Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-11-05
J. l VI. In. 8 m. n. lys.
TsImRge ON iEolern Preachers

sermou cf Rev. DR.. Talelage:
'PcopIo Will ro: 60 Interested 10 wdst US
sag unless W. ued@r3taai tie spirit Of tlo dag
in which Ee live. All tic ao3.b IrisA sais-
tics afo eiraa b. thcaa VITO srs trying ia our
liuo to Wo.k the WjrC-.u. lu2c&ieoty OF Tho
past tunes.
Young miGis!crs aro tola they mus! preach
Christ nod Him c,uolGcd. Yes. 0u; not as an
abstraction. Ma0y O minister has preached
Christ and Him ctucyiad 10 sucl way thai bu
preached 80 sudierc, Of Ave huaGred aoWa to
.Wo hEadrt d. sad from tTo huGdreh TO ona
buoGred, sri from one nuaGred 20 fly, sod
from fifty to tWsny. sad 9n doHa u9tll thero
was but !ist!e lets ssvo the seEt0G who was
pail IL a'sP Until tha ectv,ca TaS over uad llcS
Up Ii i, 80, Ch:isS cad IiI craciisG as au
sDeirao;l0u, tus az 81 Omplp0telt sy@pe.hy
applied to eli the wants and wees oil Ong in mcr.
ts neiure-a Christ Gho will help us ia every
d.mas;,o avcCa,ioa.
Ill is often the case that tie difiorl'y besias
clour bsck ln tha noElc c!,c!e. wllh missppr,
beraioo SIS TO wbioh child Ocgat to bs c0us.-
Grated &c tue ministry. John Is keen. bright
boy. Ee is good q; 6 bsrgaia. Whsn he trades
e. school he always pela tEe Aes: Ct &c. hiaks
hn mercasaf. Hs sill eoen gslhcr for
uue. George has great csEcbca! dcvecpmcot.
pDrcno!2sl1sl!y. Iaf gage is large. Mako him
C lawyer. H:Gry tas laig9 grin ct the chest,
scd ls military il h;s a;ep anG bea::cG. Send
him TO West Polns Wil;i:nl is toud CT skeict
ing espc c;s5 Of sketc5irg ships. M,ke bi;n
8 shiptuiiicr. AIeck is oUt very vol He
hs5 never bud very coed dige9ti0n. Ha hss Q
m1rbi3 Wsy OF looking ct thir&s. Els gili sit
for hours 0tki12 CT uae figure il tho carpet.
His msopcrs sra 50 mild. SO soft, So sante, 50
al, c!iOuate, 50 heavenly, and ae c'iss easily.
Make him mlcister N0r, my li:bds. that
is a ercst mistake. Ii you ~eut 10 constcf.te
cnc cf your 5oUs 10 the Gospel mrisiry, take
ho oGc widest a9pka. the bcswn!es:, the most
brilliant, the mos; irresis,ib,. tho mos; p1tent.
Il :biuk, too, thss ministerial l.ziosss uiteu
emp!!es the churches OF auditors. Hssrers
VINO crs ioogont through readog naespa-
peFs snd bg 1civo asiocisllon 10 bo.icess cir
cl0s viii 'It on the Sabbath six esd listen to
pisi'udes. Hcsrers will EOS come 10 sernous
sh'ch have 10 than no t.ats, 20 reformation,
60 s;lrrre power. 10 adaptation, GO fro. Tue
ocW Will pGt ii5isn 10 the pulpit unless at Iesst
oo The suit c. that dsy under d0ou. sio1. the
pulpit knows movo than the paw. Mi2sterisl
:Z!nesS hss cleared out ma1y churches Such
miul3tcra seuntor sround from neiur 10 pariur
uo5er the nnmu OF pastoral visitation, aud 20
2sddlug abCu: through tho village or tic c!ty
oa erraGds OF oopp!eto po;hinguras, a1d then
On Saturday, stterooon p1. q few crude thoughts
together, cod on Suodsy m0rnitg Worder tbs,
the thUme o; Christ and Him c1uc,fiod does cot
bring large nudicpeo. snd on tioad.y sit
toWu aud w:!tc isgemadj FER tho religious
newspapers ahcus ito deeaGsgca ol church o,-
tcndaGc.
The supple faat is, Tie p,opic are tired Of
the humdfun OF rtligioGiats Religious hun.
dtuA is tGo w1rst OF sl hunGIum, ECu Sc
over aad oser sgein, Come to Jesus, Until
the phrase ussos sbsolusely nothicg. Why do
yOu not tell .hem story Ghic5 viii make tbep
clme to Jesus IN fTe U,1u!es2 You say that;
all Suntsy -scho!l teachers ard ell eVargelsts
aud ell ministers Dust briog their illustration
from tho Bible. Christ did rot when be
presc&o1. lie Grey them from tie lilies. from
tho ravens, ircm sslt, from candle, from
tu'hs, from Cg.faceG hypoc!tca, from gusts,
from moths, from large gates and small gates,
from csDel. from the needle eye from yeast
in tic dough o. bread, fron a mustard seed,
from fishing not, from debtoIs eud creditors
That IS the reason nui,itudes followed Christ.
dis illustrations Ttro SO easy and So uodcr-
5ts q liable"
looking across to bill. Christ sag tho city
IL
corspicui!y OF Cbris:sn example lie aei:i, Tho
world is looking at you; bs careful. Il city that
is set On hill cannot be hid" While be was
speskiug oftho divine care OF Gods children a
bird asw pa.t Ee said. "Bohoid the ravenO,"
Thun looking down in tho vslley. all covered At
thst sosson with Howers, Ee sid, "Consider e
the lilies" Now whn. is the use of goipg sway
oil in 'one obscurs psrt OF history, or on the
other sce the earth, 10 ge. Oh illustration when
the earth and tho hesvelo are full.
Why should we 20 away off ic get an illus.
trs.on of the vicarious suffering Of Jesus Christ
whom only lsst week at Bloom faid. New JersaS,
oply ten or hfteeE miles from here, two little
children were walking on thu rail track snG
| train was coming; but tbey wero oa bridge o.:
trestle work, ard ths little girl took her brother
and let him down through the Lre,tlc work es
gently sc she could toward tue water, very care.
iully and loving and cautiously, so that ho
might not be hurt in the fall, sud might be
Ilcked up by those Who were atsnding nesr by.
While doing tina. the train st,uck her, and hard
~ enough OF her body was LETT to gather into
funeral ca.ket.
What is the use of our going away of 10 ind
an illustration in past sses, wien four OF five
weeks ago. in Michigan, r1sil csrrier on horse.
back, riding on, pursued By those flames which
bad swept over hundred miles, saw On Old
man by the roadside, dismounted. helped the
Old man on the horse, saying Now whip up
and get away The old man got away, bu.ths
Ena'!-o.rrier pefished.
- vi hat is The use of cur going sway OF in
| sEcsns history to find al illustration of ihe fact
!ha. it lie dangerous TO defy God, when lsst sum.
mar in the dIondacks saw fish Of light
ming and bolt 30 vivid, l said, 'Thst struck
somsthing very near A few hours afssrw.rd
We found thss two farmers thst Monday morn
| ing had been sestad under tree, the one boast-
ing how tha. the day before, on the Sabbath, he
| hsd 90. his hay in, and so cheated tho Lord out
Of that part of the time anyhow, and both of
| them lsu2h hing over The achievement by which
| they had wIoaged thH Lord of His holy day,
when the lightning strucs one dead n.ssn.ly'
| snd the other had been two weeks in bed whsn
We left ths Adro1dscks. and hss beccm, 80 ir-
| valid foI life."
The reverend gentleman then proceeded 70
give variou, ins!sDces Of The glorious manner in
which ..soldiers OF the Croas" in our d.y and
generation hsd had such happy experiences At
| the day of their dsath, and again ssld miri,ters
| shnul6 sask "a ha or inir Fl -