The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-07-06
OFF THE TRACK.
Dr.. Talmage Talks to Thousands
at Winfield, Kan.


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Christian Hopes.
DR.. Talmage being on visit to the West.
preached to many thousands at an outdoor
meeting ct Winfield, Kan, ON Sunday.
June a. Other States beside Kansas were
represented at this great gathering. The
tex: was:. They that turn many to
righteousness shall shine ne the stars for
ever and ever" Dauie: xii. B and the sub
ject: ''The Consultations Of the Re-
deemed" DR.. Talmage said:
Every man has thousand roots and a
thousand branches His roots reach down
through all tho earth. his branches spread
through all the heavens. He speaks with
voice, with eye, with hand, with foot His
silence often IL thunder and his life Is an
anthem or doxology. There Is no such
thing as negative influence. We are all
positive in the place we occupy, making
the world better OF making it worse, on
the Lords side or on the DEVILS, making
Up reasons for our blessedness or our BAN
ishment, and we have already done q
mighty work in p.opling Heaven or hell.
hear people tell Of what they are going
to do. A man who has burned down u city
poets to do, or q man who has saved an
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.
1t would be absurd for me to stand here
and by elaborate argument prove that the
In Of eho
stand ut the foot of an embankment amid
the wreck Of q capsized rail train proving
by elaborate argument that something is
out of order. Adam tumbled over the en-
bankment sixty centuries ago and the
whole race in one long train has gone on
tumbling in the Same direction. Crash
crash! The only question now 10, by " hat
leverage can the crushed thing be lifteda
By what hammer can the fragments be re-
constructed
Iwant to show you how we may turn
many TO Righteousness and what will be
our future pay for 80 doing.
First: We may turn them by the charm
Of q right example A child, coming from
filthy home, was taught at school to wash
its face. 1t went home 30 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 nelghb0 happening 10, saw the
change and tried the same experiment un-
IT, all that street copied its example, and
the whole city felt the result Of one school
boy washing his face. That 10 fable by
which we set forth that the best way TO
get the world washed OF its sins and pollu
ton il to have our own heart and life
cleansed and purified.
A man with grace in his heart and Chris
tian Cheerful mess In his face and holy con-
sistency in his behavior, is perpetual ser
mon; and the sermon differs from others
in that 1t has but one head, and the longer
it runs the better. There era honest men
who walk down Wall street, making the
teeth of iniquity chatter. There are happy
men who 60 into suck room, and, by
look help tue broken bone to knit, and the
excited nerves drop to calm beating.
There are pure men whose presence ST.
lences the tongue of uncleanness. The
mightiest agent Of good On earth Is o con-
sistent Christian. like the Bible folded
between lids Of cloth, of calfskin or mOroc-
CO, but like it better when in the shape of
q man 1t goes out into the worid-a Bible
illustrated. Courage is beautiful to read
about; but rather would / see
buffeted soul calmly waiting for
the time Of deliverance. Faith is
beautiful to read about; but rather would
find a man in the midnight walking
straight on as though he saw every thing.
O, how many souls have been turned to
God by the charm Of bright example!
When, in the Mexican war. the troops were
wavering General rose in his stirrups and
dashed into the enemy's lines, shouting,
Men, followw They, seeing his courage
and 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 ad-
vance amount to nothing 80 long as you
stay behind. To affect them Alright you
need to start for Heaven yourself, looking
back only to give the stirring cry Of 'Men,
followw
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 1t puts its hand on the shoulder OF
man ten thousand miles OF. 1t alights on
a ship in mid-Atlantic. The little child can
not understand the law Of electricity, or
how the telegraphic operator, by touching
the instrument here, may dart q message
uneer the sea to another continent: nor
can we. with our sm III intellect, under.
stand how the touch Of Christians praye
stall instantly strike Q soul on the other
side Of the earth. You take ship and 70 to
some other country and get there at eleven
o'clock in the morning. You telegraph to
New York and the message gets here at six
o'clock In the same morning. In other
words 1t seems to arrive here five hours
before it started. Like that is prayer. God
says: Before they call will hear" To
overtake loved one on the road you may
spur up lathered steed until be shall out.
race the one that brought the news to
Client; but q prayer shall catch it at one
gallop. A boy running away from home
may take tho midnight train from the
time to gain the ship that sails on the
the deck to meet him, and in the hammock
before he swings into it, and at the caps
tan before he winds the rope around it,
and on the sea. against the sky. as the |
vessel plows on toward it. There il o
mightiness il prayer: George Muller
prayed company Of poor boys together,
and then he pr ayed up an asylum in which |
they might be sheltered. He turned his |
face toward Edinburgh and prayed, and !
there came . thousand pounds. He turned |
his face toward London and prayed. and |
there came thousand pounds. He turned |
his face toward Dublin and prayed, and |
there came thousand pounds.
The breath Of Elijsh's prayer blew all |
the clouds OF the sky, and it was dry |
weather. The brea'h Of Elijah's prayer |
blew all the clouds together, and it was |
wet weather. Prayer, in Daniels time,
walked the cave as a lion tanner. 1t reached |
up and took the sun BY its golden bit and |
stopped it. We have all yet to try the full |
power Of PRAYER. The time will come when |