New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-16
LOSS AND GAIN.
Or. Talmage Ciphers Out Sums in
Gospel Arithmetic for Bargain
Makers
Wholesome Advice to Money seekers
and All Those Who Worship
the Golden Calf

country, saying That at a recent meeting OF
Sne officers of the 18th regiment at his house
he had set before them four kinds of wine.
BE said: 81 will pay $1,000 to any charita-
ale institution If it can be proved that one
drop of wine or any other Intoxicating liquor
was offered in my house that evening. The
twenty-five gentlemen present may be called
upon for testimony. Any three respectable
ctergymen, or lawyers, or detectives may be
shall have the money. ask the newspapers
all over the land, which have been misled
%ey Che fasehood, to correct it."
DIR. Talmage announced as the subject of
Che sermon "Loss and GAIN" and his text
vas:
F'What shall it profit man, if he shall
gain the whole world, and lose his own soul p,
MARK viii, sc.
[ am accustomed Sabbath by Sabbath. to
stand before an audience Of bargain makers.
there NAV be men in all occupations sitting
before me, yet the vast majority of them, 1
am well aware, are engaged from Monday
morning to Saturday night in the store. In
many OF the families Of my congregation.
across the breakfast.table and the tea-table
are discussed questions of loss and gain. You
are every day asking YOURSELF: "What is the
Talue OF this! What is the value of that?
lou would not think OF giving something of
greater value FOR that which is of lesser value.
Gou would not think of selling that which
cost you $40 for So. Ifyou had property
That was worth $50, 600 you would not sell it
9or $4,000. You are Intelligent in all matters
OF bargain making. Are you as wise in the
Things that pertain to the matters of the soul?
%hflst adapted his instructions to the cir
StttnsLanceS OF those to whom He smoke
When He talked to fishermen He spoke of
SHe gospel net. When He talked to the farm
S sis, he sad: "a sower went forth to SOW"
~ hn rI,o 1xIl, r I'M
She parable of the lost sheep. And am T not
eight when speaking this morning to an
audience made up of bargain-makers, that I
address them in the words of my text ask
ing wv hat shall it profit 4 man if he shall
gam Che Whole world and lose his sou?"
propose as far as possible to estimate and
compare the value of two properties.
ElrsG have to say that the world is very
grand property. Its flowers are Gods
Shdughs in bloom. Its rocks are Gods
thoughts IN stone. Its dewdrops are Gods
thoughts in pearl. This world is Gods child
a hayward child indeed; it has wandered
on through the heavens. But about eigh-
seen hundred and lightweight years ago,
one Christmas night, God sent out a sister
world to call that wanderer back, and it
hung over Bethlehem only long enough to
get the promise of the wanderers return,
and now that lost world, with soft feet of
sight, comes treading back through the heav-
ems The hills, how beautiful they billow
up the edge Of the wave white with the
foam Of trocuses! How beautiful the rain
t1oW, the arched bridge on which heaven and
'e&r6h come and talk to each other in tears
AFTER the storm is overt How nimble the
feet of the lamp-lighters that in a few minutes
get all the dome Of the night ablaze with
brackets of fire How bright the oar of the
saffron cloud that rows across the deep sea of
heaven! How beautiful the spring, with
QrLo0l blossoms in her hair! [ wonder who
~ TDat f,n,
the bird orchestra? How gently the hare
bell soils its fragrance On the air! There
oin&y be grander worlds, swarthier worlds
Larger worlds than this, but I think that
CHS is most exquisite world-a mignonette
on tue bosom of immensely! ooh" you say,
lake my soul give me that porld am will
eng to stake IL in exchange. | am ready now
for the bargain. 1t is so beautiful a world, so
grand world!'
But let us look more m1nutey into the
value OF this world. You Will not buy prop
ferty unless you can get good title to it.
Alter you have looked at the property and
found out that it suits you send an attorney
TO Che public office, and he examines the
book Of deeds and the book of mortgages
and the book OF judgements and the book of
Faiens, and he decides whether the title is
good before you will have anything to do
with 1t. There might be splendid proper
>ty, and in every way exactly suited to your
want, but if you can not get a good title you
wilL not take it. Now, I am here this morn
ing TO say that it is impossible to get good
Gtte to this world. If settle down upon it,
TN the very year l so settle down upon it as a
permanent possession I may be driven away
tom it. Ay. in five minutes after give up
.oly soul for the world, [ may have to part
with the world; and what gind Of a title do
you call that? There is only one way in
which can hold an earthly possession, and
that is through the senses. All beautiful
EprlNf q fL,nIJ mr. no hut
alotted out; all captivating sounds though
'Ghe ear, but my ear may be deafened; all
&uSciousness OF fruits and yiandS through my
taste, but my taste may be destroyed all
appreciation of culture and of art through
my mind. but | may loose my mind. What
u frail hold, then, have upon any earthly
posscssion
In courts Of law, if you want to get man
off q property, you must serve upon him a
writ of ejtctment. giving him certain time
90 vacate the premises but when Death
comes to us and serves writ OF eiectment
aIe does not give us one second of forewarn-
eing He says: ''Off of this place! You have
no right any longer in the possessonw We
might cry out, 81 gave 100000 for that prop
eGrty;" the plea would be Of no avail. We
might say, 1--WE have warrantee deed of
that property;" the plea would be of no
avail. We might say. owe have lien on that
aSorelouse;" that would do lsno good.> Death
is blind and he can not see a seal and can not
sread an indenture. So that first and last, I
want to tell you that when you propose that
r. give up my soul for the world you can not
give me she first item of title.
Having examined the title of a property,
your next question is about insurance. You
would not be silly enough to buy a large
warehouse that could not possibly be in
Gured. You would not have anything to do
with such property. Now, / ask you what
assurance can you give me that this world is
not going to be burned up? Absolutely
none. Biologists tell us that it is already on
Gre; chat the heart of the world Is one great
living coal; that 1t is just like a ship on fire
at sea, the flames not bursting out because
Che matches are kept down. And yet you
spropose to palm oil on me in return for my
SOUL world for which, III the first place,
you give no title. and i'll the second place,
you can give no insurance. "Ohw you say,
f'Ghe water of the Oceans will wash over all
Che land and put out the fire" Oh, no.
There are inRammable elements in the wa
ter, hydrogen and oxygen. Call off the hy-
drogen and then the Atlantic and Pacific
would b.aze like heaps OF shayings. You
want me to take this world, for which you
can give no possible insurance.
astronomers have swept their telescopes
through the SKY and have found out that
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