The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1888-08-08
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON:
EGHGL!IcH Ias..s.

you thcrelOfc WHICH DClicVc, lie is
,r%eoious.'--1 Pet. 2:T.
WE had for many years In this coun-
try commercial depression. What was
the matter with tho storesp With the
1arvests? With tho people? Lack of
faithl Money enough, goods enough,
,kilfnl brains enough, industrious hands
ages the commercial world, damages
The spiritual.
OUR GREAT LACK
s faith. That is the hinge on which
aternity turns. The Bible says we are
saved by faith. CO." says some one In
the audience, 81 have faith. I believe
that Christ came down to save the
world" I reply that in worldly
matters, whenyou have. faith you al
ways act upon it. For instance, if l
,ould show you a business operation by
Which you could make five thousand
dollars, you would Immediately go into
1t. You would prove your faith in
what I tell you by your prompt and
immediate action. Now, If what you
call faith in Christ has led you to sur
render your entire nature TO Jesus and to
corresponding action III your life, it is
genuine faith, and II it has not, it is
not faith at all.
There are some things which l be-
lieye with the head. Then there are
other things which 1 believe with the
heart. And then there are other things
which I believe both with tho head and
heart. | believe, for instance, that
Cromwell lived. That is = matter of
which l believe with the heart and not
x1,tt1, k1,o 1,o,,l /. fIt,nf SO 7 ln1ra 80 No
pecial reason for believing them, and
wish is the father to the expectation.
tween that which we believe about our-
others. For instance, you remember
not q great while ago thore was
A DISASTER IN PENNSYLVANIA. i
amid the mines; there was an explosion
amid the damps, and many lives were
lost. In the morning you picked up
your newspaper, and saw that there
llnd been q great disaster in PennsyJ-
yania. You said: "Ah, what a sad
thing this is; how many lives lost! O,
what sorrowl" Then you read Il little
further on. There had been All almost
miraculous effort 70 get those men, out,
and a few had been saved. 80" you
said, what n brave thing, what q
grand thing that wasl How we'll it
was done!" Then you folded the paper
up, and sat down to your morning re-
past. Your appetite had not been in
terfered with, and during that day, per-
haps, you thought only two or three
times Of the disaster.
But suppose you and l had heen in
the mine, and the dying Ii ad been all
around us, and we had heard the pick
axes just above us as they were trying
to work their way down, and after 4
while we saw the light, and Then tho
life-bucket let down through the Shaft,
and, suifocated and half dead. We had
lust strength enough to throw our
selves over into it, and had been hauled
out into the light. Theh what an ap.
probation we would have had OF the
agony and the darkness beneath, and
the JOY Of deliverance. That is the
difference between believing u thing
about others and believing it about our
selves.
we keep up tho Bible and read that
Christ came to save the world. "That
was beautifnl,n you say; "a fine spccl-
h SA" hStoSN DoV 0uppOSo ~ IL
found That we ourselves were down
IN THE MINE or SIN
and in the darkness, and Christ stretch
ed down His arm Of mercy through the
gloom and lifted us out OF the pit, and
set our feet on the Rock Of Ages, and
put a new song into our mouth: 0,
then it is a matter Of h~andclapping: It
is a matter Of congratulations; it is a
matter Of deep emotions, Which kind
Of faith have you, my brother2
It is faith that makes 81 Christian.
and it is the proportion OF faith that
makes the difference Observation-Disclosures.
What was it that lifted Paul and
Luther and payson and Doddridpe
above the ordinary Lowell of Christian
character? 1t was tho simplicity, the
brilliancy, the power, and the spiondol
OF their faith. 0, that we had moro of
it! God give us moro faith to preach
and more faith to hear. "Lord, we
believe; help Thou our unbclief |" NtTo
you which believe, Io is prccious.n
First: l remark Christ is precious to
the believer,
AS a SAVIOUR FROM SIN.
a nan says: ITO whom are you talk
ing? l. am one Of the most respectable
men i'll this neighbornood; do you call
me sinner" Yes! "Tlle Heart is
deceitful above all things and desperate
~ wicked" You say: "IIow do you
know anything about my hearth" [
know that about it, for God announces
1t in His Work; and what God says is
always right. When imam becomes a
Christian, people say: "That man sets
himself above u.s." o, mol Instead
Of setting himself up, he throws him
self down. lie cries out: II was lost
once, but nov l gee. I PROSTATE my
self at the foot OF tho cross Of tile
Sayiour's mercy"
What a grand thing it is to feel that
all the bad words l have cvcr uttered,
and all the bad deeds l have done, and
all the bad thoughts that have gone
through my mind, are as though they
had never been, for tho sake Of what
Christ has done. You know tEcro is II
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