Milford chronicle., 1888-06-29
TALMAGE IN KANSAS.
HE breaches TO A LARGE AUDI
ENcE AT WINFIELD.

'eThe Consultations Of the Redeemed"
His Subiect-Christian Workers Shall
Reign Forever and zyer-We Shall
Choose Our Associates I'm Heaven.
WINFIELD, Kan, June "a = Uncounted
mutitudes we're present today at great
outdoor meeting held in this place. where the
Rev T. De Witt Talmage, D. D., was the
preacher. Not only this hut adjoining states
were represented in the congregation and the
occasion will be long remembered. The text
was: They that turn many to righteous
ness shall shine as the stars forever and
ever. Daniel xii 3, and the subject' THE
Consultations of the Redeemed" DR. Tai
mage said:
Every man has thousand roots and a
thousand branches. His roots reach down
through all the earth; his branches spread
through all the heavens. He speaks with
voice, with eye, with hand, with foot His
silence often is thunder, and his life is an an
them or doxology There is no such thing as
negative influence We are all positive in
the place we occupy, making the world better
or making it worse, on the Lords side or on
devils, making up reasons for our blessedness
or banishment; and we have already done q
mighty work in Peopling heaven or hell 1
hear people tell of what they are going to do
A man who has burned down a city might as
we'll talk of some good that he expects to do
or man who has saved an empire might as
well talk Of some good that he expects to do
BY the force of your evil influence you have
already consumed infinite values, or you
have, by the power of right influence, won
whole Kingdoms for Cod
Itwould be absurd for me to stand here, and
by elaborate argument, prove that the world
Is of the track Youlnight as well stand at
the foot of an einbanlment, amid the wreck
Of a capsized rail train, proving by elaborate
argument that something is out of order.
Adam tumbled over the embankment sixty
centuries ago, and the whole race, in one
long train. has gone on tumbling in the
same direction. Crashi crashl The only
question now is, By what leverage can the
crushed thing be liftedl By what hammer
NAV the fragments be reconstuctedf
/ want toshow you how we may turn many
to Righteousness, and what will be our future
pay for so doing.
First-We may turn them by the charm
of right example A child, coming from a
filthy home, was taught at school to wash its
face. It went home so much improved in ap-
pearance that its mother washed her face.
And when the father of the household came
home, and saw the Improvement in domestic
appearance, he washed his face. The neigh
bors happening in, saw the change, and
tried the same experiment until all that
street was purified, and the next street
copied its example, and the whole city felt
the result OF one schOolboy washing his
face That is a fable, by which we
set forth that the best way to get the world
washed of its sins and pollution is to have
our own heart and life cleansed and purified.
A man with grace in his heart, and Christian
cheerfulness in his face, and holy consistency
in his behavior, is perpetual sermon; and
the sermon differs from Others in that it has
but one head, and the longer it runs the bet
ter. There are honest men who walk down
Wall street, making the teeth of iniquity
chatter There are happy men who
90 into a sick room, and, by a look,
help the broken bone to knit, and
the excited nerves drop to calm beating.
There are pure men whose presence silences
the tongue of uncleanness The mightiest
agent of good on earth is consistent Chris
tan. like the Bible folded between lids of
cloth, Of calfskin or morocco, but like it
better when, in the shape Of man, it goes
out into the world-a Bible illustrated.
Courage is beautiful TO read about; but
rather would / see a man with all the world
against him confident as though all the world
we're for him. Patience is beautiful to read
about; but rather would see buiTeted soul
calmly waiting for the time Of deliverance.
Faith is beautiful to read about; but rather
would find a man in the midnight walking
straight on as though he saw everything.
Oh, how many souls have been turned to God
by the charm of bright examplel
When in the Mexican war, the troops were
waverinc, n general rose in his stirrups and
dashed into the enemy's lines, shouting,
Men, followp They, seeing his courage
and disposition, dashed on after him and
gained the victory. What men want to rally
them for God is an example to lead them.
All youl commands to others to advance
amount to nothing SO long as you stay be-
hind. To affect them ai7ght you need to
start for heaven yourself, looking back only
to give the stirring cry Of "Men, followl"
Again: We may turn many to righteous
ness by prayer. There is no such detective
as prayer, for no one can hide away from it.
Ii puts its hand on the shoulder OF a man ten
thousand miles of. 1t alights on a ship mid
Atlantic. The little child cannot understand
the law of electricity, or how the telegraphic
Operator, by touching the instrument here,
may dart a message under the sea to another
continent; nor can we. with our small intel
lect, understand how the touch Of Chris
tian's prayer shall instantly strike q soul on
the other side Of the earth You take
ship and 60 to some other country,
and get there at o'clock in the morn
ing. You telegraph to New York, and the
message gets here at o'clock in the same
morning. In other words, it seems to arrive
here five hours before it started Like that
IS prayer. God says: Before they call / will
hear.n To overtake loved one on the road
you may spur upa lathered steed until he
shall OUTRAGE the one that brought the news
to Ghent; but prayer shall catch it at one
gallop A boy running away from home
may take the midnight train from tho coun.
try village and reach the seaport in time to
gain the ship that sails on the morrow; but a
mothers PRAYER viii be on the deck to meet
him, and in the hammock before be swings
into it, and at the capstan before he winds
the rope around it, and on the sea, against
the sky, as the vessel plows on toward it
There Is a mightiness in prayer George
Muller prayed a company Of poor
boys together, and then he prayed
up an asylum in which they might be shell
tered. He turned his face toward Edinburgh
and prayed, and there came thousand
pounds He turned his face toward London