The Delta independent., 1901-07-19
'TALMAGE'S SERMON.
FINANCIAL PANICS THE SUB
JEcT LAST SUNDAY,
rroa 4As Eevsnteenth Chapter of Jrra-
nsaa1s. vrrss 1.-The R.hnemonts Of
Life asd Unnecessary Expenses of the
Hose and FamiIy-Live Economically.
Copyright. 1901, Louis Klopsch, N. Y.

:, take place every few years and ar
I'aigns the people who live beyond
their means; text jeremiah xvii, II,
AZ the partridge sitteth on eggs and
hatcheth them not, so he that getteth
Iiches. and not By right shall leave
I them In the midst of his days and at
his end shall be fool"
Ailusfon is here made to we'll
: known fact in natural history. II
partridge or a quail or robin brood
the eggs of another species, the young
will not stay with the one that happen
I'd to brood them. but at the first op-
! portunity will assort with their own
species. Those Of us who have been
brought up in the country have seen
the dismay of the farmyard hen, hay
ing brooded aquatic fowls. when af-
ter awhile they tumble into their nat
ural element, the water. So my text
:uggests that man may gather under
nis wings the property OF others, but
It VIII after awhile escape 1t will leave
The man In sorry predicament and
make him feel very silly.
er5t Estravsxancs { uses Rain.
| "uAI mas CAUSED all tHe UldCh udyS
of financial disasters for the last 60
years! Some say it is the credit sys-
tenn. 8omething back of that. Some say
Il II the spirit OF gambling ever and
anon becoming epidemic. Something
back 6 that. Some say 1t il the sudden
shrinkaGe in the value of. securities.
which even the most honest and intel
hgent men could not have foreseen.
Something back of that will give you
the primal cause OF all these disturb
aneea. It is the extravaganza Of modern
society which lmpels a man to spend
m0ES money than he can honestly
make, and he goes into wild specula-
ton In order to get the means for in
ordinate display. and sometimes the
man II to blame and sometime his wife
and oftener both. Five thousand dol
lars income, SIC, 900. $40. .O0O income. Is
not enough for man to keep up the
styls OF living he proposes. and there
fore he steers his bark toward the
maeIstrom. Other men have suddenly
snafched up $4,000 or $l0o.oOo Why
not he? The present income Of the man
not being large enough. he must move
earth and hell to catch up with his
neighbors. Others have country seat;
% must he~ Others have an extrava-
CANT caterer; SO must he. Others have
!, q pa1ntial residence; SO must he.
Exksnvagance is the cause of all the
defaIea4jnas Of the last so years. and. II
you wiN =: through the history OF al
the sreSk Dpaies and the great financial
disturhaAooa, no sooner have you
found The story than right back OF II
you will md the story Of how many
horses tAe man had. how many car
riages the man had. how many resi-.
dences In the country the man had
how many banquets the man gave-al'
ways. and mot one exception for the
last 60. years. either directly or indi-
rectly extravagance the cause.
rse Rsa:snssts Of Life.
Now for the eleganccs and the re.
inemenH and the decorations OF life
cas-, my vote. While I am consider,
ing this subject \ basket OF flowers L.
handed in-nowers paradisiacal in
their beauty. White Gala with a green
bao kground a begonia. A cluster OF
.
Sepal and periantA bearing on them
the marks q Gods finger. When ! sec
that basket q flowers, they persuade
me that God loves beauty and adorn-
ment and decoration God might have
made the earth 80 rs to supply the
gross demands of sense. but left II
without ado1MmeAt or attraction In
stead OF the variegated colors OF the
seasons the earth might have worn an
unchanging dahl brown. The tree
nigh, have put forth its fruit without
the prophecy OF leaf or blossom. Mia
CARA might have come down in gradual
descent withoat thunder and winged
! spray. s's2 :,
Look out of yosr window any morn
ing after there has been = deI and see
whether God ioves Jewels. Put q crystal
i OF snow under microscope and see
what God thinks OF architecture. God
commanded the priest Of olden time TO
have his robe adorned with wreath
Of gold and the hem OF his garment to
he embroidered In pomesranates. The
earth sleeps. and God blankets 1t with
, the hr,lliants OF the night sky. The
Nolih "HNSSs tAaAu tsS't IL AiehA
, the hurnlshed laver of the sunrise. So
, have not much patience with a man
who talks IA though decoration and
adornment and the elegancss OF life are
sin when they are divincly recon-
mcnded. But there is line to be
drawn between adornmcnt and decora-
tons that We can afford ana those we
cannot afford, and when man crosses
the line he becomes eufpable. L. cannot
tell you what Is cxtravagant for you
You cannot tell me what is
extravaganza for me. What is
right fot Z, queen may oe
squandertng for q duchess. What may
be economical for you. a man with
larger insone.a Will be wicked waste
for me. win smaller income There Is
no iron rule ON this subject. Every
man before God and on hia knees must