West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-05
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
IN THE COURTS OF HEAVEN.
The Redeemed of Christ Shall be Like
Consultations OF Glory.


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 life is an an.
them or doxology. There is no such thing as
negative influence. We are all positive in
tho place we occupy, making the world better
or making It worse, on the Lords side or the
DEVILS, making up reasons for our blessedness
or Punishment; and we have already done a
mighty work in peopling heaven or hell i
hear people tell of what they are going to do.
A man who has burned down a city might as
well talk OF some good that he expects to do
or man who has saved an empire might as
well talk OF some good that he expects to do
BY the force of your evil influence you have
already consumed infinite values, or you
have, by the power OF right influence, won
whole Kingdoms for God.
It would be absurd for me TO stand here
and by elaborate argument, prove that the
world Is off the track. You might as well
stand at the foot OF an embankment, amid the
wreck OF capsized rail train, proving by
elaborate argument that something Is out Of
order. Adam tumbled over the embapkment
sixty centuries ago, and the whole race In one
long train has gone on tumbling in the
same direction. Crashl Crash The only
question now is, By what leverage can the
crushed thing be liftedl BY what hammer
may the fragments be reconstructedl
want to show you how we may turn many
-sA-Ooof oA0 Wat,b Will OO
pay for so doing.
Ffrst-We may turn thenn by the charm
OF right example. A child, coming from a
nlthy home, was taught at school to wash it's
race lt went home so much improved in APP
pearance that it's mother washed her face
And when the father Of the household came
home, and saw the improvement in domestic
appearance, he washed his face. The neigh
pors happening in, saw the change and
tried the same experiment until an that
street was purified, and the next street
copied its example, and the whole city felt
the result OF one schoolboy washing his
face: That is a fable, by which we
set forth that the best way TO get the world
washed OF its sins and pollution Is 10 have
our own heart and life ceansed and purified
man with grace In his heart, and Christian
cneertulnesS In his face, and holy consistency
Ia his behavior, is perpetual sermon: and
the sermon differs from others in that IL has
but one head, and the longer il runs the bet
ter There are honest men who walk down
wall street. making the teeth of iniouity
cnatter. There are happy men who
90 into sick room, and, by look
help the broken bone to knit. and
the excited nerves drop to calm beating.
1hore are pure men whose presence silences
the tongue of uncleanness The mI9htiest
agent Of good on earth is n consistent Chris
tan. like the Bible folded between lids Of
cloth, OF calfskin or morocco, but / like IL
DetDer when, In the shape of man. IL goeg
out into the world-a Bible illustrated
Courage is beautiful to read about; but
rather would see a man with all the world
against him confident as though all the world
were Tor him. Patience is beautiful TO read
about; but rather would see a buffeted sonl
calmly waiting for the time OF deliyerance
faith IS beautiful to read about: but rather
would lind man in the midnight walking
straight on as though he saw everything
On, how many souls have been turned to God
Dy the charm of bright examplel
w nen, IN the Mexican war, the troops were
MMayering, General rose in his stirrups and
'Aen, followla They. seeing his couraea
ana 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 be-
hind. To affect them Alright you need to
start Tor heaven yourself, looking back ONLY
10 give the stirring cry of "Men, follow"
AGAIN; we may turn many to righteous
ness by prayer There is no such detective
as prayer, for no one can hide away from IT,
lt puts It's hand on the shoulder Of a man ten
thousand miles of. 1t alights on a ship mid
Atlantic The little child cannot understand
the law OF electricity, OF how the telegraphic
operator, by touching the instrument here
may dart message under the sea TO anot her
continent; nor can we, with our small Ia tel
iec1, understand how the touch of a Chris
slams prayer shall instantly strike a soul ON
the other side Of the earth. You take
snip and go to some other country.
ana get there at IL o'clock in the morn.
A@bs Apu LolekIdpu 10 new Ork. and tho
message gets here at o'clock In the same
morning In other words, IL seems to arrive
here i've hours before IL started Like that
~ prayer: God says; Before they call / will
near. 10 overtake loved one on the road
you may spur up a lathered steed until he
snail OUTRAGE the one that brought the news
70 Ghent; but prayer shall catch IL at one
galop. A boy running away from home
may lake the midnight train from the coun-
try village and reach the seaport i'm time to
gain the ship that sails on the morrow; but a
motners prayer will be on the deck to meet
him. and in the hammock before ne swings
mo ~, and at the capstan before he winds
the rope around 1t, and on the sea, against
this sky, as the vessel plows on toward il.
There is mightiness in prayer. George
boys together, and then he PRAYED
up an asylum in which they might be shell
tered. He turned his face toward Edinburgh
ana prayed, and there came a thousand
pounds. He turned his face toward London
and prayed, and there came a thousand
pounds He turned his face toward Dublin
and prayed, and there came a thousand
pounds. The breath OF Elijah's prayer blew
ali the clouds of the sky. and IL was drv
weather The breath Of Eliiahs PRAYER blew
ali the clouds together, and il was wet
weather. Prayer, in Daniels time. walked
the cave as hon tanner. Il reached up and
Look the sun by its golden bit and STOPPED hi
We have al yet TO try the full poyyer az
prayer. The time viii come when the
American church will pray with its face
toward the west, and all the prairies and in
iand cities VIII surrender TO God. and viii
pray with face toward the sea and all tfe
islands and ships will become Christian
Parents who have hayward sons will get
down on their knees and say. Lord. send NV
boy home" and the boy in Canton shall got
right up from the gaming table. aud 70 down
- the wharf 70 find out which ship starts
FIRST FOR America.
Not one Of us yet knows how to pray. All
We have done az yet has only been potterinV.
ana guessing and experimenting. A boy
gets hold Of his fathers saw and hammer.
and tries 70 make something. but 10 is n poor
enair that he makes The father comes and
takes the same saw and hammer. and builds
the house OF the ship In the chiidhood of our
Jhristian faith. We make but poor work with
tnese weapons Of prayer, but when We come
70 The stature Of men IN Jesus Christ. then,
under these implements, tne temple n God
vii rise and the worlds redemption win be
launched God cares not FOR the length
Of our prayers, or Tho number Of our pray
ers, OF the beauty of our prayers or tho
place ~ our prayers. but 10 IS The faith I'm
tnefn that tells. Believing prayer scars
nigner than the lark ever sang. piunges
deeper than diving bell ever sank: darts
quicker than lightning ever flashed Though
We have used only the back Of this weapon
instead ~ the edge. what ruarves have been
wrought IL saved We are an the captfves n
some earnest prayer Would God that. i'm
the desire Tor Tho rescue Of souls We might
in prayer lay hold Of the resources Of the
Lord Dfnnipotent
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