The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-19
Dk. TALMAGFS
 SERMON.

nohington. May n.-1n this discourse
 18Image urges all Christian workers
 11keAsed fidelity and shows how much
 9& at doing good fails through lack of
 0EnouB: text, Genesis '. g, He was a
 61y hunter before the Lord"
 our 1Ay hunting is a sport, but in
 D 1ands ana the times infested of wild
 cfs it was a matter of life or death
 tho people. 1t was very different
 5GR Gulng out on . sunshiny afternoon 11k ! patent breechloader to shoot reed <<0o Gn the flats when Pollux and 1&11les and Diomedes went out to clear 1n Ind of lions and partners and bears.
 1nSphon grew eloquent in regard to the ki9 ok hunting. In the far east people. 166ant mounted. chased the tiger. <4ncis was called the father of hunt
 prpd as g hero when 1t presents him {kh bread shoulders and shaggy apparel u1 sun drowned face and arm punched ~1lh muscie-.a mighty hunter before
 6 nsrows with great success practicing havs thought if 1t Is such a grand
 lAg and such 2 brave thing to clear
 6etter and braver thing to hunt down <1 destroy those great evils of society ItAt arc stalking the land with fierce eye n4 bloody paw and sharp tusk and quick IUoh thing as gospel archery, by which None who have been flying from the Ixuth may be captured for God and heav- A The Lord Jesus In his sermon used &6 rafd, Fl swll make you fishers of men," NM4 70 think I have authority for using Gunung as an illuetraton of gospel truth, Ina I pray God that there may be many ks&nan enlisted in the work who shall be- IT, after awhife. be said. "He was a EiEkty hunter before the Lord"
 Religious Blunderers. HOW much awkward Christian work khere is done In the world. How many tood people there are who drive souls khem to him All their fingers are thumbs <-xa1igious b1underers who upset more fhan they right Their gun has crooked barrel ana kicks as 1t goes on. They are with skillful hunters. At the very mo- menf he ought to be most quiet he is craclkllng an al4er or fallfnG over a log md frightsning , away the game. % How How bow the Lord Jesus Christ at the well vent from talking about . cup of water &o the most practical religious truths, 5esus in the wiidesgsss was breaking bread to the people. I think 1t was very Eood bread. It was very light bread, and the yeast had done its work thoroughly. saId to the people. Beware of the yeast or of the leaven of the Pharisees" So natural a transition 1t was, and heyg eaefly they all understood himf But how &<zstand how to fasten the truths of 8o4 and religion to the souls of men!
 2XlAe archara of nlden time ses=s.sssas their art They were very precise in the mat, &s to how an archer ahould so and as to xraat an archer sheuld do. He must e<an6serect and tlrm. his left foot little zn a4vanoe of the right foot. With hii ha rnf fL< lra hnI 0R ANn c. fhe middle, and then with the three fin. uors and the thumb of his right hand he 14Duld lay hold the arrow and affix 1t tC kne sff1n.: so precise was the direction 3lg5euG work! How little skill and cart We eEnxgase! How often Sour arrows mis! LIS UArkl I am glad that there are in &f{txszzons established in many of tn, HI2lss Of our land where men may learr xhasaxt of doing gsod--studying spiritua Nzehery and become known as mighty NunkerB before the Lord"
 The Gospel Arrow.
 In the first place. if you want to be ct >Eueuai in dofng good syou must be ver,
 Ee sof your weapon. There was some xz &R very fascinating about the archer, &f oldenNtimes. Perhaps you do not knov X1zat they could do with the bow ant HSfoW. Why, the chief battles fought b, me Ens1ish Plantagenets were with tn ESnebow. They would take the arrow O boIzshed wood ana feather 1t with tn Xzume of bird, and then 1t would fl, From the bowstring of plaited silk. Tn &>oody fields of Agincourt and Solwa, Moss and NeviIles Cross heard the lou &hrume of the archer's bowstring. Now <ny Christian friends, we have Q mightie weapon than that. It iB the arrow of tn gospel. It is a sharp arrow; 1t is &kxRtght arrow; 1t is feathered from tn k<Ing of the dove of Gods Spirit: it file Gxem bow made out of the wood of tin &&pss. As far as I can estimate or cal 15zzafA. ik has brought down 0o0 O X9zzl8. HAnl knew how to bring the notc .o< 9hakrerrow on to the bowstring, an z<s wlazrswA heaad through the Corinthiai &hea atBaH and through the courtroom un &3i the knees of Felix knocked together ! X< was that arrow that stuck in Luther &saxs when he cried out: "0h. my sins 4<h. my sinsF' If t strike 6 man in tn &ksA e Kills his slIepticism; if 1t strik t nm An the heel. ik will turn his step; , &f strike him in the heart, he throws u LIE hands. as did one of old when wound na in Ahe battle. crying, 70 Galilean, tho hAak oonuueredg'
 n the armory of the Earl of Penn E4nke there are old corselets which shoN &haf the arrow of the English used t iIi Hs a E Y