The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-25
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
Subjects The Power Of Kindness = =
Spirit Of Amity and Good Feeling u
10 BE Commended - Victory Through
Good NYiii-Most Potent Of words.
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WAsHINGToN, ID. C.-ln this discourse
Dr. Talmage commends the spirit OF nmity /
and good feeling and mentions iliustrious
examples Of that spirit; text, Acts NXyln, /
2, 1.-THE barbarous people showed us no ut
tie kindness"
Here we are on the Island Of Malta, an |
other name for Melita This island, which |
has ALWAYS been an important commercial |
centre. belonging at different times to
Phoenicia. 10 Greece, 10 Rome, to Arabia,
to Spain. 10 France. now belongs TO Eng
land The area of the island is about 100
square miles. 1t is in the Mediterranean
Sea. and of such clarity of atmosphere
that Mount Etna. 100 miles away, can be
distinctly seen. The island is glorlousy
memorable because the Knights OF Malta
for a long while ruled there, but most IA
nous because Of the apostolic shipwTeek;
The bestormed vessel on when fagl
sailed had "aid TO" on the starboard tack,
and the wind was blowing east-northeast,
and, the vessel drifting probably q mile
and a half an hour. she struck at what u
now called st. paup5 BAY. Practical sail
ors have taken up the Bible account and
decided beyond controversy the place OF
the shipwreek. But the island, which has
so rough ! coast. is for the most part a
garden. Richest fruits and protusion OF
| honey characterized it in PauPs time as
well as now The finest oranges, hgs and
/ olives grow there.
! on the beach, saturated and hungry from
/ long abstinence from food and chilled TO
/ the bone, the islanders, though called bar
barians because they could not speak
Greek. opened their doors to the ship
wrecked unfortunates Ny text finds the
ship's crew ashore on Malta and around
hot fire and with the best provision the
islanders can offer them. And they, go
into government quarters for three days
to recuperate. Publius. the ruler, inviting
them, although he had severe sickness IN
the house at that time, his father down
with a dangerous illness. Yea, for three
months they stayed on the island watch
ing for ship and putting the hospitality
of the islanders to a severe test. But u
endured the test satisfactorily, and 1t Is
recorded for all the ages of time and eter-
nifty to read and hear in regard to the IN
habitants of Malta, "The barbarous people
showed us no little kindness"
| Kindness! What a great word that IS!
. It would take a reed as long as that which
the apocalyptic angel used to measure
heaven to tell the length, the breadth, the
height of that munihcent word. 1t is
favorite Bible word, and tits early launched
in the book of Genesis, caught up IN tn
book of Joshua, embraced in the book 0
Ruth. sworn by in the book of Samuel
crowned in the book of Psalms and en-
throned in many places in the New Tef
lament. Kindness! A word no NOR
, gentle than mighty. I expect it will wre'
tie me down before get through with II
It is strong enough to throw ap arehar
2 gel. But it will be we'll for us to stan
D around it and warm ourselves by its glo'
, as Paul and his fellow voyagers stoo
= around the fire on the Island of Malta
l where the Maltese made themselves IN
Q mortal in my text by the way they treate
f. these victims of the sea. "The barbarol
!, people showed us no little kindness" :,
4 Kindness! All definitions Of that mutt
II potent word break down half way. YC
d say it is clemency, benignlty, generoslt!
IS it Ia made up OF good wishes; 1t Is co
tribution to the happiness OF other
II Some one else says: "Why, / can give "
ie O definition of kindness. 1t Is sunshine
Il the soul; it is affection perennial; it IS
- climacteric grace; it is combination
= all the graces; it is compassion; 1t Is t.
81 perfection of gentle manliness and Wol
m anliness." Are you all through? Y
-n have made dead failure in your deiil
ton. 1t cannot be defined. But we
e know what it is, for we have all telt
i power. Some OF you may have telt 1t
II ship went to pieces, but more OF us ma
+" again and again in some awful stress
lie life had either from earth or heaven han
n stretched out which Showed us no lit
al kindness"
~ There is kindness of disposition, kin
II ness of word, kindness Of act, and th'
TX is Jesus Christ, the impersonatlon. OF
es of them. Kindness! You cannot affect
ve you cannot play it as part; you cam
"a ~ IroV i'm
JlC grace of God you must have 1t inside
ng an everlasting summer, or, rather, &C
les bination of June and October, the gen
:, ity of the one and the tonic OF the 9th
w. It cannot dwell with arrogance or spite
ny revenge or malevolence. AT its first
a pearance in the soul all these Amalelu
and Gergishites and Hittltes and Je
- sites must quit and quit forever. HI
- ness wishes everybody well, every cl
M well, every bird well, every horse "
ed. every dog well, every cat well.
ho4 Give this spirit full swing, and
''a' would have no more need of societies
ire prevention of cruelty to animals, no m
d need of protective sewing women's a
at Citations, and it would dull every sw
-, until it would not cut skin deep and
ny wheel every battery till it could not
ed and make gunpowdor OF no more use
live the world except for rock blasting or
W.. rotechnic celebration.
80 But are you waiting and hoping for S
'he one to be bankrupted or exposed OF
ow. com6ted or in some way overtime
ter Then kindness has not taken possessio
your nature. You are wrecked on M
=, where there are no oranges. You are
Win PERTAINING guest so unlike kindness
:, a kindness will not come and dwell III
at the same roof The most exhausting
,;ol, unhealthy and ruinous spirit on earth
'' :, revengeful spirit or retahating spirit,
ully know by experience, for have tried i
j five OF ten minutes at time. When
r it mean thing has been done ne, me or
own his own coin. / will show him up.
low - o +Lo traitor tbe liar. the villa