The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-14
r4LMAgE ON TIE PRESIDENT.

TALAAGE ON TIE PRESIDENT.
New York World, Aug %.
To say that DR.. Talmage's Tabernacle
was dye5terdaywould but feebly
express its actual condition. 1t was
jammed. There were camp-stools in all
the aisles, and in the corridors back of
the pews hundreds of worshippers stood
up throughout the services. A hun
dred others stood in the outer corridors
listening to the powerful voice of the
preacher, and many went home disap-
pointed. 1t was DR.. Talmage's first SER
mon after his vacation, and his subject
the President was one well calculated
to draw large audience. He chose for
his text the 1st verse of the 40th chapter
of Isaiah "Gomfort ye, comfort ye my
people, saith your God" ''This reit-
Grated command to ministers Of the
Gospel" the speaker said "made CEN
turies ago, is just as applicable to-day
as it ever was. We are awaiting in grief
and anxiety the news from Washington,
with mixture of dread and hope in
which the foreboding is uppermost
Why should any man want to shoot our
President How any one could take
deliberate aim at aud shoot such a man
is utterly inexpicabIe. But the deed
is done. There is black shadow upon
every hearth-stone in the land, 1t is as
if there were one dead in every house,
hold. The prayers of all churches and
all Christians have been sent up in his
behalf, and they will be heard. GODS
way is the best way, although it may
not always seem SO to US. l have this
morning received many kilograms from
strangers, from friends and from officers
hope. Who knows ? He may yet come
through with the help of Christ /! But
indications are he will not. l have
fastened home before my time because
wanted to obey the behest of the Lord:
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, 1
wanted also TO comfort my own soul.
No event ever SO utterly overwhelmed
me as this. In this sermon 1 shall pre-
sent to you only the circumstances in
alleviation of this stupendous horror.
First, James A. Garfield is fully pre-
pared to change worlds if God calls him.
He settled that matter long ago. On
his knees he made his peace with God
when he was in full health. He last ac-
tiOn at Mentor before leaving home for
his post of duty was to partake of the
sacrament. Soon after he was shot he
said, with the sublime devotion of a
Christian, I leave all in the hands of
the Lord. am ready to die If he
dies-and let us pray God that he do
not-he goes straight to the bosom of
merciful God. That will be promotion.
On that stormy day in March, standing
on the steps of the Capitol, he took the
oath Of office and became President, the
highest honor man can gain. When he
reaches thegaL eof heaven he will receive
I the crown of glory.
/ Second-His family will be mag
nifcently provided for. 1t is awful to
die and leave family, unless you leave
an estate to support them. But in the
case of the Presidents family there IS
nothing to fear. The Garfield fund
already contains over $4,000 and
among the SO, 600, 900 of Americans am
convinced that there is not one who
would allow the family to suffer. In
the event or his death the family will
become the charge of the nation. Zap
/ plause.
''Third-If he dies the nation will
march right on without halting on its
path of prosperity. In Europe the death
of ruler is often the signal for revolu-
tion, but our country stood the shock of
the death of Lincoln without tremor.
If President Garfield had been instantly
killed there might have been panic,
Tor in times Of such intense excitement
men are apt to lose their heads. The
heart of the nation is sore, but its head
is level There will be but one life
taken, should the President die, aad
that will be by the hands of the law.
We are people of order. We have no
sympathy with the rumored organiza
tions who are going to tear down the
Washington Jail and lynch Guiteau.
Let US have him tried before a Judge
and jury. Let the scaffold DE prepared
and the stout rope fixed, and let the ac-
cursed assassin Guiteau be hung by the
neck until he be dead, loud applause. J
/ do not know the possible incoming
President, but / prophesy that if the
President dies his successor win cause
the chief ideas Of his Administration te
be carried out. Thore are men in the
present Cabinet who have done and are
doing good work, and they will be re.
! tanned. Postmaster-Gener James, who
has exposed the Star-route swindles, and
S cretary of the Treasury Windom, who
has accomplished wonders in his depart
ment, win surely hold their places.
/ Robert Lincoln, Secretary of War, who
; is loved for his own good qualities ant
i respected because OF his fathers memo
ry, is also pretty sure to continue il
office. slb
J 'Fourth--If the President dies he die
: at what must be considered the bes
S time. 1t may not seem 50 to me nor t
4 you, but it is, for it is Gods time
J, he should live his administration woul
e be reformatory one, and would be ce
n tain to excite rancor. He would i
1 sure to be abused by the press, as Ii
o has been before. If he dies he die
;, with the consolation of knowing that