Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-09-10
TOLD AT THE EXPOSITION
DR. TALMAGE TALKS TO THE
AGRICULTURISTS -.
An Immense Multitude Thrilled by
His Words I'm n Sermon from the
Text OF Genesis, 80: 8; roll the

ELnRA, N. Y, Sept. 6, 1S91.-Dr.
Talmage preached here to-day to the
immense multitude who have come to
attend the New York and Pennsylvania
Exposition, which is being held here
Sept. !, to Sept. Q. 1t is "a combined
exposition of cattle, sheep, horses and
valuable stock of all kinds from
the two States. The sermon
was preached on the fair grounds to a
great audience of farmers, horsemen,
drovers, and stoclt-raisers from near
and far as well as citizens from the
adjacent cities Secretary Stanley of
the Young Mems Christian Association
Of Elmira presided DR.. Ialmage's
text was Genesis 20:S: "And they
said, we cannot, until all the tloclis be
gathered together, and till they roll
the stone from the wells mouth; then
we water the sheep"
There are some reasons why it is APP
propriate that | should accept the invi-
tation to preach at this great Inter
state Fair, and to these throngs of
countrymen and citizens, horsemen
just come from their chargers, the
king of beasts for | take the
crown from the lion, and put it
on the brow of the horse which
is in every way nobler, and speak to
these shepherds just come from their
Hooks, the Lord himself in one place
called a Shepherd, and in another
called a Lamb, and all the good are
sheep, and preach to you Gait e-men
come up from the herds, your oc-
cupation honored by the fact that God
himself thinks it worthy of
immortal record that he owns
1.-THE cattle on thousand hills 1t Is
appropriate that come because was
a farmers boy, and never saw II city
until was nearly grown, and having
been born in the country ! never got
over it, and would not dwell in cities n
day If my work was not appointed
there. MY love to you now,
and when | get through | will
give you my hand, for thoagh | la G
this summer shaken hands with per-
haps forty thousand people IN twenty
one states of the Union all the way
through to Colorado and North and
South will not conclude my summer
vacation till have shaken hands with
you. You old farmer out there.
How you make me think of my
father. You elderly woman out there
with cap and spectacles. How
you make me think of my mother.
And now while the air of these fair
grounds is filed with the heating of
sheep, and the neiglfng of horses, and
the lowing of cattle, cannot find a
more appropriate text than the one |
read. 1t is scene in Mesopotamia,
beautifully pastoral. \ well of water
of great value in that region
You notice that this well OF Meso-
potamia had a stone on it, which must
be removed before the sheep could be
watercd; and ! find on the we'll of sal
walton to-day impediments and OBJ
stacles, which must be removed in
order that you may obtain the
refreshment and life of this Gospel.
In your case the impediment is
pride of heart You cannot bear to
come to so Democratic fountain; you
do not want to come with so many
others. 1t Is to you like when you are
dry, coming to II town pump, as com
pared to sitting in Il parlor slipping out
of a chased chalice which has Just been
lifted from silver salver. Not
so many publicans and sinner.
You want to get to heaven, but it
must he a special car, with your feet
on Il Turkish ottoman and a band of
music on board the train. You do not
want to be in company with rustic
Jacob and Rachel, and to hc drink
ing out of the fountain where II
thousand sheep have been drinking
before you. You will have TO remove
the obstacle of pride, or never find
your way to the we'll. lou will have
to come as we came, willing 10 take
the water of eternal life in any way.
and at any hand, and in any kind of
pitcher, crying out: 40 Lord Jesus,
am dying of thirst. Give me the water
of eternal life, whether in trough or
goblet; give me the water of life;
care not in what it comes to me. " Away
with all your hindrances of pride from
the wells mouth
Oh, this is a thirsty world Hot for
the head, and blistering for the feet,
and parching for the tongue. The
worlds great want is cool, refresh
ing. satisfying draught.
Now great flock of sheep to-day
gather around this Gospel we'll There
are great many thirsty souls.
wonder why the fiocks of all nations
do not gather-why so many stay
thirsty; and while l am wonder
ing about it, my text breaks
forth in the explanation, saying: I'VE
cannot, until all the fiocks be gathered
together, and till they roll the stone
from the wells mouth; then we water
the sheep.
If a herd of swine come to well
they angrily jostle each other for the
precedence; if a drove of cattle come to
Il well, they hook each other back
from the water, but when a flock of
sheep come, though a hundred of
them shall be disappointed, they
only express it by sad bleating,
they come together peacefully.
We want great multitude to come
around the Gospel well. know there
are those who do not like crowd
they think a crowd is vulgar. If they
are oppressed for room IN church it
makes them positively impatient and
belligerent. Not so did these Oriental
/ shepherds. They waited until all
the fiocks We're gathered, and the
more tlocks that came, the better
they liked it. And so we ought to be
anxious that all the people should
come. Go out into the highways and
the hedges and compel them to come
IN. Go to the rich and tell them they
are luulptHJ NltHouO bllt bOSDtl OI
Jesus. Go to the poor an 4 tell them
the affiuence of Christ. Go to the
blind and tell them of the touch
that gives eternal illumination
TO to the lame and tell them of the
JOY that will make the lame man leap
like hart. Gather all the sheep off OF
all the mountains, None so torn OF
the dogs, none so sick, none so worried
none so dying, as to be omitted. When
the Fall elections come the whole
land is secured for votes, and il
man is too weak or sick to
walk to the polls, carriage is
sent for him; but when the question
is whether Christ or the devil shall
rule this world, how few there are to
come out and seek the sick, and the
lost, and the suffering. and the oereft,
and the lame, and induce their suf
frages for the Lord Jesus Why not
gather great flock? All America IN
flock: all the world in flock. This
well of the Gospel is deep enough
to nut out the burning thirst al