Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-02-07
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
LONE THING THOU LAcKES1,'
IL the Text OF One Of tho Most Powerful
Pulpit Oratlons Ever Uttered.
while Souls are Being Lost, There IL Work
For all Chrlstians.-T Impassioned
Appeal Arouses Hundreds OF
Inqulrers, Who Inquire
tho way to Christ.

Brooklyn, N. ", February 1.-The
text OF DIR. Talmage's sermon was: zone
Thing Thou Lackest." Mark X, 81.
After the sermon and at the invitation
of the preacher hundreds OF persons,
novel, by the stirring appeals, rise for
PRAYERS. and the orchestra seats are
soon flied by those seeking spiritual
guidance. Among the recent converts
was u sun a. u prominent minister Of
the gospe, and personal friend OF DIR.
Talmage. Passing among them, con-
versing with one another, are workers
from the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton, who come in u response TO an lnvl-
tation from the Christian Herald, 1t
having become physical impossibility
for DIR. Talmage to speak individually
with the rapidly increasing number
who desire personal religious counsel.
These are indeed solemn scenes, unpre-
cedented within those walls. NO less
than loo persons are said TO have been
led already by these services to enter on
aChristian life
The young man of the text was q
splendid nature. We fall in love with
him at the first glance. He was amiable
and frank, and earnest, and educated,
and refined, and respectable, and moral,
and vet he is not Christian. And so
Christ addressed him in the words that
I have read to YOU: Zone thing thou
lackest." suppose that that text was
no more appropriate to the young man
of whom have just spoken tnan IL Is
appropriate to great multitude OF peo-
ple in this audience. There are many
things in which you are not lacking.
For Instance, you are not lacking IN
good home. 1t is, perhaps, no more
than an hour ago that you CLOSED tne
door, returning to see whether IL was
well fastened, OF one Of The best homes
in this CITY,, The younger children OF
the house already asleep, ana the oloer
ones, hearing your returning footsteps;
will rush to the door to meet you. And
in these winter evenings, the children
at the stand with their lessons, the vii"
plving the needle and you reading the
book or the paper, you feel that you
have a good home. Neither are you
lacking in the refinements and courte-
sizes of life.
NEITHER POOR NOR FRIENDLEss'
You understand the polite phrase
olopy of invitation, regard and apology:
You have on appropriate apparel. l
shall wear no better dress ut the we'd
ding than when l come to the marriage
of the Kings son. II am we'll clothed
ON other occasions, will be In rellgl-
ols audience. However reckless j may
ne about nv personal appearance at
Othes times, when come into conse'
Grated assemblage / shall have on the
hest dress have. We all understand
the proprieties of everyday life and the
proprieties of Sabbath life.
Neither are you lacking in worldly
success. You have not made as mucn
money as YOU would like to make, but
Won 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 fallen
unon old resources, which Is just the
aane thing, for God is just as good 10
ue when He takes care Of us by sur
plus Of the past as by present SUCCESS.
hunger tearing at the throat Win Inc
strength OF u tigers paw, not one Of YOU
are hungry. Neither are you lacking In
pleasant friendship. You nave real
good friends. II the scarlet FEVER
should come tonight to your mouse,
YOU know very well who would come III !,
and sit up with the sick one; or, Il
death should come, you know VINO
would come in and take your hano
TIGHT in theirs with that peculiar grip
which, means ''Ill stand by YOU" and
after the lie has fed from the loved
one, take you by the arm and lead you
into the next room, and while you are
zone to Greenwood they will stay In
the house and put away the playthings
that might bring to your mind TOO
severely your great loss. Friends! You
have friends. Neither are you lacking
in vour admiration Of the Christian re-
liriou. There is nothing that makes
YOU 50 angry IS to have q man mangn
Christ. You get red in the face and
Won saw: ''Sir, want you TO under
stand that though am not Christian,
don't like such things said as that In
nv store" and the man goes Oh giving
YOU a parting salutstion, but you hardly
answer him. You are provoked beyond
all bounds.
ONE IMPORTANT THING LACKING
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 OF
daughter standing at the altar OF Christ.
taking the vows OF the Christian: II
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 L
right. Go on, I am glad you haven't
BEEN kept back by my example. / hops
some day to Join you" You believe al
the doctrines Of religion. A man on
wonder says: IT am sinner" You re
spond: so am Z" Some one says :!
believe that Christ came to save tn
world" You say; $50 do L" LOOK
ing At YOUR character, ct your surround