Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-27
TALMAGE IN WISCONSIN.
CHRISTIANS SHOULD SEIZE THEIR
PRESENT OPPORTUNITY.

MADISON, July 20. Rev DR.. Talmage
preached this morning Mt Chautauqua
assembly on the banks Of Monona lake
near this city 1t is great gathering oil
people from all parts of the northwest
His text was Esther iv, n, "Who knoweth
whether thou nrt come TO the kingdom for
such time ny thisf
Esther the Beautiful was the wife OF
Ahasuerus the Abominable. The time had
come for her to present IA petition to her in
famous husband in behalf of the lsraelitish
nation, to which she had once belonged.
She was afraid to undertake the work
lest she should lose her own life, but her
uncle, Mordecai. who had brought her up,
encouraged her with the suggestion that
probably she had been raised up Of God for
that peculiar mission who knoweth
whether thou art come to the kingdom for
such time M thisr Esther had her God.
appointed work you and have ours 1t
is my business 10 tell you what style OF
people we ought to be in order that we
may meet the demand of the age In which
God has cat our lot. II you have come
expecting to hear distractions discussed
or dry technicalties of religion glorihed.
you have come TO the wrong place; but If
you really would like TO know what this
age has right to expect Of you as Chris
tian men and women. then ! am ready in
the Lords name to look you in the face.
When two armies have rushed into bat
tie the officers OF either army do not want
philosophical discussion about the chemi.
cal properties Of human blood or the ma
ture OF gunpowder They want some one
to man the batteries and swab out the
guns. And now, when all the forces of
light and darkness, of heaven and hell
have plunged into the fight, it is no time
to give ourselves to the definitions and
formulas and -technicalites and conyen.
tionallties of religions What we want is
practical, earnest, concentrated, enthusiasts.
tic and triumphant help What we need
III the east you In Wisconsin need.
In the first place, in order to meet the
special demand of this age, you need to be
an Enthusiastically aggressive Christian. or
half and half Christians we do not want
any more. The church Of Jesus Christ
will be better without ten thousand of
them. They are the chief obstacle to the
church's advancement | am speaking of
another kind Of Christian. All the appli
ances for your becoming an earnest Chris
tian are ut your hand, and there is straight
path for you into the broad daylight of
Gods forgiveness You may have come
here today the bondsmen Of the world and
yet before you go out of these doors you
may become the princes of the Lord God
Almighty You know what excitement
there Is in this country when II foreign
prince comes to our shores Why? Because
IL Is expected that some day he will sit
upon throne, But what is all that honor
compared with the honor to which God
calls youto be sons and daughters of the
Lord Almighty; yea, to be queens and
kings unto Godl "They shall reign with
him forever and forever"
HEALTHY OPEN AIR FAITH.
But, my friends, you need not be aggres
sive Christians, and not like those persons
who spend their lives in hugging their
Christian graces and wondering why they
do not make any progress How much no
business Of health would u man have if he
hid himself in dark closetp A great deal
of piety Of the day is too exclusive. 1t
hides itself IL needs more fresh air, more
outdoor exercise There are many Chris
tians who are giving their entire life to
self examination They are feeling their
pulses to see what IL the condition of their
spiritual health How long would a man
have robust physical health if he kept all
the days and weeks and months and years
of his life feeling his pulse instead of going
out into active earnest, everyday work?
was once amid the wonderful, bewitch
ing cactus growths of North Carolina.
never was more bcwildered with the beauty
of flowers. and vet when 1 would take mn
one of these cactuses and pull the leaves
apart, the beauty was all gone You could
hardly tell that it had ever been a flower.
And there are n great many Christian peo
ple In this day lust pulling apart their
Christian experiences to see what there is
In them. and There il nothing attractive
left Tbis style Of self examination is a
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