break Others OF the ten II
you and ] run against .uo verse OF the
twentieth chapter OF Exodus, Why should
we 80 severely cXCoriate those VINO run
against another vcrse Oi the same chap.
ter Until we are perfect ourselves we
ought 30 be lenlent with our nelghbOrs
Imperfectlons. Yet It ~ often the case
that the man most vulnerable is the most
hypercrltIcal Perhaps he Is proiane and
yet has no tolerance for theft, when pro-
l
latter Is robbery OF a man, the former -
robbery Of God Perhaps he ~ gwen 20
defamation and detraCtIOn and yet feels
himself better than some one who ~
guilty Of mansaughter, not realizing that
the assassination Of character Is the worst
kind OF assassination. The laycr for wash.
ing IN the ancient tabernacle was AZ lts
side FURNISHED like a looking glass, 80 that
those that approached that laver might
NksrV I'll. and al 10 f.U
gospel looking glass we discovered our own
need Of moral cleansing we would be- more
economic Of dcnuncIatiOn. The most Oi
those who 20 wrong are the victims Oi cur.
cumstances, and " you and ! had been
rocked IN the same IUlgultyus cradle, and
been all our lives surrounded by the same
balefuI influences We would probably have
done just as badly, perhaps worse.
We also have need Of patience with slow
results OF Christian work We want 10
see our attempts % do gOJ1 Immediately
successful The world II improving, but
improving az 70 deliberate n rate; why not
more rapidity and momentum; Other
wheels turn 20 swiftly. why not the TOs.
pei chariot take electric speedt ] do not
know. / only know that 10 is Gods way.
We whose cradle and grave are - near 10
gclher have 20 hurry Ip, bat God. who
manages this world and the universe. D.
from everlasting o. everlasting. He takes
80 years - DO that which lie could do DO
five minutes. HIS clock strikes once M
thousand years While God took only
week 70 ht w the world f,r human resi.
dence, ge0gOigy reveals that the iognda.
tons of the world were con. IN being LAID,
and God watched the glaciers, and the FIRE,
aud the earthquake and ine vJIcanyes as
through centuries and mI.ennIuus they
we're shaping the word before that last
reek that put on the arbDrcscence.