Milford chronicle., 1906-09-14
CalnaSe
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmase. D. D.

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. 9.-ln this
sermon the preacher makes novel sug-
gestiOns showing how we as cOmmuni-
ties and as individuals may help to i'm
prove the lot of the unfortunate. The
text is Deuteronomy XIV, IL, "The poor
shall never cease out of the land"
Turning to that valuable and sugges-
tive edition Of the Bible called the Red
Letter Bible, notice that this passage
in Deuteronomy is printed in red, indi-
eating that it was quoted by our Lord.
1t is astonishing how many Of such
passages there are, showing how close
a student of the Scriptures Christ was.
Guided by this reference In the Red
Letter Bible L find the circumstances
under which Christ quoted the passage.
1t was at that feast when Mary broke
the alabaster box of spikenard over
Christ's feet. Judas said it was waste
full as the ointment might have been
sold and the money given to the poor.
but Jesus said there were other Oppor-
tunIties of giving to the poor, for, said
he, 1.-THE poor We have always with
you"
There were poor people during the
Mosaic era. There were poor people
during all the wealth and the splendor
of the SOlomonic reign. There were
novels and rags covered by the shad-
ows of the magnificent Grecian tenn
TIes. Poverty and gaunt want went
begging for bread during the Roman
triumphs, when Christ lived. There
are poverty and rags and hunger now,
and there will be poverty and want
upon this old suffering world until the
millennial dawn, when the glory Of the
Lord shall cover the earth as the wa
ters cover the seas. Poverty, haunting
poverty, is everywhere.
We have today our poor In Europe,
Asia, Africa, South America and in
North America. We have them upon
every island of the seas. in every town,
Village and city and farming country.
We have an Omnipresent poor. During
all the centuries from the beginning
this burden of poverty has been upon
the shoulders Of a large proportion of
the race, calling for our sympathy and
our help. How long will it be before
the wisdom Of our social philosophers
and the commiseratiOn Of Christ's
church take up the problem and,
searching for the causes of the atdic-
fion. aud out how to remove them and
remedy the misery. know Of no duty
more urgent, and If we find out in
studying the problem that in some
cases poverty is the result Of social
evils let us go forward in Gods name
to eradicate them. May the Holy
Spirit help us to preach an appropriate
sermon on this Sabbath, following our
annual Labor day.
First among these evils I place the
prenatal influences which help crowd
our cities with the Ominpresent poor.
In this matter let as be brave and
truthful. Let us not seal our lips and
be silent on account Of a mock modesty.
II Is better 70 have an Inflammation
opened and the wound drained. NO
matter how Eepulslve the OdOr, than to
allow the disease to go on fostering and
eating lite way into the vitaIs. There is
many a danger more horrible than the
surgeons knife.
I was nightly impressed with this
fact some time ago. had always
horror Of the surgeons knife. felt
that a man had better resort to every
thing and anything rather than lie
down upon an operating table. But
some time ago the wife Of one Of my
dearest church members telephoned me
90 come down to the hospital at once,
as her husband was about to be oper-
ated on. Jumped on the car and went
down and arrived just three minutes
after the work had been begun. They
had carried the patient into the oper-
ating room and were then giving him
the anaesthetic. paced up and down
the hall, wondering what l should do.
1 felt that it was a critical and might
be fatal operation. Should go In or
should not? 1 had always Stunned
the sight of the operating table be-
cause l feared the spectacle Of the
nowing blood. But as walked up and
down that hall / said to myself: I'm all
DrODdDlAiAy NulS OpCAuNADA WAAA " AeAN--A-
aIy friend will die within a few hours
after be comes out of the anaesthetic.
Will it not comfort him to know that l
stood by his side during his time of
trial2" So said to one of the nurses,
'oTell the doctor l should like to come
in." He sent out word, "Come in" /
have thanked God since that l went in.
When that ulcer was opened, saw
then as never realized before that
man should not fear surgeons knife
which opened up dangerous abscess
nearly as much as he should fear the
abscess which is not opened. Our
friends life was saved by the narrow
est of margins because he fatty re-
fused to be operated upon until death
was literally clutching him by the
throat.
A Deadly Ulcer.
Now. as there was a deadly disease
eating into the vitals Of my friends
body, so there is a deadly disease eat
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