Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-05
TALMAGES SERMON.
N. BROOKLYN Preacher Addresses an
Immense Outdoor Audience
in the West
=. ensws now the Christian Way
rurn Many 90 RtEhteOusRess,
aud What VIII he the
Pay ThGreror.

and tShaf VIII he the
raw Therefor.
rrpocun,ed iuultitndes were present Sun.
Az. June cath. at a greatout-dcor meeting
~, ~ IN winfield, Kan. where Rev. r. De-
r,,t TsImage. ID. D., was the preacher
res only this but adjoining States were rep
...,a,ed in the congregation, and the occs-
NJ. will be long remembered. The text
was;
.A.,l shine as the stars for ever. and ever''--
n.,l., xii. s: and the subject; 'The Con-
t,ll.tions OF the &c lccmed."
pr. Talmage sind:
Fyery man has thousand roots and
.hou.and branches. His soDts reach down
. .,,o,,rh all me earth; his branches spread
,srourh sll the heavens He speaks with
-c,,e. with eye, with hand, with foot His
.,,s,ce often is thunder. and his life Is an
.-,bem or a doxology. There Is no such thing
!, negative influence. We are all positive ia
a, Mace we cc.upy, making ihn world bet.
~ an making it worse, OIL the Lords side or
n. sbe devils, making up reasons Tor our
E-s.edneSs or baaisil.Aent; aud we have al
ss.sy done mighty work in eopling heay-
- ar he'll. l hear oople tall Of what they
-. rolug t. DO. A man who has burned
sarT 4 cfty might as we'll talk of some evil
RAJ he expects TO do. or man W. 0 has saw
"a an empire might rs well talk Of some
800 that he expects 10 do. BY the force Of
sscr evil influence y0u have already consum-
"a irdnite values, or you have. by the pow
- AZ right influence, won whole kingdoms
f5r Good
~ II would BE- absurd Tor me 10 stand here
sad by elaborate argument prove that the
World Is OF the trace. lou might as well
.t~n,i Al the foot c.f an cmbankment, amid
~ wreck OF capsizsi rail-train, proving
Nv saboraie argument that something is out
~ order. Adam tumbled over the emDRnk-
-aent sixty centur e. ago, and the whole race,
n cue long train, has gone on tumbling in
the sane direction. Crash! crashi The on
N uus<tion now is. by what leverage can the
sy,ushad thing be liftedy BY what hammer
nav lie fragments By recoastructeda
Ivant 10 show you how we may turn many
a righteousness and what will be our future
nav fr - doing.
Ftsrsf We NAV turn them by the charm
NJ rixLt example. A child. coming from
fIfhy home, was taught at school TO wash
IL face. IL went home 30 much improved
N sprearanee thst It's mother washed her
koid came home and ssw the improvement
m domestic appearance he washed his lace.
The nelghboIs happened in, saw the change,
and .trled the experiment until all that
s.-set was purified, and the next street
copscd It's example, and the whole city felt
D. result OF one scllool-boy washing his face
This 4 fable by which we set forth that
he best way 70 gen the world washed OF It's
sus and pollution Is 70 have our own heart
clensed and pariiied. A man with grace In
IA, heart and Christian eheerfulness in his
f,cs. and holy consistency in his behavior, Is
perpetual sermon, and The sermon differs
from athers in that il has out one head, and
me longer II 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 the sick room
and. sy looK. help the broken bone 30 knit
aid the excited nerves drop to calm beating.
Thess ars pure men wlFoss presence silences
he toague OF uneieaDnesS The mightiest
agent Of good on earth Is . consistent Chris
tan. like tie bible ioided between lids
Of cloth. Of cslkskin, or morocco, but / like
tt better whom, il the shape Of a man. Ii goes
cut into the worid-a bible illustrated.
Courage Is beautiful TO read about; but
rather would see = man with all the world
sxairst him confident as though all the world
we're fog him. Patience Is beautiful 10 read
about; but rather wcnld ! see a buffeted
scal calmly waiting for the time of deliver
sncs. Fsith i beautiful 10 read about; but
rs,her would l find q man in the midnight
walking straight on as though he saw every
rking. o how many souls have been turned
% God BY the charm OF bright example.
When, In the Mexican war, the troops
were wavehng. general rose in bis sttirrips
and dashed into the enemy's lines, shouting
H1tn. fo.lowp Tney, seeing his courage
and disposition, dashed on after him and
f..anf tLhaf sxron mt N.
tbem for God l. an example to lead them.
All yeur commands 20 others TO advance
F. srlounts 70 nothing 50 lons rs you stay be-
hind. To affect them Alright YOU need 10
start 5cT heaven yourself. looking hack only
% give the stirring Try of MEN. iollowT'
Again. We may tt,rn many 70 righteous
nsk By prayer. There is no such detective
q payer. for no one can hide away FROM 1t
1tpus It's hand on the shoulder of mHn
Ten thou-and miles on II aiights on a ship
nidatlantie. The little child can not I'M
tertzad the law OF electricity or how the
teisEraphic operator, by touching the in
scument here, may dart message under
T he va 10 another continent, nor can we,
with our small iatellect, understand how
1 he teseh Of Christians prayer shall in
slzntiy strike soul on the other side Of the
earth. You take a ship and so to some
ether country, and get there at II O'Clock in
1 The morning. You telegraph 10 New York,
and he message gets there ut . o'clock the
4 szms morning. In other words. IL seems to
krnye here hye hours before it started. Like
4 hat IL prayer. God SAYS: Before they call
4 ! shall hear To oyertake loved one on
he road, you NAV spur up a lathered s:eed
Until he shall OUTRAGE the one that brought
tSs news 10 Client; but a PRAYER shall catch
4 y Il one gallop. A boy running away from
hame may TAXI The midnight train from the
country village and reach the seaport in time
. gain the ship that sails on the morrow.
but mother prayer wili on deck TO meet
hfa. and in the hammock before he swings
INTO IT. and at the cap~tan before be winds
re rope around IL. and on the sea, against
1s sky, IS the vessel plOuglis on toward it.
There Is mightiue.s in prayer. George
Muller paved company OF poor boys to-
geuer, and then be prayed up au asylum in
which they might be sheltered. He turned
nn face toward Edinburg and prayed, and
nere came thousand pounds. He turned
1h iire toward London and prayed, and
teers came thousand pounds. lie TUNED
n lace toward Dublin. and prayed aud
nsse came thousand pounds. The breath
@ Hualfs PRAYER blew all the clouds to.
{scer, and II was wet weather. Prayer, In
Daniels time, walked the cave As n lion
amer. IL reached up and took the sun by
~ golden bit and stopped It. We have all
Eysi 70 Try the full power Of prayer. The
2ne VIII come when tho American church
MI Pray with its face toward the west, and
~ ne prairies and inland cities will sirren-
Ger % God; and will pray with face toward
,1e YEA, and ell the Islands and ships viii
escone Christian. Parents VINO have way
hafd sons viii get down on their knees and
ssii -Lort. send my boy hosne," and the
sof IN Canton shalt get right up from the
za1,inz table and 90 down 10 the wharf TO
NC ouf which ship starts first for America.
Dol cDf OF us yet knows how to pray. All
" have dobe n ret has only been potiering
Ena guessing ans exp 'rimenting. A boy
~ bc'd OF his fathers saw and hammer and
1ss 70 maze something. hut it Is a poor az
~ that be makes. The father comes and
.kes inc same saw and hammer and builds
- 1ouse Of TIE ship In the childhood OF
y y. CHRISTIAN faith we make but poor worx
Ise mese weapons Of PRAYER, but when we
ne % re stature OF men in Christ Jesus,
~, imder these implements. the temple
-,,ea viii rise and the worlds redemption
.lh DC launched. God cares not for the
sAsn Of our prayers. or the number OF our
A5en. or the beauty Of our prayers. or the
q our prayers; bur il Is the faith In
- NAT tells Relieving prayer scars
49, nan the lark ever sang; plunges
ihan dtving-bell ever sank; darts
.'s1sr than lightning ever fiashea. Though
save used only the back of this weapon
80 o. the edge, what maryels have been
us1ti II saved we are all the eaptives
ssne earnest prayer. Would God that m
-re Tor the rescue Of souls. we might ie
s.sr lay hold ofthe resources OF the Lord
nnipotenf.
nay turn many to Righteousness by
nliSn admonition. DO not wait until
y eah make a formal speech. Address the
.ae 70 rou You will not 20 home
~ .o-uay. Between this aud your place
- pplhg you NAV decide the eternal des-
y an Immortal spirit just one sem
x. - nav do the work. Just one question.
i'll me nos. ibe formal talk thu b gins
~. sgh, and ends with a eanting shuttle
shat Is wanted, but the heart throb
y MAn N dead earnest. There is not q
~ ~ earth that yoa may not bring to God
~ r.ghtly go at It. They said Gibral-
.,Ss 49, not be taken. II Is rock sixteen
ia s ~ feet high and three miles long.
~. 90 hngiish and Dutch did take 1t. Ar
pSr,, ana safeers aud miners and fleets
NJ ny, yoiieys OF death, aud thousands
Il .,s. Ierkiess OF danger, can do anything.
,d s r.slfS heart of sin. though il be rock,