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VOLUME VIL
HARKI80N, NEBBASE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 18&4.
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TALMAGE'S 8ER1I01J.
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HE SPEAKS OF THE MEN WHO
REJECT RELIGION.
Ba Ukw IkM ta tha Mm I
Ma Wha Varo C AtU4 fa
Faaat a "aa tar Baltaia
aa4 la carter.
Rev. Dr. Talmure, who 1 still
tuilv
nt on bU round .he world tour, 4
looted as the subject of hi serCM
through the preM for hut
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"Holy Compulsion," the test bc J i
Luke sir, 23, "And compel the-: j
come la."
The plainest people In our day ajre
luxuries which the klaf sad qata
of oldea times neve imagined. I waC
up and down the stairs of Hoi ft id
palace -a palace that was conaiA "ii :
one of the wonders of the world - stZJ I,'
said, "Can It be possible that this trail
there was of this reputed woade TU
place?" And this is the case in ntjy
other instances. There ara fruli"i M
Westchester County and oa Li.2g
Island (arms far better than the f
grauates and apricots of Bible t
Through all the ages there have I
scenes of festivity, and the wet
man of my text plans a great tt.
talnment and Invites his friend
one builds a beautiful hone, he w
his acquaintances to come and
it. If one buvs an exquisite plot
na
he want his fr.ends to come and ;"wp-
m
preciate it, and it was a laudable i
aa Koaa k a aa a u 1 1 K f Man A
w mo as kaau w 7a iwu iuwu wi tf T 9
happy himself, wanted to make of J
people happy- And so the lavttaaJaf
went out, but msjmmoi ,ir
akmKamv.urMa.n . ant. nma mliA Kmm nwtft.
viae s-ass aamu j v wi awaa j vuv v aav aewaw ara
vided a grand feast when he finds out
that the guest Invited do not Intend
to come. Tb'.re is nothing that so
provokes tho master of the feast as
that
FrWolnaa Eicihi.
Well, these people invited to this
great banquet made frivolous excuHes.
The fact was, I Biippo.-te, that some of
them were oitonded that tnis man had
succeeded ho mucn better In the world
than they had. There are people In
all occupations and professions who
consider it a wroiitf to them that any
body else Is advunced. suppose thexc
people invited to the feast ,-uid among
themselvos "We are not going to ad
minister to that man's vanity. He is
proud enough now. We won't go Bo
sides that we could ail give parties if
we made our money the way that rnan
makes his."
So, when tho messengers went out
with the invitations, there was a
unanimous refusal. One man s:tid,
"Oh, 1 have bought a farm, and I
must go ami look at it!" He was a
land seculator and had no business to
buy land until he knew about it. A
frivolous excuse. Another man said,
"I have bought five yoke of oxen."
The probability is he was a simulator
In live stock. He ought to have known
about the oxen before he bought them.
Besides that if he had been sery anx
ious to get to the feast, he could have
hooked them up and driven thorn on
the road there. Another frivolous ex
cuse. A not tier roan said, "Oh, 1 have
married a wife and can't come,"
when if he had said to his wife: "I
have an invitation to a splendid din
ner. It is highly complimentary to
I me. I should very much like to go.
Will you go along with me.-" she
would have naid. "To be sure I will
go." Another frivolous excuse. The
fact was they did not want to go.
"Now," said tho great man of the
feast, "I will not be defeated in this
matter. 1 have, with an honest pur
pose, provided a banquet, and there
are scores of people who would like to
como if they were only invited. Here,
my man, here: you go out, and when
you find a blind man give him your
arm and letch him in, and when you
11 nd a lame man give him a crutch and
fetch him in, am when you find a poor
man tell him that there is a plate for
him in my mansion, and when you find
some one who is so ragged and wretch
ed that he has never been invited
anywhere then, by the kindest ten
derness and the most loving Inv.tatlon
any one ever had, compel him to come
in."
Moral of the ParaMa.
Oh, my friends, it requires no acute
noss on my part or on your part to see
In all this allalr that religion is a ban
quet. The table was set in Palestine a
good many years ago, and tho disciples
gathered around It, and they thought
they would ha e a good time all by
themselves, but while they sat by this
table the leaves began to grow and
spread, and one leaf went to the east,
and another leaf went to the weat.untll
the whole earth was covered up with
them, and the clusters from the heav
enly vineyards were plied upon the
board, and the trumpets and harps of
eternity made up the orchestra, and as
this win of God Is pressed to the Hps
of a sinning, bleeding, suffering, dy
ing, groaning world, voice breaks
from tho heavens, say lag: "Drink. O
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friends! Yea, drink, O beto ed!" O
Massed Lord Jesus, the best frlead I
e er bad, was there ever such a table?
Wm there ever such a banquet?
ran UM araM aattfud bifh.
Wkara tb ftavlor 4a (U u dim,
. What Bakvttoa auoa)a I baar
BanUag aa tka ravl(a4 rar I
aataa's faaaandt work is doaa.
Com, aa4 aalaon. rfooar. coram.
mf t Mallelaa.
Religion la a joyous thing. I do not
want to hear aaybody talk about re
ligion as though it were a funeral. I
do not want anybody to whine in the
prayer meeting about the kingdom of
God. I do not want any man to roll up
hia eyes, riving in that way evidence
o. his seootitv. The men and
women
God whom I hap; en to know lor tea
wmnMt wxm-t KwiA mUntt ( ilw Ik
lsexhllaratiaa to the body. ltd In
vigoratloa to the micd. It is rapture
to the snuL It la balm for all wounds.
It is light for all darkness. It is har
bor from nil storms, and though Uod
knows that tome of them have trouble
enough now they rejoice because they
are on the way to the congratulations
eternal.
Oh, the Lord Ood has many fair and
beautliul daughter, but the fairest of
them all is she whose ways are pleas-
anteet and whose paths are peace!
Now, my brothers and sinters -tr 1 1
nave a right to call you atl ao-i Know
some people look back on their an- i
cestrel line
and they jm they are de
scended rroca tne run tans or
Hugue
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look back on my ancestral line, and I
y. see therein t nch a mingling and mix
u ture of the blood of all nationalities
that I feel akin to all the world, and
by the blood of the Son of God, who
died for all people, I address you in
the bonds of universal brotherhood. I
come out as only a servant, bringing
an invitation to a party, and I put into
your hands, saying, "Come, for all
things are now ready," and 1 urge it
upon yoj and continue to urge it, and
before I get through, 1 hope, by the
blessing of God, to compel you to come
In.
We must take care how we give the
Invitation. My Christian friends, 1
think sometimes we have just gone
opposite to Christ' command, ana we
have compelled people to stay out.
Sometimes oar elaborated instructions
have betn the, hindrance. We gradu
ate from our theological seminaries
on stilts, and It takes five or six years
before we i an come down and stand
right beside the great masses o. the
people, learning their joys, sorrows,
victories, defeats,
Uvvrmmh Tnanloay.
We get our heads so brimful of the
ological wisdom that we have to stand
very straight lest they spill o . er. Now,
hat do the great masses of the people
earn about the technicalities of relig-
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tween suo(a'Narian ana sepraiapear-
ian What do they cure for your pro
found explanations, clear as a London
fogy When a man lis drowning, he does
not want you to stand by the dock and
describe the nature of the water into
which he has fallen, and teli him there
are two Dirts hydrogen gas and one of
oxygea gas, with a common density of
3d b'.. turning to steam under a com
mon atmospheric pressure of 21-. He
does not want a chemical lecture on
water. He wants a rope.
Oh, my friends, the curse of God on
the church, it seems to me, in this day
is metaphysics. We speak in an un
known tongue in our Sabbath schools,
and in our religious assemblages, and
in our pulpits, and how can people be
saved unless they can understand us'i
We put on our otlicia gowns, and we
think tho two silk bal'oons Tapping at
the elbows of aprea her gi e him
groat sanctity. The rhcr of God's
truth flows down before us pure and
clear as crystal, but we take our the
ological stick and stir it up and stir it
up until you cannot see bottom. Oh,
for the simplicity of Christ in all our
instructions-the simplicity He pnw
ticed when, standing among the peo
ple, He took a lily and said: "There is
a lesson of tne manner I will clothe
you, and, oointing to a raven, said:
"There is a lesson of the way I will
feed you. Consider the lilies - behold
the fowls."
I ttiink often in our religious in
structions we compel the people to
stay out by our church architecture.
People come in and they tind things
angular and co'd and stilt, and they go
away never again to come, when the
church ought to be a great home cir
cle, everybody having a hymn!ook,
giving half of it to the one next him,
every one who has a hand to shake
hands shaking hands, the church ar
chitecture and the church surround
ings saying to tho people: "Come in
and be at home." instead of that, 1
think all those surroundings often com
pel tho people to stay out.
Loving ontuliilon.
Now, let us all repent of our sins and
beg n on the other track, and by our
heartiness of affection and warmth of
manner an 1 imploration of the spirit
of God compel the people to come in
How shall we lead sinrers to acce t
tho Lord's Invitation? I think we must
certainly begin by a holy lile. Wc
must be better men, better women, be
fore we can compel the people to come
into the kingdom of Jesus Christ.
Tbere are fine essays being written in
this day about science and religion. I
tell you the best argument In behalf of
our holy Cht ist'anity it is a good man,
a good woman, a life all consecrated to
Christ. No Infidel can answer It. Oh,
let us by a holy example compel the
people to come In!
1 read of a minister of tho gospel who
was very fond of climbing among the
(Swiss mountains. One day he was
climbing among very dangerous places
and thought himself ail alone when he
heard a voice beneath him say,
"r ather, look out for the safe path. I
am following," and he looked back. and
he saw he was climbing not only for
himself, but climbing for bis boy. Oh,
let us be sure and take the safe path!
Our children are following; our part
ners In business are following; our
neighbors are following, a great mul
titude stepping right on in o.ir steps.
Oh, bo sure and take tho right path!
Exhibit a Christian example, and so by
your godly walk compel the people to
come in.
I think there is work also In the way
of kindly admonition. I do not believe
tbere is a i erson in this houe who, if
ap. reached in a kindly and brotherly
manner, would refuse to listen. If yon
are rebuffed, it is tecauae you lack la
tact and common sense. But, oh, bow
much effective work tbere is in the
way of kindly admonition! Tbere are
thousands of men all around about yon
who have never bad one j ersooal in
vitation to the cross. Give that one
invitation, and you would be surprised
at the alacrity with which they would
accept It ,
I have friend, a Christian physi
cian, who one day became very anxious
about the salvation of a brother physi
cian, and so he left his office, went
down to this man's office and said, "Is
the doctor in?" '"No." replied the
young man waiting: "the doctor is not
in." "Well," said this physician,
"when he comes In, tell him I called
and give him my Christian love."
This worldly doctor came home after
awhile, and the message was given to
him, and he aaid within himself,
"What does he mean by leaving his
Cnrlstian love for me?" And he be-
came very much awakened and stirred
in spiru, am ne sua aiier awnue,
"Why, that man must mean my soul,"
and be went into his back office, knelt
down and began to pray. Then he
took his hat and went out to the office
of this Christian physician and said,
"What can 1 do to be saved?" and the
two doctors knelt in the o tice and com
mended their souls to God. All the
means used in that case was only the
voice of one good man saying, ''Give
my Christian love to the doctor." The
voice of kindly admonition. Have you
uttered it to-day? vVill yoa utter it to
morrow? Will you utter it now? Com
pel them to come in.
Faith and Prayar.
I I think there is a great work also to
be done in the way of prayer. If we
' had faith enough to-d y, we could go
before God and ask for the salvation of
all the peot le in our churches, and
they would all be saved, there and
then, without a single exception.
. .There might be professional men
there, political men there, worldly
I men there, men who had not heard
the gospel for twenty years, men who
are pre.udiced against the preachers,
men who arc pre.udiced against the
music, men who are prejudiced against
I tha Ahum K mA wk kM 'twi load
against God -I do not care - they might
be brought in by fervent prayer you
would compel them to come in.
Oh, for such an earnest prayer
People of God, lay hold of the horns ot
the altar now and supplicate the salva
tion of all those who sit in the same
pew with you yea, the redemption of
'SHVl'4H4M4swmi6lSaw9Mva
1 tell you to-day, my friends, of a
great salvation. - Do -you understand
what it is to have a Saviour? He took
your place. He bore your sins. He
wept vour sorrows He is here now to
save your soul. A soldier, worn out In
bis country's service, took to the violin
as a mode of earning his living. He
was round in the streets of Vienna
playing his violin, but after awhile his
hand Decame feeble and tremulous,
and he could no more make music.
One day, whi;e he sat there wee, ing,
a man rassed along and said, "My
friend, you are too old and too feeble.
Give me your violin," and he took the
man's violin and began to discourse
most exquisite music, and the people
gathered around in larger and larger
multitudes, and the aged man held his
hat, and the coin poured in and poured
in until the hat was full. "Now," said
the man who was playing the violin,
"put that coin in your pockets." The
coin was 4.ut in the old man's pockets.
Then he held his hat again, and the
violinist played more sweetly than
ever and played until some of tho peo
ple wept and some shouted. And again
the hat was tiled with coin. Then the
violinist dropped the instrument and
passed of, and the vhispor went:
"Who is it? Who in It?" and some
one just entering the crowd, said:
"Why, that is Uucher, the great vio
linist, known ail through the realm.
Yes, that is the great violinist."
Chrlnt Uaars Ont Hnrdani.
The fact was, he had just taken that
man s place, and assumed his poverty,
and borne his burden, and played his
music and earned his livl.hood, and
made sacrifice for the poor old man.
So the Lord Jesus Christ comes down,
aud he fim s us in our si ritual i enury,
and across the strings of his own bro
ken heart he strikes a strain of infinite
music, which wins the attention of
earth and Heaven He takos our pov
erty. He plays our music He weeps
our sorrows. He dies our death, A
sacrifice lor you. A sacrifice for me.
Oh, will you accept this sacrifice
now.' l do not single out mis and tbat
I man and this and that woman But I
suy all may tome. The sacritico is so
great, all may be saved. Does it not
seem to you as if Heaven was very
near' f can foci Its breath on my
check. God is near. Christ is near.
Ministering angels are near, your
glorified kindred in Heaven near, your
Christian father near, your glorified
mother near, your departed children
near, 'i o,:r redemption is near.
AHNiatnd by Noise.
Deaf persons, as a rule, bear bet
ter In the midst of a modern din than
when it Is quiet around them. The
noise of the cars in travel or the whii
of machinery In mills helps to make
up the volume of sound necessary to
reach their impaired organs. An
amusing Illustration appears In the
j case of a very vcneiaMe deaf gentle
. man wbo lived quite alone. On the
i very rare occasions when he had a
! visitor be used to busy himself shsk
, ing down the ashes in hia coal stove,
I so that by the dint of the supple
I meniary cla i or ho might catch what
his visitor had to say. .
. Discouragement If, often pride
wounded, though it resembles hit.
mlllty.
GEN. LEE'S CHARGE
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Few people in this bread
not know tbat toe laie uoa. i obart
K. Lee's war bona, Traveler, gained
almost as much fame as did twa tol
ehraied Co federate eo .j scanner him
self, any the St Louis BepoWlo. Af
ter tbe war an artist wrote to Gen
Lea asking for a deacrlptlon of Trav
eler, which Goo. Lee wrote to him.
A copy of this deaerfpt oa wm undo
Jtiy Miss Mildred Loo, daughter of that
General, for a . t Louts f lead, who
gave It to tbe Gleaner., This la what
the General wrote about hia faauoiu
bono:
'If I was an artist like you I
could draw s One picture of Traveler,
representing bis fne proponiona
muncular figure, deep cheat, abort
back, strong haunches, flat legs,
small be -id, broad forehead, del cate
ears, quick eyes, small ieeL and
black mane and talL bocd a pietore
would inspire i pet whose igenloa
could then depict hia worth nod de
scribe the endurance of to 1, hunger,
tb rst, beat and cid, the dangers
and sufferings thiough which be baa
paased. He could dilate upon hia
tagacity and affection and his invari
able response to any with of his
rider. He might even imagine hie
thought) through fats long night
marches and days of battle though
which be has pasasd. But 1 am no
artist aod can tberefoie only any that
he was a Confederate gray.
"I purchased bim In the autumn
of ifbl In tbe mountains of Virginia,
and be baa been my patient follower
ever since- to Georgia, the Carol lane,
and back to Virginia. He carried
me through the even lays battle
around ulchmood, tbe aeoood Man
asaas, at Miarpsbunxh, r'redericfcs
burgb, the last day at Chancellors vllle,
to Pennsylvania, at Gettysburg, and
back to the Kappabannock. From
tbe cemmencement of tbe lainpaign
In -bi)J, at Orange, till It close
around 1'etersburgh, the saddle was
scarcely oil' his back as be paased
through the fire of tbe Wilderness,
6pottsylvanla,Oold Harbor and ac tMi
the James Hlver. He was in almost
dally re.ulsltlou in the winter of
.11- . onjbe long line of defense?
from the Ch'ckabomlny north of
i iebmond, to Hatcher's bun south of
the Appomattox. In tbe campaign
of l sod he bore me from Petersburg
to tbe final day at Aneesawos
Court floa-sv : You h-wt t
tlremeut He s well supplied with
equipment. Two sets have been sent
to bim from England, and one from
tbe city of Kichmond, bat X think
bis favorite is tbe American- saddle
from bt Louis.
"Of all bis companions in toil
Richmond, Brown, ..owan, Ajax,uud
quiet Lucy ong he Is the only one
that retained h s vigor to tbe last.
The first two expired under tbeii
onerous burdens and tbe last two
fulled. You can, I am sure, from
wbat 1 have said, paint b s portrait"
This ends tbe description, signed
with the name of the famous Gen.
liooert. E. Lee, Lexington, Va., the
snmmer before be died.
K word a of Damascus.
To tbe love s of strange goods tbe
bazars oi Damascus are far more al
luring thau those of Cairo or Constan
tinople the capacious chests of the
merchants contain much tbat we
would buy were our purses 1 nger.
Old embroideries of wonderful colors,
delicate China silk of many hues,
swords of cunning workmanship, all
these lie piled beside us on tbe floor.
It is but seldom that a really good
specimen of the Damascus sword can
be obtained, tor the art of working
and engraving steel Is dead. The
words were made of alte nate laven
of Iron and stee , so finely tempered
thai tbe blade would bend to the
hilt without breaking, with an edge
so keen that no coat of mall could
res.f-L it, . nd a surface so high. pol
ished that when a Moslem wisl.cd c
rearrange bis turban be used his
sword for a looking glass. Chi cage
Inter tcean.
The Pin Story Improved.
A prominent banker in Sydney was
holding forth on bis early life.
"How did I get my first start c
life?" he exclaimed. "Why, one da)
I picked up a p n."
" h, that game's played out," wm
the cry.
"1 picked up a pin," the bankei
continued, "a diamond pin, which 1
pawned for uU, and after giving 1C
'bob to charity to change my Iuck 1
began my ca eer as a nioney-lendei
with the other ids. To-day,
after thirty years' hard labor, I am i
mil lonalre, aod to celebrate the
event 1 have ust given .Cs, more U
charity."
Keeping Nilver Bright.
The jewelers' method of keeping
silver bright is simple and effective.
.Smooth silver Is never touched with
a brush for fear of scratching lb
Fine French whiting Is moistened
with a little water, applied with I
chamois rag and a dry chamois rag U
used for polishing. Tbere are briubei
with chamois tips almost as One
camel's hair brushes to clean Hated
and cut silver, and much or VSm
liver is cleaned by applying
with a flne brush awd ruK titS
chamois skia. ,
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