Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-02

Too Many Lack That Which Is Best of
All
BROOKLYN, Feb. 1.-The deep religious
feeling manifested in DIR. Talmages con-
gregations since his recent arousing ZAP
peal to Outsiders" has apparently encour-
aged him to continue preaching distinct
lively evangelistic sermons. Today he de-
livered another discourse of the same gos-
pei type, both at the morning service in
the Academy of Music, in this city, and at
The Christian Herald service at night in
the New York Academy of Music. His
text was taken from Mark X, 81: zone thing
thou lackest."
The young man of the text was u SPLEEN
did nature. We fall in love with him at
the first glance He was amiable and frank
and earnest and educated and refined and
respectable and moral, and yet he was not
q Christian. And so Christ addresses him
in the words that have read to you, Zone
thing thou lackest." suppose that that
text was no more appropriate to the young
man Of whom have spoken than it is APP
propriate to great multitude of people in
this audience. There are many things in
which you are not lacking. For instance,
you are not lacking in good home 1t is
perhaps no more than an hour ago that
you closed the door, returning to see
whether it was we'll fastened, of one of the
best homes in this city. The younger chill
dren of the house already asleep, the older
ones, hearing your returning footsteps,
will rush to the door to meet you. And in
these winter evenings the children at the
stand with their lessons, the wife plying
the needle and you reading the book or the
paper, you feel that you have a good home
Neither are you lacking in the refine
ments and courtesies of life. You under
stand the polite phraseology of invitation,
regard and apology. You have on appro-
pirate apparel. Ishall wear no better dress
at the wedding than when | come to the
marriage of the kings son. If | am well
clothed on other occasions / will be so in
religious audience. However reckless /
may be about my personal appearance at
other times, when | come into a conse-
Grated assemblage l shall have on the best
dress have. We all understand the pro
prieties of everyday life and the proprieties
of Sabbath life.
Neither are you lacking in worldly sue
cess. You have not made as much money
as you would like to make, but you have
an income While others are false when
they say they have no income, or are max
ing no money, you have never told that
falsehood. You have had a livelihood, or
you have fallen upon old resources, which
is just the same thing, for God is just as
good to us when he takes care of us by
surplus of the past as by present success.
While there are thousands of men with
hunger tearing at the throat with the
strength of tigers paw, not one of you is
hungry. Neither are you lacking in pleas
ant friendship You have real good friends.
If the scarlet fever should come tonight to
your house you know very well who would
come in and sit up with the sick one; or, if
death should come, you know who would
come in and take your hand tight in theirs
with that peculiar grip which means ''I'll
stand by YOU" and, after the life has fled
from the loved one, take you by the arm
and lead you into the next room, and
while you are gone to Greenwood they
would stay in the house and put aside
the garments and the playthings that
might bring to your mind too severely
your great loss, Friendsi You all have
friends.
NoN-CIRIsTIAN FRIENDS OF CHRISTIANITY.
Neither are you lacking in your admira-
ton Of the Christian religion. There is
nothing that makes you so angry as to
have man malign Christ, You get red
in the face, and you say, "Sir, want you
to understand that though l am not my
self a Christian, don't like such things
said as that in my store;" and the man
goes off, giving you parting salutation,
but you hardly answer him. You are pro
voked beyond all bounds. Many of you
have been supporters of religion and have
given more to the cause of Christ than
some who profess his faith. There is moth
ing that would please you more than to
see your son or daughter standing at the
altar Of Christ, taking the VOWS Of the
Christian.
1t might be a little hard on you, and
might make you nervous and agitated for
a little while, but you would be man
enough tosay; my child, that is right. Go
on. | am glad you haven't been kept back
by my example. hope some day to join
you" You believe all the doctrines of re-
ligion. A man out yonder says, ~ am sin
ner." You respond, $50 am l." Some one
says, 81 believe that Christ came to save
the world" You say, $50 do l." Look
ing at your character, at your surround
ings, find a thousand things about which
to congratulate you, and yet l must tell
you III Uub lON6 anu lear VI UOu, anu Wlbn
reference to my last account, zone thing
thou lackest."
You need my friends, in the first place,
the element of happiness. Some day you
feel wretched. You do not know what is the
matter with you. You say, 81 did not |
sleep last night think that must be the |
reason of my restlessness;" or, II have |
eaten something that did not agree with |
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And you are unhappy. Oh, my friends, |
happiness does not depend upon physical |
condition. Some of the happiest people / |
have ever known have been those who have |
been wrapped in consumption, or stung |
with neuralgia, or burning with the slow |
fire of some fever.
| shall never forget one man in my first |
parish, who in excruciation of body cried |
out "Mr. Talmage, forget all my pain in
.he love and joy Of Jesus Christ l can't |
think of my sufferings when l think of
Christ" Why, his face was illuminedl
There are young men in this house who
would give testimony to show that there
S no happiness outside of Christ, while
here is great Joy in his service. There are
Young men who have not been Christians
more than six months who would stand
up tonight, if | should ask them, and say
n those six months they have had more
oy and satisfaction than in all the years
If their frivolity and dissipation. Go to
he door of that gin shop tonight, and
when the gang of young men come out
lsk them whether they are happy. They
augh along the street, and they jeer and
hey shout, but nobody has any idea that
hey are happy,
THE AGED CHRISTIANS JOY.
could call upon the aged men in this
louse to give testimony There are aged