Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-24
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
THE SAVING LOOK"

I VTTF
! ing owing to the destruction Of the Taberna
! Gle by fire on Sunday morning. The sermon
! intended to he delivered that day was handed
| to our correspondent, which we give in full
The subject of his sermon was ''The Saving
Look and the text Hebrews xii, 2: Look
ing unto Jesus, DIR. Talmage said
In the Christian life we must not go slip
sh0d. This world was not made for US 70
rest in. In time OF war you will find around
the streets Of some city, far from the scene
of conflict, men in soldiers uniform, who
have right TO be away. They obtained a
| furlough and they are honestly and right
eousy of duty; but have to tell you that in
| this Christian conflict, between the first mo-
ment when we enlist under the banner OF
Christ. and the last moment in which we
shout the victory, there never will be sim
gle instant in which we will have a right TO
be off duty. Paul throws all around this
Christian life the excitements of the old
Roman and Grecian games-those games
that sent man on race, with such stretch
of nerve and muscle, that sometimes when
he came up 10 the goal, he dropped down
exhausted. Indeed, history tells us that
there were cases where men came
up and only had strength just
to grasp the goal and then fall
dead. Now, says this apostle,
making illusions to those very games,
we are all to run the race, not to crawl it, not
looking unto Jesus" and just as in the olden
times, man would stand at the end of 1.-THE
road with a beautiful garland that was to be
put around the head or brow of the success
full racer, so the Lord Jesus Christ stands at
the end of the Christian race with the gar
land of eternal life, and may God grant that
by his holy spirit we NAV so run as 10 obtain.
The distinguished Welliston, the chemist,
was asked where his laboratory was, and the
inquirers expected to be shown some large
apartment filled with very expensive appara-
us; but Welliston ordered his servant TO
bring on tray few glasses and a retort,
and he said TO the inquirers: "That is all my
laboratory. make all my experiments with
those" Now, know that there are great
their theology. They have so many theories
on ten thousand things; but / have TO say
that all my theology is comprised In these
three words; "Looking unto Jesus" and
when we can understand the height and the
depth and tine length and breadth and the in
finity and the immensely OF that passage we
can understand all.
| remark in the first place, we must look
to Christ as our personal Saviour. Now,
you know as well as /, that man Is only a
blasted ruin of what he once was. There is
not so much difference between a vessel COM
ing out Liverpool harbor, with pcnnants fly
ing aud the deck crowded with good cheer
anu iut guns DobinliEs uhh llihl Fuhit NteHtl
driving against Long Island coast, the drown
ing passengers ground to pieces amid the
timbers OF the broken up steamer, as there Is
between man as he came from the hands
OF God, equipped for grand and
glorious voyage, but afterward, through the
pilotage OF the devil, tossed aud driven and
crushed, the coast of the near future strewn
with the fragments of an awful and eternal
shipwreck. our body. Is wrong How
easily II Is ransackcd Of disease. Our mind
is wrong. How hard 1t Is to remember,
and how easy to forget. The whole nature
disordered, from the crown of the head to
the sole OF the foot-wounds, bruises, putre-
flying sores. "All have sinned and come
short OF the glory OF God, "By one man sin
entered into the world and death by sin. and
so death has passed upon all men for that all
have sinned." There is in Brazil plant they
call the murderer for the simple reason
that it is so poisonous II kills almost every
thing II touches. IL begins TO wind around
the root of the tree, and coming up 10 the
branches reaches out 20 the ends Of the
branches, killing the tree as it goes along. |
When il has come to the tip end of the
branch the tree Is dead. Its seeds fail to the
ground and start other plants just as murder
Gus.
And so It is with sin. II is a poisonous
plant that was planted IN our soul long time |
ago, AND II comes winding about the body |
soning, poisoning-killing, killing, killing as
il goes. Now, there would be no need Of my |
upon this II there were no way /
of plucking out that plant. IL Is a most in I
thing for me to come 10 a man /
who is in financial trouble and enlarge upon 4
his troubles II have no alienation to offer |
II is an unfair thing for me TO come 60 man
who is sick and enlarge upon his disease If | /
have no remedy 20 offer. But have a right /
to come to man in financial distress
or physical distress If ] have financial re-
to offer or a sure cure to pro-
pose. Blessed be God that among the noun
tains of our sin there rolls aud reverberates a
song Of salvation. Louder than all the
voices Of bondage is the trumpet of Gods
sounding: "Oh, Israel. thou
mast destroyed myself, but in me is thy
help" Al the barred gates OF our dungeon,
-he cOnquercr knocks and the hinges creek
md grind at the swinging open. The famine
struck pick up the mama that falls in the
wilderness and the floods clap their hands,
aging: Drink, oh thirsty soul, and live
brewer" and the feet that were torn and
leep cut on the rocky bride path of sin now
'ome into smooth place, and the dry alders
'rackle as the painting hart breaks through TO
he water brooks, and the dark night of the
oul begius TO grow gray with the morning,
-ea to purple, yea to flame, from horizon to
lorison. The batteries of temptation
H'htth. AtOubito tilil lis
apturcl and made to fight on our side. Not
: result OF any toll or trouble on our part.
ut only as result Of ''Looking unto Jesus.
But what do you mean by Looking unto ,
esusr some one inquiries. / mean faith.
What do you mean BY faiths" | mean be-
ewing. '.What do you mean by belieyingy'
mean this. II YOU promise TO do certain !
hing for me, and have confidence in your
cracity-if you say you viii give me such a /,
hing and need Il very much, come in con-
dence that you are an honest man and ,
lill do what you say. Now, the Lord Jesus |
hrist says: "You are in need of pardon and !,
fe and heaven, you can have them II Won
ONE and get them" You saw: Il can't q
ONE and ask first. am afraid You won't :
i've it to me-" Then you are unbeHeying !
ut you say: Il will come and ask. | know, I
ord Jesus, thou art in earnest about this y
atter. / come asking for pardon. Thou q
asst promised 10 give it to me, thou wilt Give Il
70 me, thou hast given it to me- That Is G
18th. Do You see it yet! "Oh,v saws some a
re, Il can't understand it, No man ever &
d, without divine help. Faith is the eift of U
oil. You say: THAT throws the responsi-
lily of my shoulders" No. Faith Is the o
IT of God, but il comes in answer 10 PRAYER. s.