The leader., 1889-10-26
SV. DR.. TALMAGE.
BROOKLYN DlvTNE,s SUN
DAY SERMON.
Ject: "The Baptism of Fire"

Xxx, "a. "'O'' "'''
Rev. I. De Witt Talmage, D. D.,
ned at the Brooklyn Academy of Mu.,
nISC sermon after the destruction of
rooAIyn tabernacle by fire. His au-
was OF vast size, and public interest
rloronary. The opening hymn was:
@ moves in mysterious way
lfis wonders to perform.
He plants His fOotstens in tba saa
ana rldes upon the storm.
Ialmages subject was "The Baptism
re-" and he said:
Taul, nave you not enough affliction
PVe you! Are you not an exile from
natlve landy With the most genial and
g nature, have you not, in order to be
OF missionary journeys, given yourself
llDacy! have you not turned away
the magnificent worldly successes that
q have crowned your illustriouS geniusf
you not endured the sharp and singing
alglas, like thorn in the flesh? Have
not been mobbed on the land, and Ship
fked on the sea; the sanhedrim against
the Roman Government against you, all
world and all hell against YOU?
What of that% says Paul. 'sNone OF
e things move mep 1t was not because
Fas hard nature. Gentlest woman was
pr more easily dissolved into tears. He
d not even bear to see anybody cry, for
he midst of his sermon when he saw some
weeping her sobS aloud, "What mean We
weep and to break mine heart? for / am
ly not to be bound only, but also to die at
usalem for the name of the Lord Jesus"
at then did Paul mean when he said,
bne of these things move me?" He meant,
will not be diverted from the work to
ich have been called by any and all the
Fersities and calamities"
think this morning / express not only my
b. feelings but that Of every man, woman
little child belonging to the Brooklyn
bernacle, or that was converted there, or
nforted there, or blessed there, when look
ward the blackened ruins of the dear and
hsecrated spot and with an aroused faith
IA loving God, cry out: None of these
[ngs move me"
When I say that, | dosnot mean that we
Eneyaa.epsesnfss- -ahJJlt II. Instead of stand
!, bare today in this brilliant auditorium,
Gould he more consonant with my feelings
Elf down among the ruins and weep at the
ords nd of David: IF l forget thee, o Jerusa-
m. let my right hand forget her cunning"
Fhy, let me say to the s5raneers mere to-day
e. explanation Of the deep emotion of my
pcx we had there in that puilding sixteen
ears s of religious revival. 4 believe that a
T1ndred thouand souls were born there.
hey came from al paris r. the earth and
70 Shall never see them again until the books
re opened. Why, slTsl our chlidren were
here BAPTIZED lld at 9nose rs a!etlrs our young
nen anu - i" +Ss gates we carried our dead.
Ena ous ~ ~ n roof Of my house last Sun
" hen lLU;n ;u.s- 8 o'clock r saw our church in
lay nloInnS That is the last of the build
lanes, ! ss5 rS1 We buried our De Witt on
fsstromI, ON, Tnarsnber day when it seemed
lat colq H. ~ ~Tept with my household" !"
bToohss y. lust as hard for you to
md IL S', ST 5ved ones as for us to give
i've up Inv, like the beautiful vines
p ours lI'S .ocr some OF The fallen walls,
hat SUI t,'tms are laundering ali
ur an7'rr;s INNS. and could kiss the
ver tas mark the place where it
lshes u1' Why, now that l think of
bnce Stoo~d think of it IS an inanimate
It, L cap soul, mighty soul, an
pile, bu. u;5s : soul. am sure that majestic
ndestrue;1.o. !. mi. for we have often heard it
bryan hale and shout and wall, and when
speak ana ,tSst ~ organ entered heaven / think
the soul o. o.j Paydn, and Mozart, and Men
Handel wi Beethoyen were at the gates to
delssobAs - 8 | do not use the words of nv
WELCOME ih.,rtsss way, hUtin the sense that
text in 10 = and will not be diverted from
we must,%S u the appalling disasters which
H.I' sTOlkG We viii not turn aside one
have beis !, ,deternlination to do all we can
inch froD.1t and everlasting happiness of
for the q Thom we may be able to meet.
all the peSse things move me. None of
''None o. |"m0ye you.
these thi95I I+tsd out through the dismal rain
When %.,of of my house and saw the
from t' Hing brick BY brick and timber
church qssid to myself ''Does this mean
bv tim@ lrk in Brooilyn is ended? Does
that mf - my associafion with this city.
fhis ter1es been more than twenty years
xvhere ~ nrosperitieS and sad in all its
.ylad inSSg And q stiA small voice came
wisforr = that is no longer still or small
40 me apabatic and coIllmanding, through
h1,t ncs Sand, and nerspaper column, and
,,,essaree Il letter. aud contributions say
mo- W ,5e and | now make appeal to all
haze = TO help{1s- We want all Chris
.,hristsa Splp. and I Wi]I acknowledge the
tnndoS +sry contrlbuf5on, great or small,
,.ooeptp ,gn haHu*1#We want TO build
leI ;tb c cf botter. I'VE want it national
,s,.nF y rhich people ot all creeds and all
lal ind home The contributions
cntls t;as IN make 4 snail hearted church
ha i.a, ",ssible. Would not be a sorry
an ~ angels and mem if, in a church
foreat,sg ot,s gslites and C1tholics, as well as
spe;ItE 4. II peopis coInmonly called evan
ouiss ,i M Enid. instead of the banner of the
al Imighty, raise d fluttering rag of
gen5Gt sauismS If He had three hundred
L"1 Liars we WOULD put them all in
sIns ssIa,,s sonument to NE mercy of God.
one m all sidss bout what we shall
p'swer, it all depends on the contri.
fegS = in from hare and from the ends
Dur Say now TO all the Baptists.
Ost m haven q 8 baptistery. / say to
OF .lians, we sn43l have in our services
un@ff u fcro at our coznmunion table por-
al Liturgy cay to the Catholics
as .ge cross ever the pulpit and
tlop the t0Ver 4 say to the Metho-
we ,ap to Sing there like the voices
pro. Eanderln6s say to all denomi-
diss mean 70 leach religion as
OF KS KS zen and as kood as God. We
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