The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-02-21
Nm, IN THE NIGHT
| i comfort for the Gloomy
and Suffering.
witch DR.. Tnlmnge Has
stt ~ Ms sermon = How the
|Dra"h Of the Christians
Ese ',,s VIII BE Frightened.
1902 by Louis Klopsch N. VI
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inject DR.. Talmage puts q
- in,' a,odness and triumph upor
bow ~, !, ; If life that are usually
ussaS s, 10 be somewhat gloomy; text
bouSns t4.7: "At evening time it
s,p be light ;s+he
banV tor rloom and suffering, it is
!pD0 realIy cheerful, bright and i'm
sn iii. | speak not Of such nights as
fss Avn with no star pouring light
E'u. move or silvered wave tossing up
~ Il, 4 from beneath-murky, hurting
..atous but such as you often see
~ ,be pomp and magnificence OF
, - turn out on night parade, and
seems as though the song which the
,,ninr stars began SO long ago were
ls;mipg vet among the Conscientious
LINZ sons of God were shouting Tor
"A Such nights the sailor blesses
!.,r ne forecastle, and the trapper
1, rast prairie, and the belated traveller
n he roadside, and the soldier from
II tent, earthly hosts gazing upon
Es,yeuly and shepherds guarding
s,ir aocks afield. while angel hands
boye them set the silver bells airing
.; aGlory to God in the highest and
1 earth peace; good will toward men
What solemn and glorious thing
night in the wilderness! Night
mong the mountains! Night on the
.ean! Fragrant night among tropic-
groves! Flashing night amid arctic
.yerities! Calm night on Roman cam
,gna! Awful night among the cor
lleras! Glorious night mid sea after
tempest! Thank God for the night!
L moon and the stars which rule it
E lighthouses on the coast toward
Itch / hope we are all sailing, and
nd mariners are we if, with SO many
aiming, burning, flaming glories to
ide us, we cannot find our way into
, harbor.
~ text may well suggest that, as the
tural evening is often luminous, SO
shall be light in the evening of our
rows, Of old age, of the worlds his
y, of the Christian life. "At even
e it shall be light"
he prophecy will be fulfilled in
evening Of Christian sorrow. For
ing time it is broad daylight. The
rides high. Innumerable activi-
go ahead with thousand arms,
the pickax struck mine, and the
tery made discovery, and the in
ment yielded 90 per cent, and the
k came to its twentieth edition,
the farm quadrupled in value, and |
sudden fortune hoisted to high po-
IN, and the children were praised, |
friends without number swarmed
the family hive, and prosperity
in the music and stepped in the
'e and glowed in the wine and ate
lie banquet, and all the gods of mu-
nd ease and qualification gathered
nd this Jupiter holding in his
Is so many thunderbolts of power.
every sun must set, and the bright
ay must have its twilight. Sudden
e sky was overcast. The fountain
up. The song hushed. The wolf
e into the family fold and carried
lie best lamb. A deep howl of woe
crashing through the joyous sym
les. At one rough twang of the
OF disaster the harpstrings all
;. Down went the strong business
Away went long established
!! Up flew flock of calumnies!
new book would not SELF A pat
'uld not be secured for the inven-
Stocks sank like leadI The in
ice company exploded! "How
}" says the sheriff, "will you bid
lis piano? How much for this Ii
:! How much for this family pic
How much? VIII you let it go
$ than half price? Going-going
e."
The grace of God hold one up in
circumstances? What has become
great multitude of Gods chill 9
who have been pounded of the Q
no crushed under the wheel and
ied under hoof? Did they lie
IN the dust, weeping, wailing and
ing their teeth? Did they when 9
we're afflicted like Job curse God
ant to die? When the rod of \
~ chastisement struck them, d
ey strike back? Because they /
one bitter cup on the table of i
supply, did they upset the whole {
Did they kneel down at their t
money vault and say: "All my S
res are gomez" Did they stand t
grave of their dead, saying: d
never will be resurrection?"
they bemoan their thwarted c
md say: "The stocks are down; u
uod were dead?" DID the night a
ulsaster come upon them noon s.