Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-21
TALMAGH'S SERMON.
y Great Brooklyn Diyine's First
4H@s Il. on His Return From a
&c inner Tour IN Europe,
Appeal 20 the Masses, Illustrated by
Powerful Allegorlcs storm
Signal OF the Soul.
'I.est Tia, by any Means, when Have
Preached to Others, Myself
should he Castaway."


Special 70 the Gazette.
BRooRINN, n. Y, Sept. 20.-Dr. Tai. |
mage, who has Just returned from Europe, |
delivered to-dayS sermon ON Castaways, /
at the Tabernacle, TO crowded audiencs. |
He gave out the familiar hymn beginning,
"Out on tue ocean all boundiesS we ride, -
after whicn he read and expounded the
tenth chaptor of Acts. His text was
"Lest that by any means, when | have
preached 10 others, myself should be a
castaway. NJ Corinthians *, 81. The
following is complete report of the
sermon:
The apostle, in the text, indicates that
some religious teachers may fail to reach
the heaven to which they point others
Gown and surplice and cardinals red hat
are no security. Cardinal Wolsey, after
having been petted by kings, aud
having entertained foreign emhas-
sailors at Hampton court, died
in darkness. One of the most eminent
ministers OF religion that this country
has ever known plunged into sin and
died, his heart, In post-mortem examine
ton, found to have been not flguratlyely,
but literally, broken. q ministers of
Christ, because we have diplomas OF
graduation and bands of ordination on
the head, and address conSecrtcd assem-
blages, that Is no reason why we shall
necessarily reach the realm celestial, The
clergyman mnst 90 through
the SAME GATE or PARDON
as the layman. The preacher may get his
audience into heaven, and he himself
miss IT, There have been cases of ship
wreck where all on board escaped eX-
ccpting the captain. Alas If, having
! ''preached TO others, | myself should be
/ castaway." God forbid IT,
| have examined some of the COM
mentaries to see what they thought about
this word "castaway," and ! find that
! they differ in regard to the figure used,
while they agree in regard 60 the mean.
1 ing. So shall make my own selection,
and take IL in nautical and sea-faring
sense, and show You that men may be.
come spiritual castaways, and how finally
they drift into that calamity.
We are sea-board town. You have
all stood on the beach Many Of you
have crossed the ocean Some OF you
have managed vessels IN great stress %
weather TAere IS Il sea-captuih; auo
there is another; and yonder is another
and there are goodly number OF yol
who, though once you did not know tn,
difference between a brig and a bark
and betweenN diamond-knot anc
a sprit-sheet.sail knot, now yol
: are as familiar with a ship rs you are witt
your right hand, and, il II were necessary
YOU could take vessel clear across thu
mouth OF the Mersey Without the loss %
single sail Wen, thefe,is dark nigh
IN your memory of the sea. The vcsse
became unmanageablc. You saw il wal
scuadjng toward the sh9re. You hear,
the cry, f'Brcakers ahead, Land on th'
lee bowl The vessel Struck the rock
and YOU felt the deck breaGng up nde
your feet, and you were q castaway, "a
. when the Hercules drove on the coast o
CaffraIia, rs when the Portuguese brit
went Staying, splitting, grinding, crash
i ing on the GOodwins. But Whether you
have followed the sea or not, you all an
dcrsiand the figure when ! tell you tina
there are men who by their sins ant
temptations are thrown helpless Driver
before the gale, Wrecked for tw0worlds
e easy AWAY! CAST AWAY!
By talking with some sailors \ hay,
. found out that there are three oii0u
causes for such calamity to a vcsse.
have bcen told that IL sometimes cok,qi
from creating false lights on the beacl
: This was often so in olden TINES, VI
not many years ago, indeed, that vag'
y bonds used 10 wander up and down u
bcoch. getting vessels ashore in the nigh
throwing up false lights in their present
and deceiying them, that they might q
spoil and rnnsack them, Al! Kinds OF u
formal arts were used to accomplish tn
And one night, on the Cornish coast, wh'
the sen was coming In feariully, some v
!. Iains took a lantern and tied II to nor
and led the horse up and down the oeac
the lantern Swaying TO the motion oil u
,e horse. and sea-captain IN the dining "a
n and made up his mind that he was u
p anywhere near the shore, Tor he sai
uThere's vessel; that must be Il vess'
for us a movable light and he had
comprehension until he heard the roe
gratlng on the ships bottom, and 1t We
0. Ia pieces, and the villains on shore CAT
cred IN the packages and the treasur
tbet were washed 10 the land. Ana
have TO tell YOU that there are a mutt
tude of souls ruined
Z. ny FALSE LIGHTS oN rHE BEACH
In the dark night OF mans danger,
li0ious error goes up and down the shf
r. shaking its lantern, and men look on a
take that pickering aud expiring WICK
The signal of safety, and the cry Is, "llea
The maln-topsail TO the mast All
well,n when sudden destruction come
upon them, and they shall not escape.
there are all kinds Of lanterns swung
the beach philosophical lanterns euu'
,ioral lanterns, humanitarian lanter
Ncn look al them and are deceived, vi
Il there Is nothing but Gods eternal lig
&c house Of the Gospel that can keep III
p9SS from becoming castaways once, ON W
Crag lighthouse, they tried 70 build q
ner flrure of wolf with It's mouth op
- 50 thar, the storms beating into i,
wolf would howl forth the danger
mariners iliat might be coming anywl
near the coast. OF course II was u
ure. and so All new Inventions Tor
saying OF mans soul are unayaili
What the human race wants Is light Du
ing forth iron the cross standing on
treat headIands--the light Of pardon.
light OF comfort, the light Of teaNen.