Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-10-26
TILE BAPTISM OF FIRE.
bR. TALMAeE's FIRST SERMON AFTER
THE. CONFEDERATION.

THE. CONFEDERATION.
His Text Was These words-"But None
Of These Things Movo Me"-A Powerful
and Affecting Discourse In rnIi-LarEo
Attendance
BRooKLYN, Oct. 20.-The Rev. T.
IsDc Witt Talmage. D. D., preached at
1.-The Academy Of Music this morning.
his first sermon after the destruction
lsof the Brooklyn Tabernacle by fire.
Ellis audience was of vast size. and
spublic interest was extraordinary.
|grhc opening hymn was:
God moves In mysterious way
His wonders To perform;
Il lie plants his footsteps in the sea, is
Aud rides upon the storm
DR. Talmages subject was Tho Bap.
|stisnl .of. Fire, and lie took as his text
Acts Xxx, "a, None of these things
move me, He said; q.
s. But, Paul s have you not enough
|safflictioii 10 mo We ou not
Il,
the most genial and loving nature,
have you mot, in order to be free f2r
missionary journeys, given yourself
to celibacy3 Have you not turned
away from the magnificent worldly
successes that would have crowned
your illustrious genius2 Have you
no. endured the sharp and singing
neuralgia like thorn III the flesh
Have you not been mobbed on the
land, and -shipwreckcd OH the sea; the
sanhcdrim against you. the Roman
government against you, all the world
and all hell against your
What OF that2" says Paul None
of these things move mel" II was
not because he was hard nature.
Gentlest woman was never more easily
dissolved into tears. He could not
even bear to see anybody cry. for in
the midst of his sermon when lie saw
some one weeping her sobs aloud.
What mean ye to weep and to break
mine hearth for am ready not to be
bound only, but also to die at Jeru-
salem for the name of the Lord Jesus. !"
What then did Paul mean when he
said. None OF these things move me2'
He meant, II will not be diverted from
the work To which have been called
by any and all the Universities and ca
.laniitieS.
NONE OF THESE THINGS MOVE ME-.
think this morning | express not
only my own feelings but that of every
man, WOMAN and little child belong
ing to brooklyn Tabernacle. or that
was converted there, or coniforted
there, or blessed there, when / look
toward the blackened ruins of the
dear and colsecrated spot and with all
aroused faith i'll a loving God. cry out:
None of these things move me.
When say that, | do not mean that
we have no feeling about ii. Instead
OF standing here today in this brilliant
auditorium, it would be more conso-
nant with my feelings to sit down
among the ruins and weep at the
words of David: If i forget thee, D
Jerusalem. let my right hand forget
her cunning" Why, let me say to the
strangers here today i'll explanation OF
the deep emotion of my flock. we had
there in that building sixteen years of
religious revival. Il believe that Il
hundred. thousand souls were born
there. Trey came from all parts
of the earth and we shall never
see them again until the books are
opened. Why, sirsl our children
were there baptized. and at those al
tars our young men and maidcns took
the marriage VOW, and out of those
gates we carried our dead When
from the roof of my house last Sun
day morning at 8 O'clock | saw our
church in flames, said: THAT is the
last of the building from which we
buried our De Witt on that cold
December day when it seemed all
Brooklyn wcpt with my household. "
And it was just as hard for you to
give up your loved ones as for us to
give up ours Why. like the beauti-
tiful vines that still cover some of the
fallen walls, our affections are clam
bering all over the ruins, and could
kiss the ashes that mark the place
where it once stood. Why, now that
I think Of it, cannot think Of it as
an inanimatc pile, but as a soul. a
mighty soul, an indestructiblc soul.
i am sure that majestic organ had a
soul, for we have often heard it speak
and sing and shout and wall, and when
the soul of that organ entered heaven
1 think Handel, and Haydn, and Mo-
Fart, and Mendelssohn, and Beethoven
were at the gates to welcome it. SO |
do not use the words Of my text i'll
heartless way. but in the sense that we
must not andwill not be diverted from
our work by the appalling disasters
which have befallen us. We will not
turn aside one inch from our determi-
nation to do all we can for the present
and everlasting happiness of all the
people whom we may be able to meet.
None of these things move me. None
of these things move you. Go for
wardl"
When l looked out through the dis
NAL rain from the roof Of my house
and saw tile church crumbling brick
by brick aud timber by timber, | said
to myself: Does this mean that my
work in Brooklyn is ended2 Does this
terminate: my association with this
city, where | have been more THAI
twenty years glad in all its prosperi.
ties, and sad i'll all its misfortunesf
And still small voice came to me, a
voice that is no longer still or small
but most emphatic and commanding,
through pressure of hand, and news
paper column, and telegram and let
ter contributions, saying: 60 for
ward'
I have made and 1 now make appeal
to all Christendom to help us. We
want all Christendom to help, and l
will acknowledge the receipt of every
contribution, great or small, with my
own hand. We want to build larger
and better. We want it national
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