Connecticut western news., 1891-02-04
AT THE TABERNACLE.
OR. TALMAGE'S APPEAL TO THE iN- EDlFFERENT AND DEMONSTRATING.

DR. TALMAGE'S APPEAL TO THE lN- EDiFFERENT AND PRocRAsTlNATING.
 The Rennements of Life Arc Good Things,
 and so Are Wealth and Comfort. Friend
 ship and Love, but One Thing Thou
 Lackest Yet. . r..
 BRooKLYN, Feb 1.-The deep re-
 ligious feeling panifested in Dr. Tal
 nage's congregations since his recent arousing Appeal to Outsiders" has apparently encouraged him to continue
 preaching distinctively evangelistic ser
 mons Today he delivered another discourse of the same gospel type, both at the morning service in the Academy of Music. in this city. and at The Chris
 tian Herald service at night in the New
 York Academy of Music. His text was taken from Mark X, 21 One thing taon lackest.
 The young man of the text was splendid nature. We fall in love with
 him at the first glance. He was ami able and frank and earnest and edu-
 cated and refined and respectable and
 moral. and yet he was not Christian And 30 Christ addresses him in the
 words that have read to you, "One
 thing thou lackest." l suppose that
 that text was no more appropriate to the young man of whom have spoken
 than 1t is appropriate to great mult.> I1 of Ia {v1f
 are many things in which you are not
 lacking For instance, you are not
 lacking in good home. Itis perhaps no more than an hour ago that you closed the door, returning to see whether 1t was well fastened, of one of the best homes in this city The younger chil. dren of the house already asleep, the older ones. hearing your returning foot steps, 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 read ing the book or the paper, you feel that you have a good home. Neither are you lacking in the refinements and courtesies of life You understand the polite phraseology of invitation, regard and apology You have on appropriate apparel shall wear no better dress at the wedding than when come to the marriage of the kings son. If am well clothed on other occasions I will be in religious audience. However reckless may be about my personal appearance at other times. when come into consecrated asse1nblage shall have on the best dress l have. We all understand the proprieties of everyday life and the proprieties of Sabbath life WORLDLY SUCCESS HAS ITS VALUE. Neither are you lacking in worldly success 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 in come or are making no money. you have never told that falsehood. You have had a livelihood or you have l 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 a surplus of the past as by present sue cess While there are thousands of
 men with hunger tearing at the throat with the strength of a tigers paw. not one of you is hungry
 Neither are you lacking in pleasant friendship You have real good friends If the scarlet fever should come to night to your house, you know very well who would come in and sit up with the sick one; or if death should colue. 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 fed from the loved one, take you by the arm and lead you into the nexi room. and while you are gone to Green wood they would stay in the house and put aside the garments and the play things that might bring to your mind too severely your great loss Friends You all have friends. ...... e-,I Neither are you lacking in your ad miration of the Christian religion l There is nothing that makes you so angry as to have man rnalign Christ. 1 You get red in the face and you say,
 Sir, want you to understand that though am not myself a Christian, l don't like such things said as that in my store, " and the man goes of, giving you parting salutation, but you hard
 ly answer him You are provoked be- yond 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
 nothing that would please you more
 than to see your son or daughter stand
 ing at the altar of Christ. taking the
 VOWS of the Christian. .....--- It might be little hard on you, and
 might make you nervous and agitated
 for little while. but you would be
 man enough to say 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 religion man out wonder says, II an a sinner" You
 respond. 50 am l." Some one says,
 I believe that Christ came to save the
 world" You say. So do l." Look
 ing at your character, at your sur,
 roundings, l find a thousand things
 about which to congratulate you, and
 yet must tell you in the love and fear
 of God, and with reference to my last
 account, 'One thing thou lackest.
 THE CHRISTIANS HAPPEN KISS. ..-.
 You need, my friends, in the first
 place. the element of happiness. Some
 day you feel wretched. Yon do not
 know what is the LaaJts'} with you.
 You say II did not sleep last night. ]
 think that must be tine reason of my