The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-22

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Rev. DR.. Talrnage preached In Brook
Ign, N. T., on Sunday on the single
word texts, Come Gen. vi, 10;
Come Revelation XXI, II. Among
other things he said: Come Is only
, a word OF four letters, but it is the
queen of words, and nearly the entire
nation OF English vocabulary bows to
its sceptre. 1t is an ocean into which
lemptieB ten thousand rivers of mean
ing: Other rivers drive, but this
beckons All moods of feeling hath
that word Come" Sometimes it
prays, sometimes it tempts, and some
times 1t destroys. II sounds from the
door OF the church and from the Sc
ragllos Of sin, from the gates OF
heaven and the gates OF he'll. 1t Is
continent and accrescent OF all power.
IL is the heiress of most of the past
and the almOner of most OF the future.
"Come!" You may pronounce it 30
that all the heavens will be heard In
It's cadenccs, or pronounce it SO that
all the woes OF time and eternity shall
revefbeiate In its one syllable. 1t is
on the lip Of saint and protiigate. 1t
is the lnightiest uf all solicitants
either for good or bad
After referring to the need OF saliva
ton, DIR. Talmage said:
but says some one, 'you Chris
tian people keep telling us to come
yet YOU Ito not tell us how to come"
That charge shall not be true on this
occasion. Come believing Come re-
pointing! Come prayingl After all
that God has been doing for 8, 900 years
sometimes through patriarchs and
sometimes through prophets, and at
last through the elimination of all
tragedies on Golgotha, can anyone
think that God will not welcome your
! coming?
But" you say, there are so many
things in the shape of creed that /
'llnve to adopt, that | am kept back"
No; mol You need believe but two
things; namely, that Jesus Christ came
into the world to save sinners and that
you arc one of them. But You say,
II do believe both of those thingsl'
Do you, really believe them with all
your hearth Yes
Why, then, you have passed from
death into life. Why then, you are a
son or u daughter of the Lord AL
mighty. Why, then, you are an heir
OF an heiress of an inheritance that
will declare dividends long after the
stars are dead. Hallelujah! Prince OF
God, why do you not come and take
your coroneH Princess of the Lord
Almighty, why do you not mount
your throne? Pass up into the light.
Your boat is anchored, why do you
not go ashoreY
just plant your feet hard down and
you will feel under them the Rock of
Ages. challenge the universe for one
Instance in which Il man in the right
spirit appealed for the salvation of the
Gospel and did not get IL. Man aliNel
Are you going TO let all the years OF
your life go away with you without
your having this great peace, this glo-
rious hope, this bright expectancy?
Are you going to let the pearl of
great price lie la the dust at your feet
because you are too indolent or too
proud to stoop down md pick it up4
Will you Wear the chain OF evil habit
when ncur by you is the hammer that
Soutd with one stcoke snap the shacklei
VIII you stay in the prison OF sin when
here Is Gospel key that could unlock
your incarceration?
No; no! AS the one word, Come y
has sometimes brought many souls To
Christ will try The experiment OF pill
ing up into mountain and then send
dow in an avalanche OF power many
OF these Gospel Comes" Come
thou, and all thy house into the ark
Come unto me all We who labor and
are Heavy laden and | will give you
restS Come, for all things are now
lrady;n Come with us and we will do
you good Come, and see:n 1.-The
Spirit and the Bride say Come, and
let him that heareth say come, and
let him that Is athiTst GOMEZ"