Downers Grove Reporter, 2 Jul 1896, p. 7

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In the am place. it you want to he electnnl in doing Rood. you innst be my ante oi your weapon. There was something very fascinating about the archery of olden times. Perhaps you do not know what they could do with the how and arrow. Why. the chief battles fought by the English Planta- genet: were with the long-how. They would take the arrow of poliehed wood, and feather it with the pinine of a bird, and then it would fly from the how- String of planed silk. The broad Ields of Asinconrt, and Solway lose. and Neviilo’a Cm- heard the loud thrnm ‘ of the archer. how-atring. Now. my Chriatian irienda, we have a mightier weapon thnn that. It in the arrow of the Gospel: it in n aharn arrow: it in a Might arrow; it II feathered from the win; or a den of 0011': Spirit: it Wehw'“'ntdthewm fer-at ”mailman-flute ngithaahmmunm no precise '1! (he direction given. But how finally we are about ruinous work! Hot Mule mn and cure we 92min! How one. our arrow: miss the mark! on, that than were more Inuitutlonq established II all the towns tad clues of our balsam men might learn tie m of do“; pod~fludying oil-null mm. ma nova u "mighty hunter: bfm the Lord!" ulna. no I“ the gm '1" la the told: ht there was one hub out-Mo that ”ritual in the stun. "-d be looked no in the eye. I should have been angered when he told that story; but be looked Into the lulu-cc. and it vu so puma"! Ind beautifully done that i never found any pence un- til I 'u are I m inside the told, chore the other chap were. The archer: oi oldu tine. audited their at. They in. mine in the nut". Th 0H boll (an pncin direction I. to in a. mint shank! co. and u to that :- archer timid do. In nut and erect nd In. his ion foot I littk In min-cc o! the right not. With his left hand he must take hold at the m in the middle. and then with than Rage" and the thumb of his right hand he obonld lay hnld oi the arrow and u: it to the «ring-â€" How much ovivord Chriniho Ion then i. firm in the world! flow may hood utopia (hero on who drivo oouio "or from Christ iooiood oi Ringing "in: to him! All their linger: on (bu-ho.â€" n-iigim bland: ron whoiwooi more lhll they right. Their no hot I "who bond, and islet- oo ii loo- 0!. Tho, oro iiho o clam-y mnrodo who can obu with ohiiim huoim: hi lilo very solo-i when ho ouch! lo ho non quid. ho io mchiioc on older. or toll- ing our o in. and highlooiol ooh, iho ”no. Nov in Cinioiioo poopio hovo nu land lho ion-coo! which I ma oi Iho Min-lo. oi Ihio urtiro. In tho: tho lord Juno Chrm hi tho woii uni iro- hiking obit o co, ol um lo tho hoot pmiai religion: "who, Vhirh woo tho 'mo'o mi 10! God! Juno Io iho '"dfl’m loo hmhirl hand to (ho utopia. I ihinh It on good brood: it on "r1 iixhi hood. loci the you! bod do" in work thoroughly. Christ. on" ho ho huh-I iho hood. ooid io iho mic: "now-n at tho no". ot of Ibo ioovon. at tho l'horim" lo not-fol o inh- omoo ii on; out how «my in" oil "demon! Nu! out how in! Chris- iioo poopio who workman how to hon-o Iho muho oi God on "lino- io iho ovoio ol In. from mm. no at "no onopiioio who wool ihroogh this rota-in not! no. hon! o mdorfol on in tho righi dlmflm. No an to my fathom hoooo m day. no ohiio '0 mo oli noted in no now. he laid: ”Ir. Tainan, no oil your chiidm Christiano?” hiker aid: "Yeo. oll ht DoWiii." Thoo Truman 0-5on looked duo into an homo. morn-com: omuo l have thought. it It ls such I grand thlng and such a brave thing to clear wild beasts out o! a country. I! it Is not a better and braver thing to hunt down and destroy those great evlls ol society that are stalking the land with fierce eye and bloody paw. Ind sharp tuak and outlet sprlng. I have wondered It then u not such 1 mm: as Gospel archery. by which those who have been flylnx from the truth may be cap- tured (or God and heaven. The Lord Jesus In his sermon used the srt or Angling for an lllustntlon when be said: "I wlll make you ushers of men." And to I think I have authority {or using buntlnc as In Illustration 0! Gospel truth; and! [my God that there may b0 nanny n mu today who wlll bsxln to study Gospel srcbsry, ol ‘ when It my. In" a Ihlle. be said: 1 "He um n nutty hunter belors the @W lug out on a um- ahlny day Wllh a patent breech-lam- or, to shoot reed-birds on the flats, When Pollux and Achilles and Dlome- des went out to clear the land 0! Hans and users and bears. My text sets lonh Nimrod an a hero when it pre- sents him with broad shoulders and “1188! lpparel and sun-browned lace, and arm bunched with muscleâ€"“a mighty hunter before the Lor ." I think he used the bow and arrows with great success practising archery. '8. In I III." ”III" Bil-rd tho lard" - non-ll» low â€"- I’Ifllill Anal-r, Old In Arrow 0! an TALMAGE’S SERMON. "IIIGHTY HUNTERS" WAS SUNDAYS SUBJECT. wnh wild beasts, It mu a matter or Me or death with the people. It was very diflerent from 50' in; out. on a sun- amny day with a patent breech-101d- Infested [the nu: vomla, that go to make up our "pure" American drinks. I looked with wondering eyes on tho "Heidel- berg tun." n is the you Honor vat at Germany. which I: all to hold eight hundred log-lends of wine. and only m fluq h s lamb-cl [can It LAST hunt- .: but. | and 3:1 tiger of drunkenness tlnt prowl: Around, and Instead of attaching it, how mm of In hide under the church- pew or the communion table! There I: so much invested In it that we are afraid to mun It; millions of dollars ln barrels, ln vats. In splgota. ln cork- screw; in gin palace- wlth marble floor and Italian-mp tables, and .chued lee-coolers. Ind in the ctrychnlno, and the mm. and the umrlc acid, and not only need more hen-t. but more backbone. What Is the church of God, that It should fear to look in the on any transgression? There Is the Ben- that lint a God blotted out the charting oi Thy-tin and Corinth Incl hoodlum. beam of their elotl and rtolldity. be will Not out American end Euclid: Christianity. and nine on the rulne a stalwart. wide-wake mission- ary church. um can like the lull meaning 0' that cont-end, "Go into all the world. end knelt the Gospel to every creature.“ l remark. further, it you want to Inc- ceerl In spiritual archery you nut have muse. l! the hunter and with trembling hand or Miller am ill-thee wltl felt. instead of hi! taking the tantamount. the ante-aunt takes him. Witt would become of the Greenland" 1!, when out hunting (or the hear. he should stand shivering with terror on an iceberg? What would have become oi Du Chnillu end Livingntone in the African thicket, with a faint heart and a weal: ltnee.’ When a panther comes within twenty paces of you and it has its eye on you 13nd it In: squatted (or the tearful spring. "Steady there?“ Courage. 0 ye spiritual "chm! There Ire greet monsters in iniquity prowling all around about the com. munity. sun we not of the strength ‘ of God so forth and combat then? We ‘ | Ma and um". We have got to m undo the no" and kid-510v“. and mu on no lulu-34M". We In. [an him no In: In tho brook- um run under an Inflow ol the church that the In knot m. um they no“ the boot. and mm an icon u we con. to tho but. while yonder b on" 85mm.- ud m; 'mp p" LIIO. Inn Ibo Int "I" o! the (howl m loam incl It for (In Inl- mum of Cb. Mn Tum II mum to" In N- done. What in that I no In tho helium? It In I (m no human ban and. I that!" and any“ out. mum they can It thy Mr. I" M. w I! (In I“. not)!“ but a pm brunch lot a pillow. or for «In “nun-l norm It a noon In the cannon um Into the Inn to dtlll. an In: It rm“ any. n A lcol cry I- no man! they bur :1. Do In the mm. of God I. In" um cart. We In" no! to an. out and rough N. We In pull-3 nll any an o. the ml. who «no lo 0" chunk”. What an n data. for (Do Ihcmndo not Iboâ€"Ms that do not come? In" I!" no can!!! A" Ilny unk- (Ml Hwy Mod Io ”Nan? Are "on no and II their Dom, m: I)" need no wanton? An they on! of! from Gal. Io so Into «(hurdle wing to but man. no mm to cheer then. u volco-e to am: than? I he" “Hm turning up from the lower am”. a you um comes through our (1"!an mam-go: and through on.- huumn! churchn; can u blot- .“ an um me from I; gym lad-y. u by the aim or I ma Niagara. for the that and the plans. of the. ml (or- nnu of life dropping do" Into (re tulle-Ila; and thundering abyss of "In“; and tea 1 medium unnk It you went to he a skillful tn eplrlt~ nal archery. you must hunt in untre- ouented and secluded placee. Why does the hunted so three or tour dayo lo the Pennsylvania forests or over Raquette Lake into the wilds of the Milton- decks? It to the only way to do. The deer are shy. and one "hang" of the sun clears the forest. From the Cal!- tornla stage you see, on you so over the plalna, here and there, a coyote trotting along, almost within range of the gunâ€"sometimes quite withln range at it. No one cares for that; It Is worthless. The good game ts hidden and secluded. Every hunterknowethat. 80, many of the souls that wlll he of most worth for Christ and of most value to the church are secluded. They do not come to your way. You wlll have to go where they are. You- der they are down In that cellar; yonder they are up In that garmt. Far away from the door of any church the Gospel armw has not been pointed at them. The tract distributor and clty mleslonary eomeumes catch a allmpee of them. he a hunter through the trees gets a momontary sight 0! a partrltlge or a mehurk. The trouble In, we are waltlng {or the game to come to us. We are not good hunters. We aroetand- log to some street or highway expectâ€" ing that tho tllnld antelope wlll come up and eat out at our hands. We are expectln. that the pralrle-lowl wlll light on our chumhâ€"ateeple. It I: not the-Ir habit. It the church lhould welt ten mllllone at your: tor the world to come In and he and. It vlll welt In vnlo. The world vlll not come. What the church Imm- not [I to lltt ltl feet tron damn ottoman. and put them In the etlrmnl‘ We want a pul~ on on vheele. The church wants not Io much euhlous u It went: nddle- how to bring the notch or tint error on to that bow-emu. and in run wu heard through the Oorlnthinn theater; and through-tho comm, until the knee- 0! Felix heeled to- gether. it was um Irmw tint stuck in Luther's heart when he cried out, "Oh. my sins! Oh, my aim!" I! it strike a man in the head, it kills his scepticism; it it strike a mu in the heel. u will turn his slop; it it strike him in the heart. he throws up his hands. as did the Emperor Julian oi old when wounded in the battle, crying. “0 Galilean, Thou hast conuuered!” 1.". Life Is in no man's had, no It I. “cl-nag. to leek ml to touch It. 1'» suicide cannot appronch n: the men- reopo cannot explzil It: u come. and goes u the Deck of u vlevlan me All :- Mullen. powâ€"Rev. Walla I Hero worship ll amply our admin- ‘uon at great men. And there I: no noble:- feeling in the he“! of man than thin ndmlnuon for one who has «on. great thing: It in the student Influence In a man's life. The Club- tln rests upon it. Chrlmanlty II hero worship. And the grentnt of all heroes In the man Jainâ€"Rev. J. H. M Lutheran, Plttnburg, Pa. "A: to that.” aid her Mend. "I II,- pm my ta-lly by dressmaking. Ill ble- 1",!“ l- ugs work an (I. the! The cutting, the lulu, no hstlng and sewing m cl! 3 part a! ll. (orldolt'uuntolhemrdf lined to fret under the 'burden,’ u I called It, mun the Lord asked In If I could not support my family 'lor HID.’ Ind I said, 'Yes, Lord. I can do It for you.’ Since than n has been a joy. It I: MI vork, and I! bring; me every day op- immunities for testimony thick per. [um I could have la no othel‘ my. Yes, my bud-eta h a ”rtâ€"and a de- lightful part-mt my work for tha Lord, and no I an la HI: ml :1! the liner ".Theretore whatsoever ya do . . . do all to the glory at Gulfâ€"Volun- teers‘ Gazette. "Are you «I II n all no and" uked the person uanced. In a In. print! lone. "Oh. to," win (In m. 1 ban to work for .1 living." worker to “other at their In! Into lug. "I envy m the prhlkgo of b- lu In an work all no “use." "ammunition-frat. (M on. Ila mm In ml no. In. m. New in In! hour In out, and be mlm cm to will lap «m chum tro- lho h '3!“ 0 ant to (to has“. at heaven. mu hock. m. and um M- n“ Iii-g. for no Incl ever did that mentally. [at It- try. Jump! JI-P! H. In.” (Io mark and he [on do". dc” tel»! depth, "denatured Into-I mody.’ In! angels! devils! that ml! '0 call that place of am! «mum? Let It to In... (mm a. the all-«'0 death-Inn. Than I: In - tom In Oar-“y . plug (boy «u (N “M-lnp"~-lvo man that chum M nan. bo- unu tho. I mm eh... his I: called an “door-Iona“ mm m a In!" in a. "up truck at I do"; un-wmutmcnunhm'u no new. (or u No- no puma" o! m Inn-1n. all In “In find! H mm In!" up. no! In a. can. any n- (upm to [up m 0! count. It (all. all m duh“ on the meta hr lac-cub. Hm In a path I. loam; I! In um. It I. unto. In. uh I! out for every In I. all In. In: hm In A In via an "I won't will In on path; I um an. my on m.” inn: sure that there an acme hm who at name than have been hit by tho Gone] arrow. You (an the wound or that conviction. and you plunged Into the world deeper; jut as the alas. when the nonnda an alter it, plum Into acroon Lake, expecting in that way to «capo. Jeana Christ II on your track today. immitant man! not In wrath. but In mercy. 0 n ehaaad and panting aonla! mm In the atmâ€" at God’- mercy and aaivatioa. when you may cool your thintl am that chaaa 0! Iain today. By the M lountaln that loaned from the heart of .1 Loni. I bid you atop. la than In all ma houac name Ibo can retain the allot that coma from tho loan at the dying Son of God? Why. do you know that then an. ia the bum rot-id. aoala that. tor that clot you at today. would fling m- cm" at tho nnlnna at your cm. I! they M It? Bat they "at out on tha maul-a. tho not: too. than, and um died. huhsonliisd. But.ulotoodond looked at it. i llld tonne": "That is nothingâ€"eight hunched houhuds. ‘ Why our American nthoidl two mil- lion, ilvo hundred thousand barrels of strong drinks. and we keep two hill} and thousand men with nothiu to do but to see that it is tilled." Oh! to st- tsck this great monster or intempors once. and the kindred monsters at (road and unclesnilness. requires you to rally Ill your Christi-n courage. Through the press. through the pulpit. through the platform, you must assault it. Would to God that sli our Ameriâ€" can Christians would band together. not for crack-brained fanaticism, but tor holy Christian reform. I think it was in 1793 that them went out from Lucknow. India, under the sovereign. the greatest hunting party that Was ever projected. There were ten thon~ sand armed men in that hunting party. There were camels and horses and ele- phants. On some primes rods. and royal ladies, under exquisite housings. and five hundred coolies waited upon the train, and the desolate places of india were invaded by this excursion. and tho rhinoceros, the deer, and eie- phsnt tell under the stroke at sober and bullet. After awhile the party brought back trophies worth Mo thouâ€" sand rupees, having left the wilderness of lndln ghastly with the slain bodies 0! wild beasts. Would to God that in~ stead of here and there a struggle! go- o in; out to light these great monsters n! iniquity in our country, the million membership oi our churches would band together and how in twain these great crimes that make the land iriuht- lul with their roar, and are fattening upon the bodies and souls of immortal men! Who is ready [or such a pan! as that? Who will he I mighty hunter (or the Lord? “A. Um no lard.“ Lyle B. Iii-’1 V“ “ll-i Will cure the Milan: 0! {en-lo eumplaints, ell anthn troubles. In- flammation end ulceration, telling and dieplneemenuof the womb. end eon-e- qmt lpiml m end In pea- linrly Idem to the change of life. Every time n will cure m. It he cured more uses of lessor- rhme by removing the «me, the: uy rennet}, the world In! ever known; It isthmus hisuible it; such use: It ai-olm end can]. ouin'ar’n from the GROVE' .‘ "nail-d by In. on. 390. mm.- lmn, of Velma. Oilo. n: so hdly DII‘M by a mum trail that It m only by a da- eye that up body wa- muffled. M It: the- leep [Ma mono mm I: eight, '11.. 1mm: murmur. in: m new are dumb." on. o. loo-h... Wie- ho-n firing up III. Inh- rms In a night, All to uamllom "rm-g to." Ti. lbw-fl he“: nanny n0 [m Insul- mu will Ml ’n-Il mp mien on July? and II at one Inn via 32 to certain "is“ I. Km. New-IA. Wyn-lag, 0.!- “ um. um. Ari-nu. Tm: a“ mm“. Ticket- ".ch Io namm- luau-Io whimp- m mum For garment: u- lteâ€" moon mun up. L11! “am “not. Cite-go. M M. The, mu m Icel- h'. h.- which to. old-ran m- a- (loan) Dona-rut. '0 'II ‘I'Io MI, to UN Onollholuumm louhum pruned «Hm-ll, II Ibo hum- I-oI mun-nary u I vault 0! III I!- la»! to «up that. A convict III-Md Minn meal nomh- In em cl one 0‘ ht: hum to he, "on torhlu, but the [Inn no- hnIM no be but to no. work «III. 0! me ha ha III-h“ hut Hula. III-n lulu Com um IooI. but he conch“ ho mid ‘hu man" India huptm u II- Iicud II Injury om hI-Iol! which he I "can m ml! to M. than he M IIudyItd. [locally to wmhumnqmllud mamalnonthr-udlhom can on I can II his a I IIII‘I hurl. But lhI In 'II II I‘m that It I. In W Into Ihn loch Ild mm the The Prom- an vouch for the truthfulness of what Malian-u any: “I. condmvm (or the put three or tour year. has been well known 1nd mu memory hu been In sane-No carpi-In to hII (Honda. He I- now u cheerful and mtemtlmr A man u can be lound number. and M u I be loot. Into the mum wIIh Mu ol JIM mam-lam. an be mm glad of the mm to give Ma ImflmonI-I WII amt I‘Ink PIII- conmln. In A condemned (om. I" Ibo alumni- Iu-cnury to (In m- um and rIchm to In. blood and mlom III-mud new... Pink Pm: 1:. add Ia has" n u out: n box. or II: hon. (or an. «w: my be Ind u! III druxfl-m or dire-cl by null (mm Dr WIlIhmI' Iodlclm Company. lemon-Indy." Y. “I resumed my school work at the beginning or thin Miiooi year. and my health has continued to: improve until I consider canal! in we" min. I! gives me pleasure to say . word (or Dr Wii~ liams' Pink Pills, for he who directs the lulu-tw- to a mum a! healing la truly I philanthropin." “l ut lust came to n stage when 1 could sleep only a few hours at nlsht. and 1 then found myself unable to con- tlnue my school work, and l dtlcontln- ued it. In the spring of 1892 I gradually grew worse, and was reduced to al- most a skeleton. wclghlns only In pounds. whereas my wolxht In good health ls one hundred and seventy-five pounds. I on manned the use of Dr. Wlllinms' l'lu Plug the first of June. 3895. and nth-r using only slx boxes I found to my great joy that. In? case was not hopeleu. “For three yours I was treated by eminent specialists. but obtained no te- ller. I can say wuhont exaggeration that I have taken a bucket full of mad- lclncs from speciallstu without receiv- lng any benefit. My sufferings were almost unbearable. Being disposed to continue my work in the school room. I kept on until I was I: wreck In body and mind. ‘ "My trouble dates back to 1890. and was due to close application ‘0 my school work and insumcieni amount of outâ€"door examine. I commenced teaching in 1887, Ind after cloaely ap- plying myself (or three years I found my nervous nysiem impaired. and as a natural consequence the disorder 0! my digestive organs followed. which re- united in chronic (mum: and dilqilon of the stomach. Oacat "name. In one of the lending teachers or “cum-lo nountv. In“! Is now In charge or the school at Bruce. Ill. He has been teaching since 1887. execs! tor a. llme when hln health was too am to permit Illa doing any work. To In Progress reporter Mr. Hughe- nve the following nccount of MI case: HE DWELLS ON THE FUTURE WITH OLD TIME IN- THUBIASM. AN EDUCATOR SPEAKS From the Prague". Sullivan. m. II IOITHIRN AIKAIOM FREE HoMEs r.-. ASWH M 0mm Em Pu- Ill-am (rent out an. ‘ (m-p- or Iflvu ”up“. 0. W. nun -'Qhw‘.‘<77:‘~ ErbéT .v . .553. an duh- I.‘ at I». Elno‘ Mr: "mm. I'm Inna! hauls-ml 1nd». luv- uru. “mum-m. PW“ In the United State: (or: fiction. out 0! each 100 are color blln Liverpool has he Iarxeit to“! debt 0! any town In Enflgnqt ' Linen Oxford He- no tic-luau! (or wou- wllhflqn gowns. 19 Years' Experiencel Vacuum and youéiir 6d}; at and as div-slug for rune: Ihoeu. l-ll‘t W M hlmhufloau can. Pfli In on a»! now Coon. a. 1mm than u a ulolphm in etch null. 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