The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-02-06
TALMAGE ABROAD
ELOQUENT SERMON PREACHED
BY HIM IN LONDON.


the itla2iur Furnace, the stake and ia,
r;isUn fer Christinns.
The Rev. II. De Witt Talmag-, ID
d., Of Brooklyn, preached in London
Sunday, taking for his text Acts xvi
81: "Believo On the Lord Jesus Christ
and theu shalt be saved" He snil:
Jai!s are dark, dull, damp, lonthsomc
places even now; but were worse in the
apostolic times. | imagine to-day we
are standing III the Philippiau dungeon.
DO you fes the caill? DO you hear the
groan Of those incarcera ed ones Who
for ten years have not seen the sum
light, and the deep sigh Of women
wI" r.mtH.bcr their fathers house,
and mourn over their wasted estates?
Listen again. 1t is the cough 0fn on
e"upiiv", or the strugy lo or one in a
nightmare OLA greet horrnv. You lis
'"n aGa'n. and hear a culprit. his chains
iatnlei z as he rolls over in his dreams
ssA u say: God pity the prisoner"
fNGttt is another sound ir that
"Hl>on. 1t is Al song Of joy and glad
,tas, What place to sing in! The
muaic cnmeS winding through the cor
rido"a OF tho prison and in all the dark
wnrHs the whisper is heard: What's
thu What $ that II is the song Of
Pnul Md ,>ilas they cannot sleep.
They have been badly whipped. The
long gasEeS on their hAclt& are blced~
log yet They lie nal on the cold
3ro':hd. their feet fast in wooden sock
cts, and Of u',urSc they cannot sleep.
But they can sing. Jaiier, " hat are
YOU doing with these people? Why
hay" they been put in here? y, they
have beer trying to make the world
better. Is IL thar? chat is all \ pit
or JoHcuh. = lions cave for Daniel.
4 h,azinc furnace ior s'hudrach. Clubs
for John Weeley. An anathema for
Philip Mclancihon. a dungeon for
PAUL and sSilas. But while we are
standing in the giOom Of that philippi-
an duRgeo,:, and we hear the mingling
voicee OF ~.b. and groan, and hias-
phrm, ard hallelujnh, suddenly an
earhuuakc! The iron bars Of the
prison twists, the pillars crack oil, the
solid na uury begins to heavc and
rock I'll al. the doors sW ing open, and
the walls fail with IL terrific crash. The
jaiiCr, feeling himself responsible for
the-r prisoners, aud feeling suicide 70
he honoraOle-since Brutus killed
himself, ard Cato killed himself and
Cas-ns killed hmscll~-puts his sword
to his own heart, proposing with one
strong, heclt thrust TO put All end to his
excitement and agitation. But Paul
cried oui: Stop! Stop! Do thyseh 40
harm. We arc oil here Then SEQ
the jaiior running through the dust
amid the ruin Of that prison, and see
him thro wing himself down at the feet
of those prisoners, crying out: "NNhat
shall do? What shall 1 do?', Did
Pau! answer: "Hie> ont of this place
before there i another earthquake;
put hanhculs and hobbies on those
other prisoners. lest they get away"
Not Il word of that kind. Compact
thrilliag, tremendous answer; answer
memorable all through earth and
heaven: "Beievo on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved,
Wei, we have oil read Of the earth
quake in Lisbon, in Lima, in Aleppo
and in Caracas; but we live in latitude
where in all our memory there has not
beer one - we're volcanic disturbance.
Anal )! ct t:o nave seen fifty earthquakes.
Here - I loan wEo has been buildixg
tip a 'arGc 'oru' ~. His bid on the
rlone! market was felt in all the cities.
tie thinks I.e has 20: beyond all annoy
in2 riya!Eir- IN trade, and he says TO
himself. "Now | an free and safe from
all possible perturbation" But nat
local panic strikes the foundation OF
the oIniniurcial werld, and crash. goes
all that magnificent business establish
int.lt lie is Il man who has built up
Il very beautiful horue. His daughters
have come home frCm the seminary
Iyit nI :,
Sous have started in life, honest, tenn
pcratc and pure. When lhe evening
lights are struck, there is happy and
al unbrokeu family circle. But there
has heeu IN accident down at the
beech. The young m3n vcntured too
far out in the surf. The telegraph
hnri",: the terror mp to the city. An
rarth .uake stuck under the iOunda-
tious OF that beautiful home. The
pinuo cfosrd. ihe curtain dropped; the
laughter huShed. Crash. 90 all those
domestic hopes, and prospects, aud OK.
pec'atiOnS. so ny friends, we have
all ielt tha shaking down ofs0me great
trouble, ana there was a time when
we were as much excited as this mar
of the text, and wo cried out as he did
"What shall do? What shall | du?'
The Samc reply that the apostle made
10 him is appropriate 10 Us: "Belicyt
in the Lord, ,lcSas Christ and thou shall
be saved" There are some documents
ofso little importance thai you do no
r2ro to put any more than your las
name unGcr them, or even your mi
tin :; buttherG are SOmG documents O
40 great importance thn& You write
out your full name. SO Gao saviour i,
some partA Of the Bible is called, "JIorh'
aud in other parts of the Bible he i
called Jesus" and in other parts 0
ho Bible Gc is called "Christ," bu
that there might be no mistake abou
this passage, ali three names come i,
toget her--"thn lord Jesus Christ.
Now, who this. Being that yo
want nae to trust and believe il? Ne
somotiIntS come to me with credential
and certificates of good character; bu
cqnnot trust them. There is som
dishonesty in their looks that make
me- know [ shall be cheated if I cor
tide in them. You cannot put YOU
.eart's confidence in man until 70
know what stuffhe is made Of, and Il,
unreasonable this morning, when
stop to ask you who this is that yo
want mo to trust iu? No man wouI
think Of venturing his life on a vess
going out to sea, that had never bee