The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-17
a STRO NG1S s SER mon,
The One Preached by Dr.. Tai.
mage to an Open Air Crowd
in Nebraska.

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CoAoA MuoU Oavo OUulS, AZ.
cOrdin0 tn the Evidonco
W.
VI tu6 Witnesses.
bEATsicE, Neo,, July 6.-Dr. ~Talmags
preecned nsre IN tns open air to an immense
consresasion Wnien had gathered from all
tns surrounding country to hear the famous
prescnor. MS sext was, We are witnesses"
ACTS. III, 10. foMoWhg - Nus sermon:
~ tne Gays o. ueorge Stephenson, the per.
'ecsor oI tne 'ocom otiSe engine, the scientists
prove cone,uSlvely tnat railway train could
never 70 or.ven Dy steam power successfully
snu "lenou' peru; Dut tne rushing express
sms from Liverpool TO Edtnburgh, and
ron Io'nDurgn TO LONDON, havo made all the
na'ions Witnesses oi tne splendid achievement.
"ashlals's anu "aSi9ators proved conclusive
'nao steamer eouid never cross the Allan
tlc oceani o.e ho sooner had tnsy successfully
prossu vne impossioihty OF such an under
oeA'ns 'nou o"o "or. ""s aone' ana thep pas.
ssngsn on ene Cunard' ana tho inman, and
":s- s.e Na.'o"a,; n anu tne !" mte star lines are
.Nne.ses inere "eht uPa gauaw OF wise
1ouS" ~ .o.' no1'eS proposition to
maA' ..s "9nehhg o, heaven ms srrand
noy' ana u was proved conclusively that the
thing could never be done; but now all the
news Of the wide world, by Associated Press
,morninr and night ho. vod. III .:e go
I ,v;t,...e. O. % ~. g.. "sm'. % "c.'"n"
NlUnesses' So III 'ne time OF Christ 1t was
proved conclusiveiy that 1T was impossible
for Him to rise flom the dead. 1t was
shown logically that when man was dead,
1,e was dead. and the heart md tho l;.., .n5
the lunos bav;no oao.aI - s"s. ..e NV. I'M a.o
n@as. ~. I;n,h. Ss.,,, s ps''ufm 'ae,r
ons0'' Sas '.mos "o"'u oe rigiu beyond oil
power OF 'riction or arousal. They showed
1t to be an absolute absurdity that the dead
Christ should ever get up alive; but no
Clri.t oro.. o,d ~. a,..;n,.. 49,, IL
ho..a NJ. Denuiu ~. n'n'
ne"fo n.s VOICE anu ta'Ksd with him, and
they TOOK the witness stand to prove that to
be true which the wiseucres o. tho day had
proved to be impossible; the record Of the
nert: s.H;m hath Cod r,;.ad s,on: +,.o - an s.i'
S,.Mu" A n1." ":. uou iu'neu 'r'm 'ne oeao'
wlereot We are witnesses.
Now, let me play the skeptic for moment
'"There Is no God" says the skeptic "for
have never seen him with NV nhv.col ovs.
Thara ,.r.. ~. 49, IS". s'ous
',es ..o.. aesel "as lae'e na1"r"s was not
raised rom the dead, and the water was
never turned INTO wine. Your religion is IN
mPosiloh on t9e credu6ty OF the ages"
!here is an aged man moving over yon-
'Ger as though ne would like to respond.
Here are hundreds OF people with faces lit
t,e nusned at these announcements, and all
through TN. assembly there is suppressed
Ieemne Which YOU'D IKE to speak out in be.
hai OF the truth OF our glorious Christianity,
as M IN !I tho days OF the text crying out, 1--WE
are e. witnessesl
Inc iact IS mat u TINS world is ever
brought to God it will not be through argu-
ment, but through testimony You might
cover the whole earth with apologies for
Christianity and learned treatises in defense
. OF religlon-you would not convert soul.
Lectures on the harmony between science
ana religion are beautiful mental discipline.
save soul. Put q man OF the world and q
man Of the Church against each other, and
the man Of the world will IN all probability
get the triumph. There are thousand
things in our religion that seem illogical to
the world, and will always seem illogical.
falth, not metaphysics; faith: not pro.undi
y; faith. not scholastic exploration. But
tnen IN order to have faith, we must have
testimony, and II 5OO men, or l,OOO men, or
500 900 men, or 1000. 900 men get up and
tell me that they have felt the religion of
piration, i am bound as afair-minded man
to accept their testimony. l want just now
TO put before you three propositions. the
truth OF which ! think this audience will at
test with overwhelming unanimity.
The hrst proposition is, we are witnesses
that the religion o: Christ 10 able to convert
soul. The gospel may have had hard
time to conquer, We may have fought it
back, but We were vanished. You say con-
versation fs only an imaginary thing. We
know better. "We are witnesses" There
never was SO great changein our heart and
lie on any other subject as on this People
laughed at the missionaries at Madagascar
because they preached 10 years without one
convert; but there are $4,000 converts in
Madagascar to o-day. People laughed Mt DR..
Adoniram Judson, the Baptist missionary,
because hs kept on preaching in Burmah five
years without q single convert; but there are
2O.OOO baptists in Burmah to-day. People
laughed at DR.. Morrison. in China, for preach
ing there seven years without single con-
version; but there are 5000 Christians in
China to-day. People laughed at the mis-
sionaries for preaching at Tahiti Is years
without single conversion, and at the
missionaries for preaching in Bengal II years
without single conversions; yet in all those
lands there are multitudes of Christians to.
day:
Ihere 10 man VINO was for lO years q
hard drinker. The dreadful appetite had
sent down Its roots around the palate and
tne Tongue, ana on Gown .ntn they wero IN,
l, tern"keu k WIN Ine tlla!e VI pouy, m,ho, anu
S0ul, Du1 me nas no! .aken any stihulahts 'or
oyears. Mnas oia !mat! Not temperance
s; soeie.les ; no. pr4n,o'tiGn @ ~ avs Not morai %