The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-19
A BIBLICAL INVITATION:
TALMAGE MAKES THE WORD
GONE" HIS SUBJECT.

Come" Must Conquer.
BROOKLYN, n. Y, Jan. 1S.-Dr. Telmage
preached the following sermon this morn
iug TO an overilowing congregation in the
Academy Of Music, this city. At night,
when the ChriStiGa Herald service was
held In the New York Academy OF Music,
fully 5000 persons were masSed IN the large
building. A marked solemnity pervaded
the assembly, and at its close many persons
in various parts Of the house rose, at the ins
vitation of the preacher, to ask for prayers
for their salvation. DIR. Talmage choss
the following texts for his sermon: Come"
Gen. vi, IS; "Come,n Rev. xii, II.
Imperial, tender ard all-persuasive is this
word Come Six hundred and seventy
eight times it is found in the scriptures It
stands at the fr, mt gate Of the Bible as in
nay first text, inviting antedilnvians into
Noah's ark, and it stands at the other gata
OF the Bible as in my second text, inviting
the post-diuyians into the ARK Of SaYior's
mercy. "Conen is only a word of four
letters, but A. lie the queen Of words, and
nearly the entire nation OF Engl 50 vcolbu-
larry bows to its scepter. 1t is an ocean into
which emptys ten thousand rivers OF means
ing. Other words drive, but this beckons.
All MOODS of feeling hath that word Gomez
it laughs. Sometimes IL prays, sometimes
ls tempts. and sometimes IL destroys. ID
sounds from the door OF the church and
from the seraglios Of SIM from the gates OF
heaven and the gates Of he'll lt is oonfu-
ent and accrescsnt of all power. II is the
heiress Of moss Of the past and the almoner
of most of the future. Gomez You
may pronounce 1t so that all the heavens
will be heard In it's cadence, or pronouncs
ii so that all the woes Of time aud eternity
shall reverberate Ia its one syllable. IL ia
on the lip Of saint and prohigate. Ii Is the.
mightiest OF all solicitants either for good
or bad.
Today weigh anchor. aud haul in the
planks, and set sail on that great word, all
though am sure will NOT be able to reach
the further shore. l will let down the
fathomiug line into the sea and try 10
measure its depths. and, though / tie to-
gether ell tha cables and cordage have on
board, will not be able to touch bottom.
All the power Of the Christian religion is
In that word-"Come.n The dictatoriaI
and commandatory In religion are Of no
avail. The imperative mood Is not the ap-
propriate mood when we would have peol
pie savingly Impressed. They may be
coaxed, but they cannot be driven. Our
hearts are like our homes: at friendly
knock the door will be opened, but
an attempt 10 force open our door
WOulu lhnQ blo uAsAlitiib III pT5Ou. OuH
theological seminaries, which keep young
men three years IN their curriculum before
launching them into the ministry, will de
well il In 80 short time they can teach thu
candidates for the holy Office how to say
with right emphasis and intonetion and
power that one word-"Comep That man
who has suoh efficiency in christian work,
aud that woman who has such power to
persuade people to quit the wrong aud be-
gin the right, went through q series oc
Losses, berea Vements, prosecutions. and the
trials OF twenty or thirty years before they
could make II triumph of grace every
time they uttered the word Coma
You must remember that In many cases
our "Come" has q mightier Come TO cons
Quer before 1t has any effect at all. just
give me the accurate census, the statistics.
of how many are down In fraud. in dTuak@
enness, In gambling, In impuritY, or ! vice
of any sort, and will give you the accurata
census or statistics of how many have been
slain by the word ''Come." "Come and
click wine iasses with me at this ivory bar.0
''Come aud see whas we can via at this
gaming table" "Cone, enter with me this
doubtful speculation" "Come with me aud
read those infidel tracts on chrlstiauity.~
"Come with me to place of bad amuse--
meat" "Come with me In q gay bouE
through underground New York" Ie
Ia this city there are twenty thou<
sand who are down in moral char
acter, then twenty thousand fell under tbs
power OF the word 'coise." l was reading
Of wife whose husband had been over1
thrown by strong dvink, aud she went Ca
the saloon where he was ruined, ard shd
said: "Give me back my husband" And
the bartender, pointing IN maudlin aud
battered man browsing In the corner Of tbs
barroom. said: There he IL; Jim. wake
up; here's your wife come for you.n And
the womaR sail: do you call that my
husoandl What have you been doing with
hint Is that the manly browG Is that the
clear eyel ia that the noble heart that X
married. What vile drug have you givea,1
him that has turned him into q ienda
Take your tiger ella Wa OF Of him. Uncoil
those serpent folds Of evil habit that ars
crushing him. Give me back my husband.
the one with whom stood at the altar ten
years ago. Give him back to me-" Vic-
tim was be, as millions Of others have beea{
of the word ''comeln
Now we want all the world over 20 hare
ness this word for good, as others have har,|
messed it for evil. and it will draw the hv@
continents and the seas between them, Yea,i
it will draw the whole earth back TO tad
God from whom it has wandered. 10 il
that wooing and persuasive word that viii
lead men TO give up their sins. Was skepti<
cism ever brought into love OF the truth by
an ebullition OF hot words against infdelityk
Was ever the blasphemer stopped In his
oaths by denunciaton of blasphemy9 Was
ever druakerd weaned from his cups by
the temperance lecturers mimicry OF stag
gering step and hiccoughi No. It was:
''Come with me to church to-day and hear
our singing" "Come and let me introduce
you to a Christian man whom you will ba
sure to admire" Come with me toto asso-.
Citations that are cheerful and good and in
spring y "Come with me into Joy such as
you never before experienced"
With that word which has done so much
for others, approach you to-day. Are you
all right with Godi ''No.n you say, ST
think not; am sometimes alarmed when I
think of him; l fear will not be ready to
meet him in the last day; my heart is not
right with God" Come, then, and have it
made right. Through the Christ who died
to save you. comel What is the use in
waitinga The longer you wait, the farther
Off you are, and the deeper you are down.
Strike out for heaven You remember that
few years ago steamer
called the Princess Alice. with a crowd
of excursionists aboard. sank in
the Thames. and there was an awful sacri-
fee Of life. A boatman from the shore
put out for the rescue, and he had a big
boat, and he got it 50 full it would not hold
onother person, and as he laid hold of the
oars to pull for the shore, leaving hundreds
helpless and drowning, he cried out: ..Oh,
that had bigger boatF Thank God I