The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-28

great army of Christian youth-n0t by
might. not by power, not by profound ar
gument, not by brilliant antithesis, but by
the blessing Of God on plain talk, and
humble scory, and silent tear, and anxious
look. THE lame take the Prev
Oh this work of saving the youth of our
country-how few appreciate what it is !
This generation tramping on to the grave
we will soon all be gone. What next9
An engineer on a locomotive going across
the Western prairies day after day saw a
little child come out in front of a cabin and
wave to him; SO he got in the habit of wav-
ing back to the little child and it was the
days JOY to him TO see this little one come
out in front Of the cabin door and wave to
him, while he answered back
One day the train was belated and il came
on to the dusk of the evening. AS the en-
gneer stood at his post he saw by the head
light that little girl on the track, WONDER
ing why the train did not come looking for
the train, knowing nothing of ITS peril. A
great horror seized upon the engineer He
reversed the engine He gave it in charge
of the other man on board, and then he
climbed over the engine, and he came down
on the cowcatcher He said, though he had
reversed the engine, it seemed us though it
were going at lightning speed, faster and
faster, though IL was really slowing up, and
with almost supernatural clutch he caught
| that child by the hair and lifted it up, and
when the train stopped and the passengers
gathered around TO see what was the mat
ter, there the old engineer lay, tainted dead
| away, the little child alive and in his
Swarthy arms
| "Ohw you say, that was well done "
But want you to exercise some kindness
and some appreciation toward those in COM
munity who are snatching the little ones
from under the wheels of temptation and
sin-snatchiug them from under thunder
ing rail-trainS otfeternal disaster, bringing
| them up into respectability in this world
and into glory for tho world to come. You
| appreciate what the engineer did; why can
you not appreciate the grander work done
by every Sabbath school teacher this after
noon!
Oh! my friends, | want to impress upon
| myself and upon yourselves that it is not
the number of talents we possess, but the
use we make Of them.
God has royal family in the world.
Now, if / should ask: "Who are the royal
families of historyf' you would say:
"House of Hapsburg, House of Stuarts,
House of Bourbons." They lived in palaces,
Lords royal familyl Some of them may
serve you in the household, some or them
are in unlighted garrets, some Of them will
walk this afternoon down the street, on
their arm a basket of broken food some of
them are in the,almshouse, despised and re-
jected of men, yet in the last great day,
while it will be found that some of US who
Jared sumptucusly every day are hurled
back into discontinue, there are the lame
| that will take the prey
One step further: There are great many
| people discouraged about getting to
heaven. You are brought up in good
families, you had Christian parentage, but
you frankly tell me that you are a thousand
| miles away from the right track
My brother, you are the one | want to
preach to this morning | have been look
ing for you. | will tell you how you got
| astray 1t was not maliciousness on your
| part. 1t was perhaps through the genialty
and sociality Of your nature that you fell
into sin. You wandered away from your
duty, you unconsciously left the house of
| God, YOU admit the Gospel to be true, and
| yet you have so grievously and prolongedly
wandered, you say rescue is impossible.
1t would take week to count up the
names of thosein heaven who were on earth
worse than you tell me you are. They went
the whole round of iniquity, they disgraced
| themselves, they disgraced their household,
| they despaired Of return because their rep
utation was gone, their property was gone,
everything was gone; but in some hour
| like this they heard the voice of God, and
threw themselves on the divine compassion,
| and they rose up more than conquerOrs
| And | toll you there is the same chance for
| you. That is one reason why | like to
preach this gospel, 80 free gospel, SO tre-
rnendous gospel. 1t takes man all wrong,
and makes him all right.
In former settlement where preached,
a member Of my congregation quit the
house of God, quit respectable circles, went
into all styles OF SIN, and IVES slain of his
iniqulty. The day for his burial came, and
his body was brought to the house of God.
| Some of his comrades who had destroyed
| him were overheard along the street, on the
way to the burial, saying: Come, let us
go and hear Talmage damn this old sinner p'
Obi had nothing but tears for the dead,
and had nothing but invitations for the
living. You see l could not do any other
wise. "Christ Jesus came to sock and save
that which was 10 e." Christ in his dying
prayer said: "Father, forgive them," and
that was prayer for you and for me. Obi
start on the road to heaven to-day. You
are not happy The thirst of your soul
will never be saked by the fountains of
sin. You turn everywhere but TO God for
help. Right where you are, call on him.
| He knows you, ho knows all about you, he
knows all the odds against which you have
been contending in life Do not go to him
with Il long rigmarole Of a prayer, but just
| look up and say: "Help Helpw
| But you say; "My hand trembles so from
my disslpations, | can't even take hold Of a
| hymn-book TO sing" DO not worry about
that, ny brother; will give out hymn
at the close so familiar you can sing it with
out book But you say: Il have such ter
rbe habits on me, can't get rid Of them. |"
NV answer is: Almighty grace can break
up that habit, and will break it up. But
YOU say: "The wrong did was to one dead
and in heaven now, and / can't correct that
wrong You can correct it. BY the grace
Of God, GO into tho presence OF that one,
and the apologies you ought 10 have made on
earth make in heaven
"Ohl" says some man, 'if should try to
do right if | should turn away from my
evidoing unto the Lord, | would be jostled,
[ would be driven back, nobody would have
any symuathy for me-" You are mistaken.
Here, IN the presence Of the church on Garth
and in heaven, give you to-day the right
hand OF Christian fellowship. God sent me
hero to-day 10 preach this, and he sont you
hore 10 hear this: "Let the wicked forsako
his way, and the unrigntsous man his
thought, and lot him return unto the Lord,
who will have mercy, and unto our God,
who will abundantly pardon" Though you
may have been the worst sinner you may
become tho best saint, and in the great Day
of Judgment it will be found that ''where
sin abounded, grace does much more
abound, d" and while the spoils OF an ever
lasting Idngdom are being awarded for
your pursuit, it will be found that the lame
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