The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-27
TALMAGE BOUND HOME.
THE DOCTORS LAST SERMON IN
THE OLD WORLD.


Fits the Tongue in Every Dialect.
QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 26.-While the
steamer Aurania, from Liverpool, was lyins
in this harbor few hours to-day waiting
for the mails, many Of the passengers went
ashore. The Rev. 7. Do Witt Talmage, d.
d., was among the number, and took ad-
vantage Of the opportunity TO preach. His
subject was "What Is In a Namei" and his
text Philippians ii, 8: "a name which il
above every name" The eminent preacher
said:
Onmy way from the Holy Lend, and while
IwaIt for the steamer TO resume her voyage
to America, preach to you from this text,
which was one Of Pauls rapturous and en-
thusiastic descriptions Of the name of Jesus.
BY common proverb we have come to be-
heve that there is nothing in a name, and
so parents sometimes present their children
for baptism regardless of the title given
them, and not thinking that that particular
title will be either a hindrance or a help.
Strange mistake. You have no right
to give to your child name that
is lacking either in euphony OF
in moral meaning. 10 Is sin
for you to call your child Jehoiakim or
Tiglath-Pileser. Because you yourself may
have an exasperating name is no reason
why you should give il to those who come
after you. But how often we have seen
some name, filed with jargon, rafting
down from generation to generation, simply
because some one long while ago hap
pened to be afflicted with It, Institutions
and enterprises have sometimes without
sufficient deliberation taken their nomen-
clature. Mighty destinies have been decided
by the significance of a name. There are
xvhn oil ali All
tussel to get over the influence Of
some unfortunate name While We may.
through right behavior and Christian de-
meanor, outlive the fact that we were bap-
tized by the name of a despot, or an in
f1del, OF a cheat how much better it would
have been IL we all could have started life
without any such incumbrance. When I
find the apostle, in my text and in other
parts OF his writing, breaking out in ascrip-
tlons of admiration in regard to the name
OF Jesus, want to inquire what are soma
OF the characteristics of that appellation.
And Oh, that the Savior himself, while |
speak, might fill me with his own presence,
for we never can tell to others that which
we have not ourselves fslt.
First. this name Of Jesus is an easy name
Sometimes we are introduced to people
whose name is so long and unpronounceabe
that we have sharply to listen, aud to hear
the name given to us two or three times
before we venture to speak it. But within
the first two years the little child clasps its
hands, and looks up and says jesus Can
1t be, amid all the families represented here
to-day, there is one household where the
little ones speak Of father" and "mother,n
and brother" and SISTER, and not of ''ths
name which is above every namep Some
times we forget the titles Of our very best
friends, and we have to pause aud think be-
fore we can recall the name But can you
imagine any freak OF intellect In which you
could forget the Savor's designationa That
word Jesus" seems to fit the tongue in
every dialect. When the voice in old age
gets feeble and tremulous, and indistinct.
still this regal word has potent utterance.
Jesus, love thy charming name,
'Tis music to my ear;
Fain would sound il out so loud
That heaven and earth might hear.
Still further, l remark, IL Is a beautiful
name. You have noticed that it is impos-
sible TO dissociate name from the person
who has the name. SO there are names that
are to me repusive-I do not want to hear
them at all-while those very names are at
tractive to you. Why the differenoe9 1t is
because ! happen to know persons by those
names who are cross, and sour, and snap.
pish, and queer, while the persons you used
to know by those names were pleasant and
attractive. As we cannot dissociate name
from the person who holds the name that
consideration makes Christ's name so un-
speakably beautiful. No sooner is 10 pro,
nounced in your presence than you think
of Bethlehem, and Gethsemane, and Col
gotha, and you see the loving face. and hear
the tender voice, and feel the gentle touch.
You see Jesus, the one who, though ban.
quoting with heavenly hierarchs, came
down to breakfast ON the fish that rough
men had just hauled out of Genessareti
Jesus, the one who, though the clouds are
the dust of his feet, walked footsore on tc
the road to Emmaus. Just as soon as thai
name is pronounced in your presence you
think OF how the shining one gave back the
centurion's daughter, and how he helped the
blind man to the sunlight, and how he made
the cripple's crutches useless, and how be
looked down into the babes laughing eyes,
and, as the little one struggled to 90 to him,
flung out his arms around 1t and impressed
loving kiss on its brow, and said: ''Of such
is the kingdom OF heaven" Beautiful name
--Jesusl 1t stands for love, for patience, for
kindness. for forbearance, for self>sacrifice,
for magnanimity. 1t is aromatic with all
odors and accordant with all harmonies.
Sometimes see that name, and the letters
seem to be made out of tears, and thAu
again they look like cleaning crowns
Sometimes they seem to me as though
twisted out OF the straw on which he lay.
and then as though built out of the thrones
on which his people shall rain. Sometimes
sound that word Jesus" and / hear
coming through the two sylables the Sigh
of Gethsemane and the groan of Calvarys
and again sound it, and 1t is all a-ripple
with gladness and airing with hosanna.
Take all the glories Of book bindery and
put them around the page where that name
Is printed. On Christmas morning wreaths
it on the wal.
Let it drip from harp's string and thun.
der out in organs diapason. Sound it
often, sound it well, until every star shall
Seem to shine it, and every flower shall
seem to breathe Ii, and mountain and sea.
and day and night, and earth and heaven
acclaim in full chant: blessed be his
glorious name forever. The name that Is
above every name.p
Jesus, the name high over all,
In heaven and earth, and sky.
To the repenting soul, 60 the exhausted
invalid, to the Sunday school girl, to the
snow white octogenarian, it is beautiful.
The old man comes in from long walk.
and tremblingly opens the doors, and hangs
his bat on the old nail, and sets his cane in
the usual corner, and lies down on a couch.
and says to his children and grandchildren.
My dears, am going to leave you" They
say: why, where are you going, grand
fatherp II am going to Jesusn Aud
so the old man faints away into
heaven. The little child comes in
from play and throws herself on your lap.
and says: Mamma, am SO sick, am 80