St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-02-02
LIFE OF USEFULNESS.

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} Dr.. Talmage Points the Way to I
In Z Sermon.
;. The Power Of One wora-Destiny Ma,
Ne Changed by q Fifty Spoken
Sentence - Sympathy for
the Troubled.
lcepyright. 1900 BY Louis Klopsch. N. Z.
Washington.
In tLis discourse DR.. Talmage show
an open door for anyone who desires I,
be useful, and illustrates how littl,
thing may decide ones destiny. Til,
text is Proverbs 25:l (revised yer
sion): "a word ftly spoken is like ap
Piles of gold in baskets OF silver"
A fiEgree basket loaded with fruit 1!
put before us in the text. What is ordi
narily translated pictures" ought te
be baskets" Here is silver network
basket containing ripe and golden ap.
pies, pippins or rennets. You know how
such apples glow through the openings
of basket of silver network. You
haveseen such a basket OF fruit on many
= table. 1t whets the appetite as well
as regales the vision. Solomon was evi.
IDENTIFY fond Of apples. because he 20
often speaks Of them. While he writes
In glowing terms of pomgranates and
figs and grapes and mandrakes, he
seems to find solace as well as luscious
ness in apples, calling out for supply
Of them when he says in another place:
Comfort me with apples" Now you
see the meaning Of my text, "A word
ftly spoken is like apples Of gold in
baskets Of silver"
You see the wise man eulogizes Just
one word. Plenty Of recognition has
there been for great orations. Cicero's
arraignment Of Cataline. the philippics
Of Demosthenes, the five days argu-
ment Of Edmund Burke against War
rem Hastings. Edward Irving's dis
courses on the Bible, and libraries full
Of prolonged utterance. but my text
controls the power of one word when it
refers to "a word fitly spoken"
This may mean a single word or a
small collection Of words-something
you can utter in one breath. something
that you can compact into one sentence.
"A word fitly spoken"-an encourag-
ing word, kind word, . timely word,
. sympathetic word, an appropriate
word. / can pass right down the aisle
OF any church and find between pulpit
and front door men whose temporal and
eternal destinies have been decided by
q word. S
I tell you what is . great crisis In
every mans history. It is the time
when he is entering an occupation or
profession. He is opposed by men in
middle life. because they do not want
any more rivals, and by some Of the
aged. because they fear being crowded
of and their places being taken. by
younger men. Hear the often severe
and unfair examinations Of young law
yers by old lawyers. Of young doctors.
by old doctors. Of young ministers by
old ministers. Hear some of the old
merchants talk about the young mer-
chants. Trowels and hammers and
scales often are jealous Of new trowels
and new hammers and new scales.
Then it is so difficult to get introduced
How long time has many physician
had his sign out before he had got |
call for his services, and the attorney
before he got a case? Who wants to |
risk the life Of his family to 4 young
physician who got his diploma only
last spring, and who may not know
measles from scarletina, or to risk the |
obtaining Of a verdict for $4,000 to an
attorney who only three years ago read
the first page Of Blackstone?
How is the young merchant to COM
pete with his next door bargain
maker, who can afford to underse,l
some things because he can more
than make it up by the profit on other
things. or has failed three times and
had more money after each failure?
How is that mechanic to make Iveli-
hood when there are twice as many
men in that trade as can in hard times
find occupation? There are this very
moment thousands of men who are
just starting life for themselves, and
they need encouragement. Not long
harangue, not quotation from pro-
found book, not a page, not . para
graph. but word, one word fitly
spoken.
Why does not that old merchant,
who has been 40 years in business, 60
into that young merchants store and
say: "Courage!" He needs only that
one word. although. Of course, you will
illustrate it by telling your own ex-
perience, and how long you waited
for customers. and how the first two
years you lost money. and how the
next year, though you did better,
illness in your household swamped the
surplus with doctors bills. Why does
not that old lawyer go into that
young lawyers Office just after he has
broken down in making his first plea
before a jury and say that word with
only two syllables: "Couragel" He
needs only that one word, although,
# course. you will illustrate it by
telling him how you broke down in ]
me OF your first cases and got laughed
It by court and bar and jury, and how '
0israeli broke down at the start, and $
low hundreds of the most successful
awyers at the start broke down. I
Why do not the successful men 70
light away and tell those who are I
tarting what they went through and q
low their notes got protested. and J
What unfortunate purchases they I
made, and how they were swindled. i
tut kept right on until they reached
he golden milestone? Even somd '
vho pretend to favor the new begin d
'er and say. they wish him well put n
bstasles in his way...Fsssss5 U
There are so many men VINO; have r
II the elements Of susef1,nSs- and =
ower except one-courage. II you b
an only under God give them that v
ou give them everything. In illus
rating that one word show them that .
very man that ever amounted to any a
hing had terrific struggle. Show Z
inn what ships Decatur had to fight, a
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