The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23
THE DELUGE OF SIN.
Dr. Talmage on the Flood That
Threatens the World.

Threatens the World.
Christ the Mighty swimmer That y Res'
suInx Souls From the Waters Of Evil
His saeriaces Fer AGsakiad-
Trusting the Lord.
In q recent sermon at Seattle, Wash.
Ter. Rev. T. De Witt Talmage. Of Brook
2yu. took his text from Isaiah XIV. IL:
<Ee shall spread forth his hands in the
midst Of them, as he that swimmeth
~spreadeth forth his hands to swim" he
Eaid:
At this season Of tho year multitudss Of
people wade into the ponds and lakes and
rivers and seas At first p0tting oQt u
4iously from the shore. but having learned
The right stroke of arm and foot they lot
the waters roll over them and in wild glee
dive or float or swim. SO tho text will 30
very suggestive: He shall spread forth
his hand in the midst OF them - he that
swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to
swim"
The fisherman seeks out unfrequented
0ooka You stand all day On the banks OF
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your line and catch nothing. while the ex-
psrt angler breaks through the jungle and
goes by the shadow Of The solitary rock,
md in q place where no fisherman has
been for ten years throws out his line. and
comes home at night. his face shining and
his basket full I do not know why We
ministers Of the Gospel need always b
fishing in the Same stream and
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that other people preach from. l . not
understand the policy OF b minister
vho. in Blackfriars. London, Eng, every
week for thirty years preached from the
Epistle to the Hebrews 1t IL an eXhil.
aration to me when I come across . theme
which I feel NO q else has treated and
my text is one Of that kind. There are
paths in Gods Word that arc well beaten
by Christian feel. When mon want to
quote Scripture they quote the old pas.
sages that every ono has heard. When
they want . chapter read. they read .
chapter that all the other people have
been reading. SO that the Church to-day
Is ignorant Of three.fourths Of the Bible.
You 90 into tho Louvre at Paris. You
,onflne yourself to ono corridor Of that
3pulenr gallery Of paintings As you
,ome out your friends say to you: ibid
you see the Rembrandt" mo" did
you see that Rubensf" No" did you
see that Titian!" NO" ibid you see
teat Raphael" NO" SWELL" says
your friend, "then you didn't eco the
Louvre" ..
Row, my friends. I think We are too
much apt to conine ourselves to ono Of the
great corridors Of this Scripture truth and
SO much SO that there 10 mot one person
out Of a million who has ever noticed tho
.li-suggestivs and powerful picture in the
words of my text This text represents
God as a strong swimmer, striking ont to
push down iniquity and save the souls Of
men, He shall spread forth His hands
In tho midst OF them, al he that swimmeth
spreads forth his hands to swim" The
figure il bold and many sided Most Of
c'ou know how to swim. Some Of you
fsxrned it in the city school, where this
ars&s taught; some Of you In boyhood. in
the river near your fathers house; some
* you since you came to manhood and
wOmanhood, while summering on tho
beach of the sec. You step down in the
wave, you throw your head back, you
Arinx your elbows to tho chest You put
Ghe palms OF your hands downward and
ard the soles Of your feet outward, and
you push through the water a. though
you had been born aquatic. It 10 Q
grand thing to know how to swim,
sa.d only for yourself. but because you
will after awhile, perhaps have to help
others. I do not know my thing moro
stirring or sublime than to see some man
like Norman Mckenzie leaping from the
ship Madras into tho SEQ to ave Charles
Turner, who had dropped from the royal
yard while trying to loosen call, bringing
him back to the deck amid the huxxas Of
The passengers and crew. II . man has
DOT enthusiasm enough to cheer in such
circumstances he deseI yes himself to drop
into the sea and have no ono help him.
The Royal Humane Society of England
was established in 1774; its object ia ap.
p!aud and reward those who should pluck
up life from the deep Any one who has
performed such . deed Of daring has all
tho particulars Of that bravery recorded
In q public record, and on his breast q
medal done in blue. and gold, and bronx,;
anchor. and monogram, and inscription.
telling to future generations the bravery
OF the man or woman who we'd some one
from drowning. But. my friends il it 10
such a worthy thing to save q body from
the deep, 1 ask you IL il Is moi Q worthier
thing to save an immortal soull And you
shall see this hour the Son Of God step
forth for this achievement. HE shall
spread forth his hand in tho midst Of
them, as he that swinmeth spreadeth
forth his hands to SWIM"
In order to understand tho full force Of
this figure. you need to realize, first Of all,
chat our race is in . sinking condition.
You sometimes hear people talking Of
what they consider the most beautiful
srords in our language. One man says it
IS 'home," another man says it is the
word mother" another says Il 10 the
word 'Jesus." but I will tell you the Bit
terest word in all our language the word
most angry and baleful. the word satur-
ated with the most trouble. the word that
accounts for all the loathsomeness, and
the pang, and tho outrage and the har-
rowing; and that word 10 'sin." You
spell 1t with three letters, and yet those
three letters describe the circumference
and pierce the diameter Of every thing
bad in tho universe. Sini IL 10 Q sibilant
word. You can not pronounce it without
giving the siss Of the flame or the hiss Of
fne serpent SIM And then il you add
SAree letters to tina word IL descrihes