The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-14
TALMAGES SIGHTS OF SIN.
4 SERMON FOR THICH NE PERSONALLY
GdTHERED IMPORTATION.
The Tabernacle Crowded by - Congregation
thnt. ancr nii. Eeard No Particulars OF
what the InvestiantihR Pastor Had Seen.

what the Investianting Pastor Had Seen.
Mr.. Talmage preached with might and
main yesterday on his recent visit 10 places Of
wicked resort. Hundreds Of persons went away
from the Tabernacle unable to gain admittance.
The volume OF voices when the congregation
sang drowned Arbucklcs cornct aud even the
biz organ. The preacher was in high spirits.
and was even more violent than usual in his
manner OF delivery. IL began by comparing
himself to Ezekiel. who dug into wall found
an open door. went in. and bched all manner
OF creeping things and abomnable beasts.
Ezekiel did not say "Oh. Lord. don't want to
dig-1 dare not 60; II | 90 may be criticized !;
Lord. please let me on" so" said Mr.. Tai
mage. =" did not ask counsel OF my session
my Presbytcry. or Of the newspapers. felt
that as II Christian minister | had n Divine
commission to explore the ini1utics Of the
city. and | went and behcld tho Nominations
had never sown any wild oats. lLaughtorl
had read enough about them to see that there
must be some seductive temptation. saw tens
Of thousands Of young men going down. Just
MS in the sickly scason you hear the bells toll at
the gate Of the cemetery. so the bells were toll
ins Mt the gates Of tho cemetery for lost souls.
went. as tho physician goes to the smallpox
hospital. That would be a foolish doctor whQ
stood outside and wrote Latin prescriptions.
am here TO make report 9n m the plague,
whether my explorations Will not induce
others 70 make the same explorations; |
answer that II you 80 under tho same auspices
the name OF the Eternal God. gol lAppausel
But, " not. stay away. ! am asked Don't YOU
thin; your discussion Of these subjects will in
ducc others TO goT answer yes lust as much
as the description OF the yellow fever at
Grenada VII induce people to go down there;
am going To tell you story of the dying !
shall not gild infumy. | shall play dirge. and
not mn anthem While shall not bring the
the checks of men into coniiagra,ion. and make
their ears tingle. lApplause.l Let the news
pnpcrs criticlse; they give me S.0QO.9OO OF an
debted To- the press what can never repay. So,
slash away. gentlemen. Ii there IL anything !
| despise il Is u duh time. Press criticism l. a
| Turkish towel with which every public man
needs 10 he rubbed every day in order to create
| circulation"
as profoundly ignorant ~ the world Of sin rs II
! i had swung rs far ~ as Mercury from saturn
/ MIR. Talmags said: " II was a Dantc's Inferno
| There were corpscs moral. corpses everywhere
corpses on the stairway corpses IN the galle-
| ries. corpses in the gardens. Lepers were
| back the foul breath. The long bcaked vulturt
| WAS therc-the vulture Of infinite despair, with
| black wings wipng tho blood Of the soul. Nc
| linnet. no robin. no chafnnch was there; hui
| vutures. vultures. yulturcs. He told the story
| OF the Pennsylvania savant who preserved
| and broke the bottle. and a daughter was bttnr
| TO death by the serpent: He said that th'
haunts Of vice instead Of having eagles an,
doves for insignia. should have the adder an,
tho bat, As, to the magnhcencc Of thcs,
places. The declared Il 10 hs apocryphal
| He did not SEQ a painting worth s5 but ea,i
| was cross between n chrome and splash o
poor paint The upholstery was red ana cheap
ne w9n1Gr r ss n 81 yara rb eS2Ts wa coIa nse
! gewgaw. and show. nuch Of IL apparentll
| bought at some second hand furniture stor'
| compare IN loveliness with those who may b'
seen any day I'm Brooklyn thoroughiar Th'
music was execrable. with its cracked pano
and cheap orchestras. Sin however preten
tious. Is always poor The sheriff IA alwayi
lowering over these places with npif,ed maIiet
er %f' II BAD music c c"Sd matc such potsn
agent 70 lure young men 10 destruction h
| TO bring men to Christ Let US send such moi
a. Philip Phillips. tho Christian vocalist. al
around the world. and Arhuckle with his cornet
and Morgan with his Hallelulah ehorus.' an'
| 10000 more. 10 capture the young. Many
man who IS unmovcd by Chrr dan argumen
| surrenders 70 Christian song
Mr.. lalmage next spoke Of tho young mol
from the country VINO are tempted into wicked
ness, and pictured the agony Of the grief
stricken mother and the rural wonder AT tha
"Oh. young man" he said. " 1t was you VIII,
had heard how gayly the boat could dance oi
the edge of the naelstrom. ! have seen you
defiant look when You said: am migh,ie
than sin. when you surrendered To darkness
and TO death. when you yielded TO temptation
rs you came from the country unsuspectinI
and easily betrayed. II wns you who kille'
that loving motherl Did you prefer TO- tha
say you cannot abstain. There is somethin.
on your hands. II is red 1t is the bloc,
OF q mothers broken heartl oh. young man
II ! could save you | would come down from
the pulpit and beg you 10 stop"
Mr. Talmage announced that next Sunday h
will explain why tho municipal authorities al
low such resorts 70 exist. and show the ob
stacles in tho way other removal lie praised
| the Brooklyn police for preventing such place
| in that city. His Intention. lie SAID. - 90 con
| tinue his sermons on the subject : until he 20
| through" and mas saved 10000 young men
ed. e / defy ali earth and hell" lie closed witt
| a description Of n vision Of the past and futur
| OF n woman whom he met coming out Of one q
| the places he visited. which vision. he intimat
ed. came to him on his way home.