The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-07-08

Brooklyn, June 27.-This morning
over two hundred more new members
were received into the church, making
$50 received during the present month.
Following is a verbatim report of the
sermon of Rev. DR.. Talmage:
s~UBJECT-AB 0vE ALL OTHERS.
Text Peter 81: "Unto you there.
fore which believe, He is precious" ,
For six years this country had very
hard times. What was the matter with
the stores, with the harvests, with the
men? 1t was a lack of faith. Enough
money, enough goods, enough skilled
brains, enough industrious hands, but no
faith. Now l have to tell you what ru'
ins the commercial world, ruins the spir-
itual. Our great lack is faith. That is
the hinge on which eternity turns. What
was it that lifted Paul and Luther, and
Payson and Doddridge above the ordi.
nary level of Christian character ? 1t
was the simplicity, the brilliancy, the
the power and splendor of their faith.
Oh, that we had more of it! God give
us more faith to preach and more faith
TO hear. "Lord, we believe help Thou
our unbeliefl" To you which believe,
He is precious.
First, Iremark Christ is precious to the
believer as a savior from sin. A man
says, ITO whom are you t4lking2 1 am
one of the most respectable men in this
city, Do you call me a sinner" Yes
"The heart is deceitful above all things
and desperately wicked" 1 know that
about it, for God announces it in His
word and what God says is always
right. / was blind once, bu5 now 1 see.
l PROSTATE myself at the foot of the cross
of the Savior's mercy.
What a grand thing it is to feel that
all my sins are as though they had never
been, for the sake Of what Christ has
done. You know there is a difference
in stains. Some can be washed out by
water, but others require a chemical ap.
plication. The sin of the heart is 80
black and indelible a mark that no hui.
nan remedy can remove it, while the
blood of Jesus Christ can cleanse it for.
ever. Oh, the infinite, the omnipotent
chemistry of the Gospel.
There was a very good man about
seventy.fve years of age once said IL
believe God has forgiven me, but there
was one sin l committed when 1 was 20
years of age I never forgave myself for,
and 1 can't feel happy when l think of
it," Why, he lacked in faith. The grace
that can forgive a small sin can forgive a
large one. Mighty to save. Who is the
God like unto our God that p~ardoneth
iniquity Oh, what Jesus ia to the soul
that believeth in him And Jesus looks
back into his face and says: "To the ut.
termost." The soul says, will it never
be brought up again 2" "Never," says
Christ. "Not in the Judgment day ?"
"No," says Jesus. What bread is to the
hungry, what harbor is to the bestOrm.
ed, what light is to the blind, what lib.
erty is to the captive, that, and more
than that, is Christ to the man who
trusts him.
Just try to get Christ away from that
Christian. Put on that nan the thumb
screw. 7 visit it until the bones crack.
Put that foot into the iron boot of per-
seCutlon until it is mashed into a pulp.
Stretch that man on the rack of the in
QUESTION, and louder than all the uproar
of the prosecutors you will hear his voice
like the voice of Alexander LeCroix
above the cracking fagots as he cried
out: 10, Jesus Oh, my blessed Jesus
0, Divine Jesus, who would not suffer
and die for Thee?"
Again, / remark again that Jesus is
precious 10 the believer 40 a friend. You