. Christian herald and signs of our times . MIGHTY HUNTERS. A Sermon Preached by Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, , at Washington, D. C, on theText: Gen. 10: 9, teas a mighty hunter before the N our day, hunting is asport; but in thelands and the timesinfested with wildbeasts, it was amatter of life ordeath with the peo-ple. It was verydifferent from go-ing out on a sunshiny afternoon with apatent breech-loader, to shoot reed-birdson the flats, when Pollux and Achilles andDiomedes went out to clear the land oflions and tigers and bears. My text setsforth Nimrod as a hero when it presentshim
. Christian herald and signs of our times . MIGHTY HUNTERS. A Sermon Preached by Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, , at Washington, D. C, on theText: Gen. 10: 9, teas a mighty hunter before the N our day, hunting is asport; but in thelands and the timesinfested with wildbeasts, it was amatter of life ordeath with the peo-ple. It was verydifferent from go-ing out on a sunshiny afternoon with apatent breech-loader, to shoot reed-birdson the flats, when Pollux and Achilles andDiomedes went out to clear the land oflions and tigers and bears. My text setsforth Nimrod as a hero when it presentshim with broad shoulders and shaggy ap-parel and sun-browned face, and armbunched with muscle—a mighty hunterbefore the Lord. I think he used thebow and the arrows with great successpractising archery. I have thought if it is such a grandthing and such a brave thing to clear wildbeasts out of a country, if it is not a betterand braver thing to hunt down and de-stroy those great evils of society that arestalking the land with fierce eye andbloody paw, and sharp tusk and quickspring. I have wondered if there is notsuch a thing as Gospel archery, by whichthose who have been flying from the tr
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