Milford chronicle., 1903-12-18
TALMAGE
SERMON
By Rev.
FRANK De WITT TALMAGE. DID,
Pastor OF jefferson Park Presby.
terian Church. Chicago

lfedclet UcIu,S IAe QudliLNS OF IfltNu-
ship and points cut Rhe test whereby
we may Distinguish tie true from the
false. TLo> text is III John, il, Greet
the fD1cnds by name"
>Eymology is the historian Of Ian
guage. 1t is the huge wardrobe in
which are hung up the verbal gar
ments. ancient and modern. with which
Thought has been and is accustomed to
clothe herself 1t is the international
and interra2ial laboratory in which
one alphabet is seen to more or less
extent to be i'm harmony with all other
alphabets, the same as the study Of
biology proves that the physical stSlc
lures of all living creatures, both ami
lual aIl vegetable, have been evolved
primarily from the same plan. Thus
we find that as social styles in dress
change so the verbal garments for one
thought are sometimes discarded, and
new thoughts are found to be wearing
the caston verbal clothes Of other
thoughts.
The ancient word barbarian" had
an entirely different significance from
its meaning in the present day. When
I say to you, He is barbarian" you
Immediately picture a savage, brutal
cannibal, black skinned rOamer of the
African forest or a Malay murderer,
who would as willingly cut out your
heart as a hawk might plunge his
crooked beak into the vitals of a dove
or a helpless fAwn. But when Paul
wrote in his epistle to the Romans, 4
am a debtor both to the Greeks and to
the barbarians," he meant he was n
debtor to those who were not living
under CHsar's jurisdiction He used
the word barbarian" in the same sense
as the Chinese now use it. among
the Chinese" writes the photographer.
zone who is not a Chnaman, and es-
pecially a European or an American is
commonly spoken of as a western bar
barian.'" The ancient word wit was
originally derived from the old Saxon
very ''witan." which meant ITO know
In ancient language "a Wit meant n
knower," one versed in knowledge, an
erUdite man. The modern word wit
signifies a humorous entertainer,
funny" man. The ancient word
"heathen'' meant one who lived outside
the intellectual cities The modern
word "hcatLen" is now applied to
person ignorant of the gospel. The
Spanish word "caballero" originally
meant "a man who Travelled on horse
back" The modern word "caballero"
means "a gentleman" The Spanish
word 'peon" originally meant zone
who goes on foot" The modern word
'peon' means "a peasant" Now, the
simple fact is, in modern Spa Il many
Il gentleman goes on foot and many a
peasant rides.
True friendship is proof, also, not
only against absence, but survives
death itself. The widow Of your friend
and his fatherless children, his brother
and sister and all whom he loved will.
if you are true friend. have claims
on you which you will recognize. When
David became king Of Israel, one Of the
first things he did was TO send mes
sengcrs through the length and breadth
Of his Kingdom to see if there was any
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could show kindness, for his friend
Jonathans sake. One was found, son
Of his dead friend. He was a cripple,
and David took him and made pro-
vision for him in his palace He did
this for the sake of his dead friend.
o brother is there in your life friend
ship that death has sundered? Was
f,o
and whom you loved? Was there one
who helped you when you were start
ing in business or who stood by you in
some trouble? Perhaps that friend has
left a wife who needs help, a son who
is struggling with the world, a daugh
ter who needs protection. Let your love
go out to them in loving service. You
can do nothing for Jonathan dead. but
for those whom he loved better than
his life you may do much. How better
can you prove yourself a true friend !
than by helping them for his sake?
He may be awaiting their arrival in
the land Of blessed reunion. Let them
go there to tell him how your love for
him frightened their lives.
mus the love alldF Is not 10 De Il ]
despsed altar. We should love the hui |
man race collectively. We should love
the Lord our God with all our strength !
and our neighbor as ourselves. But |
that does not mean all the members of |
the human family should occupy the |
same sacred thrones in our hearts. |
Christ came to save a world, but Christ /
again and again wended his way out |
Of Jerusalem over the Jud@an hills to
lodge in Bethany with Mary and Mar /
tia and Lazarus. WHO were his true |
friends Christ came to save a world. |
but when he partook of the last sup |
per he gathered about him the twelve.
even though he knew one of these was
a traitor Thus you should have your
sacred friends in Christ. You should
have those sacred friends as Paul had
them and John had them and Peter had
them. We should have those Christian
friends about us who will lift us up
instead of dragging us down-friends
with whom we cln laugh and sing and
-omp and play: friends with whom we