Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-02-07
REV. DR.. TALMAGE
The Brooklyn Divine's
Sunday Sermon.
TE..t: "Cone."-Gen vi. IS. GONE"

hutoI Adi, CEN1eF ana al persuasive Is THIS
word Gone Six hundred and seventy
eight times II Is found III the Scriptures IL
stands at the front gate Of the Bible a. in ny
first text, inviting antediiuyians into NoeGs
ark, and it stands at the. other gate IF Va
Bible IS IN my secona teri. ir-fti~g lbs
postdiluvians into .te ar # 4 SasIour's
mercy. Gene s. only q word OF four
letters, but r ~ the queen Of words, and
nearly the entire nation - English yoc8bu-
lery bows to its scepter. L is al ocean into
which empty ten t~housaudrivers Of meaning,
Other words drive, but this beckons.
All moods of feeling hath that word
Come Sometimes it "eeps and sometimes
1t laughs. Sometimes it praya, rcr.rtiT - Il
teinpts and sometimes il d~ezt,oy>. l. sounds
from the door Of church ard from tue serag-
hos OF sin, from tho gates Of heaven and the
gates Of hes, it is continent and accrescaut
Of al! power. 1t is the h-iress Of most Of he
past and the almoner Of most # The future.
Come You may Pronounce IL 50 that all
the hea vens vii. .e heard in its cadences. or
pronounce =. 50 that all the woes Of time and
eternity shall reverberate in its one syllable.
It is the mightiest Of all solicitauts either for
good or bad
To-day | weigh anchor and haul in the
pianks. and set sail on tire g~aat word ii
though | am IRE J vii. cot lie able 10 reach
the further shoe. vii let down the faith
its depths, aud thought tie together all the
cables and cordage have on board, | will
not be able to touch bottom. All the power
or the Christian religion Is IL that word
Come" The dictatorial and cofnmandatory
in religion Is Of no avail. The lm perdtlve
mood Is not the appropriate mood whea Ne
would have people savingly impressed. They
may be coaxed, but they cannot be driven.
Our hearts are like our homes; at d friend
ly knock the door will be opened, but an ct
tempt to force open our door would land the
assallant In prison. Our Geological senin-
aries, WHICH heer yeung men three years in
Their cDrrirulum before launching them into
the ministry, will do well if in SO short Il
time they can teach the candidates Tor the
holy Office how to say VII night emphasis
and intonation ard power that one word
Come Th1t man who has such eficieucT
IN Christian worn, and that woman who has
such power to persuade people to quit the
wrong and begin the right, went through II
series OF losses, bereaveinents prosecutions
and the trials Of twenty or thirty years be
fore they could make it a triumph OF grace
every time they uttered the word "Celre."
You must remember that III many cases
our Come has =. mightier Come to
conquer before 1t has any effect at all. just
give me the accurate census. the statistics,
I OF how many are down in fraud, in drunken
ness, in gambling, in impurity. or in vice OF
any sort, and | will give you the accurate
slain by the word Come" Come and
click wine glesses with me at this ivory bar"
Come and see what we can win at this gam
ing table" Come, enter with mo this
doubtful speculation Come with me and
read those infidel tracts on Christianity"
Come with me to a place of bad amuse-
ment." Come with me in a gay bout
through underground New York II in this
city there are twenty thousand who are down
in moral character, then twenty thousand
fell under the power Of the word Come
l was reading Of q wife whose husband had
4. hnn, nur, br @-~,~ 1~ta1. 49, L.
went to the saloon where he was ruined, and
she said: Give ne back my husband" And
the bartender, pointing to a maudlin and
battered man browsing in the corner of the
b~arrocn,, said: There he is. Jim, wake up;
here's your wife come for you" And the
woman said: do you cali that my husband?
What have you been doing will him? Is
that the manly brow? Is that the clear eye?
Is that the noble heart | married. What
vile drug have you given him that has turned
him into a dend? Take your tiger claws off
of him. Uncoil those serpent folds of evil
habit that are crushing him. Give me back
my husband, the one with whom | stood at
the altar ten years ago. Give him back to
me- Victim was he, as millions Of Others
have been, of the word Come"
With that word which has done 50 much
for others | approach you to-day. Are you
all right with God? NO" you say, Il
tnink not; l am sometimes alarmed when |
think of Him; l fear l will not be ready. to
meet Him in the last day, my heart is not
right with God Come then and have il
made right. Through the Christ who died
to save you, come. What is the use Ill
waiting? The longer you wait the further
OFT you are, and the deeper you are down.
Strike out for heaven! You remember that
"a few years ago a steamer called the Princes
Alice. with a crowd of excursionists aboard,
sank in the Thames, and there was an awful
sacrifice Of life. A boatnlan from the shore
put out for the rescue and he had a big boat
and he got it So full it would not hold an,
other person, and as he laid hold OF the oar;
to pull for the shore, leaving hundreds help
less and drowning, he cried out, "Oh. that
had bigger boat Thank God, | am no,
thus limited, and that | can promise room
for all in this Gospel boat. Get in; get in
And yet there IS room. Room in the hear
Of a pardoning God. Room in heaven.
also apply the word OF my text 10 thos
who would like practical comfort. IL an
ever escape the struggle of life, | have no
sound them. They are not certainly anon.
the prosperous classes. In most cases it was
IA struggle all the way I'D till they reached
the prosperity. and since they have reached
these heights there have been perp.exitips
ahAietles and cries which were almost
enough 10 shatter the nerves and turn the
Drain 1t Would be hard to tell which have
.He oiSEest night In the w~orld-the prospect
Ties or the auverslties, the conspicuities or the
ooscuritleS. Just as soon as YOU have eno,ob
Iva IL
success 10 attract the attention of others the
eiVles and Jealousies are let loose from their
kennel The greatest crime that Won can
commit IN the estimation of Others is to get
on better than they do. They think v9nr
addition is their subtraction Flva hundra
persons start FOR a certain goal Of success.
one reaches il and the other four huntra
ana nlnety-nine are mad. II would taka
Volumes 10 hold the story.of the WRONGS ou+-
RACES and defanations tLh. have co,ne upo,
YOU as a result OF your success. Tha warm
sun of prosperity brings into life a sgamr
luii OF annoying insects.
Tn the other hand the t1nfortunata class.
nave their struggles for n.aintanan.a T,
acnleve a livelihood by one who Lad NOTHING
20 start with. and after a while for a famll,
a well. and carry this on until children ar.
reared and educated and fairy started in III.
world. and 70 % this amid all the r~ivalr;e,
; 81 business, and the uncertainty Of crous
! ana the fickleness OF tariff legislation viii
] an occasional labor strike. and here an,
J mere a financial panic thrown in. is might
! lhlhg q do, and there are hundreds am
| thousands such heroes ana heroiues who liz,
{ oh>ung ana die unhon0red. What We al
Hetu' "hether up or down in HE. or hal