Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-05-15
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
DR.. TALMACE PREACHING TO
SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE.
After Baptizing Infants with Water from
the Jordan, He Discourses ON
the subject, "Inviintion
IL Welding"

sheayes into tue spiritual garner. our Joy
Is like the JOY OF heaven. spread the ban,
quet, ii all the chalices. We are rot 10,
day ut the funeral OF depd Christ; We are
celebrating the marriage Of the Kings son.
Ii was All exciting time In English his
tory when Queen Eizatih visited Lord
Leicester at Wentworth Castle. The clocks
In all the towers aud throughout the castle
were stopped at the moment or her arrival,
SO continuing 10 point 10 that moment as
the one surprising all others In Interest
The door OF the great banqueting hall was
opened. The queen marched IN 10 the
sound OF the trumpets. -Four hun
dred servants waited upon the GUESTS. IL
was u scene that astonished all nations when
they heard OF IL. Five thousand dollars
day did the banquet cost as IL went oil day
! after day. She was greeted Ia tho palace
gates with floating Islands, and torches and
the thunders OF cannon. and fireworks that
! set the night ablazc, and a burst OF music
that lifted the whole scene into enchant-
ment. Beginning IN that way. il went OH
from Joy 10 Joy, and from excitement 10
excitement and from rapture To rapture.
That was the great banquet that Lord Lei
cester spread IN kenilworth Castle.
IL Cardinal WOlsey entertained tho French
ambassadors in Hampton Court. The best
cooks OF all the land prov idcd for the table.
The guests were Kept hunting in the parks
all the day, so that their appititcs might 10
keen, and then in the evening hour they
were shown into the banquetns ball, with
table aglittcr with imperial plate,
and sblush with The very costliest
| wines, aud the second course OF the
feast was made OF food i'll all shapes OF
men and birds aud beasts, and dancing
groups, and iou>ting parties riding upon
each other with uplfted lances.
But today. my brothers and sisters, in
wife you to u grander entertainment. My
Lord, the King, is the banqueter. Angels
of God are the cupbearers. all the redeemed
are the guests; the halls OF eternal love
frescoed with light, and paved with Joy,
and curtained with ulfadng. beauty are the
| banquetlng place, the harmonies OF eterni' Y
are the music the chal ces OF God are the
! plate, and | am one Of the servants come
| out with invitations 10 all the people, and,
oh, that YOU may break the seal OF the invi-
tation AMI read IN ink OF blood. and with the
tremulous hand of dying Christ: Come,
/ come, Tor all things are now ready
Illustrating my text, | go Oh and In the
first place say that the Lord Jesus Christ is
ready. Cardinal WolSey did not come into
the banqueting bail until the second course
OF tue feash and when lie entered booted
and spurred, all the guests arose and
! cheered INN; but / have 10 tell YOU that
our banqueler, the Lord Jesus Christ comes
! In at the beginning OF the feast. Ay. lie has
| been waiting for his guests, waiting for
some OF them 1901 years, waiting with man
! gled feet. waiting with hand on the pune
tured SIDE waiting with hard on the llcer-
ated tempe., waiting. waiting. Wonder 1t
/ il that the blnqueter did not weary and say |:
! shut the door and let the laggards STAY OUT
No, he liza, been waiting. How much he
! 1s in earnest! Shall | show YOU? / gather
I up all the tears that fioUded his cheek in
sympathy, all the blood that channelcd his
! brow and back and hand aud foot 10 pur.
chase our redemption. gather up all the
grOans coming from midnight chill and
| molntaln hunger and desert loneliness, aud
| put them into one bitter cry gather up
/ NIL the panss that shot from cross AMI
spike aud spear, INTO one groan-I take one
| drop OF sweat on his brow, and l put IL
| llnder the glass OF the Gospel, and it en-
larges 10 lakes OF sorrow, TO oceans OF
| agony. That Christ to-day, enacittcd and
| worn and weary, comes here, and with a
pathos in which every word Is 4 hea-tbreak
and every sentence mariyrdom, he says 10
you AMI lie says TO me: "Come, come. for
| al things are now readv.
AhaSuerus made feast that lasted $50
! days. This lasts forever. Lords and pri noes
were invited TO that. You and i are n-
.yited TO this. Yes lie has been waiting, ho
Is waiting now. Other kings wrap them
selves in robes OF beauty and power before
/ they come INTO banquet. SO does Christ.
Oh, he is the faire,t OF the fair. In his hand
Is the omnipotent surgery that opened blind
| eyes and Strengthened crooked limbs and
hostcd the pillars OF heaven, and swung
tie twelve gates which Are twelve paris.
Oh, what u Christ-s Christ OF beauty, n
Christ OF power. There are not enough
! cups on earth TO DIP up this ocean
of beauty. There are not ladders to
scale these heights Of love.
All there j. one WORT OF five letters that
! j would like TO write: but l have no shet I
faIr enough To write Vt on, and no pencil
good enough TO in,cribe 1t. Give me sheet
! from the heavenly records, and some pencil
used by angel In describing victory, and
then, with hand struck by supernatural
energy, ana with pencil dipped IN eyerlast'
ing morning, l will write IL out in capitals
Of love: JESUS, Jesus! 1t il this One
that is waiting for you aud for me- for we are
OH the same platform belo.e God. How long
he waited for me! How long he has wait
ed for You! Waiting as a banquetcr waits
for his delayed guests, the meats smoking
aud the beakers trimming. and the minstrel
with his finger on the stiff string ready &c
strike ut the first clash OF the hOofs at the
gateway. Waiting NJ mother waits for
boy that ten years ago went off dragging
her bleeding heart after him. Waiting. Ola
can you not give me some comparison in
tense enough, imporIunate enough, high
rs heaven, deep n hell. and vast rs eternity!
Not expecting that YOU can help me with
ltuch n comparison, simply say he IL wait
; 1ng us only an all-symp pathetic Christ know
how to wait for wandering soul.
Bow the knee and X 81 the Son,
Come and welcome. sinner, come.
But | remark again, not only Christ Il
waiting. but the Holy Spirit Is waiting
Why are some sermons dead failurci
Why are there songs that do not get the I
wing under the peopley Why are thcr,
players that go no higher up than
hunters hdllooy Because there ~ mlsIn,
link that only the Holy Spirit can make
IL that Spirit should come through this as
temblage this morning, there would be
, power felt like that when Saul was un
, horsed on the road to Damascus, like al
when Lydla's heart was broken In her I'm
, store. like as when three thousand soul
were lifted out Of midnight into midmooI
; Mt the Pentecost. DO You motto,
: that sometimes that Spirit take
an insignificant agency 4
= save n soul? / think 10 II very often that n
! Just one passage OF Scripture, Just one wOr,
OF Scripture, a soul Is saved because tb
: Holy spirit gives II supernatural power
Do you know what IL was that saved Mar
4, tin Luther II was that one verse: 9TH
Just shall live by faith" DO you know
: what It was that brought Augustine iron
b. his horrible dlssipltions? 1t was that on
II..K al. /.