The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-03-22
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THs NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject Good Irduences-rhr "''s'N1 NJ
the"writer'. .iukharn"-How " N'Ses
For the worlds Bstterment The Ink
stand ofthe Worlds fvangellsation,

courses OF gnNd lnnUenc's hl '1.mA w "'''N
for the worll's Improvement The text i
Ezekiel X. ,. And one man among them
was clothed with linen. with a writer's
inkhorn by hs side.
The poem from which my text Is takea
is epic. lyric. dramatic we~t and over
powering II - more than Homersc ~
nantesaue No one ever had such dt'
vine dreams as Ezekiel In VISION tins
nrophet had seen wrNthlul ANGELS. destroy
ING angels. each with 4 sword. nut IN NV
text he sees A merclfu' ANGEL with an ink
horn. The receptacle for the ink m o'den
time was made ont ot the horn of COW
or a ram or A roehuck. as now 70 is made
ont OF metal or glass, aud therefore was
called the ipkhorn. a. now we saw ink
stand We have al spoken Of the mower
of the sword. Of the nowey otpwealth ol
the power of office. OF the power Of social
influence. but to-day ] speak oi the power
for good or evil IN the ilkstapd, II -
uron your tables, holding a black or blue
or red LIQUID Ii is fortress, m armnry,
4 gateway. ransom or a demolition,
you mistake" saws some one 1t Is the
nep that has tho power No my trlcnd.
What Is tho influence of q dry pens Pass
IL up and down \ sheet of paper. and ~
leaves no mark 1t expresses no oplnloo.
II gives no warning. " 'nveads no int"lb-
gence IL is the liluid which the pen d,ps
ont of the inl,>tand that does the worf.
Here and there celebrated neu. with
which a Declaration Of Independence or a
Magma Charta or a treaty was signed has
been kept in literary museum or national
archives, Lat for the most part the pens,
whether. rs OF old. made ont OF reed or
later Of wing Of hrd or still later of me.
tallc substance. have disappeared, while
the liquid which the pens took from the
inkstaud remains IN scroll VIII ch, " put
together. woud be large cpgugh 20 en-
wrap the round world. For practical, for
moral. for religious, for ctprua, purposes,
| speak of the mission OF the writer's
inkhorn'
First. | mention that which is purely
domestic The inks and Is IN every house
hold II awaits the opportunity 10 eN-
pre.s affection or condoiencc or advice.
Father uses Il; mother uses u; the sons
and daughters use A. IL tells the home
news: II announces he marriage, the
birth the departure the accident. the last
sickness, the death. That home inkstand
what A mission IL has already executed,
and what other missions will It vet full
fill May it stand of from all inslnceritv
and all auerulousness Let 1t tell only that
which it would be well 10 read after the
hand that wrote il end the hand that re.
ceived Il can write no more. Dip out OF
that inkstand only that which is paternal,
maternal, iihal, slsterly, brotherly. Sacred
let II he. not 10 what are sometimes called
the Household gods but to the one and
the only God who "setteth the solitary in
families" Dip out OF IT so!ace for par.
euts on the descending grade OF years and
encouragement for those who are climbing
the sleeps.
The carvcrs and glass blowers are ever
busy making more ornate and skilllul
bowls for the ink. but not one OF them VIII
be so sacred as the old fashioned lnkstand
out Of which was dipped the liquid for the
al, ~ Tho family record tho HANK
leaves in the Bible between the Old and
the New Testaments, not 50 many leaves
now blank as before recent years made
birthday or mortuary Insertions. From
that home lnkstand the child dips ont
material for those large and awkward let
tcrs that one always makes when learning
"a write, and from It are taken the trcm.
bling letters that show the wrluklcd hand
is gradually forgetting it's cunning.
Oh, ye who have with recent years set
homes OF your own, out OF the new home
inl,stand write often 20 the old folks, II
they be still living. A letter means more
TO them than TO US, who are amid the ac-
tivities of life and 10 whom postal CORE
spondence Is more than we can manage
They await the coming OF the letter. On-
dcrtake no great thing in life without their
advice Old people for counsel, young peu.
pie for action. Even though through de
cadence they may be incompetent TO give
valuable opinions on important affairs,
compliment them by asking tLcir counsel
1t will do them good II viii make their
last days cXhilarant Make chat home INK
stand source of reiuvenescence TO those
who are near the terminus of the earthly
journey. Domestic cOrrespondence ~ not
attended 20 at once. The Newspaper,
Joining with the telegraph, bears the tad.
ings OF all the neighborhood, but swlftcst
revolving wheel of modern printing press
..,I ,,ttyly.gt Hrep tlHur iha glpgfptp
can never do the sympathetic work OF the
home inkstand AZ the mercltul angel ot
my text appeared before the brazen altar
with the lnEhorn az his side in EzclCl's
vision, 80 let the angel OF iilal kindness
appear at the affairs Of the old homestead.
Furthermore, the inkstand OF the busl-
ness man has ITS mission Between now
and the hour Of Your demise, q CONNER.
cial man, o professional man, there viii
not be a day when you cannot dip from
the lnkhorn a message that wil influence
temporal and -'ernal destiny. There IS .
ra h young man running into wild spccu.
laton, and with as much ink AZ you can
put on the pen ~ one time you may save
him from the Niagara rapids of "A ruined
life On the next street there ~ young
man started IN business who through lack
Of patronage or mistake IN purchase OF
goods or want OF adaptation is on tn"
rink OF collapse -5nc line of ink from
your pen will save him from being an un-
d,ring all his life and start him on "a.
reer that viii win him fortune which
will enable MIN 10 become an endOWcr 0t
Libraries, an opener OF art galleries and
builder Of churches.
The most largely sue cssful and useful
men Of our time once wore an old coat
because they could not afford a new one.
and got wages less than that which they
pay their cook or butler. II will be- q
mighty thing Il out Of your inkstand you
can dip mans earthly and everlasting
fortune Dip out OF that Inkstaud no' one
word Of dishcarteument. People have
enough burdens 20 carry without your
adding one ounce % the heit. From your
uks'and put not one blot on an honest
ambition. Keep all the whole OF your fac.
tory spinning rays OF sunshine. II you are
a Christian man, put into your business
letters an adrot. moral religious suRRes
hon that VIII keep the receiver thinking
after he has left the counting room for hs
home and far on into the night when he
lies upon a w8keiul pillow. Tomorrow
morning az II O'Clock, a. you begin % an
swer your letters. yOl Will have on the nib
OF your pen enough ink 20 save a soul from
death and hide a multitude Of SINS
Furthermore. great are the respOnslbIl..
ties Oi the authors iakhOrn. All the peO.
PIE or nearly all the people. read aud that
which they read Decades their morals OF
imnOrals their property or failure. their
faith or their ugbei.ef their purity or cor.
ruptiOn. their heaven or he'll. Show me
any mans library great or small. and ~.
ter examining the hooks. finding those with
leaves uncut but displayed for .ake of the
binding, and those worn with frequent
perusal. and without ever seeing the man
or knowing hls name. will tell you b.
likes and he dis.Ikes his morals good 0r
bad or Indifferent. his qualifications for
business ~ artistic Or professiOnai or me.
chan cal life The best index 20 any man.
character b. the book he prefers above aii
others Oh. the power Oi book Tor COOL