National Republican., 1886-11-15

nacle this morning, the Rev. t. DeWitt Tai
mage, d. D., pastor after expounding some
passages of Scripture recording scenes in the
life of Christ, gave out the hymn beginning;
Rock of ages, cleft for me.
Let Inc hide myself in thee"
The subject of the sermon was: "The Orchard
on the HILL" and the text, Luke xiii, 80:
"And when they were come to the place,whlch
is called Calvary, there they crucifed Him,
and the malefactors, one on the right hand,
and the other on the left" Following is DR..
Talmage's discourse in full
Just outside of Jerusalem is swell ofground,
toward which crowd are ascending; for II Is
The day of execution. What u mighty assemb.
lage! some for curiosity to hear what the
msielactors will say, and to see how they will
act. The three persons to be executed are
of lip and bloated of cheek. Some look up
with revenge, hardly able to keep their hands
of the sufferers Some tear their own SSnn dair IN
Silent fenfy hyorrSr OF ssS ssSae sS%f SesaR n' eSt uo
nncontrollable weeping Some slap their
hands in delight that the offenders n,sh are to be
Swords drive back the mob, which presses on
so hard. There is fear that the proceedings
may be interrupted Let the German Legion
now stationed at Jerusalem, on horseback dash
along the line and force back the surslng mul,
iitude. "Back with you." is the cry. "Have
YOU never seen man die beioreW
and two transverse pieces--one on the ton IN
which the hands are nailed. and one at the
faS SS whfh Ye bee one al tS the
right bearing poison, and the one at the left
bitter aloes; the one in the middle apples OF
love. Norway pine, and tropical orange, and
Lebanon cedar would not make so strange
grove as this orchard Of Calvary. Stand
and give n look at the three crosses Just
dies sconng. More tremendous than
his physical anguish is his sGorn and hatred OF
Him on the middle cross This one on the
Tic one in the middle. Iftho sGoGercould get
one hand loose, and lie were within reach he
would smite the middle sufferer in the face
he wishes he were down on the ground, that
he might spear Him, He envies the mechanics
who, with their nails, haye nailed Him last.
than the crash of tho rocks, hear him jeer
out these words "Ahl Ali You poor wretch,
l knew you were an impostoT! You pretended
master you.h 1t was in some such hate that
Voltaire, in his death hour, because he thought
he saw Christ In his bedroom, got up on ms y
What had the middle cross done to arouse up
this right hand cross3 Nothing o, the ,r en-
nifty Of the natural heart against Christi Ihe
thropic Christ, hut n Chist who comes 20
snatch men away from their sins-away with
Him! On, this right hand cross to'day, ! see
typifed the unbelef of the world Men say
"Back with Him from the heart, VIII not iet
Him take my sins. If lie will die, let Him die
for Himself not for me-" There has always
been war between this right hand cross ana
the middle cross, and wherever there Is All un
believing heart, thus the fight goes on. o, ~
when that dying malefactor perlshed the iaith
lessness Of man had persisted, then that tret
which yields poison would have budded anq
blossOmed with life for all the world, Lool
up into that disturbed oountenanGe of the SUI
feTer and see what a ghastly thing II is to re
ject Christ Behold In that awful face, in tina
pitiul look, in that unblessed death hour, thu
ttngs Of the sinners departure, What plungt
into darkness. Standing high upon the eros
on the top of the hill, so that all the worlC
may look at him, he says; Here | go out of
miserable life into q wretehed eternity =
One Twol Three Listen to tn
crash of the tSll, all y
had seventy years in which to prepare 70
eternity, said, "Were master of all the world
would give II all to live one day longer" 81
Francis Newport, hpyering over the brink
iiy from this breast2 What Will become Of me
Oh, that were to lie upon the fire that neye
is auenched, thousand years, TO purchase th
favor of God and to be reconciled 70 Hin
Ggainl Oh, eternity Oh, eternity Who CA