Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-20
SERMON BY DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE ON THE
SAVING LoOK.n

nacle Today, alter eNpOundlng appro-
pirate passages of Scripture, the Rev.
I. DE Witt Talmagc, d, d., gave out
the hymn;
Amazing gracel how sweet the sound
That >aycd a wretch like me;
lonce was lost, but now am found.
Was blind. uut now | see
The subject of his sermon was THE
Saving Look" and the text Hebrews
Xii, 2: Looking unto Jesus" DR.,
Talmage said,
In the Christian life we must not 30
slipShod. This world was not made
for US 10 rest in. In time Of war YOU
will find around the streets OF some
city, far from the scene Of conflict,
men in soldiers uniform, who have a
right TO be away. They obtained a
furlough aud they are honestly and
righteously of duty; but | have to
tell you that in this Christian con-
tlicL, between the first moment when
we enlist under the banner of Christ
and the last moment in which we
shout the victory, there V will be
a single instant in which we will have
a right to be off duty. Paul throws
all around this Christian life the eX-
elements Of the old Roman and Gre
I gaInes-thuSe games that sent a
man on a race with such "A stretch of
nerve and muscle, that sometimes
when he came up to the goal. he drop
ped down exhausted. Indeed, history
tells US that there were cases where
naV .a4fUaI IN - AHl- Ill
strength just TO grasp the goal and
then fall dead. Now, says this
apostle, making allIsion 10 those
very games, we arl all 10 run the
race, not 10 crawl ia, not to walk il
but run the race set before us,
looking unto Jesus, and just as in the
olden times, a man would stand at the
end of tle road til a beautiful car.
land that was 10 he put around the
head or brow of the successful racer,
so the Lord Jesus Christ stands at the
end Of the Christian race with the
garland of eternal life, and may God
grant that by ms holy spirit we may
so run as 10 obtain.
The distinguished Welliston. the
chemist, was asked where his labora-
tory was, and the inquirers expected
10 be shown some large apartment
filled with very expensive apparatus;
but WelliSton ordered his servant 10
bring on "A tray a few glasses and a re-
tort, and he said 10 the inquirers:
That Is all my laboratory. | make
all my experiments with those Now, |
know that there are a great many who
take a whole library TO express their
theology. They have so many theories
on ten thousand things; but | have 10
say that all my theology is comprised
IN these three words: Looking unto
Jesus, and when we can understand
the height and the depth and the
length and the breadth and the infinitv
and the immensely of that passage we
al understand all.
CHRIST OUR PERSONAL SAVIOUR.
remark in the first place. we must
look toChrist rs our personal Saviour,
Now. you know as well rs J, that man
is only a blasted ruin Of what he once
was. Therei is not 50 much difference be-
tween a vessel coming out ui Liverpool
harbor, with remnants flying and the
deck crowded with good cheer. and
and the guns booming, and that same
vessel driving against Long Island
coast, the drowning passengers ground
10 pieces amid the timberso of the brDk.
en- up steamer. as there is between
man as he came from the hands of
God, equipped for "A grand and glor.
ious voyage, but aftcrward. through
the pilotage Of the devil. tossed and
driven and crashed. the coast of the
near future strcwn with the fragments
of au awful and eternal shipwrcck.
Our lpdy is wrong. How easily IL is
ranaarked Of disease. Our mind is
wrouE How hard il is o. remember.
and a.A ,lv to forget. The whole
naiuI. Oh. .4 we'd. from the crown of
the lr.l iD tlH sole of the foot
wound. a li--- rU-rafriUw sores.
"All l.r" .lgu.d ard cnar .bOTt Of
th" r.uH ~ lFa "IsV uur IuWu siu
emf r i..I r.n w0nlI pul death yy
sin l.D a'~fN .ae ga- upon .ll
mel r.s'..'.I ln..n siHu. " Ili.n
Is H.uf ...s nI.l rlp
IHui. .an. mrngtUa,
1t d .. ..s d. sll. .sIn.u.fo r.rg
tai' u f... H. It N.a.- 10 wili
around OH. r".r U' Tire re. and come
iug u1r. acaHla r.. cr.. .stly
The n t.s'uau.I. ..tllas i.n
trs. .U -Y along NI.l 81 bias
cOil 10 IaH ig cud ~ 'hr hE.ucl tlc
uva H., s1i8 fIi} Goo iIp
gluu.i .HI START othorpla4la I1.t 81,
mUs ....
s. , H u with sin. Nisappis-
ono, Ul.ut that WAS planned iu uur
sou 20 .9Ug while arc, and il COME,
winding about the body aud the mind
and t.n soul. poisoning, poisoning. 4
poisoning killing, killing killing AS
IL goes, NUw, there would be- nOnocI
Of ms disroursing upon this If there .
were no way Of pluckiug out that
plant. Il Is "A most iucOusidcrlte
for ne 10 cotne TO u INA who
is IN financial trouble and enlarge !
upon his trouble If / have no nlloyiu.
ton 10 oiIer. 10 ia an unfair thing for
me - come to q man who is sick and
enlarge upon his disease If ! have no
remedy to offer. But | have a right
come 10 a man in financial distress
or physical distress If | have financial
reinforcement 10 offer or a sure urp
10 propose. Blessed be- God that
among the mountains Of our sin there
rolls and invertebrates a song Of sal.
Louder than sll the voices Of