The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-24
snecinl DISPATCH to Tho Annenl.


Special Dispatch to The Appeal
BROOKLYN, N. V, Dec. 23,-At the
Tabernacle today the Rev. I. De Witt
Talmage, d. d., read and cxpounded a
chapter about the multiplication Of loaves
and fishes. The opening hymn was:
"The morning light IS breaking,
The darkness disappears
DIR. Talmagc took as the subject OF his
sermon, "A Bad Boil Cured" Tho text
was: "a have heard thy prayer behold, l
will heal thee. And Isaiah said Take n
lump OF figs And they took and laid il
on the boil and he recovered. - Kings
Nx., 81.
Luxurious living is not healthy, Tho
second generation OF Kings and Queens
and Lords and Princes is apt 10 be brain.
less and invalid. The second crop Of
grass is almost always short. Royal
blood is generally scrofulous. You will
not be surprised, then, TO hear that King
Ilczckiah had disorders which broke out
in oarbuncle, virulent and beautiful. The
Lord told him he must die he did not
want to die. lie turned his face TO the
wall so that his prayer would not be in
terrupted, and cried to God for his life.
God heard the prayer and answered il,
saying Behold, Twill heal thee" But
there was human fundamentally TO he
employed. This carbuncle needed a "cat-
aplasm." That is tough word we use
10 show how much we know II in the
pulpit We always used words the people
understood, We never should have any
reputation for learning. Well, this car
bunclc needed a cataplasm. which Is a
poulticc. Your old mother, who doctorcd
her own children in the time when ply
sicians were not rs plentiful us they are
now, will tell you that the very best poul-
ticc is a fig, and that was what was used
upon the carbuncle OF King llezckiah.
The power Of God, accompanied by this
human fundamentally, cured the King.
In this age Of discovery, when men
know 80 much IL almost kills them, and
write 40 wisely IL almost kills us, IL has
been found out that prayer TO God IL q
dead failure. All things are arranged ac-
coriing 10 ineXomblo law. There is no
use in praying 20 God for rain in time OF
drought The weather probabilities" in
the morning papers will decide the
question, rain or no rain, and the whole
nation IN prayer before God would not
bring down n single drop. am not now
speaking of an imaginary theory, but of
that which Is believed by ten thousand
times ten thousand men.
II sickness comes 10 your household, il
will depend entirely upon ventilation.
good diet, and the skill OF the doctors. ms
90 whether your child gets we'll. The
father might pray all day, aud the mother
might pray all night-it would nnl hsye
any effect upon the case II souills.
helll.sdonnn. parnggS,,r and Cruel do the
work, your child will get well: II not, not.
There Is a east iron God seated nj the
head Of the universe, holding in the cold
grasp Of His metal fingers band Of law
from which nothing can break away.
Men and women OF God, az this point
the great battle Of Christianity Is 10 be
fought The great Zoe OF Christianity To.
day IN raiional,rm, tina, coincs out oi our
schools and universities, aud magazines
and newspapers, Ia SCOT NJ Bible truth and
oanclturo the old religion Of Jesus. IL
says Jesus is not God, for Il Is impossible
90 explain how he can be- divine aud
human at the same time. Tho Bible IL not
inspired, lpt thcfc are things In II that
thoy don't like. Regeneration Is a farce:
there l. good enough In M, and the only
thing is 10 bring II ont. Development Is
the word development. Tho Garden of
Eden Is fairy story, aud no more 10 be
believed than the Arabian Nights or Gull
liycr's Travels or Robinson Cru-oc. We
all started "a balloons, and are blood rcla.
tons 10 that monkey equrming about ON
the top of that hand organ. Lazarus WAS
not dead when Christ pretended 10 raise
him; lac WIS only playing dead The water
Was not changed into wine at the wedding.
but Christ brought in some wine which he
had found elsewhere 90 make up the def.
cheney. Christ did not walk on the sea,
but on the shore, 20 near that IL seemed as
" he really were on the water
What h still morc alarming h that
christian men dare not meet this ridiculc.
There is not one Christian man In fla.