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v a. 'o Cj CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1892 U ci I T 1 . 1 f &. . H fa TALMAGOTSEftMON. HEFUOE OFFERED TO ALU PEOPLE BV THH CHRISTIAN RELIGION. Till) "ulltl nf tlriH la Likened In the 4iwt r 1 jitin( I f the h nit n nf Whine llritnrhrs Fowl nf Ktrry Wing MihII llwell. HitooKI.VX, March 0. Tim conKrcgiit Ion at the Ilronklyn Tabernacle thin murtiltiK sanit with fervor tho hymn beginning My fnim looks iit to thee Thou liri of Calvary. Dr. TnlmiiKc'a subject vrns the rcfuue offered liy I lie Christian religion to people of nil rites und every variety of ehiiruelcr. Ill lejlwn KoUli'l xvll, SI, "A gixslly cedar, mill under It shall dwell nil fowl of every wing." The cedar of lclmuou In n royitl tn. It stands six thousand feet nlaivu the level of the sen. A missionary counted tlm concen tric circlet nntl found one tree thlrty-llvo hundred yeurs old long rooted, broad branches, nil thn year In Inxitrlntit foliage. The name brunches tlint lieut in the hur ricane thnl David saw sweeping over Il anon rock todny over the head of tho Amer ican traveler. This inounrcli of tlio for eat, with Its leafy fingers, plucks the lion on of a thou wind years and sprinkle them upon Its own uplifted brow, us though tome ureal hallelujah of heaven had lieen planted upon Lebanon and It were rising up with nil It Ioiik nrmed strength to tnke hold of the hills whence It ennui. Oh, what n line, place for birds to nest In! In hot day they come thither tho eagle, the dove, tho ttwnllow, the utmrrow and the raven. Them In to many of us n complete fluctuation hi the structure nml hnblu of bird. They seem not more of earth than heaven ever vacillation between the. two. No wonder that Audubon, with hla nun, tramped throuuh nil of the American for cat In search of now specimens. Geologists kave spent year in finding the track of a Mrd's clnw In the new red sandstone. There Is enough of God's nrchltecttiro In n wipe's bill or n grouse's foot to confound all the universities. Musicians have, with lets nml bunt, tried to catch the Round of the nightingale and robin. Among the ; thing thM child notice tsaawai- at the eaves, nnd grandfather goes out with handful of crutnlM to feed the snow- Wrd. The Bible Is full of ornlthologlcAl allu sions. The bird of the Illble are not dead and stuffed, like those of the museum, but living bird, with fluttering wings nnd plumage. "Behold the fowl of thenlr," says Christ. "Though thou exnlt thyself aa the eagle, nnd though thou act thy neat Among the atnra, thence will I bring thee down," exclaim Obndlah. "Qaventthou the ally wlnva unto tho peacocks?" says Job. svld describes hla desolntlon by anylng, "I ant like n pelican of the wlldcrueaa; I am like an owl of the desert; I watch nnd a as a sparrow nlono upon the housetop." "Yea, the stork in tho heaven knoweth tier MMlRted time; and the turtle, and the raae, and the swallow observe the tltno of iple know not the -so aaya Jeremiah, A OOODLY CK1IAII. Kaeklel to my text intlmatea that Christ la the cedar, and the pvoplo from all quar era are the blrda that lodge among the branches, "It shall be a goodly cedar, and under It shall dwell nil fowl of every wing." Aa In Kaekiel'a time, ao now--Christ ta a goodly cedar, and to him are f tag all kinds of people young and old, rich and lawr, men high soaring aa the agle, those tierce a the raven, and those gentle aa the dove, "All fowl of every wlag." First, the young may come. Of the eighteen hundred and ninety-two years that have naed alnce Christ came, about sixteen hundred have been wasted by the seed In misdirected efforts. Until Itobert Kalkea came there waa no organised effort tar saving the young. We spend all our strength trying to bend old trew., when a UUIe pressure would have been auRlctent for the sapling. We let men go down to ta very bottom of sin before wo try to lift them up. It la a great deal easier to keep a train on the track than to get it on when It la off. The experienced relnamau checks the Aery steed at the tint jump, for when k get In full awing, the swift hoofs click lag lire from tho pavement nnd tho bit be tween hla teeth, hla momentum la irre sistible. It la said that the young must be allowed te sow their "wild oata." I have noticed that those who sow their wild oata seldom try to raise any other kind of crop. There at two opposite destinies. If you are go lag to heaven, you hail better take the straight road, and not try to go to Boston by the way of New Orleans. What la to Jm the history of this multitude of young people around metodayf I will take you y the nana ami show you a glorloua sun rise. I will not whine about this thing, or groan about It, but come, young men aad maidens, Jesus wants you. His haud lavs, his voice la music, hia smile la asavea. Religion will put bo handcuffs sa your wrist, no hopples on your feet, no awad on your forehead.' BKLIOION MADE IIKR HAPPY. I west through the heaviest snowstorm I aave eyer known to see u dying girl. Her hc oa toe pillow waa white as tne saow the casement. Her larger round eye I aot lost any of its. luster, Loved ones I all around the bed trylng.to hold her nvriiiutiiBrcuiiui ho grvinerup, 1 nearer to ner uwu euner lamer or -WV.-OTVW, . ..... .. .. Www. their coming; but my peopl jadgtneut of the Ixml" so to go away from them and they are left all alone. They begin to feel In the way when you coino Into, tho room where they nn . nnd they move their chair nervously ami say, "I hope I am not In tho wny." Alan! that father nnd mother shtiuld ever be In the wny, When you were alck nnd they ant up nil night rocking you, singing to yo 1, administering to you, did they think tint you were in the wityr Are you tired of tho old Moplef Do you snap them up f.Uick nnd shnrpf You v. Ill be cursed to the bono for your Ingratitude nnd unkind ncsal TDK WOIII.ll COLII WITHOUT HKI.KIION, Oh, It In hard to bo old without religion to feel this world going nwav, and noth ing letter coming. If there Ih any here who have gone far on without Christ, I nddresa you deferentially. You have found thin a tough world for old people. Alnsl to have, aches nnd pains, and no Christ to soothe them. I want to give you a cnuu letter than that you lean on. It Is the rane that the Itlhle speaks of when It saya. "Thy nxl nnd thy staff they comfort me." I want to give you letter spectnclea than thoNU you now look through. It Is the spiritual eyesight of divine grace. Christ will not think that you are In tho way. Docs your head tremble with the palsy of old ago f I .ay It on Christ's bosom. Do you feel lonely now that your companions nnd children nre gone? I think Christ has them. They are aafo In his keeping. Very soon lie will tnke you where they nre. I take hold of your arm nml try to lend you to a plnco where you can put down nil your burden, do with me. Only a little while longer mid your sight will comengalu, nnd your hearing will come again, nnd with tho strength of nu Immortal athlete you will step on the pavement of heaven. No crutches In heaven, no sleeplewa nights in heaven, no cross looks for old (leople. Dwelling there for ages, no one will say, "Father, you know nothing about this; atep back; you nre In (ho wnyl" Oh, how many dear old folks Jesus has puttoaleepl How sweetly he has cloned their eyes! How gently folded their arm I How ho has put hla hand on their silent hearts nnd anldi "Itest now. tired pilgrim. It la nil over. The tears will never start again. Huahl husht" So he givca hla be loved aleep. 1 think tho moat Wautlful object on earth ia nn old Christian the hair white, not with the frost of winter, but the blossoms of tho tree of life, I never feel sorry for a Christian old man. Why feel sorry for those upon whom the glories of the eternal world are about to burst? They are going to the goodly cedar. Though their wings are heavy with age, God shall renew their strength like the eagle, nnd they shall make their nest In the oednr. "All fowl of every whig." 001) CAM BAVK ANVIIODV. Again, the very bad, tho outrageously sinful, may come. Men tnlk of tho grace of God an though It were so many yards long nnd so ninny yards deep. People point to the dying thief as nn encouragement to the sinner. How much U'tter It would lie to point to our own cnae nnd say, "If God aaved us he can save nnylxxly." There may be those here who never had one earnest word said to them about their souls. Consider me as putting my hand on your shoulder nnd looking In your eye. God has liecn good to you. You ask, "How do you know thatf who vera reared in It flug homo circles llocktag through the gntca of life, "All fowl of every wing." These were white and came front northern homes; these were black nnd nceiided from nouthcni planta tions; these were copper colored mid went up from Indian reservations "All fowl of every wing." Bo (lixl gathers them up. It Is astonishing how easy it la for n good soul to enter heaven. A prominent business man In lMiilmlel phln went homo ono nftcrnooti, lay down on the lounge nnd said, "It Is tltno for me to go." He was very aged. His daughter said to him, "An- you slckr" He saldi "No; but It Is time for me to go. Have John put It In two of the morning pacrN, that my friends may know that I am gone. Uiaatby;" and as (pilek iut that (Jul had taken him. KAHV TO (10 WIII.K Till! TIMK COMI.H. It Is easy tf) go when tho time comes. Them are no roK's thrown out to pull in ashore; there are no ladders let (low u to pull us up, Christ conies and takes us by the hand and says, "You have had enough of this; come, up higher," Do you hurt n Illy when you pluck Itf Is there any rude ness when Jesus touches tho cheek, nnd the red rmo of health whitens Into the Illy of Immoral purity and gladncssr When autumn comes and the glntitof tho wixslli smites his anvil nnd the leafy sparks fly on the autumnal gale, then there will bo thousands of blrda gathering In tho treu nt tho corner of tho Held, just before departing to warmer climes, nnd they will call and sing until tho branches drop with the melody. There Is a better clime for u, nnd by and by wo shall mi grate. We gather In tho branches of the goodly cedar, In preparation for departure. You heard our voices in tho opening song; you will hear them In tho closing song voice good, voices bad, voices hnppy, voices distressful "All fowl of every wing." By nnd by wo shall Im gone. If nil this audience I saved, a I hope they will lc, I seo them entering Into life, Some have had It hard; some have had it easy. Some wcro brilliant; some were dull. Some were rocked by pious parentage; oth ers have had their Infantile cheeks scalded with the team of woe. Some crawled, as It were, into the kingdom on their hands and knees, nnd some seemed to enter In chariot of flaming fire. Those fell from a ship's mast; these were crushed In n min ing disaster. Tliey are Uwi'n singing lilrut now. No gun of huntsmnn shall shoot them down. They gather on the trees of life nnd fold their wlnga on tho branches, nnd far away from frosts nnd winds nnd ulght they slug until the hills nre flooded with joy, nnd tho aklca drop music, nnd tho arches of pcnrl send back the echoes "All fowl of every wing." Heboid tho saints, beloved of God, Wnshed are their robea fn Jesus' blood. HrlRhter than anucls. lot tlicy shine, Their iilorlea splendid nud sublime. Throuuh tribulation Brent they came; They bore thocroMaml scorned tho shame: Now, In the heavenly templo blest. With Hod they dwell: on him they rest. Whllo uvcrlastlnic nges roll Eternal love shall feiut their soul. And scenes nf bliss, fores er now Klso In succession to their view. AN ANQLO-IRISHMAM'S WIT. "I'll commit you, sir," roared an In dignant judge to Cnrrun, who had do nonncod tho grand jury. "I liopo you'll novel commit n worso thing, my lord," retorted Cumin "No man," said a wealthy upstart, 'should bo adiuittod to tho bar who hint not mi Independent landed property.' "May I a.ik, sir,' said Curritti iiow many acre make u wiseucro?" A barrister entered the court with such a iieculiur wig that it caused n gen eral titter "Do you see anything ridic ulous lu my wig.' In uskoil "Nothing but the head, sir Curran ropliod Describing an extremely pompous and solemn man Curran said, "lie would not even bo seuu to siullo lout tho world should think ho was too familiar with hluiHuir." When John Phllpott Currun and 'Bully" Kgun mot on the dueling ground, the hitter coinplainod nf the ad vantage his antagonist hud over him and declared that lie was us vuslly hit us a haystack, while as to firing at Cur run, t.e might us well ilre ut u razor's edge. Whorouixm Currun waggishly proponed that his size should bo chalked out on Egun's sido, and that "every shot which hits outside that mark should go for nothing." INNISFAIL ITtala poem was written by Michael Daxltt In Portland prlnon. la Ens land'a ftlou garb wa're clad, and by her vooRcanee bound; iter concentrated nate we'vo bad - her Jus. tlce never found. tier laws, nccurt'd, have done tholr wont; In valu tbey still assail Tocrunh ttu litmrtu thai ! ht.jtt fnp tliAn. nur onrtk loved luniafall. i.JI 1 methef "was frantic with grief. 1 said, 'Faaay, how do you feelf" "Oh!" she Mr. Talmage, tell Aid, "happy, happy! all the young" folks that religion will make them nappy." As I came out or the room, louder than all lie lias been very limit on me.' "Where did you come fromr" "Homo." "Then you Imve a home. Have you ever thanked God for your homer Have you children?" "Yea." "Have you ever thanked God for your children? Who keep them aafef Were you ever slckr" "Yes." "Who made you well t Have you been fed every day f W'hn feeds yon f Put your hand on your pulse. Who makes It throbf Listen to the respiration of your lungs. Who helps you to hreuthor Have you a Blblo In the house, spreading before you the future llfef Who gavo you that Wider' Oh, it tins been a Htory of goodness nnd mercy all the wny through. You have been one of God's pet children. Who fon dled you and caressed you and loved your And when you went astray and wanted to come back, did he over refufcer I know of a father who, after hla son came back the fourth time, said, "No; I forgave you three times, but I will never forgive you again." And tho sou wont off and died. But God takes back his children tho thousandth time aa cheerfully aa the first. Aa easily aa with my handkerchief I strike the dust off a book, God will wlpo out nil your sins. There nre hospitals for "Incurables.1 When meu are hopelessly sick, they nre sent there. Tnank Godl there is no hos pital foritplrltual Incurables. Though you had the worst leprosy that over struck a houl, your flesh shall come again like tho flesh of a little child. Ob, this mercy of Gal! I am told It Is an ocean. Then I place on It fqur swift sailing traft, with compass and chart nnd choice rigging and skillful uavlgators, and I tell them to launch away and discover for me the extent nt thlaoct an. That craft puts out in one direction, nnd sails to the uorth: this craft to the south: this to the east; this to tho west. They crowd on all their canvas and sail ten thousand years, and one day come up the harbor of heaven, and I shout to them from the beach, "Have you found the shore f" und they answer, "No shore to God's mercy!" Swift angels, dispatched from the thrcae, attempt to go across It. For a million years they fly and fly, but then come bark and fold their wings at the foot of the throne aud cry, "No shore! no shore to God's mercy!" 'letter! MEltCT! MERCY! Mercy! Mercy! Mercy! I aing it. 1 preach It- I pray it. Here I find a man bound hand aud foot to tho devil, but with one stroke of the hammer of God's truth the chains fall off and he is free forever. Mercy! Mercy! Mercy! Theruisnodepth it cannot fathom; there Is no height it can not hcale; there la no lummy It cannot ifi mm mmWMMLJ JL. WMliiCl.1 XV'XV vJBLmsaaaasPr 'COURIER" PREMIUMS! READ ! 3 -Three Great Premiums-3 CHARLES DICKENS' WOES - - N- the sob and waitings of grief, I heard the compass. I take my stand under this clear, sweet, glad voice of the dying girl, I goodly ctdnr nnd see the flocks flying "Goodnight; we shall meet again on the! thither. They nre torn with tho shot of ther aide of the river." The next Sabbath we burled her. We brought white flowers aad laid them on the coffin. There was in all that crowded church buf. onu really happy and delighted face, and that was the face of Fanny. Oh, I wish that now my Ixird Jesus would go through this au dkwee and take all these flowers of youth Md garland them on his brow. The cedar is a It refuge for birds' of brightest plu- and swiftest wing. See, tbey fly! ' I yl "All fowl of every wing." aajatn. i remark tnat the old may come Yon say, "Suppose a man has to, go ob nstckes: suonose he Is blind: suunose he U4mt suppose that nlne-tepiths of bis life ha been wasted." Then I answer; Come mw erutclrea. Come, old men, blind and 4mt. come to JesuS, If you would sweep ywr hand around before your blind eyes, thsvirst thing you would touch would be thaeroM. It. is hard for an aged man or ewsn to have grown old without religion, Ikaif taste Is gone. The peach sad the flsaps have lost their flavor. Tbey say that saMwhaar1 fruit doss aot taMe as t used to. IMr hearing gets defective, and they mUs IMS dee! that, is said la their presence. Their friends have All gone and every- MMr amiim so strange, The world temptation and wounded nnd sick und tenrred. Some fought with iron U-ak; iomo once felted on carcasses; some were fierce of eye and cruel of talon, but they same, flex k ufter flock "All fowl of every wing." Again, all the dying will And their nest in this goodly cedar. It is cruel to destroy a bird's nest, but death does not hesitate to destroy one. There waa a beautiful nest in the next street. Ixmngly the parents brooded over it. There were two or throe little robins In the nest. The scarlet fever thrust its hands Into the nest, and the birds are gone. Only1 those are safe who have their nests lu the goodly cedar. They have over them "the feathers of the Al mighty." Oh, to have those soft,warm,eter nal wing stretched over us! I ct the storms beat and the branches of the cedar toss on the wind no danger. When a storm cornea, you can see the birds flying to the wooda, Ere the storm of death comes down, let us ly to the goodly cedar. Of what great varieties heaven will be made Hp. There come men who once were hanl and cruel and desperate la wicked ness, yet now, soft and changed by grace, they come Into glory, "All fowl of every wing." ABd here they come, the chlldrea Tho Car nf Lumps. Granted cleanliness nnd ordinary care, there can be no accident. To begin with, the lamp should be trimmed und filled with oil in the morning every day. Once a week the oil container should Ihj thorough ly emptied out und the small amount of dirty oil thrown away. Next see that the burner ta clean. Whenever tho lamp bums badly this should bo nt once looked to, us It often lathe cause. If the burners are lxjllcd I for a few minutes In soda nnd water nt reg I ulnr Intervals ther will bouodlfllcultyln .lie burning. Next see that the wicks (It exactly. For this purpose, when new wicksnro required, tho lamp burner should always be sent. Some coplc buy their wick by guess, a most foolish plan, for not only must it be of the right width, but also of the right thickness, so as to allow of tho oil reaching tho flame properly, nnd also to let tho wick bo turned up or down easily. Another thing to ascertain la If tho wick Is worn out. A lamp should have a fresh, wick every mouth at leaat. Be careful before fitting In a new wick to wo that the hitter Is perfectly dry. It should be placed for ten or fifteen minutes on n hot pinto liefore fixing it in the lamp, so as to remove any moisture. It la said that soaking tho wicks in vine gar, nnd then drying them thoroughly, prevents till clianco of smoking; but of this there Should lw no fear where the lamp is rigularlyand properly cleaned nnd trim med. Bo very rnreful In trimming the wick not to let any of tho charred nrt fall Into the burner. This In a fruitful source of trouble. Iamps with metal reservoirs nre undoubtedly safer than those of glass r china, as the former, If Upset, can be j.lcked up and replaced liefore the oil can exoape. Therefore, where children are about, it Is better to have only metal con tainers or else metal containers which can be slipped into the china or glass stands. Of course the oil used must he of good quality. There Is no saving, but, on the contrary, waste and some danger lu poor oil. Bad oil clogs the wick and tbo burn er, Iwsldes giving off an unpleasant and very dirty vapor. One more hint. Never turn doun a lamp, allowing It just to glimmer. It is meant to burn with the flame at full height, nnd when allowed to smolder In this way it will cither smoke or smell ptwslbiy both and most certainly heat rapidly nnd become a distinct source of danger. Loudon Queen. Th "Average Woman." How many who uso tho term "average woman" know what it impllesf Physio ally It meana that she weighs about 117 l pounds, and that, If an American, she Is Homewlint tuner man o icec i men. ui servntions taken by the French academy t-elattve to tho average height of 1,10? Frenchwomen, without shoes, show It to be that much. Dr. Snrgennt, from l.KCi ob,crvntlons, concludes that the American woman U nearly two inches taller than tho average daughter of France; and Dr. Gnlton, an Englishman, In 770 measure ments, found that tho women of Great Britain are tho tallest of the three, they exceeding Miss Columbia by fully half an Inch. In the matter of weight, though, American femininity Is slightly ahead, though the figures are not given. Chicago Times. Nor can the dutiKuon'e deepest (tloom but make us low tbve more. We'd brat e the I errors of the Inmb to keep the nath we swore. Inchnlim or free, to live for thro, ami never once to (IIhII Before the rue that wrought sueb woo to our loeil Inntttrall from Irish mothers' hearts ban flowed tbl MM-red love nf thee. 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