Daily Republican., 1890-06-23
YOUNG MEN.
six MILLIONS TO SAVE FROM
NUN.
An Evangelist Of Over Twenty Years.
Experience Win Young Men PIsads
EioqusnsIy at Central Prssby-
tsrian Church-The Pev-
pie Interested.

pastor, tnsroduced - preacher Rev. g.
A. Taggart, who formerly for IS Year,
had beeh 6tat4 Secretary OF the Y. Il. g.
A. OF psnpsylvania, and 10 now the In
tsrnational Secretary Of the Y. NJ. @. A.
and who took fol, his text, Peter I; II,
]. q: "Whsn II tsstI6sd beforehand the
suusrinse Of Chrtat and the glory that
should follow"
He alluded % the Ssd chapter Of
Isaiah, which hed juet besn rsad BY the
pastor, g. touching, because nearly the
wnole Of " wee taken up with the suffer-
ings Of Christ. Although b prophecy
delivered ages prior to the 6aviour's
sdvent the historic records Of the four
Gospe!s showed i had been fulfilled.
a. iI.4 aia n9f gnds5stand how any person
he narrated ~ experience Of On
honest Brahmin. Who. dpon the advice
Of missionary. read shat chapter, and
the .gospsl comments on the fullalmsnt
OF IT, prophecy and was thereby oon-
and cried 70 God to forgive his sina He
/. Christ was Boss IsS Door. r. II There SlS ~.
design in this loWly birth. It was .
part Of the sorrow and suffering that
was allotted 10 Hip, fofeshadowins the
glory to follow. The speaker made soms
extsnded remarks on the rich and poor,
Some are born poor and are rich
By the end Of life, and some the reverse.
Christ was always poor, 90 far ~ the
accumulation OF earthly treasure IL con-
sidersd.
X. Christ suffered also from tsmpts.
tion. He suffered being tempted. Had
he not suffered He could not now succoY
those who are tempted. He had pa.
thence.
There ID no sin In bsing tempted
When We Get the word Of God In oul
hearts We shall know how to say: 'sIt 4
written," and tQ rssist temptation. =
Some persons desire to know the future
l think We ought 70 be very thankful tc
God that We do not know the future
= . But Christ's future life was before
Him as . written page. He knew all be.
fore he left "the bosom Of the Father"
The preacher gave an unusually orlgi.
nal running c5mmentary on the $50
chapter Of Isaiah and the sufferings oi
our Saviour - recorded In tho New .Tss-
timent. He made the wellknown theme
intensely interesting to his large congre.
CATION, who listened intently with ad.
miring stiffness. The Saviour could not,
~ HIS enemies tsuuted, use his infinite
ability 70 come down from the crosa
aud save himself" and then be able to
save others alsU.
The preacher narrated the conversa-
tion cf two sged ministers who were
talking Of the dea.h Of Christ a II Il
were still . new and the most Interesting
over 80 years Of age = The Holy
n IN hae
Christ has poured out his blood for the
pardon Of our sins.
Very pathetic was the speakers narra-
tive as to the discipes Of Christ whore
one denied him, another betrayed him
aud all iorsook him In the depth OF bis
danger aud agony. Yet the God Of all
grace got the testimony Of Hls grace.
Here the oonvulslons OF nature upon
tha contamination OF the crucifixi0n
were portrayed. There followed dos
cription Of the resurrection, tho ascen-
sion and Of the subsequent personal in
terviews with Disciples and upwards Of
500. including st. Paul, "ss of one born
cut of due time"
jesus Christ 10 triumphant He
did what NO other man had ever done,
He met death and conquered It
He hos . Triumphant future. "The
earth shall be full Of the knowledge Of
the Lord" An shall know dWho
10 the King of Glory" The speaker
here took occasion to make an eloquent
appeal to the unconverted.
He then appealed to the church TO EN-.
brace still more earnestly the cause Of
the young men, Of whom there are
1000. 00O In the United States and only
1000, 900 Of them within the fold OF
Christianity. Nine-tenths Of the
patronage Of the open saloons and resorts
Of vlce came from the young men.
Nearly 20 years of his life had been spent
10 working for young mon.
We sometimes think the tide IL against
us. But we see Jesus. We shall zee
Him "put oil His enemies under BIS
feet" Tho l400 young mems Christian
Associations In the United States are
this work. Oh, that the church may be
awakened and ali Christians hear voice
calling them to occupy this field of saw
ing Q 900, 900 young men from the evil
influences that are now surrounding
them.
II 10 the evil associations OF these
young mon that send uius-tenths OF
them to ruin. Oh, Chrlstians, think upon
the coming days Of Christ's glory. Does
not Jesus ask you to rally aud help keep
the young men out ot the awful pitfalls
OF ruin? May the Church Of God lay
this work to her heart May God bless
the church aud the people.
To tho General Public.
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