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DR. TALMAGK'S SERMON.
SKCRAMENTAL DAY AT THE BROOK
LYN TABERNACLE.
Ttio I-cnmul unit I'.loqiicnt Dlvtno I)l
course on tho I'hlloMipliy of tlm CIiiiIii.
II Kattlo llonrtl mill Its Cull Seen from
(Iriimla to Herein! Inn.
DnooKLY.v, Sept. 10. Totl.y wa wcra
incnlal day nt tho Tr.bcrnncle, nml tho moro
tlinn four thouxnml communicant lnoinbonj
cixi Jolmtl ly tlioutnmls fro.n nllpnttiof
thlt country nml frcin other Inmls In tho
acrcil cotnmomorntloit. Tlio llov. T. Do
Witt Tnlmngc, I). 1)., prcncliod from HzoUlel
vll, Sit "Mnko nclmlul" Ho nlili
At school nml in college, In announcing
tliomcclmnlcnl powers, no glorified tlio lover,
tlio pulley, tho Inclined plnuo, tho tcroiv, tlio
nxlonnd tho wheel, hut my tact calls tw to
study tho philosophy cf tho clinlu. The.o
llnkicf inetnl, ono wl'h nnother, nttrncled
tho old Illhlo nuthorn, n nd ro henrthochnlu
rnttloiuiil Reolts coll nil tho way through
from UcnesH to Hovelatlon, Ilanhlng n nil
adornment, or restraining ns In captivity, or
holding In conjunction, ns In c.iso of ma
chinery. To do lilm honor, I'harnoh hung n
chain of cold nhout tho neck of Joseph, nnd
IleUhnzznr ono about tho neck of Daniel.
Tho high priest had on his breastplate two
chains of gold. On tho cnmelV necks, ns
tho Ishmnolltcs drove up to Gideon, jingled
chains of gold.
Tlio Iliblu refers to tho church m having
such glittering adornments, saying: "Thy
neck Is comoly with chains of gold." On tho
other hand, n chain mains captivity. David,
tho psalmist, exults that power had liecii
given over his enemies, "to bind their kings
with chains." Tho old missionary npostlo
cries out, "For tho hopo of Israel, I nm
bound with this chain." In tho prison whero
Peter is Incarcerated, you hear ono day n
great crash nt tho falling off of his chains. 8t.
John saw nn nngcl como down front heaven
to mannclo tho powers of darkness, nnd
having "a great chain In his hand," nnd tho
fallen nugcls nro reprevmted ns "reserved in
everlasting chains," whilo In my text for tho
arrest nnd limitation of tho iniquity of his
time, EzokUl thunders out: "Jlnkon chain I"
What I wish to impress upon myself nnd
upon you Is tho strength In right and wrong
directions, of consccutivo forces, tho superior
power of n chain of lufluouces nbovo ono In
fluenco, tho great ndvnutago of n congeries
of 17nks nbovo ono link, aud in all family
government nnd in nil cITort to roscuo others
nnd In nil nttempt to stop Iniquity, tako tho
suggestion of my text nnd ninko n chain)
That which contains tho greatest import
ance, that which encloses tho most tremend
ous opportunities, that which of earthly
things is most watched by other worlds, that
which has beating against its two sides all
tho eternities, is tho cradle. Tho gmvo is
nothing in Importance compared with it, for
that is only n gully thnt wo step across in n
second, but tho crudlo hns within It a now
eternity, Just born anil novcr to coaso. When
threo or four years ago tho Ohio river over
flowed its batiks nnd tho wild freshets swept
down with them hnrvosU and cities, ono day
was found floating on tho bosom of tho
waters n cradlo with n, child in it nil unhurt,
wrapped up snug nnd worm, and Its bluooyes
looking into tho lihio of tlio opou heavens. It
was mentioned as something extraordinary.
Dut ovcry cradlo Is, with Its young passenger,
floating on tho swift current of tho centuries,
deep calling to deep, Ohlos nnd St. Lawrences
and Mlssissipplsof influence, bearing it on
ward. Now what shall bo douo with this
now lifo recently launched! Teach him an
evening prayer) That is important, but not
enough. Hear him as soon ns ho can rccito
Bomo gospel hymn or catechism) That is Im
portant, but not enough. Every Habbatk
nftcruoon rend hlmn IJIblo story) That Is
important, but not enough. Onco in n whilo
a lesson, onco In a whilo n prayer, onco lu n
whilo n restraining influence) All thesonro
important, but not enough. Each ono of
these, lufluouces is only n link, nnd it will not
hold him in tho tremendous emergencies of
lifo. Let it lo constant instruction, constant
prayer, constant application of good Influ
ences, a long lino of consccutivo impressions,
reaching from his first year to his fifth, nud
from lib fifth year to his tenth, and from his
tenth year to his twentieth. "JIako n
chalnl"
Spasmodic education, paroxysmal disci
pline, occasional fidelity, amount to nothing.
You can ns oasily hold nn anchor by ono link
as hold n child to tho right by Isolated nud in
termittent faithfulness. Tho oxninplo mui
connect with tho instruction. Tho conver
sation must combino with tho net Ions. Tho
week ilny conslbtency must conjoin with tho
Sunday worship. Hnvu family prayers by
all moans; but bo petulant nud Inconsistent
nnd unrensonnblo In your household, nud
your family praycra will Ikj n blasphemous
farce. So great in our times nro tho temp
tations of young men to dissipation nud
yojug womou to social follies, that it is most
important that tho first clghtoeu years of
their lifo bo charged with n religious power
thnt will hold them when they get out of tho
harbor of homo Into tho ctormy ocean
of nctlvo lifo. Thoro li tueh n thing ns
Impressing children bo powerfully with good,
that sixty years will havo no moro power
tocITaco It than sixty minutes. AV hat n rough
timo that young man has in doing wrong,
carefully nurtured as ho was! His father nnd
mother havo been dead for years, or over in
Scotland or England or Ireland; but they
havo stood In tho doorway of every dram
shop that ho entered, aud under tho chande
lier of ovcry houso of dissipation, saying:
"My son, thU is no placo for you. Havo you
forgotten tho old folks) Don't you rccogntzo
theso wrinkles nnd this stoop in tho shoulder
and this tremulous hand) Go homo, my boy,
go hotnol Ily tho God to whom wo consecrated
you, by tho cradlo in which w o rocked you, by
tho gross grown graves in tho old country
churchyard, by tho heaven Mt-cvo v.o hojio
yet to moct you, go homo! Go homo, my boy,
go homo I" And eomo Sunday you will bo
surprised to find thnt young man suddculy
asking for tho prayers of tho church. Somo
Sunday you will boo him at tho sacrament
nnd jwrhnps drinking from tho samo kind of
chalico that tho old folks drank out of years
ago when they commemorated tho sufferings
of tho Lord. Yes, my lad, you do not havo
such fun In slu ns you seem to havo. I know
what spoils your fun. You cannot shako oil
tho Influences of thoso prayers long ago of
fered, or of thoso kind admonitions. You
cannot mako them go away, nnd you feel llko
saying: "Father, what nro you doing hero)
Mother, nhy do you bother mo with sug
gestions of thoso olden times) Hut thoy
will not go away. They will push
you back from your evil paths, though
they havo to como down from their
I shining homes iu hoaven nud stand in
tho very gates of hell, nnd their backs
scorciica oi ttio iicry umsc, nnu witu tucir
hand on your shoulder, and their breath on
your brow, nnd their eyes looking straight
Into your, thoy will say; "'o liavo como to
take you home, oh, son of many anxieties!"
At last thnt young ma- turns through tho
consccutivo influence ol a pious piiroutagc,
who out of prayers and fidelities Innumer
able, mado a clalu. That is tho chain that
pulls mightily thi morning on WW of you.
You may lw too proud to shed u tear, and
you niny, to convince tthent of jour Imper
turbability, smllo to your friend liosldo you,
but there Is not so much Kiwcr in nn Alpluo
nvalnncho nfter it hns llptl forn thousand
feet nud having struck a lower cllll Is taking
Its second IkiiiiiiI for l,fKX) feet moro of
plunge, ns thoro is oucrlu tho chain that
pulls you this moment townrd (lml nml Christ
nnd heaven. Oh I tho almighty pull of tho
long chain of early gracious Inlluoucvcl
Hut nil peoplo between ISO nud IU years of
ngo, yes, betwveu 13 nnd fiO nyc, In'tweon 60
nnd 00 jours, nud nil soptungenniinus ns
well, need n surrounding conjunction of good
Influences. In Slug Slug Auburn, Mtiyn
monslng and nil tho other great prisons, nro
men nnd womon who went wrong lu mUMlfo
nnd old ngo. Wo need nrouud tis n cordon of
good Influences. Wo forget to npply tho
well known rnli) thnt n chain is no ntrongcr
than Its weakest link. If tlio chain bo mado
up of n thousand links nnd iiluo hundred nud
iilnety-uluo nro strong, but ono Is weak, tho
chain will bo lu danger of breaking nt
thnt ono weak link. Wo may ItiBtrong Inn
thousand excellences nnd yet havo otin weak
lies.! which endangers us. Thnt Is the mmou
that wo sometime:) my men distinguished for
n wholo round of virtue collnp-n nnd go
down. Tho woal; link iu tho otherwise stout
chain gave wny under thu pressure.
Tho first chain bridge wns built in Scot
land. Walter Scott tolls how tho French
Imitated It iu n brldgo ucross tho river Seine.
Duttherowns ono went; point lu that chain
bridge. Thcro wns it mlddlo bolt that wits of
poor materlnl, but they did not know how
much depended on that mlddlo lwlt of tho
chain bridge. On tho opening day u proces
sion started, led on by tlio builder of tho
bridge, nud when tho mighty weight of tho
procession was fairly on It tho brldgo broko
nnd precipitated tho multitudes. Tho brldgo
was nil right except In that mlddlo bolt. So
tho brldgo of character maybe mndoupof
mighty links strong enough to hold u mount
ain; but If thcro lo one weak spot, that ono
point unlookcd after may lw tho destruction
of a very thing. And what multitudes liavo
gono down for nil time nnd nil eternity be
cause In tho chain brldgo of their character
thoro wns lncklnir n Htiiini- imIiIiIIm linlt Hit
j had but ono fault nnd that was avarice;
lienco, forgory. Ho had but ouo fault and
that was n burning thirst for Intoxicants;
j hence, his fatal debauch. She hnd but ono
I fault nud that nu Inordinate fondness for
j dress, nnd houco her own ir.nl her hiislund'o
I bankruptcy. Sho hail but ouo fault and tlult
a quick temper; lienco the disgraceful out
burst. What wo all want Is to havo put
nrouud us n strong chain of good Influences.
Christian ussociatlon Is a link. Good lltcra
turo Is n link. Church membership Is a link.
Habit of prayer Is n link. Scripture research
Is a link. Faith lu Gal -is n link. 1'ut to
gether all thoso influences. Mnko n chalnl
Most excellent Is it for ui to get into com
pany better than ourselves, If wo nro given
to telling vllo stories let us put ourselves
among thoso who will not abide such utter
ance. If wo nro stingy let us put ourselvoi
among tho charitable. If wo nro moroso let
us put ourselves among tho good natural.
If wo aro given to tlttlo-tnttlo lot us put our
selves among thoso who speak no ill of their
neighbors. If wo nro desjiondeut lot us put
ourselves among thoso who mnko tho best of
things. If ovil is contagious, I am glad to
Bay that good Is also catching. Peoplo go up
into tho hill country fur physical health; so
if you would bo strong in your boul get your
self up off tho lowlands into tlio altitudes of
high moral association. For many of
tho circumstances of our lifo wo aro not
responsible. For our parcntago wo nro uot re
sponsible. For tho place of our nativity, not
responsible; for our features, our stature,
our color, not responsible; for tho family ro
tation lu which wo wcro born, for our nnt
ural tastes, for our mental character, not
responsible Dut wo nro responsible for tho
associates thnt wo cliooso nnd tho moral in
fluences under which wo put ourselves.
Character seeks nn equilibrium. A. U. In
good man. Y. 55. Is n bad mnn. Lot them
now voluntarily choose each other's society.
A. B. will loso a part of his goodness, and Y.
55. n jMirt of his badness, and thoy will grad
ually approach each other in chnrncter, nnd
will filially stand on tho same lovel. Ono of
tho old painters refused to look nt poor pict
ures because, ho Raid, It damaged hlstyIo.
A musician cannot afford to dwell among
discords, nor can n writer afford to
peruso lxxks of Inferior style-, nor
nn architect walk out among dlspropor
tioned structures. And no man or woman
was over so good as to bo ablo to nlford to
cliooso ovil associations. Therefore I said,
havo it n rulo of your lifo to go among thoso
better than yourselves. Cannot find them)
Then what n pink of icrfectlon you must liel
When was your character coniplotcd) Wbnt
n inlsfortuuo for tho saintly and angelic of
heaven that thoy aro not enjoying tho Im
proving Influence of your society I Ah, if
you cannot find thoso liottcr than yourself, it
is becauso you aro ignorant of yourself.
Woo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypo
crites I
Hut, na I remarked in tho opening, In sacred
and lu all etylcs of literature n chnln menus
not only adornment nud royalty of naturo
but sometimes captivity. And I suppose thero
aro thoso lu that senso deliberately aud icr
tlstently making n chain. Now hero Jj n
young man of good physical health, good
'manners and good education. How shall ha
put together enough links to mnkon chnln
for tho down hill road) I will givo him somo
directions. First lot him smoho. If ho cannot
stand clgniv, let him try cigarette I think
cigarettes v, ill help him on this rend n little
moro rapidly Iwcauso tho doctors say thcro is
moro poison iu them, nud so ho will bo hclicl
nlong faster, nnd I havo tho moro confidence;
In proposing this becauso about fifty of the
first youug men of Brooklyn dur
ing tho last year wero, according to
tho doctors' reports, killed by cigarettes.
Let him drink light wluos first, or
nlo or lager, and gradually ho will bo ablo to
tako something stronger, nud ns nil styles of
strong drlug nro more nnd moro adulterated,
his progress will bo facilitated. With the
old time drinks n man seldom got delirium
tremens before JW or -10 years of ugo; now he
can get tho madness by tho timo ho h 13.
Lot htm play cards, enough money put up
always to add interest to tho game. If the
father and mother will piny with him, that
wllllhelp by wuy of countenancing tho habit.
Aud it will bo such n pleasant thing to think
over lu tho day of judgment, when tho
parents give account for tho clovntcd man
ner in which thoy havo reared their chil
dren. Eery pleasant Sunday afternoon
tako n enrriugo rido and stop at tho hotels on
either sido tho road for Sabbath refresh
ments. Do not let tho old fogy pre
judices against Sabbath breaking domi
nate you. Havo a membership in some
club w hero libertines go nnd tell about their
victorious sins, and laugh ns loud us any of
thorn iu derision of thoio who belong to the
came sex as your sister nud mother. Pitch
your Ulbla overboard ns old fashioned and
fit only for women nnd children. Head all
tho magnzlno articles that put Christianity
ut disadvantage, nnd go to hear nil tho lec
tures that malign Christ, who, thoy say, In
stead of being tho Mighty Ouo ho pretended
to bo, wns an impostor and tho Implauter of
a great delusion. Go, nt first out of curios
ity, to see nil tho houses of dissipation and
then go becauso you have felt tho throll of
their fascination. Getting ixlong uplondldly
now I
Lot mo soo wlmt further can I lur.gcst In
that direction, lleconin mom delimit of all
decency, moro loud inouthcd In j ournlheUni,
moro thoroughly ntrohollml, mid instead of
tho suinll stakes that will do well riiough for
games of ehniieo 111 n Indies' parlor, put up
something worthy, put up moro, put tip nil
you have. WeltdunM Vuihnvoiuic'cef-dptl,
Yon lutvo mndoiiolmln-tho tobacco hnlill
ono link, tho rum hnbit one link, tho Impure
club another link, Inlldellty another link,
Hnbbntli desecration nnothrr link, unelcmi
ness another link, nnd altogether they mnko
n chnln. And so them Is nehnliioii your
hand nnd n chain on jour foot nnd n chnln
on your tonguo mid u chnln on your ojo
nud n chain nu jour brain nud it chain
on your property nml nehnliiou your soul.
Homo dny j on w nko up nnd you fciyi "I nm
tlrodof this, and I nut going to get loose
from this shncklo." You pound nwny with
tho hninnior of good revolution but cniiuot
break tho thrttll. Your friends Join you in n
conspiracy of help but fall exhausted In the
U'Mvnlllng nttempt. Now you begin, nnd
with tho wiithl.-g of n U'iocooii, to try to
hrvnk nwny, nnd tho muscles nm distended,
nud the great Imul of persplrallon dot jour
forehead, nud tlm cue Maud out from tho
socket, nnd with nil thoeotiivntrntod ener
gies of IkhIj", mind and soul you nttempt to
get loono but hno only inndo thu chain sink
deeper. All tho devils thnt ineiiuip in tlio
wino flank nnd tho rum Juj and thu decanter
for each ono hns n devil of lb own
como out nnd sit nrouud jou nud flint
ier. Iu somo midnight jou spring from
your couch nud cryi "1 am fust. O God,
letmoloosol Ojo iiowers of dnikncs, lot
inoloao Father nnd mother nnd brothers
nnd sisters, help mo to got loose I" And you
turn your prayer to blasphemy, and thou
your blasphemy Into prnyer, nnd to nil tho
tlln nnd uproar them Is plaj-ed an accompa
niment, uot nu ncconipaiilmont by key nnd
cdul, but tlio uccnmpnuhnoiit Is rattle, and
tho rnttlo Is thnt of n chain. For live yenrx,
for ton years, for twenty years, you Imvo
l)oon making u chain.
Hut hero I Inko n step higher, nnd toll j-ou
thcro Is n jxiwer that enn break any chnln,
chain of IkxIv, chain of mind, chain of soul.
Tho fetters thnt tho hnminor of tho Gospel
havo broken oh", If piled together, would
mnko ft mointniii. Tlio captives whom
Christ hns set free, if stood side by sldo,
would mnko nn army. Quicker than n ship
chandler's fiimncu ever molted it cable,
quicker thnn it key over unlocked n handcitir,
quicker than tho bayonets of revolution pried
upon tho Ilnstlle, j-oti may bo Migrated nml
inndo ft free son or u free dnughtor of God.
You lutvo only to cliooso Iwtweon serf
dom and cmnuclMitinn, bctwcou it chain nud
it coronet, lietweon Satan nnd God. Mnko up
your mind nud mnko It up quick. When the
king of Sparta had crossed tho Hollospont
ami was nbout to march through Thrnco, ho
sent word to tho jieoplo lu tho differ
ent regions asking thorn whether ho
should innrch through their countries
as it friend or nn enemy. "Ily all means
ns it friend," answered most of tho
regions, but tho king of Maccdon replied: "I
will tako timo to coiislder it," "Tlion," mid
tho king of Sparta, "let him consider it, but
meantime, wo march wo innrch." So
Christ, our King, gives us ourcholco between
his friendship nud his frown, and many of
u havo long been considering what wo hnd
better do; but menntlmo ho marches on, nnd
our opportunities nro marching bj And wo
shall bo tho loving subject of his reign, or
tho victims of our own obduracy. So, I urgo
you to prccIpIUincj', rather than slow
deliberation, nnd I will wrlto all over your
soul tho words pf Christ I saw inscrllicd on
tho monument of Princess Elizabeth in tho
Isloof Wight, tho words to whlsh her Indox
finger pointed in tho opou Dlblo w hen sho was
found dead iu her bed after n Ufetlmo of
troublo: "Como unto mo, all j-o who aro
weary and heavy laden, nnd I ill givo jou
rest." Isthcroftdriinkardhcro! Youmnj', by
tho Saviour's grace, havo that flro of thirst ut
terly extinguished. Is there n dofrnudcr
hero) You may bo mado a mint. Is thcro ft
llbcrtlno hero) You may bo mndo as pure as
tho light. When a minister In an outdoor
meeting in Scotland wns eulogizing gooduess,
thoro wcro hanging around tho edge of tho
audlcnco somo of tho most depraved men aud
women, nnd tho mlnistor said nothing nbout
mercy for prodigals. And a depraved woman
cried out: "Your ropo is not long enough for
tho llko of iu." Blessed bo God, our Gospel
can fathom tho deepest depths nud reach to
furthest wanderings, and hero is n rojxi that
is long enough to rcscuo tho worst: "Whoso
ever will."
lint why tako cxtromo cases, when wo nil
havo loon or nro now tho captives of slu and
death) And wo may through tho great
Emancipator drop our shackles nnd tako u
thruuo. You havo looked at jour hand nnd
arm only as being useful now, nnd a curious
picco of niiatonij1, but there Is something
nbout your hand nnd nrni thnt make mo
think thoy nro nn undoveloiicd wlmr. And
if j-ou would know what possibilities nro
suggested by that, nsk tho cnglo that hns
looked closo Into tho cj-o of tho noonday sun;
or nsk tho nlabatroai thnt has struck its claw
Into tho black locks of tho tempest; or ask
tho condor that this morning Is descending
to tho highest iioak of Chimbornzo. Your
right hand nud urm and your left liund and
arm, two undeveloped wings, better get
rcsdy for tho empyrean.
Ulse, my soul, and stretch thy wlnjr,
Thy IxHtcr ortlou trace.
Thcro hnvo been chains famous In tho
world's history, such us tho chnln which fas
tened tho prisoner cf Chlllon to tlio pillar,
into tho stnplo of w hlch I have thrust my
hand, on tho isolated rock of the I.ako of
Oenovn; such ns tho chain which tho Russian
cxllo clanks o:i his way to tho mines of Si
beria; such ns tho chain which Zunobln, tlio
captivo queen, wore when brought Into tho
presence of Aurcllau. Aye, thero have been
races in chains, and nations lu chains, and
thcro hns boon it world lu chains; but,
thank God, tho last ono of them shall
bo broken, and under tlio liberating
power of tho omnipotent Gospel tho shackles
bhall fall from tho last neck and the last arm
and tho last foot. Hut theso shattered fet
ters shall all bo gathered up again from tho
dungeons nnd tho work houses aud tho mines
nud tho rivers nud tho fields, nnd thoy shall
again bo welded nud again strung link to
link, and polished nnd transformed until this
world which has wandered olT nud been n re
creant world nnd n lost world, shall by
that chain bo lifted nud hung to tho throuo
of God, no longer tho iroa chain of oppres
sion, but the golden chain of redeeming love.
Them let this old ransomed world bwing for
ever! Holl on, yo years; roll on, jo daj-s;
roll o.i, yo hours, nnd hasten tho glorious
consummation!
Tho &mllowa of Nlueum.
Tho Niagara, river Is a favorite liaunt for
tho swallows. Airy cool evening thousands
of theso tireless birds may bo seen hovering
near the surfneo iu pursuit of their minute
Insect prej-. Thoy nro mostly of thowhlto
bellied species. During tho day they jicrch
on tho telegraph wires by flio roadside, and
their loud twittering may bo heard u long
distance. Thoro is no more valuable bird
than thoswallow, and sundry alleged sports
men who flro into flocks of them solely for
tho sake of "practice" should bo puuUUod.
Uullalo News.
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Wedding Invitations, Engraved Calling Cards, 13ox Station
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Give Us ei Trietl Order.
The Season for Driving
Has opened and wc have just received a line line of Turf
Goods and a great variety of
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