The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-18
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE's SUN.
DAY SERMON.
sphject' "outwittcd by the World. "
Preached at Livingston, Montana.)

around me people who are alert earnest. con
/ csntrated and sklllful in monetary matters,
' Who in the affairs of the soul, are Iaggards,
name inert
The great want of this world is more COM
} mon sense in matters Of religion. If one-half
S 81 the skill and forcefulness employed in
. financial affairs Nera employed in disseminate
ing the truths Of Christ and trying to make
tue world better, within ten years the last
Juggernaut would fall, the last throne Of on
( preston upset. the last iniquity tumble, and
! the anthem that was chanted over Bethlehem
on Christmas night would be echoed and re-
echoed from all nations and kindred ard
: people; GLORY to God in the highest, and
on earth peace, good will to men"
! Some years ago, on train going toward
the southwest, as the peter Of the sleeping
car was making up the berths at the evening
TIDE, l saw man knoel down to pray.
worldly people in the car looked on. as much
as 70 say; What does this meanH I sup
pose the most OF the people in the car thodsht
that man was either insane or that he was a
fanatic; but he disturbed no one when he
lnelt, and he disturbed no one when he arose.
In after conversation with him I found out
that he was member Of church in my own
city, that he was scattering man, and
that be was on his way to New Or
leans to take command Of a vessel,
Thought then, as l think now, that ten such
men-Inen with such courage for God as that
man had-would bring the whole CITY to
Christ; q thousand such men would bring this
whole land 70 God; ten thousand such men.
N q short time would bring the whole earth
INTO the kingdom Of Jesus That he was s11c-
eessful In worldly affairs, 1 found out. That
ne was sklllfui IN spiritual affairs you are
Wen persuaded. If men had the courage the
pluck, the alertness the acumen. the indus
ttiYt the Common sense in matters of the soul
nat they hayeIn earthly matters this would
be a very different kind Of world to live in.
IN the rrCf UtaFn mt
sense IN the building and conduct of churches.
Inc idea OF the adaptiveness is always para
mount IN any other kind of structure. If
plnkeIs meet together and they resolve upon
putting up bank the bank is especially
! adapted 10 banking purposes: II a manu-
featuring company put up a buildinc. # is to
pe adapted 70 manufacturing purposes: but
a1aptiYeness Is not always the question in
the rearing Of churches. In many of our
churches we want more light more
room, more ventilation, more comfort Vast
/ sums Of money are expended on ecclesiastical
structures and men sit down in them, and
1 you ask man how he likes the church: he
| says; u like it very well, but I can't hear.n
as though q shawl factory were good for
| everything but making shawls. The voice
| o. the preacher dashes against the pillars. |
Men sit down under tho shadows OF tho /
ssothlc arches and shiyer and feel they must /
= getting religion, or something else, they /
feel SO uncomfortable
Omy friends, we want more common sense
in the rearing Of churches. There is no ex-
ouse for lack Of light when the heavens are
fnll OF it, no excuse for lack of fresh air
When the world swims in it. It ought to be
an expression not only Of our spiritual han
plness, but Of cur physical comfort, when we
ssay: How amiable are Thy tabernaclas. o |
Lord God Of Hostsi a day in Thy courts is
better than thousand
Again remark: We want more common
IN anFaNaH mn
men understand that IL order to succeed in !
worldly directions they must concentrate.
They think on that one subject until their
iillnu taxes ire with the velocity of their own
thoughts All their acumen, all their strategy.
al their wisdom, ali their common sense. they
put N that one direction and they succeed
DpI now seldom Il IS true in the matter of
seeking slter God While no man expects to
accomplish anything for this world without
eoncentratlon and enthusiasm, how many
ahere are expecting after awhile to get into
me Kingdom of God without the use of
any such means. a miller in Califor-
ma, many years ago held up a snarkle
of gold until il bewitched nations
Tens OF thousands Of people left their
homes. They took their blankets and their
pickeIes and their pistols aud went to the
Eslles OF California. Cities sprang up sud
denly ON the Pacific coast. Merchants put
ASIDE their elegant apparel and put on the
miners garb. All the land was full of the
talk about gold Gold in the ewes, gold in
the ears, gold in the wake Of slips. gold in
the streets-gold, gold, gold. Word comes
70 US that themoUntain Of Gods love is full of
bright treasure: that men have been dig
elng there, and have brought up gold and
amethyst and carbuncle, and JASPER, and
sardonyx, and chrysoprasus, and all the pre-
clous stones out Of which the walls of heaven ,
were builded. Word comes Of a man who.
qigglng IN that mine for one hour, has
NCteat up treasures worth more than
Tins stars that keep vigil over our
: - 10 - dying world. Is it a bogus
daily she at is formeds Is it unde- :
orys Oh no, the story is true
standard o:ssndsof people in this audience !
tn: III sEila,S n rise and testify that !
IhlS VIII lowered that gold, ana have it : :
Tins IF assion. Notwithstanding all this
l. 10 - circumstance? One would sun, I
day shfthe announcement would send PEG
= -reat excitement up and down our
IL SllS That at midnight men would
lasS at your door, asking how s
o,sy may get those treasures. In y
iteed OF that many Of us put our hands be- f
iind our back and walk up and DOWN front /
y the mine Of eternal riches, and say: 'syVeu I
I l am 70 be saved, I will be saved; and if ! !
I'm TO be daned, l win be damned, and there /,
S nothing TO do about it.n Why, my broth a
T, do you not do that way in business mat b
ersf Why do you not tomorrow 20 to vour ri
nd say: If these goods are to be sold, r,
hey will be sold, and if they are not to bs
Did, they will not be sold; there is nothing =
or me 70 do about it." No, you dispatch =,
cur agents you print your advertisements, =,
on adorn your show windows YOU push -
hose goods, you use the instrumentahty. v
u that men were as wise in the matter OF =
be soul as they are wise in the matter OF y
GLARS aud centsl This doctrine of "
odis sovereignty, how it is misquoted -
nd spoken OF as though it were an y
on chain which bound US hand and y
'ot for time and for eternity, when, N N
lar from that, N every fiber of your %
oay-- in every faculty Of your mind, in u =.
very passion OF your soul YOU are "a
'ee man and it is no more a matter of free "
lolce whether you VIII to-noTrcw 20 ~
broad or stay at home, than it is this ~ ~
onent matter OF free choice whether -
1u viii accept Christ or reject Him. -
J ell the army Of banners there is not one -
,nscTipt. Men are not 70 be dragooned into I'M
saven- Among all the tens Of thousands of ac
70 Lords soldiery there is not ono man but Il
III tell YOU: 81 chose Christ WANTED Him. pr
desired to be in Els service; I am not a con- ~
Tipt-I am q volunteer Oh that men bad IN m
10 same common sense in the matters Of re- u
glon that they have In the matters Of The y ~
orld-the same concentration, -tlfs s4rne Ne
nsh, the same entll-zsiasmI In the pr,
le case secular enthusiasm; in
Z
Again ] remark: We want more common thi
nse in the building up and charging of our an
lr1stian character. There are men here We
no have for forty years been running the bai
Tristan race, and they hayenot run quar- no no
Z Of a mile the
No business man would be willing to have l.
! Investments uDaccumulative If you in OF
81 dollar you expect that dollar 70 come We
mo bringing another dollar on its back. ~
hat would you think of a man who should "
vest ten thousand dollars in a monetary 10
itltutlon, then go of for five years q
AXE no inquiry in regard 10 sno
3 investment, then como back, step Lia
70 tho cashier of the institution ~.
q say; Have you kept those ten thousand VI, III
lars safely that lodged with yoHgn but W. W.
1ng no question about interest or about ols
Ildend Why, you say, 'That Is not com ~ ~
N sense" Neither is ii, but that is the ~ ~
y we act in matters OF the soul. We ~. ~;
iGe far more important invest A. r..
mt than ten thousand dollars. We 10
rest our soul. Is it accuu1ulatives III
Q wo growing in grace? Are We getting ,,l
ter Are we getting worses God de- r.
res many dividends but We do not collect H.
m We DO not ask about them. We do not fin
D. AHs..Ns