The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-25
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TALMAGE IN THE WEST.
A VAST OUTDOOR MEETING IN
WINFIELD, KAS.

Uncounted Multitudes Present from
That and the Adjoining States-"The
Consultations OF the Redeem ed" the
Subject OF His Discourse-How to
Turn to Righteousness Re-
deemed Have "a Borrowed Light from
God.
WINFIELD KAs., June 24-Uncounted
multtudes were present to- day at great
outdoor meeting held in this place, where
the Rev. I. Dewitt Talmage, DID, was
the preacher. Not only this, but adjoining
states were represented in the congregation,
and the occasion will be long remembered.
The text was: They that turn many to
righteousness shall shine as tho stars for
ever and ever" Daniel, xii. 8; and the
subject: Tho Consultations Of the Re-
deemed" DR.. Talmage said:
Every man has a 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
lifo Is an anthem or a doxology. There Is no
such thing as negative influence. We arc
all positive In the place we occupy, making
the world better or making IL worse, on the
Lords side or on the DEVILS, making up
reasons for our bessedness or banishmantt
ana we have already done a mighty work
In popping heaven or hell. | hear people
tell OF what they are going TO do. man
who has burned down city might as well
talk of Some evil that he expects TO do, or O.
man who has saved an empire might as
well talk of some good that he expects to
Nv fh.ae - n.
nave already consumed infinite values, or
you have, by the power of right influence.
won whole Kingdoms for God
IL would be absurd for me to stand here
and, by elaborate argument, prove that the
world Is off the track. You might as we'll
stand at the foot of an embankment, amid
the wreck OF capsized rail train, proving
by elaborate argument that something IL
out of order. Adam tumbled over the en-
bankment sixty centuries ago, and
the whole race, in one long train, has gone
on tumbling In the same direction Crashf
crash The only question now Is, by what
leverage can the crushed thing be- liftedf
By what hammer may the fragments be
recoLstructedl
want 10 show 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
ShHihA Va "a AikhJ pAuHlDlB. n CUllu,
from filthy home, was taught at school to
wash its face. It went home SO much ira
proved In appearance that its mother
washed her face. And whom the father OF
the household came home, and saw the inn
provement In domestic appearance, he
washed his face The neighbors happening
In, SOW the change, and tried the same
experiment until all that street was purified,
aud the next street copied it's example, and
the whole city felt the result of one school
boy washing his face. That is fable, by
which we set forth that the best way to
get the world washed of its sins and pollu-
ton Is TO have our own hearb
and life cleansed and purified.
man with grace in his heart,
and christian cheerfulness in his face. and
holy consistency in his behavior, is a.
from others in that 10 has but one head,
and the longer 1t runs the better There
are honest men who walk down Wall
street. making the teeth Of iniquity chatter
There are happy men who go
into sick room, and, by look,
help the broken bone to knit, and
the excited nerves drop TO calm beating.
There are pure men whose presence siiences
the tongue of uncleanness. The mightiest
agent of good ON earth is a consistent
christian. L like the Bible folded between
lids Of cloth, Of calfsltin, or morocco, but
like it better when, in the shape of a man,
10 goes out into the world-a Bible illus
trated. Courage Is beautiful to read about;
but rather would ! see man with all the
world against him confident as though all
the world were for him. Patience is beauti-
full TO read about; but rather would see a
buffeted soul calmly waiting for the time OF
deliverance. Faith is beautiful 10 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
example
When. in the Mexican war, the troops
were waveriUg, a general rose In his STIR
rups 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 your commands to
others to advance amount TO nothing so
long as you stay behind To affect them
Alright you need TO start for heaven your
self, looking back only TO give the stirring
cry OF "Men, followi"
Again: We may turn many tosrighteous-
ness by prayer. There is no such detective
as prayer, for no one can hide away from
it, 1t puts its hand on the shoulder OF q
man ten thousand miles Off IL alights ON
a ship mid Atlantic. The little child cannot
undcrBtdnQ tne law OF elecJflClUy, or now
the telegraphic operator, by touching the
instrument here, may dart message under
the sea TO another continent; nor can we,
with our small intellect, understand how
the touch Of a christians prayer shall in
stantly strike a soul on the other side of the
earth. You take ship and go to some other
country, and get there at IL o'clock in the
morning. You telegraph TO New York, and
the message gets here at o o'clock in the
same morning. In other words, IL seems to
arrive here five hours before it started.
Like that is prayer. God says: Before
they call, will hear" To overtake loved
one on the road, you may spur up lathered
steed until he shall OUTRAGE tho one that
brought the news TO Client; but a prayer
shall catch il at one gallop. A boy running
away from home may take the midnight
train from the country village, and reach
the seaport in time TO gain the snip that
sails on the morrow; but mothers prayer
will be ON the deck 20 meet him, and in the
hammock before he swings into it, and at
the capstau before he winds the rope around
it, and on the sea, against the sky, as the
vessel ploughs 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 b. sheltered. He turned his face
toward Edinburgh and prayed, and there
came a thousand pounds. He turned his
face toward London and prayed, and there
came thousand pounds. He turned his