The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-04-14
Calr,1age
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaae, d. ID.

! slider who has gone back 10 the world
aud III pleasures, this sermon makes Il
powerful appeal for a renewal OF splr.
itual ties and reklndllng OF spiritual
activities. The text Is Psalm II, II,
Restore unto me the Joy OF thy saliva.
tlon"
oh, how quickly the wheel OF for.
tune may whlrl around. What we nre
today Is 40 earnest OF what we may be-
tomorrow. Rich and afiluont, prosper.
Gus aud happy now, that does not
prove that we shall be rich and happy
aud prosperous, with a multitude Of
friends hanging around us. next week
or next month or next year The night
follows the day MS well as the day the
night Tho people living Ia the Sonth
American republic OF Chile reckon his
tory by this or that or the ether earth.
quake which has made the hcaylng
earth rock down homes and destroy
whole cities and towns and villages.
some Of ~ may reckon the passing
away OF our lives by the epltaphs
which are chisclcd upon the tomb
stones Of CAR buried hopes
Year OF 1874" we say ron. that
was the year of Americas awful black
Friday, when my fortune Ike a snow.
hake melted away Ia an hour Year Of
1881. That was The year / lost my
brother or wife or mother Year OF
1906. That was the year WINS Injured
In a railroad accident on account %
that broken hip lost my position at
the store aud had 10 give ~ my NE IN.
surancc policy aud become n poor
helpless invalid, burden on my
friends An. / ana not as used 90 bc.
Once ! had enough Cor myself aud far
others Now I have less than nothing
am dependent upon those around
me"
BETTER days Oh yes. scores ~ YOU
have seen better daJs In your body.
your property aud your families! But
alas. mBHy ~ vs.. Ike n. writer - the
words ~ my text. have seen better days
In our spiritual condition. do not
know whether this author held. NJ do
the Meiho'llsts u our day. that a good
man might lose bis hold ON salvation.
bot one thing Il SURE be knew that hc
had fallen from grace. lie had once
tasted the JOYS u divine sonshlp lie
had once wadcd ankle deep. kncc dccp.
waist deep. chin deep into the grca,
depths ~ Gods love and Ind drunk ~
those living waters Hut now he has
climbed out ~ those depths and stands
shlyerIng upon the jagged rocks u c,i.
In The cold biting winds ~ sln. Thus
We fnd him crylng ont IN the words ~
eutreaty: - God. bring back 90 mo
the happiness aud the cNhllaratlon and
peace ~ my past gospel l.fc' Rcstors
unto me The Joy ~ thy salvation"
Have not somv ~ ~ uc,d 60 ofcr
the prayer % The psalmlstl I know
that there arr many who arr IN the 20.
sltlon % this psalmist I know, fur
thcrmorc. that II you will only return
you may taste again the gospel Joys.
aud they VIII d. swertcr 90 you than
they ever we're bcfor an eminent
minister ~ The cross a short time hgo
told me that the greatest blessing u
n revival " religion was not found IN
introducing strangers 10 Jesus. but IN
bringing hack o. bic service those who
had oncc bccn found ~ tho foot o. the
cross "Aud," said be- when thcsc
wanderers return they make the vcy
best workers IN our christian church
g." May Cod help ne 10 prevail ~
SOME n you hack'lldcrs again 10 taste
The suspsl joys
Frazer That .. Explicit
Hut I never dh llr praying fur
Everything lu rvneral nui for the ami
verse IN particular" Ia order 10 h.
morc explicit We vouh divide the
psnlmlsts prayer under thrrc or four
distinct hcbdinEs ~ the nrst place !
would have you make the prayer. RE
turn unto mc. u iori. the JOY which !
experienced when I nrst began a. ~
allfc the heights aud the depths aud
the lcngihs aud the brradths ~ ihy
sacrifices for me Rrsiorc unto me N,
Joy which came &, my soul when year.
arl hrst approached the communion
table and said. 'iord. believe; hclp
thou milne uulylicf'" Then the tidal
wave ~ happiness rollci over Us n
surgys Thrn W. SAID 10 ourselves
"Savcd ~ gracv' Sav~i by gracr'
q God. I thank thss that have bcvn
saved by grace"
Was itu marvellous fact that % that
time Vc should have trrn harry and
lhayr thanked Cod that we VIEW savvl
/ Nv eracc1 surely We would not tr,oi
Goi less gratefully than We would
have treated any human lcIne who bad
rescued us from n threatening dauser
When % the battle ~ Bricunc General
Gourraud flung himself before bis
chief and Killed The Cosmck Who was
about io bury bis lance in the heart IT
his emperor Nnpoloon'- gratitude Knew
no bounds. Thus We fryl grateful 10
ward our human rt urrs We lu'A
with loving c,cs toward the skilirl sur
! r,on who drive ihp Knife within q
hairs breadth II ihr fatal artery and
say. "iic saved me- llr savvi me-"
I'VE throw our arms with n grateful
convul.I,c clasp about The ncrk ~ The
strong swimmer WIN breasted m,
waves and swain out - brlnE he q
shorr when We wrrr sinking IN To-