Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-02-16
JOY! JOY! JOY!
The Brooklyn Tabernacle Re-
ceives $40 Persons
Into the Fold.
DR.. Talmage Takes Occasion
to Deliver q Jubli-
lee Sermon.
AL Joyful Events Celebrated 10y
Festivity-A Banquet Is Spread
When Prodigais Return.

BROOKLYN, Feb. 3.-A jubilee sermon
was preached this morning by the Rev.
T. Dewitt Talmage, ID " at an especial
communion for the eception t $40 per.
membership Of the b ook YIN tabernacle
1,40S. This is also moving day in this
church. The annual rental Of pews has
just occurred and today many Of the con
gregation occupy new places. The pews
brought higher premiums this year than
ever before and the income of the church
this year will be 1873. 804. But both plans
are observed in this church. A vast
space is kept free from all expense and
only a part of the building is mapped of
for rent. DR.. Talmage took his text
from the 18th chapter Of Luke, 23i verse:
Bring hither the fatted calf and kill it. "
DR.. Talmage said:
JOY Joyl Joyt We banquet today
over this accession Of a multitude Of
souls.
In all ages Of the world it has been
customary to celebrate joyful events by
festivity-thc signing of treaties, the
proclamation of peace, the Christmas,
the marriage. However much on other
days Of the year our table may have
Btinted supply, On Thanksgiving day
there must be something bounteous And
all the comfortable homes of Christendom
have at some time celebrated joyful
events by banquet and festivity.
Something has happened in the old
homestead greater than anything that has
ever happened before. A favorite son,
whom the world supposed would become
a vagabond and outlaw forever, has got
tired Of sightseeing and has returned TO
his fathers house. The world said he
nevcr would come back. The old man
ALWAYS said his son would come. Hehad
been looking for him day after day and
year after year. He knew he would come
back. Now. having returned to his
fathers house, the father proclaims cele-
brati0n.
There IL a calf in the paddock that has
Deeh KEEP "P anu io" ~ NV iN0 O"P'
city, SO &stobe ready lor some occasion OF
low that might come along. All! there
~, VII ba . grander dav on the old
homestead than this day. Let the butch
ers 90 lnef ""'A' anu VIC N'uo'N0'P''S
bring IN - the tables the smoking meat.
. Tbo musrc;ans viii take their places and
-. -,,,e ,.ll ,ovn, nm and dawn
'"~ @'| ..;-a1an
Inc moor AZ 'D' il'''"' ~"
are gathered in, and ~ extra supply y
gent out to the table Of the servants. The
father Dresiias ~ The table and says
Grace ana thanks GOD mat his long ab
Set how "a home again. On, how they
,nisgad him how GLAD lhcv are TO have
him back, one brother, indeed, stands
D~0utinr ~ the back door, and says: This
is a great ado about nothing; TINS bad boy
should have been cuasieued, instead OF
greeted; veal Is too good Tor nm! . but
the father says: "NOtnlng IS too good,
nothing is good enough. There SITS the
young man. glad at the hearty receplloh'
but a shadow OF sotIo" hi'tihg across
his brow AT me relocnnfahce u IHe
trouble he had seen Al READY now;
Let the covers lit. MUSIC ne was uead
and he is alive again. lie was 1851 ana
he is found! by snch poId liSageTy Gees
the Bible setiorih inc meIFymaAlhs WHEN
a soul comes home 10 600
I. First Of all there is thenew converts
ioy. II is no tame thing to become a
Christian. The most tremendous moment
ia o mans life is when he surrenders
himself to God. The %grandest time on
the fathers homestead IS when the boy
comes back. Among the great throng
who in the parlors OF this church pro
fessed Christ one night was a young man
who next morning rang my door bell and
said. ''Sir, | cannot contain myself with
the Joy | feel; | came mere this morning
to express it. have found more JOY in
I'VE minutes IL serving God nan III al
the years ol my p~roolSahty, ana came
TIC say go
You have seen, perhaps, a man run
ming for his physical liberty and the
officers of the law after him, and you
saw him escape, or afterward you heard
the Judge had pardoned him, and how
great was the glee Of hat rescued man;
but it is u very tame thing that, com
pared with the running for ones ever