Daily Republican., 1890-05-10
DIR. TALAlAGE's SERMON.

At Brooklyn, N. Y, on Sunday, Dr.
Talmaee preached on the following text
from Job, xix, 20; 81 AN escaped with
The skin Of my teeth" Among other
things he said:
very narrow escape, you say, for
Jobs body and soul; but there are thou
ssnds OF men who make just - narrow
escape for their soul. There WAS time
when the partition between them and
ruin was no thicker than . tooth Q
enamel; but - Job finally escaped, 90
have they. Thank God! Thank God!
Some Of you, IN coming tn God, will
have to run against sceptlcal notions. It
10 useless for people to say sharp and
cutting things 10 those who reject the
Christian religion. cannot say such
things. By what process Of temptation
or trial or betrayal you have come to
your present. state, know not. There
are two gates to your nature: the gate
Of the head and the gate Of the heart.
The gate Of your head 10 locked With
bolts aud bars that an archanssl could
not break, but the gate Of your heart
swings easily on its hinges.
Listen to two or three questions: Are
you 40 happy - you used 10 be when you
believed IN the truth OF :he Christian
religi0ns Would you like 10 have your
children travel on iu the road In which
| you are now travelingl Lot me also ask
whether your trouble has not been thai
you confounded Oh ristianity with the In.
consistent character Of some who profess
iH You are lawyer. In your profes
sion there are mean and dishonest men.
10 that anything against the lawl You
are doctor. There arc unskilled and
contemplate men 10 your profession. Il
that anything against medicine? Yot
are merchant. There are thieves and
defraudcrs In your business. 10 that
any thing against nerchandisei Behold,
then, the untairnsss OF charging upon
Christiauity the wicksdness Of It, discI
Piles.
DO you not feel that the Bible, take
all In all, 10 about the best book that sh
world has ever seen? Do you know any
think, upon the whole, that its infiuenc
has beeni bcneflcenl come to you wit
both hands extended toward you. Il
one hand have the Bible, aud in III
other ] have nothing. This Bible In on
hand will surrender forever just as 500
rs In my other hand you can put bOol
that 10 better.
In the last day It will be found this
Hugh Latimer aud John Knox and Hus
and Ridley were not the greatest martyr
but Christian men who went up incoI
rupt from the contain nations and per
plexities Of Wall street, Water stree
Pearl street, Broad strest, State sire,
aud Third street. On earth they wei
called brokers, or stock jobbers, or r,
1 tAilers, or importers. but In heavel
Christian heroes. No fagots were heal
!, cd about their feet; no inquisltion di
!, mandod from them recantation; no so
dier aimed . pike at their heart; bl
, they had mem al tortures, compared wi
which sll physical consuming IL % Il
breath of a spriug morning.
Oh, find your peace In God. Nal
ono strong pull for heaven. No hslfwi
work will doit.
shall 70 home to-day feeling thl
some of you who have considered you
. case a. hopeless, will take heart agsil
and that with q blood-red earnestnes
!, such US you have never experienced b
: fore, you will start Tor the good land
the Guspel-at last to look back, sayin
"What great risk ranl Almost loi
2 but sayedl Just Rot through and l
! morel Escaped by the skin OF n
, tceth.o