Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-02-14
SUNDAYS SERMON.
AVE OF REV. DIR TALMAGEA
srERLING DISCOURSES.
sob;ect. JOY. JOY. joy CA Jubilee
Sermon)

Paw T De Witt Talmage ID. d., at an es-
.,o;al communion for the reception of $40
rsrsons. making the present commitment
r,.nbarship of the Brooklyn Tabernacle
,aoS This was also moving day in that
,burch. The annual rental of pews had just
oocurred and many of the congregation occu'
1i.d new places. The pews brought higher
rroni,lms this year than ever bsfore, and the
;rcome OF the church this year will be $50,
"a But both plans are observed in the
church. A vast spac, is kept free from all
s,pense and only a part OF the building is
manned off for rent DR.. Talmage took his
,s,t from Luke xv., a.: bring hither the
fatted calf and kill il. y
Inv JOY! JOY We banquet to-day over
,bis accession of multitude of souls.
In All AGES of the world il has been GUS
tomary 10 celebrate joyful events by festivity
the signing of treaties the proc amation
n neaee. the Christmas the marriage. How
over much on other days Of the year our ta-
ble may have stinted supply, on Ihanksglv-
Inc Day there must be something bonnieous.
AMI ali the comfortable homes OF Christen-
dom have at some time celebrated joyful
events by banquet and festvity.
Something has happened in the old home
stead greater than anything that has ever
bsupsuel before. A fayorite son whom the
world supposed would become a vagabond
and outlaw forever has got tired of sight.
saenr and has returned to his fathers house.
Tbe world said he never would come back
The old man always said his son would come.
He had been looking for him day after day
and year after year. He knsw he would
ka.~ nod -, ~
fathers house, the father proclaims cele-
bration
There is a calf in the paddock that has
been kept up and fed to utmost capacity so
es 10 be ready for some occasion OF 10Y that
might come along. Ali there never VIII be
erander day on the old homestead than this
day. Let the butchers do their work,
andth housekeepers bring into the table
the smoking meat The musicians will
take their places, and tho gay groups
will move up and down the floor. All
the friends and neighbors are gathered in,
and extra supply is sent out to the
table OF the servants. The father presides at
table, and says grace, and thanks God that
bis long absent boy is home again. Oh.
how they missed him; how glad they are to
have him back. One brother indeed stands
p0uting at the back door and says: This is
great ado about nothing, this bad boy
Mlulu nave Dttl lilhSlNnpu lnnlGdh
Of greeted; veal is too good
for Hmm But the father says:
"Nothng is too good, nothing is good
enough" There sits the young man, glad at
The hearty reception. but shadow of sor-
row fitting across his brow at the remem-
brauce Of the trouble he has seen. All ready
now Let the covers lift. Music. He was
dead and he is alive again lie was lost and
be found BY such bold imagery does the
sbs nj, .ssI,n
soul comes home to God.
l. First of all there is the new converts
Joy. 1t is no tame thing to become n Chris
tan. The most tremendous moment in n
mans life is when he surrenders himself to
God The grandest time on the fathers
homestead is when the boy comes back.
Among tho great throng who in the parlors
Of this church professed Christ one night was
young man who next morning rang my
loOr bell and said: "Sir, cannot contain
myself with the Joy feel: came here this
morning to express il. | have found more
Joy in five minutes in serving God than in
al the years OF my prodigality, and | came
tOay 500
You have seen, perhaps. a man running
.orhis physical liberty and the officers of the
law after him, and you saw him escape or
hterward you heard the Judge had pardoned
hm and how great was the glee OF that res
cued man; but it is a very tame thing that,
compared with the running for ones ever
lasting life-the terrors Of the law after him.
OUT Christ coming in TO pardon and bless and
rescue and save. You remember John Bun
yan in his great story tells how
zoe Pilgrim put his fingers in
ls ears, and ran, crying: ali e. life, eternal
Me-, poor car-dr yer in this city some
years ago, after having had struggle to
support his family, suddenly was Informed
mat large Inheritance was his and there
was Joy amounting to bewilderment; but
hai IS small thing compared with the ex-
Iefenee OF one when he has put in his hands
me Ute deed to the joys, the raptures, the
2endors of heaven, and he can truly say:
is mansions are mine. its temples are
nine, It's songs are mine. its God is minel'
IN, Il Is no tame thing to become Chris
lah 1t is a merry making. 1t is the kill
hsoi the fatted calf 1t is jubilee You
khoW the Bible never compares it to a flu.
iEla, out always compares it to something
Ight IT Is more apt to be compared to a
ehquet than ANYTHING else. 1t is compared |
u the Bible to the water-bright, flashing
wafer to the morning-roseate, fire.
NofAei: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. morn
ing l wish could to-day take |
w The Bible expressions about pardon |
ana peace and life and comfort and hope |
saa heaven and twist them into one gar
sin and put II ON the brow of the humblest |
ulul OF tod In this assemblnge. and cry: |
hearit wear it nov, wear it forever. son
god, daughter of the Lord God AL /
nmnisnty. Oh, the Joy of the new convert |
VI the gladness of the Christian servicel
L. iou have seen sometimes a man in n re-
nsous assembly get up and give his expert
saee Well, Paul gave his experience. lie |
arse IN the presence of two churches, the /
.ulreh on earth and the church in heaven,
s S ne said Now this is my experience:
.uroWiul, vet always re oicing-poor, yet
s s.aAlns many rich-having nothing. yet pos
Posing all thlngs.n If the people in this
S1lse this morning knew the joys of the
OHistlan religion, they would all pass
s'g INTO the kingdom of God tine
~ ss moment. When Daniel Sandman was
.!lls OF cholera his attendant said Have
w inu b p lin n "Oh," he replied, since
-, 'iOund the Lord have never had any pain
y. r. sn Then they said to him: Would
~. ~ IKE to send a message to your friends ~
les leN | would tell them that. only last
-. sns the love of Jesus came rushing into my
- ~ IKE the surges of the sea, and had to
II OUT Stop, Lord it is enough stop,
~ enough ~ Oh, the joys of this Chris
us SuSt pass over from those tame joys in
~. you are Neutrality-suspicious. of this world
IN, ~ me raptures OF the Gospel The world
Inl .. satisfy you: you have found that out
on asAahdsr longing for other worlds to con-
a. and Vet drowned in his own bottle:
Il. whipped by disquietudes around