The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-12-10
TELL JESUS.
II Is a Remedy for Every Sorrow, A Ready
Help for Sin.
Sermon Delivered In Brooklyn Tabernacle
by tho Rev. =, Dewitt Talmsge,
ID, d., sunday, Novem-
bar 80, 1888,
The opening hymn was that begin
"Muit Jesus bear the cross alone,
And All tho world 20 fTebY'

the body and buried II, and went and
told Jesus" Matthew xiv, l2) Follow
lug IL the sermon In full!
Aa outrageous assassination had Just
taken place, To appeaae reVtngeful
woman, HerOd had ord red the 1ealh OF
that nOble, aelf-s icrilicing, Christian
man, John the Baptist, The disciples
w re- In great trouble, There was no
court TO which they could make appeal,
Bn grief must have utterance, and II
there be no sympathetic ear TO heai II,
then 10 must be cried aloud 10 the winds
and the woods and the waters, But
there was an ear r9ady 10 listen What
bstuty OF pathOs aud what wonderful
picture In the words Of my TEXT: They
"Sent and told JssasW lle was ready
10 listen, aud He was ready TO assnagb
their grief. We 400 Christ standing,
Hla own face Swallowed with His own
sorrow, surrounded by group OF dis
ciplcs In violent gesticnlatl0n, with
many tears and with great 0ulcry OF
WOs. Raphael, with aklllfnl hand put
TN upOn the wall Of palace q picture
of Bible story. was not sO ekllllul ~ the
plain hand Of the evangelist ~ no puts
upnn canvass the sketch OF the ttxI!
Tley event and told Jesus
+ eGOths aud the Vandala came down
from lhs norIh OF Europe aud upset the
Rardena, and broke down the altaTs, ana
swppl away everything that was good
and beautiful aud ever ana anon Ia the
liyp1 of men there are rOugh'handed dc
spoilers. crusaders, who come down 10
despJil and plumber aud TO ranAack the
soul. No cavern Ia no deeply cleft IN the
mountain as 10 allow You shelter from
trouble. The foot of the Apelest couraer
II not swift enough 10 bear you beyond
pursnit. The arrows brought t0 the
string fly with unerrlng dart, and often
you have fallen pierced ana stunned
Now, am TINS morning to brlnR q
cathOlicOn for all your troubles. am
gOirg to gather all your griefs-l do not
care what they are-l am going "
gather all your grirfa Into u bundle,
an set them on fire with u spark from
Gods altar. The prescription OF the
tex, which healed the sorrow OF the dia'
ciplaa, ia jnst M successful u prescrip
II u 70 day, and will heal all your sor'
row..
A PRESCRIPTION PoR THE sIN-c0NyIcTED
Now, In the llr4t place, commend the
behavior Of the disciples In the text 10
Rl those who feel themselves sinful and
uup ,rdOned. There comes u time In
every man's life when he wakes up TO
an appreciation OF u sinful nature, The
thought may not have enough weight
~ fell him-it may O0ly be like the Il leh
Of a cloud at the close OF q hot summer
day; but the man must somehow get rid
OF lnat feeling. One man illea 10 prayer,
anO her man stimulates himself with |
ardent spirits, another man dives deeper |
into secnlarltiea, IL IN not wonderful |
when Y man seea his eternity poised on |
an uncertainty that he N determined 10 |
do something violent aud Immediate |
Now, can II be that there In In all this
hnu . this morning 0ae man VINO is nn' !
wliing 10 have the cancer Of sin taken |
from his soul, when the divine surgeon
T. rpady 10 do the work, aud do II success
fuIyY | cannot bslleve II, |
think the llrst thing for you TO do II
you are oppressed, my brother, N you
are oppressed With sense Of your sin
fulness, IL " 20 aud tell Jesus, Why,
NV friends, that is the business VI Jesus
liz does other things, hut think the
gfent business OF Christ " 10 pardon, TO
relax the grlp Of death from your soul,
aud 10 plant your unahaCkled foot on a
golden throne. Chriat allowed the tor
turpa Of the bloody mount TO iranellx
Him. with the beam Of Hia own cross
He will this m0rning crush In the door
Of your dungeon, Out 0f Hla own
thorny crown lie will pick enough gems
a. make your brow hlaZa with eternal
victory, In every tpaT Of His wet cheek,
In every gish Of His wounded side, IN
eyMy long aud blacSenOd mark Of lac.
erntiOn from ehonlder 10 shoulder In
the graye.shattorlng, heayen'atOrmlug
death cry, ! hear the words, Him that
cmrth uutO M viii in no wlae cast
Uut" o, what glorious gO,p'll What
n 4 apel TO preucbl What u gospel TO
hotrl "Whefe pin abOunded, grace did
much more abound"
Oh, says some man, "Why then you
propose TO cure tho wound VI sin by
making another wound, the wound Of
conviction" Why, my brother, that "
what all physicians do, Of all schools,
Tue physicians, when they llnd an old
ranking wound, they come with Caua.
tic, and they burn II out, aud then
health and restoration come. Here ls
the old sore Of ain, aud God comes by
His c0nylctlnR grace, and He burns II
out, aud the lleah comes again IN the
Il eh OF little child, Well, there IL not
u man In the audience but IL ready TO
have that process 70 on In hls soul, He
eaye: "Thata reasonable, that's right,
that's just what would suppose, aud
mean 10 have that process In my aoul"
When, my brother, whenp "Oh," you
say, "eome time" Well, can not afford
~ have you put of the subject In that
way, and you can not afford 10 put II of
In that way. lwant TO know Just when.
| have hoard that Alfred, the King, be.
fore the invention OF t,mo piecee, used
10 measure the day by three wax candles.
Each wax candle would burn eight
hours, no that when one wax candle
waa consumed eight hours were gone,
two wax candles, sixteen hours were
gone; and when tho third wax candle
VIVA consumed then tho twenty four
hours, tho whole day, we're gone. o, my
frlende, | wlph, inetoad OF measuring
our days and nights aud years on earth
by n ime'piece, wo would measure time
by mercles aud opportunities, which are
burning down and burlng out, never 10
be religbted, lest we wake up with the
discontinue OF the foolish virgins aud
cry; "0ur lamps are gone out"
AN EXAMPLE ron TuE TEMPTED.
But, IN the second place, commend
that behavior Of these Disciples IN tho
text TO oil the tempted, have heard
y 0ple euy they were never templed-
people who have come 10 mid life that
u 'yer have been tempted Oh. my
friends, II Ia because they have never
tried TO do right. II n man be- hand.
cufed and hObbled aud he Ito quiet, he
does not test the power OF the chain or
the mannclee; hut lot him try TO rise up
and break Oft the bandcuifs and the
al. .Al a.. No. /. A.. 4 |