The New York herald., 1877-03-19
Talmage Talks to the Tele.
graph Operators.
HOLY COMM UNION.
rockingham Denies the Prophecies OF
Chnsts Coming.
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

ators His text was taken from JOB, xxxviil, 90
"Capst thou send ghtnipgs, that they may 50. and
say unto thee, Here VIC are?"
Ycs. we can, said Mr.. Talmagc it's donc thousands
of times overy day. Franklin, at Boston, lassoed the
lichtnines and Morse put them wire bit, turning
them round from city to city, and Cyrus W. Field
plunged them into sea, ana whenever tho tce.
graphic instrument clicks ut Valencia or Hearts Con-
tent or London New York. tho lightnngs OF heaven
are cxcaimpg, the words of my text "Here we are;
we wait your bidding; wo listen TO your command"
wish 70 recognize the that telegraph operators
have their hand on momentous interests to ALL and
that they have and which prove that
their nerves not, lkc the telegraph, made out OF
wire and in tho namc Of our all sympathetic Chris
iianjty address them -Canst thou send lightnings,
that they may 60, and say unto thee, here we are!
Yes that's your regular business.
PRAISES TELEGRAPH.
In the first place charge you to givo gratitude to
God for the fact that He mado you tho means OF SO
much advantage and blessing TO the world. on, what
stride from tho time when the Roman generals were
depending upon signals by the bonres kindled the
mountain top; from the time OF the rotating beam
upon VIII ich world depending in alter centur-
les down on from those days til this tme when one
tclesraphc company sends 10000, 600 dispatches in
ono year. and II am rightly informed, 10000
last Saturday week. Oh, what painsaking since the
fractional electricity by tho rubbing of amber TO this
time when Faraday and Morse Prescott and Or
lonesome way, somc in another-have helped
tho ghnngs OF heaven to come bounding along, cry
ing, "Herc aro!"
What mean all these storm signals at Barnegat and
Halteras and st. Johns ana Key Wcst2 Why, they
mean that the telegraph has gathered the weather re-
ports all the land, crying, "A tempest Is COM
ng - There thousands ot sailors asleep amid tho
curas and seawced who this morning would have
alive had the signal service been invented sooner
What mean all these trains going along the HUDSON
River and the Erie aud Pennsylvania incs with less
comparative loss Of lie than the time OF the Old
stage coaches? The telegraph wires arc hurrying
these charots OF IRE and millions ol people
travelling both ways in comparative safety.
What has this art done tor lileraturef Ono OF tho
great OF literature is acknowledgement long SEN
and whole pack of bounding adjectyes alter
one poor noun. The economies oil telegrspny say
Put you have TO in ten words or pay extra"
Under tins mighty pressure the lana IS learning the
beauty ot brevity. Why be SO spendthrit Of words
With iour God ordered the illumination OF TWO
hcm,s sphcres-.'Lct thcro be light" With live words
tho arcnange shall preach the funeral sermon OF the
world--"1ime shall be longer" The world IS being
talked death anu tue American telegraph is helping
70 abatc the nuisance.
In sudden exlgencies how quick !: brings the ply
siciani A ire Is put out IN nve muutcs You are IN
u distant hotel and in parcxysm o pain No rail-
road train could carry your message swift enough.
You telegraph hCme, 'Comc." ana very soon upon
your dying VISION there appears the amlar and sym
you as a sweet song ever since the day
when you put ring her hand There is not
telegraph. Churches benefited by the reports OF
their brought by telegraph. Every morn
on our breakfast tablo by telegraph through the
newspaper, the newspaper press oil this country IN
giving $52 900 or teegraphic intelligence and
Europe ST. 600 900 telegraphc inteli
geuce. The American villain lands in the arms OF tho
Liverpool police To arrest crime, TO scatter good aud
strike the common note OF universal accord God has
ordained the telegraph ! am very glad to know that
woman. shut IRON many places OF emp ployment,
has been admitted here People better behaved
nm m
Isn't that SOY Ii 1t isn't, why do We all love 10 get
into the ladies' cabin Of the Fulton terry boats
(Great laughtcr)
TRIALS OF TELEGRAPH OPERATORS.
Don't lot your art be mere matter OF work. l
preach this sermon 10 magnify your ohce aud TO stir
up your soul appreciation tor the grandeur OF that
work 10 which Goa has called you Again, charge
you that you man,an nvioatc ali the condolences In
trusted to you. Through otner hands DO there go
things never intended Tor the public ear At
this point say that think all judges OF courts
and tue national government ought to oe very slow to
bring IN prlvatc teiegrams us evidence What scene
1t wIicn Mr. Orion brought before Congress to
briug forward private teiegrams IL Is simple tact
the men who did that were scorched with their
own isntning, when the lightnings came and said,
..lierc we are. "Yes,' they SAID, land wish had
never YOU" (Laughtcrl The letters ol the Post
Uice more sacred than telegraph, and public
o,iSs ought be very careful lest they cripple Tins
greas\ influence. There are a great many people
tempted tell all they know, especially when they
dpni yx now much Men talk loo much a nd women too
To others your work seems easy playing
piano, but began TO learn the art you have
not been iroc from annoyances The story OF tho telc
graph has been the story oil trial and trouble IL has
been struggle struggle all the way and all the way
uown. seoastopol aud Austcrlitz and Gettysburg
were not less struggles than THIS. Wellington won
better victory at Waterloo than Cyrus W. Field when
he landed tho cable ut Hearts Content The pioneers
III telcgraphy tho target for the ccrs Of two hem
isphcres The United States government. time and
time az ain. has attempted steal the telegraph lines
OF this country and make them a mere system OF
political jobbery.
coxronrs DERIVED FROM THE rLEcRArn.
But IS there no comfort IN any department OF this
wonderful arty nave 10 tell you to-day that Gods
word Is charged with comfort, and you but touch 1t
you will ieo the eternal thrill. Your message sent 10
n long distance may seem to arrive at hour earlier
than when II was Gent; but here is something that
beats all tecgrapby the promise OF God d:"beiore they
call wiliauswer, and while tney yet speaking will
hear" God is ever ready; 60 TO Hin. DO you not
air. ady feel the shock Of The Lords battcryY No
people in all the world have such an opportunity. Coo
Is not the storm or the earthquake much as IN
the telegraph. You every day have your fingers on
the pulses OF the omnpotent arm. You ought 10 have
not far from any one Of you. Working as you do,
with such tremendous agencies, you ought TO be the
most devout OF all Christian people. Are your
LIT tho storm sgna to-day. There's day coming
which will try every mans work, no matter oil what
arc IN peril II / had tho teIceraphc wires oi the
world and could send only one message think II
would be this :-''Coc unto me all yc who are weary
and heavy laden and Will give you rest" am elnd
to know that God Is coming 10 take possession OF tho
world's telegraphic Instruments The thought s,irs
my soul Alter whe when ell tho Geographic lines
arc completed and instead Of our hvc wires through
tho ocean to Europe there Will be twenty, and the
wire Of the telegraph shall nsnuatc itself
there. should be some great central Office, and tho
operator should put his hand that instrument
md give the 6nai call TO all nations Yea, per-
hsps Christ Himself may put HIS hand that
tuarumeut and give the Official aud the sue
cessiu call 10 all people thrilling TO all lands tho
ssLook unto me, all ye ends OF the earth,
for am God, aud there else and all tho
tons instantly catching the invitation. shall respond
uud China shall ray, al come ana India shall say, II
como ana Siberia shall say 81 come" and Russia
sb III saw ~ come" and Europe and Asa and Africa
ana North and south America shall say "Wc come. "
Nations born In a aay. empires saved, the worlds
work done, God gorncd, heaven full!
The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego,
1md lean exultine, like the bounding roe;
A. siqh NO murmur. the wide world shall hear
From every eye wipes OIL every tear;
Il, ndsmnntne ci aims slinl Death De oound,
And heII's grim tyrant cc tn eternal wound;
The kteer and lion vt one crib sn ~ meet
And harmless scrpsn.s lick the pilgrims ees
God hasten the day And then the gavanomctcrs
nav melt and thon the Atlantic cables may snap, ana