The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-05-23
REV. DR.. TALMIG e
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE's SUI
DAY SERMON.
snbiect: ..RevIsIon Of oreeds."

w SPhnOunted from cur horses on the way
ID tim bIordan to the Dead Sea. Bethany
liberal dissummer evening retreat OF Jesus,
-. pending the day in the hot city of
Jerusalem he would come out there almost
every evening to the house Of His three
friends I think theoccupants of that house
were orphans, for the father and mother are
not mentioned But the son and two dadgh-
tiers must have Inherited property, for
it must have been, Judging from what I
saw of the foundations and the size Of the
rooms. an opulent home. lazarus, the
brother, was now the head OF the household
ard his sisters depended on him and were
proud OF him, for he was very popular and
{ EVERYBODY lise,l him, and these girls were
splendid girls. Martha a first rate house
keeper and Mary s1irituelle, somewhat
dreamy. but affeetionate- and as good g1ri
as could be found ia all Palestine. But one
day Lazarus GOT sick. The sisters were in con-
sternation. Father gone and mother gone,
they feel very nervous lest they lose their
brother also Disease did its quick work
How The girls hung over his pillow? Not
much sleep about that house, no sleep at all
From the characteristics otherwhere de-
veloped, / judge that Martha prepared the
medicines and made tempting dishes OF
food for the poor APOSTLE OF the sufferer, but
Mary prayed and sobbed. Worse and worse
gets Lazarus, until the doctor announces
that he can do no mora The shrek that
went up from that household when the last
breath had been drawn and the two sisters
were being lei By sympathizers into the adj
Joieingr0om, al those oflis can imagine VINO
have had our own hearts broken.
Bat why was not Jesus there as He so often
had beens PARKWAY in the country districts
preaching, healing other sick, how unfortin-
ate that this omnipotent Doctor had not
been at that domestic crisis IN Bethany.
When at last Jesus arrived in Bethany Laza-
rus had been buried four days and dissolu-
ton had taken place. In that climate the
breathless body disiutegrates more rapidly
than IN ours. If, Immediately after decease
that body hid been awakened into life,
unbelievers might have said that he was
only IN a comatoss state, or in a sort
of france, and By some vigorous
manipulation or powerful stimulant vital
ity had been renewed. mol -Four days
Z dead At the door OF the sepulcher is a
crowd Of people, but the three most memoir
able are Jesus, who was the family friend,
and the two bereft sisters. We went into
the traditional tomb in December, and It Is
deep down and dark, and with torches we
explored it. We found i all quiet that after
noon OF our visit, but the day spoken OF in
the Bible there was present. an excited multi
tude ] wonder whas Jesus win do he
orders the door Of the grave removed, and
then He begins TO descend the steps.
Mary and Martha close after Him, and
the crowd after them Deer down into the
shadows and ieeperl The hot tears Of Jesus
roll over Bis cheeks and plash upon the back
Of His hands, We're there ever so many sor-
rows compressed into So small a space as in
that group pressing on down after Christ an
the time hemoauiug that He bad not come
befores Now all the whispering and all the
crying and all the sound Of shutting
feet are stopped. IL is the silence OF ex-
peetaRcy. Death has conquered. but now the
vanquisher Of death confronted the scene
Amid the awful hush Of the tomb the
familiar name waicn Christ had often
had upon His lips IN che inequalities of the
village home came hack to HIS tongue and
villa nalhos and an almightiness Of which
the RESURRECTION Of tae last day sislIii-sss,5sss
an echo, BE cries. q sazarusl come forth p
The eyes OF the slumberer open and he rises
and comes 70 the foot Of the steps and with
great dificgtih begins TO ascend. for the
rerements Of - tomb are yet on him and
his fest are fast and his hands are fast and
the impediments to all bis movements are so
great that Jesus commands: Take OF these
csrements: remove these hindrances; unfas-
ten these grave clothes loose him aud let
him GOT Oh. / am so glad that after the Lord
raised Lazarus tie went on and Commanded
the loossuing Of the cords that bound his
feet 50 that he could walk, and the breaking
off OF the carenenf that hound his hands so
tion, and the tearing of OF the bandage
from around his Jaws so that he could speak.
" hat would resIlrrected lie have been to
lazarus ii he had not been freed from all
those eTlppiements Of his body? / am glad
that Christ commanded lis complete enlan-
cipahons saying: loose him, and let him
30.
The unfortunate thing now IS that 50 many
Christians arc only half liberated They have
been raised from Ire death and burial Of sin
into spiritual life, but they yet have the grave
clothes on them They are ike Lazarus hob
bling up the stairs Of the tomb, bound hand
and foot, ana tue object OF This sermon is TO
help free their body and free their soul, and
| shall ny TO o.seT tia Masters command
that comes to me and comes to every minister
Of religion: Loose him, and let go.1 First,
many are bound hand aud foot BY religious
creefis- Let no uian misInterpres me as an
tagpnizing creeds. / have elg ht or ten Of them;
a creed about religion a creed about art, a
creed about social lie, creed about govern
ment and 50 on A creed sonething that
a Ina BELIEVES. ). hetuer st "a written or IN
written The Presbyterian Church IS now
egltated about rs creed Some good men in 4
It are for keeping = because It was framed
from the belief Of John Calvin. Other good I
men IN It want revision. am with neither
party Instead OF revision I want substitu-
ton was sorry - nave the question dis
turbed ct al The creed did not
hinder rs frosn olfering the pardon and ]
the comfort OK the Gospel to all men and the
W Westminster Confession has not interfered
with me one niinute. But now the electric
lights have been turned on the imperfections I
OF that creed-and everything that man fash ]
IONS Is imperfect rs uil1 the old creed re-
specially aside and get a brand new enc. (
Il Is impossible that people who lived hun
drels Of years ago should fashion an apprO- /
- frnfr-
a great and good man, but be died /
three lluntired anil gTanty-six years
ago. TIE best centuries Of Bible study have I
come since then. and explorers have done /
their work and ypu might a. well have the I
world 80 back and stick 10 what Robert Full {
ton knew about Steamboats, and reject the /
sIDse1u e1l lnIproTelae nts ID navigation; and I
70 back to john Gutlenberg. the inventor Of T
the art Of printing, aud REJECT all modern 1
newspaper presses, and 60 back 70 the time !
wh6u teisgraphy- gyas the elsvating Of signals /
or the burning OF bosiiras on the hilitops ard /
reject ths megRetic wire which IS the /
tongue Of nations as to ignore all the !
eIesetes and the phil0logists aud the thee /
logials Of the last tnree hundred andtwenty- 1
six years and pit your head under the sleeve
of tie gown Of a sixIeslth cen1ury doctor. J
could call the Names OF twenty living 4
Press yterian ministers OK religion who could 4
make a better orEsi sllaa john Calvin The
Nineteenth century ought not 10 be called 70
sit at the feet Of the Sixteenth
i.But you say. 1t Is the same old Bible,
and John Calvin bad that IS we'll IS the pres
ent str6snt q 1he SeriprIras Yes; 50 it is /
the Sane oli sun II TIC heavens but in our
timed mas gone 70 nllzing dasuerfeotypes
and rhctographs. Il IS the same old water,
but u cur century j. has gone to running
S tean engines. If Is tie same old electricity,
hut in our time iV has become q lightning
footed eTrand boy. 50 It Is the old Bible,
but new applications. new uses, new
You must remember
that during the hast three hundred years
words have changed their meaning and some
Of them now meeI inoEs and some less. L do /
not think that J9ari Calvin Believed, as some
say he did. Ia tie darulati1n Of infants, al I
though sofre Of the receslt hot disputes would I
seem to imply that There Is such a thing as
the daunatioe Of ilfauts
a man who believe Il tile daunation Of 4
infants himself iie4efTas 70 lose hea-en. /
do not taink any good man could admit /
such POSSIBILITY. What Christ viii do With 1
al the babies nluha next world I rouclude 4
from what ize did Efth the bales 81 Pales- /
tine when he l1ugged thsm aid kissed them. /
NhenEone OF Eou grown people 90 out Of 4
this 1garid your doubtful destiny viii la an I
enbsfTlssalent 70 ministers tticisfin, a. 1
your Obscene wlio p-fif have IA IL f31lfio,s 4
50 IS not u hars Surviving friends Brt I
wtes1 tire darlirg children 20 there are 40 I
fis or BUS or gusS1es We must ro
member that good John Calvin was Iori- !
Gan and metaphyscIan and by the proclfv- /
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