The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-07-05
lTALMAGE'S SERMON.
"The Consultations Of the Re-
deemed" and Their Mission.
encouragement for Christian Workers to
Pursue with UndiminishCd Zeal
the Course Marked Out
for Them.

Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage preached TO an
Immense outdoor gathering at Winfield,
Kas-, o.. q recent Sabbath, and took for
his subject 1.-THE Consultations of the Re-
deemed" His text was:
They that turn many 10 righteousness shall
shine as the stars, forever and ever Daniel
Ii2
DR.. Talmage said:
Every man has thousand roots and
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 anthem or a doxoloCv.
There is no such thing as negative in
fuencc. We are all positive in the place
we occupy, making the world better or
making it worse, on the Lords side or on
the DEVILS, making up reasons for our
blessedness or Punishment, and we have
already done a mighty work in popping
Heaven or hell hear people tell ofwhat
they are going to dc. a man who has
burned down a city might as we'll talk OF
some evil that he expects to do. or man
who has saved an empire might a well
talk Of some good that he expects TO do.
BY the force of youT evil influence you
have already consumed infinite values. or
you have, by the power Of right intlu-
ence, won whole Kingdoms for God.
1t would he absurd FOR me to stand here,
and by elaborate argument prove that the
world is off the track. You might as we'll
stand at the foot Of an embankmeut, amid
the wreck of n caTsiZed rall-train, prov
Eng by elaborate argument that something
Is out Of order. Adam tumbled over the
embankmeHt, sixty centuries ago, and the
whole race, in one long train, has gone on
tumbling in the same direction. Crash!
crash! The only question new Is, by what
leverage can the crushed thing be liftedf
BY what hammer may the fragments be
reconstructed?
Iwant to show you how we may turn
many TO righteousness and what will be
OH future pay for SO doing.
l. We may turn them by the charm Of a
right example. \ child, coming from
filthy home, was taught ut school to wash
its face. 1t went home so much improved
in appearance that its mother washed her
face. And when the father of the house
hold came home and saw the Improvement
In domestic appearance, he washed his
face. The neighborS happening in, saw
the change, and tried the same experiment
until all that street was purified, and the
next street copied its example, and the
whole city felt the result Of one sChOOlhoy
washing his face. That is a fable by
which We set forth that the best way 10
get the world washed Of its sins and lpoi
luton is to have our own heart and life
Cleaused and purified. 4 man with grace
IN his heart, and Christian cheertulness in
his face, and holy consistency in his be-
lavior, is a perpetual sermon; and the
sermon differs from others in that il has
1,,t l.. Z
better There are honest men who walk
down Wall street. making the teeth Of in
iquity chatter. There are happy men
who 90 into sick-roeln and, by 4 look,
help the broken bone to knit and the ex-
cited nerves drop to calm beating There
are pure men whose presence silcucns the
tongue of uacleaGuess. The mightIest
agent OF good on earth is a consistent
Christian. | like the Bible folded between
lids Of cloth. or calfSkiu, or morocco, but
like it better when in the shape Of
man, i goes cut into the world-a Bible
ilustrated Courage i beautiful to read
about: but rather would see mau with
oil the world agaius. him confident as
though all the world were for him. IA
thence is beautiful to read about: lat
rather would | see buffcted soul calmly
waiting for the time Of deiverauCe. Faith
is beautiful to read about; but rather
would find man il the midnight wa k
itg straight on as though lie saw every
thing. Oh, how many souls have been
turned to G Cd by the charm Of It bright
example.
When, in the Mexican war, the troops
were wavering, a General rose in his stir
rnps and dashed into the enemy's lines
lHnuting: '.Men. follow" They, seeing
his courage and disposition, dashed on
after him and gained the victory. What
men want to rally them for God is an ex-
ample to lead them. All your commands
to others to advance amount to nothing so
long as you stay behind To affect them
Alright, you need to start for Heaven YOUR
self, looking back only to give the stirring
cry Of: Men, follow"
Again, we may turn many to righteous
ness by PRAYER There is no such detect
i've as PRAYER, for no one can hide away
from it. 1t puts its hand on the shoulder
of a man ten thousand miles off. 1t alights
on q ship mid-Atlantic. The little child
can not understand the law Of electricity.
or how the telecraphic operator, by touch
ing the instrument here may dart a mas
sage under the sea to another continent.
nor can we, with our small intellect I'M
dcrstand how the touch of n Christians
PRAYER shall instantly strike a souI ON
the other side of the earth. You take
shin and 90 to some other country. and
get there at eleven O'Clock in tho morn
ing. You telegraph to New York, and
the message gets there at six O'Clock the