Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-01-23
COME +! COME! COME /!
DIR. TALMAGE SOUNDS THE GREAT
GOSPEL INVITATION.
A Sermon Preached I'm the brooklyn
and New York Academies OF Music
which Caused Great Awakening.


BROOKLYN, n. ", Jan. ls.-Dr Tai
mage preached tho following sermon this
morning to an oyefhowing congregation in
the Academy of Music, this city. At
night when service was held in the New
York Academy of Music, fully six thousand
persons were massed in the large building.
A marked solemnity pervaded the assem-
bly,, and at its close many persons IN
various parts of the house, rose at the
invitation of the preacher to ask Tor
prayers for their salvation. DIR. Talmage
chose the following texts for his sermon:
Come" Gen. 6 Is. ''Come." Revela-
ton % II.
Imperial, tender and all-persuasive is
this word "Come" Six hundred and
seventy-eight times is it found IN the
Scriptures. II stands at the front gate OF
the Bible as in my first text. inviting ante
diluvians into Noah's ark. and it stands AT
the other gate of the Bible as in my second
text, inviting the post-diluvians into the
ark of a Sayiour's mercy. 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.
| III Is an OCEAN llVo NAANa N''fN'~~
thousand rivers OF meaning. Other words
drive. but this beckons. All moods OF
feeling hath that word Come" Some
times il weeps and sometimes IT laughs.
Sometimes it prays, sometimes 1T Temps,
and sometimes il destroys. II sounds from
the door of the church and from the serag-
lios Of sin, from the gates OF heaven ana
the gates of hell II is continent ana
accrescent Of all power. 1t Is the heiress
of most of the past and the almoner OF
the future. Gomez You may pronounce
il so that the heavens will be heard In us
cadences, or pronounce 1t so that all the
woes Of time and eternity shall reveroerate
in its one syllable. II is on the lip OF saint
and prohigate. 1t is the mightiest OF all
solicitants either good or bad.
You must remember that in many cases
our Come" has mightier Come to
conouer before it has any effect at all.
Just give me the accurate census, the
statistics, of how many are down in fraud
! in drunkenness, in gambling in impurlty,
! or in vice Of any sort, and Will give you
| the accurate census or statistics OF how
! many have been slain by the word Come
! Come and click wine glasses with me at
| this ivory bar" Come ald see what we
! can win at this gaming table. Come
! enter with me this doubtful speculation :;
| s'come with me and read those infidel tracts
| on Christianity" Come with me TO d
| place Of bad amusement" come win
| me in a CAV bout through underground
! New York" II in this city there are
! twenty thousand who are down in moral
character, then twenty thousand Tell unaei
! the power Of the word Come"
! Now we want all the world over to har
ness this word for good as others have
harnessed it for evil, and it will draw tho
| five continents and the seas between them
! yea. il will draw the whole earth back K
the God from whom it has wandered. L
is that wooing aud persuasive word tina
u will lead men TO give up their sins. wa
scepticism ever brought into love OF th
d truth by an ebulliton Of hot words agains
l. infidelty? Was ever the blasphemer stop
ped in his oaths by denunciation o
ID blasphemy? Was ever drunkard weane
~ from his cups by the temperance lecturer
mmicry of staggering step and hiccough
r. No. 1t was: Come with me to churc
H. today and hear our singing" Come an
let me introduce you TO Christian ma
te whom you will be sure TO admire "Com
IS. with me into associations that are cheer
-. full and good and inspiring;' Come wit
o. me into Joy such as you never before e>
's' oerienced.
l also apply the word of my text to thos
Ia who would like practical comfort. If an
Is ever escape the struggle Of life have NJ
s. found them. They are not certainly anon
:. the prosperous classes. In most cases
~ were a struggle all the way up till the
Y reached the prosperity, and since they hay
- reached these heights there have been PEI
oys plexities. anxctios and crises which wei
almost enough to shatter the nerves an
i. turn the brain. 1t would be hard TO te
which have the biggest fight in this world
the properties or the universities, the COT
spicuties or the obscurities. just as 500
as YOU have enough success to attract Il
. attention Of others. the envies al
:, iealouses are Let loose from their kenn6
. The greatest crime that you can con nit
u the estimation of others is 10 get on bctt
than they do. They think your addition
,nr their subtraction. Five hundred perso
hy: start for certain goal OF success; o.
and reaches it, the other four hundred and min
are tv-nine are mad It would take voum
RK. TO hold the story of the wrongs, outrag
n and defamations that have come upon y
nh as result of your success. The warm 81
cTy of prosperity brings into life swamp-i'
eli of annoying insects. On the other ha
ity, the unfortunate classes have their struggl
- for maintenance To achieve lveliho
by one who had nothing to start with a
|
- ry this on until children are reared a
~. educated and fairly started in the wor
US and TO do this amid all the rivalries
4 business and the uncertainty of crops. a
y the fckleness OF tariff legislation, with
occasional labor strike and here and the
'e'' financial panic thrown in, Is nigh
ORR thing TO do, and there are hundreds
rir,. thousands such heroes and heroincs "
,ska- live unsung and die unhonored. What we
,,ate need, whether up or down in life or ha
Tuly way between, is the infnite solacc OF
~ Christian religion. And 50 we employ
- word-'Comew
Gle. But the word Come" applied 10 tn
ores, ,,bo paed solnca will amount 10 moth
sI2 80 VIM heou SUM- "" - ,
: In unless IL be uttered by some ono WIZ
: and - .;o.,.,a ,ha. eoIoco That Snre
cago esPc3iShScu N'ia' So'"'
e Tor the responsibility of giving this Cos
'-e'' call among great many. Those
n have lost property and been consolcd