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ASTRAY BUT RECOVERED.
Or. TALMAeE breaches ON THE Me-
CEsSiTY OF A REDEEMER.

Or. TALMAGE breaches ON THE Me-
CEssiTY OLA REDEEMER.
Hsauty, Pathos and Comfort Found in
the yifty-third Chapter Of Isaiah---How
and why nIen .nd sheep Go Astray.
whososver VIII. Let Him Come.
BROOKLYN, June 28.-Dr. Talmage'e
sermon to-day Is OF 80 decidedly evan
gellcal a character as to prove conclu.
siveiy that while 80 many eminent
preachers of the day are drifting away
from the. old fashioned Gospel he re.
mains firm in the paths of orthodoxy.
HishubjeSsis is .Astsiy, but Recovered, .
and fiie text, Isaiah lii, 6: "All we like
sheep have gone astray: and
the EQEd hath laid on him the iniq, y Of
within ninety years at the longest all
who hear or read this sermon will be in
eternity. During the next fifty years
you will nearly all be gone. The next
ten years will cut wide swath among
the people. The year 1901 will to some
bo the Gnality. Such considerations
make this occasion absorbing and mo.
mentous. The first half OF my text is
an Indictment, "All we like sheep have
gone astray." Some one says: "Can
You. not drop the first word? That is
too general; that sweeps too great cir
cle.n Some man rises in the audience
and he looks over on the opposite side
OF the house, and he says: "There is a
blasphefner, and I understand how he
has9one dstray. =. And there in another
part OF the house Is defrauder, and he
has gone astray. And there is an inn
pure person, and he has gone astray."
Sit down, my brother, and look at
home. My text takes US all in. 1t
starts behind the pulpit, sweeps the
circuit Of the room and comes back to
the point where it started, when 1T says:
",All we like sheep have gone astray."
i can very easily understand why Mar.
tin Luther threw up his hands after he
had found the Bible and cried out, "Oh!
my Gins, my yssins," and why the publ.
can, according to the custom to this day
in the east when they have any great
grief, began to beat himself and cry as
he smote upon his breast, "God be mer.
cifhl to me sinner"
Z. LIFE.
was like many Of you, brought W
in the country, and know some of the
habits of sheep and how they get astray
and what my text means when it says
:. live like sheep have gone astray.'
Sheep get astray in two ways, either by
trying to get into other pasture, or from
being scared by the dogs. In The former
way some ofus got astray. We thought
the 4rsligloi Of Jesus Christ short com.
mpns.M We thought there was better
pasturage somewhere else. We thought
If we could only lie down on the banks
of distant streams or under great oaks
ON the other side of some hill we might
be better fed.
We wanted other pasturage than that
which God through Jesus Christ gave
our soul. and we wandered on and we
wandered on, and we were lost. We
wanted bread and we found garbage.
The further we wandered, instead of
finding rich pastnrage. we found blasted
health and sharper rocks and more sting
ing nettles. No pasture. How was il
IN the worldly groups when you lost
your child? Did they come around and
console you very much? Did not the
plain Christian man who came into your
house and sat up with your darling child
give you more comfort than all worldly
sOngs you ever heard comfort you in
that day. OF bereavement 80 much as the
song they Sang to you, perhaps the very
song that was sung by your little child
the last Sabbath afternoon of her life?
There is happy land. far, far away,
Where saints immortal reign, bright. bright
10 day.
Did your business associates in that
day of darkness and trouble give you
any especial coincidence? business ex.
asperated you, business wore you out,
business left you limp as rag, business
made you mad. You got dollars, but you
got no peace. God have mercy on the man
who has nothing but business to comfort
him. The world afforded you no luxuriant
pasIsa8e. A famous English actor
stood on the stage impersonating, and
thunders OF applause came down from
the galleries, and many thought it was
the prOudest moment of all his life; but
there, was q man asleep just in front ol
him, Aud the fact that that man was in
different and somnolent spoiled all the
occasion for him, and he cried, "Wake
mp! wake up!N
so one little annoyance in life has been
moro pervading to your mind than all
the brilliant congratulations and sue.
cesses. poor pasturage for your soul you
found In this world. The world has
cheated you, the world has belied ou
the world has misinterpreted you, the
world has persecuted you. 1t never
comfofted you. Oil this world is go OF
rack from which horse may pick his
hay; It is a good trough from which tho
swine may Crunch their mess; but il
gives but little food to soul blood bought
and immortal.
What is soul? 1t Is hope high as
the throne Of God. What Is mani
You say, ut is only man." 1t is onl,
q man gone overheard IN business life
What is q man? The battle ground O
three worlds, with his hands taking holt
of dsstinies of light or darkness. A
mani No line can measure him. Nc
limit can bound HIM. The archange
before the throne cannot outlive him
The stars shall die, but he will watcl
thor e4tingiishment. The world vii
burn, but LIE will gaze on the conhagra
tlon. Endless ages will march on; he
Will watch the procession. A man! The
masterpiece of God Almighty. Ye
you say, ut is only man." Can s
nature like that be fed on husks of tht
wildernesss,,
Substantial comfort will not grow
On natnreis barren soi!;
All we can bozst till Christ we know