The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-01-19
TALMAGE SERMON.
a,NpAY's DISCOURSE BY THE ABLE o..
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..,,;..t. spirit Of Unrest - 1t IL the
Cause of Much Unhappiness-Needo OF r
tha Church and the world Is More q
stability.-stop Gaddins About'
w..urrcroN. D. C.-From an unusual
tsrt Dr. TalmaQe in this discourse rebukes
the shirt of unrest which characterizes
AZ many people, and shows them the hap
n;ness and usefulness to be found In sta.
b;litv: text, jeremiah ii, 36, why gadosssse
thou about so much to change thy way;
Homely is the illustration by winch thls
prophet of tears deplores the vaciiia M
| Of the nation to whom ne wrote. Nv
| they wanted alliance with Egypt ana now
With Assvria and now with Babylon, ana
| now thew did not know what they wanted,
and the behavior of the nation reminoed
he prophet of man or woman who, not sat'
| is6ed with home life, goes from place 70
place gadGing about, as we say, never SCI.
tied anywhere or In anything, ana ne
cries out to them, "Why gaddest ynou
about SO much to caange my way 100.
Well. the world has now as many gaaa-
bouts as it had, in Bible times, and think
chat that race of people is more numer-
ous now than it ever was-gadapouts
among occupations, among religious theo-
ries. among churches; among neignDor
hoods-and one of the greatest wants Oh
the church and the world is more stead
fastness and more fxedness OF pnlposeh
It wa no small question that Pharaoh
put to JACOB and his sons when he asked,
kWhat is your occupaticn" Getting into
the rig',t occupation not only deEides your
temporal welfare, but may decide your
eternal destiny. The reason so many men
and women are dead failures is because
instead of asking God what they ought
to be or do they, through some vain am
hilton or whimsicality, decide what they
3 ought to be. Let me say to all young men
and Young women in homes or IN school
or college, do not go gadding about among
OCCUPATIONS and professions to ma "hat
Won are fitted for, but make humbli and
direct appeal to God for direction.
While seeking divine guidance IN your
selection Of lifetime sphere examine
your own temperament. Inc R aiie;noio!TTlhs III.
psychologist will tell you your physica
temper nent. Your enemies will tell yo'
YOUR weaknesses. If you are, as we say
nervous. do no, become q cuTgecc. 1
Won are cowardly, do not become an en-
gineer. If you are hoping for large AM
permanent income, do not seek q govern
ment position. If you are naturally quicl
tempered, do not become a minister O
~ the Gospel, for while any one is dissdvar
IA tagged BY ungovernable disposition ther
Il is hardly any one who enacts such an II
=" eonpruous part dc a mad minister. "a
Won make a fine sketch of ship or roc
or house or face? Be an artist. DO yo
find yourself humming cadences, ana Q
the treble cles and the musical bars dro
from your pen easily, and can you mar
o tune that charms those who hear 1t! !
a musician. Are you born with a fondne
{ for argument Be an attorney. "a
YOU naturally a good nurse and especial
interested in the relief OF pain! Be
physician. Are you interested in all que
!. tions Of traffic and in bargain making, a
you apt to be successful on rmall
large scale? Be merchant. do you pr
on and do you hear music in the hustle OF
lol- harvest field? Be farmer. Are you To-
lee of machinery, and are turning. wheels
ZEN, YOU fascination, and can you follow WI
lew Absorbing interest new kind OF thra'
md inc machine hour after hour? Be
>. chanic. If you enjoy analyzing the natu
lett elements ind laboratory could entert:
ms you all day and all night, be q cheml
cry If you are inquisitive about other wor
ana and interested in all instruments u
=, would bring them nearer for inspecti
alo. be an astronomer. If the grass under y
!: feet and the foliage over your head
INK the flowers which shake their incense
.lon the summer air are to you the bellies
~ .ss tres of the field, be botanlst.
n'' If you have no one faculty dominant
nothing in your make up seems to pc
nen' 20 this or that occupation, shut your
,,,o-e up i. your own room, get down on y
after knees anu reVerentiy a1n ~, no,,
."e' Filling to do anything He wishes YOU
man do. Before you leave that room you,
end out. For the sake of your useful
in and hapI mess and your temporal
r, to eternal welfare do not JOIN that crow
so. people who 60 gadding ABOUT among
the nesses and occupations, now trying
Juliet and now trying that and never acc
y. plishing anything. ~. .
There are many who exhibit this
ty in matters of religion. They are
on sure about anything that pertains to
! roe. soul or their eternal destiny. Now
coun- are Unitarians, and now they are
The | versallsts, and now tney are IieSoy
tance ans. and now they are nothing at all.
s;nies are not quite sure that the Bible wa
fqht spired or if inspired whether the "
drink | or the ideas were inspired or whether
incul- part of the book was inspired: They
total at one time that the story in Genesis
influ- the garden of Eden is a history, and
ing. month after they think it Is an allie
young At one time they think the book OF
that Describes what really occurred, but
total drama. Now they believe all the mira
piness hut at your next interview they TT
sbow how these scenes had nothin
cause them supernatural, but can be accou
ilitate for by natural causes. Gadding
timely aToono RELIGIOUS theories and never
fed III the evidence is put before
l In;ni!y and why do they not render veroit
drinA' they cannot make up their mind WI
the data put before them, they never
Z anu There are all the archaeological conf
Itiehce tions of the Bible brought to view b
III "Palestine Exploration Society.
n my 81. are the bricks of Babylon, the letter
t a ii impressed upon them-"N" for Nebu
"e nezzar, showing that he was not m
.,o,o and the farther the shovel OF the
d, and qnarian goes oowI sne l 10, of III
Professor Heilprecht, of the Univers
wine Pennsylvania, presents us oauees
fall of in the far East ratifying and expl
- hut Scriptural passages which were bef'
,nee Of mystery. As the builders In Jerusai,
ouet. day dig for the foundation OF new
they turn up with their pickaxes the
of the animals that were used LOT :
:, Ind, offerings IN the seHpie d Phe as tnrv
'"'o the sacrifices of lambs and heifer
pigeons. There is the history by Jo
N pun describing on uninspired page.
!. mo- which the Bible depicts. On the ba
gan. the Dead Sea there are pieces OF tn
le Eng Lr;rstone that fell in the sulp
MON re- 49,, that DESTROYED Sodom and {
ieties. ssh Male nm YOUR mind whether
is now h,o "a = glorious revelation Of God
asst dis p ;,,nos;t;on of the centuries v
Y voted d5;ra ahont among infidels, atheis
sale Of sa a;sts sssl;us questions and surmisil
guessing about the authority and v
to the hack which involves the in6nities
, Indian either a good book or bad book
ose the be = had book. YOU do not want it
mis- long. bou.e nor have your children cont'