The Delta independent., 1901-06-28

ne That Obssrvsth the wi.d Shall
Not Sow" Fec. xI- Tho Courage
Of Convictions . Prinary virtas in
Maa-Bs Bold for the Right
copyright. 1901. by Louis Klopsch, N. ~
Washington. June z3.-From a pas
sage OF Scripture unobserved by most
readers DR.. Talmage in this discourse
shows the Importance Of prompt action
In anything we have to do for ourselves
or others;Tgte Ecclesiastes II, 1, He
that observeth the wind shall not
sow
What do you find in this packed SEN
tence of Solomon's monologue? l find
In 1t farmer at his front door exam
ming the weather. II Is seedtime. His
nelds have been plowed and narrowed
The wheat Is In the barn in sacks
ready to be taken afield and scattered.
Now Is the time to SOW. But the wind
Is not favorable. 1t may blow up a
storm before night, and he may get
wet II he starts out for the sowing; or
IT may be long storm that will wash
out the seed from the soil; or there
may have been long drought. and the
wind may continue to blow dry wealth
er. The parched fields may not take
In the grain. and the birds may pick
1t up. and the labor as well as the seed
may be wasted. So he gives up the
work for that day and goes into the
house and waits to see what 1t will be
on the morrow. On the morrow the
wind is still In the wrong direction.
and for q whole week and for a month.
Did you ever see such a long spell OF
bad weather? The lethargic and over
cautious dilatory agriculturist allows
the season to pass without sowing. and
no sowing. of course. no harvest. That
u what Solomon means when he says
In his text. He that observeth the
wind shall not SOW"
cr.ss. w.s Nes Ne.
There comes dark Sabbath morning.
The pastor looks out of the window
and sees the clouds gather and then
discharge their burdens Of rain. In
stead OF a full church II will be hand
ful OF people with vet feet and drip
ping umbrellas Mt the doorway or the
end Of the pew. The pastor has pre-
pared one OF his best sermons II has
cost him great research. and he has
bcen much in prayer while preparing
H. He puts the sermon aside for q clear
day and talks platitudes and goes
home quite depressed. but at the same
time feeling that he has done his duty.
He did not realise that in that small
audience there were At least two per
sons who ought to have had better
treatment. One OF those bearers was
. man In crisis OF struggle with evil
appetite. carefully prepared dis
course under the divine blessing would
nave been to him complete victory.
Tne nres OF sin would have been ex-
un&uished. and his keen and brilliant
mind would have been consecrafed to
the gospel ministry. and he would
have been = mighty evangei. and tens
Of Thousands of souls would have. un.
der the spell Of his Christian eioQuence
given up sin and started . new life,
and throughout all the heavens there
would have been conEratulation and
hosannA. and after many ages OF eter-
nifty had passed there would be cslebra-
tion among the ransomed OF what was
accomplished one stormy Sunday In a
church on earth under a mighty gos-
pei sermon delivered to l5 or 20 people
But the crisis ! speak OF was not prop
srly met The man in struggle with
evil habit heard that stormy day nc
word that moved him. He went out in
the rain unlimited and unhelped back
to his evil way and down to his over
throw. Had II been a sunshiny Sabbath
he would have heard something worth
hearing. But the wind blew from q
stormy direction that Sabbath day. That
gospel husbandman noticed II and act
cd upon Its suggestion and may dis
cover some day his great mistake. He
had sack full Of the nnest OF the
wheat. but he withheld II, and some
day he will md, when the whole story
Ii told. that he was q vivid illustration
Of the truth Of my text. He that OBJ
serveth the wind shall not SOW
Lacked Coarass Of Cs.vscsiss.
Communities and churches and ma
tions sometimes are thrown into hys.
terra. and II requires . man OF great
eQuipoise to maintain a right position
Thirty-three years ago there came q
time Of bitterness in American politics,
and the Impeachment OF the president
Of the United States was demanded.
Two or three patriotic men, at the risk
Of losing their senatorial position.
stood out against the demand OF their
political associates and saved the coun-
try from that which all people Of all
parties now see would have been ca.
lamity and would have put every sub
seQucnt president at the mercy Of his
opponents. II only required the waiting
OF a few months. when time itself re-
moved all controversy.
LET us have war with England II
needs be-" said the most OF the people
OF our northern statcs In 1861. when
Mason and Slidell. the distinguished
southerners. had been taken by our
navy from the British steamer Trent