New-York tribune., 1879-01-20
PULPIT DISCUSSION.
. PLEA FOR HONEST SENSATION.

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-, ~, r D, Tiu Tdlmdge at ne Brooklyn Tdbsrndek
Mr Talmage announced yesterday morning
t on next Sunday he would resume the series OF ser
,s which he is preaching life in great cities. Then
akincior his text Acts XIX. %: There was no small
Stir about that way he proceeded to speak OF Sehsa
,io, versus stagnation." The sermon was continual
,,oD q, the one delivered on the previous Sunday
what was the matter inquired the preacher. PauFs
,ocbinr in Epnesus had upset everything There was
. crest bonfire and the people had brought Ou'
&c 600 worth of bad books aud tumoled 'hem
into the rra There was end 70 tins man IhiptIu
rapce He assaulted the temple OF Diana WhlcA was
tr,ce as large % Il Paus London and M the audience
room of which tbeTe room for JO'oOO iNo''oS'
lie had ruined the medallion business and the mer
chants had called great ind gnation mass-meehs 10
de,ounce him. Paul created great disturbance
Wherever he went there small stlr about 'A'
way"
what is sensation Noah Webster defines II as - al
excited state OF thought or feeling NOW' say "eio
can be nothing more valuable the thousht ana ee-
i,c are IN the right direction. But the word mas
becn twisted 50 as to mean al that IS erratc
and reprrhensi5le. No can accomplish good
IN Church or state without exciting SEN
s,tion Sensation is life: stagnation Is death Wien
n NJ charged that ! am sensational, take u as
complimentary and promise 10 make The charge more
true There Is something ra@fd"N Wtou- IN ~. Ii @ y,
Inc arts to keep awake IN chdrch ate caFa"aY sceas
and cloves and cinnamon; We ustd nod up one lc',
81 etmuus from brother who stuck pm III us or caught
Inc teprOy Ins look Of older sister What is Ac use o
church than in any other kind OF building Many OF
our churches are great d0rmtorles what choral ana
ober drugs cannot do. the and long prayer ac
complish. Men bow their heads on the pew IN r0nt OF
them though they were overcome Win emouoh "ueh
T. young mnisters-ind they told me they were &c com
lhg mere '-4a3 ~ Si , "s A. - 20 f1t,,c othsva
iv myself. l can't keep awake al a religious service
yert there IL no pracucaIlry II vou suck the
tech ga LPH ID ID.
won't come any tBan they would accept an INVITA-
spend evening in tue va1it Of &c netcry me
great the church to-day between honest Ch
au sensation and putrd st2Euauon The great danger OF
the Church Of God as not sensation but staGnaton.
Durng the decade OF my preaching here IL has neen my
resolution. Goa helping me- never TO ne duI II man
SAYS a nng IN the pulpit merely 10 make men Iaugn ne
Is repre- LensIoie. don't care whether men Gfy or or
laugh or appaud or hiss or get up ana go OUT don
start with fleet foot toward Heaven In vain are me *
seven or ten years II yei YOU are HopeeSsy OuI ~ -
your own armOr never nv 70 e4P'alI
believe in Gods sovereignty and mau's tree
agency; harnouize them / caunot. believe mat
ne fat in Chrst's nature there were the divine and
Tie human how, do not know. Bat ihere are som,
caiae to get Us out OF f,-that know His grace IL
had great nre up 81 my house the otner day. /
burned up 500 manuscript sermons. When began 70
preach wrote out all my sermons, "ofl Ier WoIu
exclaimed ali my.t rcs Oi RELIGION, and the doctlue
at election plln Is san FrauclscOfoG. But a
stood by tue kitchen hIe and saw Aosc sormons burn
Thought they threw out warmth than they ever
lat before. II mas purpose here 10 snlte >n
without gard consequences. IAc excitement pro-
duced by OF my recent sermons Is because hey arc
eW fully true. one Of tie worst Uf the tines l.
taat the public makes So many ministers hush up
went ana explored the dark places ot TIE cltt some
didn't ike that way some Thought that should have
gone down Brooklyn Heights, and taken bank car
frJ ses and ain, at the Fourth Ward i'm NewYorR and
then turned my bead Tie other way, pulled the trigger
ard started south Euslwlck. And because dd bot
Cloo-e that way some ministers were frantic. l. |
ever preach on the Theatre again -hah make
ire of the theatres ana Who 20 there and wha
the plays choose the most startling and ArOuSnG
thcalps think OF. avn wiius Dy all the world 10
De called "a, If can save men. nave RED to
present religion that Will not leave man IA the lUrcn
and tnis church VIII bear me witness maj Lave
preached Christ.