Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-02-19
WHAT LACK YE =?
DE- TALMAGE'S SERMON UPON
LIFES ESSENTIALS.

World Without Christ.-An Appeal
70 Young Men.
BROOKLYN, Feb. Tho deep religious
feeling manifested in DR.. Talmage's con-
gregations since his recent arousing zap
peal to Outsiders" has apparently en-
Outraged him to continue preaching di.
tinctively evangelistic sermons. Today he
delivered another discourse Of the same
Gospel type, both ut the morning service |
IN the Academy Of Music in this city, and
at night in tho New York Academy OF
Music. His text was taken from Mark |
10. 2l.-"One thing thou lackest."
Tho young man Of the text was a
splendid nature. We fall in love with him
ct the first glance. He was amiabc, and
frank, and earnest, and educated, and re-
fined, and respectable, and moral, and yet
he was not a Christian. And SO Christ
addresses him in the words that l have
read to you, Zone thing thou lackcst." /
suppose that that text was no moro ap-
propriate to tho young man Of whom l
have spoken than it is appropriate to a
great multitude of people in this audience.
There are many things in which you arc
no lacking. For instance you are not
lacking in good home. 1t is, perhaps.
not more than an hour ago that you closed
the door. returning TO SEQ whether it was
well fastened of one OF tho best homes in
this city. Tho younger children OF the
house already asleep, the older ones, hear
ing your returning footsteps, will rush to
the door to meet you. And in these winter
evenings, the children ut the stand with
their lessons the wife plying the needle,
and you reading the book or tho paper,
you feel that you have q good home.
| Neither are you lacking in the reanements
| and courtesies Of life. You understand
the polite phraseology Of invitation, re-
| gard and apology. You have on appro'
| pirate apparel
Neither arc 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 livelihood or
you have fallen upon old resources, which
is Just the same thing, for God is Just rs
good to US when he takes care of US by q
surplus of the past as by present success.
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 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 fed
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 gar
ments and the playthings that might bring
to your mind too severely your great loss.
Friends? You all have friends.
Neither are you lacking in your admira
ton Of the Christian religion. There is
nothing that makes you so angry as Il
have man malign Christ. You get rec
in the face, and you say, Sir, want yol
to understand that though l am not mysel
Christian, don't like such things said a
that in my store" and the man goes OF
giving you q parting salutation, but you
hardly answer him. You are provoked
beyond all bounds. Many Of you hav
been supporters Of religion and have give
more to the cause of Christ than some VIII
profess his faith. There is nothing tina
would please you more than to see you
son or daughter standing at the altar o
Christ, taking the vows Of tho Christian
1t might be little hard on you, and nigh
mako you nervous and ayitated for littl
, while, but you would be man enough t
say: my child, that is right Go on.
am glad you haven't been kept back by IN
example. hope some day to Join You.
I You believe all the doctrines OF religion
A man out yonder says: II am o sinner.
You respond: $50 am l." Some one say!
II believe that Christ camo to save tn
world" You say: $50 do l." Looking {
, your character, at your surroundings.
, find thousand things about which to col
, graduate you; and yet must tell you in tn
love and fear of God, and with refercnc
to my last account, Zone thing the
lackest."
! You need, my friends, in the first plac
, the element of happiness. Some day ye
fool wretched. You don't know what
the matter what is tho matter with 20
! You say: II did not sleep well last nigh
h | Il think that must be the reason of my res
a ilessness;" or, ~ have eaten something tn
!. did not agree with me, and l think tn
must 10 tho reason" And you a
o unhappy. o, my friends, happiness do
g not depend upon physical condition, and
e you have not the satisfaction that Is to
found in Jesus Christ, must tell you wi
all the concentrated emphasis OF my 90,
i lone thing thou lackest."
Is Iremark again that you lack the elemc
e Of usefulness. Where is your bushes
= You say it is No. Is such street, or N
900 such street, or No. 800 such stree
. My friend immortal, your business
n wherever there is q tear to be wiped aw
II or soul to be saved. You may, befc
coming to Christ, do q great many mol
things. You take loaf Of bread to I'll
starving man in the alley; but he wal
immortal bread. You take pound
IT candles to that dark shanty. They wa
t. the light that springs from tho throne
~ God, and you cannot take it because y
- have it not in your own heart. You KIM
70 that the fight Of IN arrow depends vt
g. much upon tho strength Of tho bow. M
IN have to tell you that the best bow that v
"a ever made was made out Of the cross
Christ; and when religion takes soul y
c. | v,,t. IL m that and nulls IL hack and