The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-07-07
TALMAGE's sREMON.



dungeons that chilled himP What to
Latimer now the flames that consumed
hlm2 All those who, through the grace
Of Christ, reach that land, will never be
disturbed. None to dispute their throne,
they shall reign forever there. But alas
for those who have made no preparation
for the futurel When the sharp-shOd
hOOfs of eternal disaster come up pant
Ing and swift to go over them, how will
they contend with hOrsesp And when
the waves Of their wretehedness rise up
white and fOaming under the sW0Oping
OF eternal storms, and the blllows be-
come more wrathful and dash higher, oh
what will they do amid the swelling of
JOTdanp
If could come into your heart 1
would see that many Of you, my dear
| friends, had vowed to be the Lords. l
know not what sickness Ii was, OF what
| trials; but verify believe there Is not
a man In the house but has sometimes
vowed he would be the Lords. 1t might
have been at the time when your child
lay sick you said: 20 Lord, If you will
let this child get well will be a
Christian" Or 1t might have been In
| some business trouble, when you have
said: 80 Lord, If thou wilt let me keep
my property / will be a Christian" You
kept your property, your child got we'll,
| the peril passed. Are you a Christlanp
History says that long ago 1t had been
announced that the world was coming
| to an end and there was great excite
| would perish on a certain Friday. On
| Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day the people were in the cathedral,
praying and weeping. 1t seemed as
If the whole English nation was being
converted to God, for 1t was announced
as certain by philosophers that on that
coming Friday the world would per-
ish. Friday came and there were no
| pOrtents, no fires In the air, no earth
quakes. The day passed along just like
| every other day, and when 1t was past
and the night came, 1t Is said that In
London there was q scene Of riot, was
sail, and drunkenness, and debauchery,
| such as had never been witnessed. They
forgot their vow, they forgot their re-
pentance, they forgot their good resOlu-
| tiOns. Oh, how much human nature In
thatl While trials and misfOrtunes
come to us while we are down deep In
darkness and trouble we make vows;
We say: 40, Lord, do so and will do
So" The darkness passes, the peril goes
| away. We are as we were before, or
| worse; for oh, how often l have seen
men start for the Kingdom Of God, come
up to within arms reach OF 1t and then
go back further from God than they
ever were before, dropping from the
very moment of their privilege into
darkness forever. Oh, how ungrateful
we have beenl Do you know how much
| God has done for you and for me2
Have you never felt it2 How much he
did for you today Who spread the ia
BILE for yOuP Who watched you last
nlghtp Who has been kind and good to
you all your life long? oh, how un-
grateful we have beenl Methinks the
goodness of God ought to lead this
whole audience to repentance. l know
not your individual history. Some Of
you never saw before, some Of you |
will never see again; but 1 know that
God has been good to you. What return
have you made? There was q steamer
on one of the Western lakes heavily la
den with passengers, and there was a
little child who stood on the side Of the
taffrails leaning over and watching the
water. when she lost her balance and
dropped into the waves. The lake was
very rough. The mother cried: "SaVe
my child Save my childP' There SEEM
ed none disposed to leap into the water.
There was Newfoundland dog on deck.
He looked upon his masters face as If
for orders. His master said: "Tray,
overheard, catch 'emP' The dog sprang
into the water, caught the child by the
/
The child was picked up by loving
hands, the dog was lifted on deck and
the mother, ere she tainted away, in ut
ter thanksgiving to that dog, threw her
arms around its neck and kissed It; but
the dog shook himself off from her en-
braces and went and laid down, as
though he had accomplished nothing.
Shall a mother be grateful to dog that
saved her child and be ungratefuljtO the
Son Of God, who from the heights of
heaven plunged into the depths of dark
ness and suffering and woe that He
might lift us up out Of our sins and
place us on the rock of ages2 Oh the
height, the depth, the length, the infin'
ICY, the horror of our ingTatitudel
Don't you treat Jesus like that any
more. Don't thrust him back from
your soul. He has been the best friend
you ever had. You will want him after
awhile. When the world Is going away
J from your grasp, and all the lights that
shine on your soul are going out, and
the friends that stand around you can
do yea no good, and you feel your feet
slipping from beneath yOu-Oh, then
you will want Hlm-the living Jesus,
the sympathetic Jesus, the pardOning Je-
| ana-tn atand PlOaa nv Won and hold Won