The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-01-05
Dr.. Talmage Points the Way to 1t
In a Sermon.
n. Power OF Ons Word-Destlny May
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seatence = sympathy for
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FcopyrlSht. isOa BY Louis Klopseh. n. IL
Waahington. Dec. %

be baskets" Here Is . silver network
basket containing ripe and golden APP
pies, pippins or rsnnets. You know how
such apples glow through the openings
o. . basket Of silver network. You
have seen such abaskct of fruit on many
table. II whets the appetite a. well
a. regaies the vision. Solomon was eEi-
IDENTIFY fond Of apples, because he 90
often spesks of them. While he writes
in glowing terms Of pomgranates and
ags and grapes and mandrake. he
seems to find solacs az well a. luscious
ness In apples, calling out for s'supply
Of them when he says In another place;
Comfort me with apples" Now you
zee the meaning Of my text, "A WORD
Atty spoken is like apples Of gold in
baskets Of silver"
You see the wise man eulogiEes just
one word. Plenty Of recognition has
there been for great orations- Ceero's
srraignment Of Cataline, the philippies
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 uttsrance. but my text
controls the power Of one word when il
refers 70 "a word City spoken"
This may mean . single word or .
small collection of understanding
you can utter in one breath, something
that you can compact into one sentence.
"A word htly ~spoken"-an encourag-
ing word, . kind word. q timely word,
. sympathetic word. an appropriate
word. I can pass right down the aisle
Of any church and find between pulpit
and front door men whose temporal and
eternal d~estinies have been decided by
. word.
tell you what is a great crisis IN
every mans history. II Is the time
when he Is entering an occupation OF
profession. He is opposed by men IN
middle life. because they do not want
any more rivals, and BY ONE Of the
sesd, because they fear being crowded
on and their places being taken By
younger men. Hear the often sever,
and unfair examinations Of young law
ysrs by old lawyers, of young doctori
By old doctors, Of young ministers b,
old ministers. Hear some Of the oil
merchants talk about the young msr
ehants. Troweis and hammers ant
scales often are jealous Of new trowsl
and new hammers and new scales
Then Il Ia 20 difficult to get introduced
How long . time has many a physician
had his sign out before he had got
call for his services, and the ~attorns!
I before be got q case? Who wants 4
risk the life Of his family to q younl
physician who got his diploma onl.
: last spring, and who may not kno,
measles from %scsrletins, or to risk III
obtaining Of q verdict for $4,000 TO a
attorney who only three years ago rea
the first page OF Blackstone7
How Is the young merchant 10 CON
pete with his nexf ov0r bar Eut
maker, who can afford TO underse'
some things because he can NOR
than make It up by the profit on oths
things, or has failed three times an
had more money after each failure
How Is that mechanic 10 make a hyel
hood when there are twice Us man
men in that trade as can in hard tim'
End occupation? There are this yer
moment thousands Of men who al
Just starting life for themselves, an
they need encouragement. Not Ion
harangue. not quotation from pr
found book. not a page, not q par
graph, but . wort, n word At
spoken.
. Why does not that old merchan
, who hRs been 20 years In business. {
!. into that young merchants store al
cay; "Couragei" He needs only tn
one word, although. Of course. you W
illustrate It by telling your own e
~perisnce, and how long you walt
for customers, and how the first t,
I. years you lost money, and how 4
. next year. though you did bett'
illness in your household swamped q
. surplus with doctors bills. Why do
4 not that old lawyer go into th
! young lawyers Office just after he b
broken down In making his first pl
. before q jury and say that word wi
= only two syllables; "Couragel"
needs only that one word, althoul
OF eourse, you will illustrate II
, telling him how you broke down
one Of your hrst easss and got laugh
: at by court and bar and jury, and h
u Disrneli broke down st the start, q
how hundreds Of the most success
a. lawyers at the start broke doy
Why do not the successful men
right away and tell those WHO
starting what they went through q
how their notes got protested, Q
Us what unfortunate purchases u
or made, and how they were swindl
he but kept right on until they reacl
\. the golden milestone7 Even so
Ing who pretend 20 favor the new beg
\. psr and say they wish him well
obstacles in his way.
~ There are 20 many men VINO h
all the elements OF usefulness
power except encourage. II
can only under God give them I
you give them everything. In 81
truting that one word show them I
- every man that ever amounted TO a
.oss thing had terrific struggle. 81
l Y him what ships Decatur had TO III
"a and what q mountain Hannibal has
" climb, and what . lame foot Wa
Scott had to walk on. and that
greatest poet who ever hved-Mn
pa was blind, that one OF the gran<
for musicians Of all the ages-Beethc
we'll was deaf, and that Stewart, in q
'ub- rsspects the greatest merchant I
bile, America ever saw, began IN his 81
store. dining on bread and cheese
hind the counter In q Enatched in
airs, regnum between customers, he o.
.; 10 ing the store and closing II, SWEEP
fcial Il out with his wi broom and b
his own errand boy. Show them
ga. within ten minutes walk there
able s.ores, shops, and factories, and ho
and where az brave deeds have been
tbs a. thOse OF Leonidas at ThermopJ
IN. q that Of HoratiuS at the bridge
"a 4, that Of Colin Campbell at Balakl
,tbs: Tell them what Napoleon said TO
'iss' stan ofheer when that officer
elAred a certain military attemp
be impossible. "ImpoSsiblel" said
- great commander. Impossible IL
80 adjective OF fools"
wv Show them also that what 10
o.s in worldly directions is more tru
'"s' spiritual directions. Call the TO.
prophets, apostles and martyrs
v private Christians from the time
world began and ask them to mer
III. ID man or woman greatly goo
useful who was not deprecated
- OF failed and made a laughing 81
|, p, Racks and prisons and whips
shipwreoks and IA Of behsadi
49,. Old their wont, yet the heroes
anily more than ~conquerors. With
a. W. things you will illustrate that