Telegram-herald., 1889-05-27

Subject OF DR.. Talmage's Taperna-
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TIE text ~44- I'D / wesa ulyse-s VIII SOW
water ard saaaia / clea,ss niv tss1ias IA al-
s4-l. seg s---lt tLcu Ttaaes uss ia ths digch
ana l.aii,e oSa elotaes sl1u a3hor ms JOB
TX, 50. T. Tie eloquea. pg ae!ler sad.
AlIe-t BaFu1s-aoaorol 10 las name GA
s1rth and IA lesven-senk straigh. back %
tie original writing of mJ text aad trenslat-
- .t a. | have n0w qs ted lt. glylag sub-
stsnt-4l reasons for 80 GqEng. Although we
know be.fer the ancisuts hzl ga ilea that il
snow water there was t special power 70
.leanse, and that u gahInent washed and
rinsol la is wOul4 be IS c iean as e!ean cogd
-; bait II tho plain SNOW water failed 10 Go
is work, then they would take lyo or alkll
aud mix il with oil, and lnder that prepara-
ton they felt thas the last iinDuriIy would
cortainly he gons. Job, ia my text, ia most
torceIul figure sets forth the llea that al LIS
attempts 10 MAKE himself pure before God
were dead failure, and taGt unless No are
oblatei by something better than earthly
liquids and chonical preparations. We are
loathsone and In the ditch. III ! wash my
sell with snow water, hn1 shoGd | cleanse
my hands Ia alkEli, yet shalt thou plunge me
IL the ditch, and my clotaes shall abhor me.
You are now sitting tor your picture.
turn the camera obscura OF Gods word full
upon you, aad | pray that the sunshine fall
Ing through the skylight may enable me 10
take you just as you are Shall it be u fat
tcring picture. or shall IL be q true onel You
say. let I. bo true one" The first profile
that was ever taken was taken three hundred
and thirty years before Christ, Of Antigonus.
lie had blind eye aud he compelled the ar
tist 70 take his profile 50 rs 10 hide the defect
in his vision. But since that invention, three
hundred and thirty years before Christ, there
have been great many profileS Shall to
day give YOU a one sided view Of yourselves,
prohle' or shall 1t be full length portrait,
showing You just what you arei IL God viii
help mo by his almighty grace, / shall give
You that last kind Of picture.
FAULTY EARLY TEACHING.
When first catered the ministry, used 70
write my sermons all out and read them, and
run my hand along the lire lest | should lose
my place. have hundreds OF those manu-
scripts. Shall l ever preach themi Never;
for in those days was somehow overnastered
with the idea heard talked all around about,
Of tho dignity Of human nature, and adopted
the idea, and | evolved il, and illustrated it,
and | argued it; but coming on in life, ard
having seen moro of the world, and studied
better my Bible, find that that early teach
ing was faulty, and that there is no dignity
in human nature, until it is reconstructed by
the grace of God. Talk about vessels going
10 pieces on the Sllerriss, off Irelandl There
never was such 4 shipwrec& as in the Gihon
and the Hiddehcl, rivers Of Elem, where our
irst parents foundercl. Talk Of a steamer
going down with five hundred passengers on
board! WHAT is that 10 the shipwrech Of four
teen hundred million souls. We are by ma
ture mass OF uncleanness and putrefaction,
from which it takes all tho omnipotence and
iniinitude of Gods grace to extricate Us. ''If
| wash myself with snow water, and should |
cleanse my hands in allali, yet shalt thou
Plunge me in tho dicth, and mine own clothes
shall abhor men
THE SNOW WATER OF FINE APOLOGIES
| remark, in the first place, thai some peo-
pie try to cleanse their soul OK sin in the snow
water of fine apologies. Here il one man
who says: Il am sinner; confess that;
bat inherited this. Ny father was a sinner,
my grandfather, my great-great-grandfat
and all the way back to Adam, and | couldn't
help myself" Ny brother, have you not,
every day in your life, added something to
the original estate of sin that was bequeathcd
TO your Are you not brave enough TO con-
fess that YOU have sometimes surrendered 10
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ask you whether it is fair play to put upon
our ancestry things for which we ourselves
are personally responsiblei IL your nature
was es2ew when you got it, have you not
sometimes given it an additional tvisti VIII
all tho tombstones of those who havo
preceded US make barricade high enough
for eternal de.ensesi | know n devout man
who had blasphcmoUs parentage. | know TN
honest man whose father was n thief. |
know a prrs man whose mother was a waif
Of the street. The hereditary tide may be
very strong, but there is such a thin as
sternnsing it. Tho fact that | have g corrupt
nature Is no reason why should yield to it.
The deep stains Of our soul can never bs
washed out b. the snow water OF such insult
cient apology.
Still further. says some one: "If | have
Tanions, my comrades and associates; they
ruined me They taught ne 10 drink They
took me TO the gambling he'll They plunged
me into tie house of sin. They ruined my
soul" 90 no. believe il. Col gave to no
one the power to destroy you or me- II n
man IS destroyed be is self destroyed and tnat
IS always ~ Why did you not break away
from themi II they had tried to steal your
il they bad tried to purloin your gold
watch. you would have riddled them with
shot: but when they tried TO steal your
10 it. Those bad fellows have a cup
of Gre TO drink do not pour your cup into
It. II this matter q the soul. every man for
himself That thosc persons are not fully re-
srousible f1r your sin, I prove By the fact
that you still coEsort with them. Tou can
Rot go or by Blaming them Though y0u
gather up sl these apologies; though thcra
uere a great fooi q them. though they
should como down with tho force q tho
melting SHOWS FROM Lebanon. they could not
wash out ore stain Of your immortal soul
"wE ARE HETTER THAN CTuEa rE0FLE7
sal further, s1ue persons apologize for
their sins bT saving. We are = great deal
uNtteI ttia1 ~lAiT i'eNf.- 80 - -t7' 1-
srUurd sooat us that arr grsat- doai worsa
than W. Yea ssaui M co.ulnar in y7ur
integrity. sEl locs down upon - who ar'
prosfrste in their habils and crimes. " ha'
It that. ny brother u falet through
racsieSznesa and ric'ei lr'prllsrce f1r tn
thousand dollars. IS -te master alleviated ~
a. ~ the fact tbat sorlst1r1iT s-ss tas faiiei
Tor one hur5rsd fhogsald dollars ard soue
hodv else fcr tro h..n.lrei .houssna dollars
o.. NJ If haze the nsursizia, sbaA -
faza ras,ii-sl Attendance bocsuse my nzizhbo-
| - 90. rrrrr.I f.re~l T.e H. ia.