The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-28
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
rHE BROOKLYN DIVRE's sun
DAY SERMON.
saa,se.. ..a0unaIng Up .he oentuEy.,

" y mas take1 rev more steps. II each
/ year be q step, It VIII be gone into the eterni-
ties- IN q short time we shall be in the last
decade Of this century. which fact makes the
s0lemnest book outside the Bible the al
manHc, and the most suggestive and the
most tremendous piece OF machinery IN all
the earth the clock. The last decade Of this
century upon which we shall soon enter VIII
y tne grnndest. mightiest and most
decisive decade IN all the chronologies am
Eiad Il Is not 10 celne Immediately, for we
need by new baptism Of the Holy Ghost %
prepare for IT, That last ten years Of the
ninaieel.th century, may we all live 20 sec
tneini Does any one say that this division
q time Is arbitrary; Oh, no; In other ages
me DIVISIONS q time may have been arbi-
trss5' but our years dete from Christ. Does
en1 one sly that the grouping Of ten together
= az arrangement arbitrary Oh. no: next
% t1r inquire seven, ten Is with God a favorfte
1liaDef' ABRAHAM dWelt ten wears in
taduan- len Righteous men would have
saved Soaeln- In the ancient tabernacle were
Tea GU la,ns- their pillars ten and their sock
ltf IN In the ancient temple were Ten lay
rs and ten candlesticks and ten tables aud a
m0lten sea Of ten euhits. And the command
merits written on the granite of Mount
6iuai vere ten, and the kingdom Of God was
likenci % ten virgins, and ten men should lay
bold Of BIN that was jew, and the reward
d the greatly faithful Is that they shall reign
NNAA
census Of the New Jerusalem the number ten
g<ings around the thousands crying " ten
thouslIds times ten thousands So I come
. look townrd the closing ten years OF the
Nineteenth century with an intensity of IL
81 -a-ily describe.
a.sdced that the fayorite time
Amy q the centuries for great events was
he closing fragment Of the century. Is
America &c be discoTerld- It must be in the
Inst decade cf the Fifteenth century, namely
1482. Was free constitutional government to
be vel established IN America, the last years
Of the Eighteenth century must achieve II.
Were three cities % be submerged by one
pitch Of scariR, Herculaneum and StraDi,e
and P0mpei In the latter part Of the First
century mist 20 under The Fourth CEN
tury closed with the most agitating ecclesi-
ast7czl war of history. Urban the Sixth
azeinst Clement the Seventh Alfred tie
Great closes the Ninth century and Edward
b1nssdss tie Eleventh century with their re
sounding deeds. The Sixteenth century closed
with the establishment Of religious liz
dependence in the United Netherlands Ave,
almost every century has had its psroration
1I oveftower1ng achievements As the clos
Ing years Of the centuries seem q favorite
TINE for great scenes Of emancipation or dis
A7-ef, and as the number ten seems a favor
u number ii the Scriptures written by di-
fIns dircctic., aud as We are SON to enter
upon the last Ten years Of the Nineteenth GEN.
tury what dses the world proposes What
does the chuych Of Christ rropose5 What do
reforInere pr0p0sas know not: but now in
ne prezence Of this conseeratad assembly
propose that We make ready. get all our hat
aei1es pliintec and all our plans well laid IN
VIII remains q this decade, and thenin the
lAss decade o. the Nineteenth century march
np aud take this round world for God.
anen sly we, 1 mean the five hundred
pllil.on christians now alive. But as many
o. tnem VII not have enough heart for the
torE let US copy Gideon and as he had thirty
Two thousand men In bis army to fight the
a.i1iallites but many Of them Were not made
9t tne flElr stud and he promulgated a mill
lAEf order saying. .. W hos0averi Is fearful
lnd afraid Jet him return and depart early
u1in Gliead, and twenty-five thousand
were AFRAID Of getting hurt and went
nome and only ten thousand were left and
toa ioid them that even rsis reduced number
Was Too larse number, for they might think
tleJ mad trluuluhed indeplr1ant OF divine
help and 50 the number must be still further
redueed and only those should he kept IL the
ra4ks who ID passing the river should be 50
y haste Tor victory over their enemies that
Enough very thirsty, they would without
ttofl1ihg second Just scoop up the water
p rae pGlm Of their right hand and
sleop M the water IN the palm Of their
ieIl na11, and only three hundred rlen did
tnar and those three hundred men with the
naErle shout. -fhe sword Of the Lord snd OK
ssioe,n- scattered the Midiauites Ike laaves
u an equinox 50 out Of the five hundred mil
non nominal Christians Of to-day let all un-
10y - = and eoi'ds 60 home and eet out
hundred million RI suppose only two nun
dred million left. suppose only one hundred
u-llll11 let, Ttsi- suppose We only have fifty
million left, with them we F5l undertake the
divine crusade. and each one just scooping up
; PAIN iul 0f the river q Gods mercy Ia one
hand ard palm full Of the river Of Gods
s.Esagth IN tie other. let us with tie cry,
The sword Of the Lord and Gideon. tie
sword q the lord and 81 John Knox, the
sword Of the LCzd and Of Matthew Simpson.
ne sword Of the Lord and Of Bishop Nell
vatne, the sword Of the Lord and q Adnnirun
J1dson- the sword q the Lord and Of Martin
Luther. 60 into the iast decade Of the Nine
tenth century.
Is = sHdaci0us fer me TO propose it, Oh.
no; captive servant IN TIE kitchen Of
cae1nall tod ne commaEdei-in-chiei where
be could get nd Of the hiotches Of his awful
leprosy end bis complexion became as fair as
q babes And didn't Christ In ortler. TO take
tie ophtlaimia out Of the eyes Of the blind
man use a mixture Of spittle and dust And
no snoss I'd Blucher a short cur for his army.
- that instead ~ the regular road hy which
l7rsFou1d f1re come up too late, be came up
tine TO save Wassrloo and Europef
Was Il not an unknown lad. who perhaps
could not write his own nanes And 50 ].
who am less than the least Of all saints,
propose a short cut 20 victory and am willing
- e the expectoration On some Iaina eve
and tel some q the hIigadier geneals Of the
Lord Of host now this leprosied wtfld may in
tie fral decade q tie NineteeIsth century
have is flesh come again as the flesh Of
attle child
Is there anything in prophecy 70 hinder
this s1eeliV c1nsummari0nf No. Some one
begins % quote from Daniel about time,
times and a half time and takes from Re
veiztion the seven trumpets blowing them al
at once in my ear. But with utmost rever-
encs take up al the prophecies and hold
them toward heasea and say God never
hzs and never viii stop consecrated
eif0rt and holy determination and
magnificent resolve. and that II
the church Of God vii rise up to its
full work Il can make Daniels time
twenty years and bis half time ten years
Neither Isaiah, nor Ezekiel, nor Micah,
nor Malachi, nor Jeremiah, nor any
q the major or minor prophets viii hinder
Us a second Suppose the Bible had an
n0unced tue millennium 70 hegin the ve1r
asa, that would be 10 hindrance. 81
one sense God never changes His mind,
belng tue same yesterday. to-day and for
ever. But IN another sense He does change
BIS mind and times without number
eser{ ga, and t11t Is waen His people pray.
yidnt he ehaslgs lis mind about Niuevehi
Sy Gods command jonah, az the top Of bis
voice. while standingon the steps Of tho ner-
f'iants e1chnnze and the palatial residences
-. cried Out- yet forty days and
HineFeh shall be oFsrthroWnH Was It over
tdrDFn IN forty days. No. The people gave
up their sins and crlszi for mercy, and though
Jonah got uad because bis whole course ot
sermons bad been spoiled ard went into dis
graceful I0utiEg- we have the record 50
eubliue ] cannot read Il without feeling a
nervous chill running through me God
saw their WORKS thar they turned from THAR
syii way and God repented Of the evil that
de bad said He would do unto them, and Re
a. n not God j. z father. and some Of us
EiioH wat INIT means, and some time when
e nave pI0lnise4 chasti safueut and the child
oe--rFec i. the Hf-le dsriing has put her
ar1ns AROUND our meek and express s1cb
s9rIo@ s-iie such promises Of doing better
tii-t per Tears landed on the lips Of our
Kiss ana ~ he'd her half hour after on orr.
hlaes end ponid e. s0on think Of elauuirfg an
ele7i ~ ~ nc as g even striking her with
- ~ VEN ~ our little finger. God is a
latter aild .4ile ne b. rrosniss.ii this world
Sour gingss Trough they were to fs for a
thousand years on five thoussud resrs ne
would, Il the word repeated. suistif,5fe fs-,a-
diction and divine cares. ca o5,.,,,,-.,
his mind about Sodom SIX time - ri
determined on its destruction 49,,
ati-i him II He would NOT spsra i r. &C.
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