The New York herald., 1874-09-28
BROOKLYN CHURCHES.
TALNAGE'S TABERNACLE.

The Proper Way to Regard Death-How
the FREQ and Easy Centurion Treated
st. Paul.
The Tabernacle in Schermerhorn street was
crowded during the morning services yesterday.
About 8, 500 people occupied the pews or sat upon
camp stools placed IN the aisles and at the rear
part of the church. The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage
conducted the usual services, and after the be2e-
dlction administered the communion to the men,
bers Of the church. peculiar feature OF the SER
vices .. the Tabernacle Is the congregational
singing, which was In excellent time and tune
yesterday. Mr.. Talmage's te ext was from II. Tim0.
thy, iv., g. I, s-For am now ready 70 be offered,
and the time OF my departure is At nand. have
fought good fight, have finished my course I
have Kept the iaith. Hencefortn there Is laid up
for me q crown OF righteousness.
Beginning by remarking that there are subjects
enough In the above text for ntry sermons. Mr..
Talmage based upon it a discourse against regard
ing death with horror. He said in substance -
The way out OF this life Is blocked up with the
CONN, the tomb and the undertaker's spade and
screwdriver. Christians garb themselves gloomily
and mourn over their dead, saying fearfully. "A
must come to this end" l would change all this
and make the death OF every Christian be regarded
Instead Of blackness and gloom /
would have light everywhere and everything
Departure, not death, should define what had 0c-
Cured TO the real Christian whose soul has LEFT u.s.
TO tine text ne so the
we call death. When st. Paul wrote these words
he was confined in the dungeon in Rome called
prison was below another, and the only way by
which he received iood or air was through atrap
in the moor Of d. the upper dungeon There sur
and shutLn by cold, damp walls, did ne despair or
fear deathy Mr.. Talmage answered this query
ST. Paul; who said to Mimi have
fought good fight, have finished my course,
have kept the isatn. aenceiortn tnere ~ IS
dramatically sketched the possible incidents OF ST
Paul's martyrdom, mimic king the tones OF the
Roman centurion who called the saint to "hurry
up old man, to be decapitated. The martyrdom
OF the saint occurred In the reign OF Nero the Big
rooms in whose palaces we're OF mother OF pearl.
in whose dining hall there was banquet contnu-
ally spread and whose horses had stables OF gold.
But st. Paul cared for none OF these. He joyfuliy
took bis departure at the stroke Of the sharp
sword. for the heaven wnere the climate and
as Christ sits at the right hand Of the Father, he
sits at the right hand OF the saviour. There are
old people before me, said the preacher, who have
trembed for many years at the idea OF death.
Whys MY aged father, what do you fearf You
say the uncertainty OF the hereafter yet you call
a sss O
Or you say that you wish to remain with your
many dear friends on earth. But have you not
fore your Take a census OF all you
gone from the earth You would not now call
them back II you could. II in the time OF grief
you had the resurrectonary power you would
have ratified at the gates OF Greenwood on the
night Of your friends burial and brought him or
her back 10 life, You would have committed
BURGLARY ON HEAVEN.
But God compromises with you. Though He does
not GIT you with resurrectionary poFer He gives
you the opportunity to }otn your loved ones. Why,
then. are you iearful and nlled with q dread o
deatha The climate and ell the other attributes
are more perfect than those you now enjoy. Mr.
Taimage said that he did not beheve 70 wishing to
only wished CHRISTIANS to think OF leaving the
earth without feeling horror-to depart With JOY
aud purity.