Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
TALMAGE IN WISCONSIN.
CHRISTIANS SHOULD SEIZE THEIR
PRESENT OPPORTUNITY.

Every Place NAY Now se a Pulpit, Every
Workshop, Gravel Pit, Farm or Railroad
Train-Every Christian May Now Do
Something for Christ.
/ MADISON, July 96.-Rev Dr. Talmage
I preached this morning at a Chautauqua
/ assembly on the banks of Monopa lake,
/ near this city. II is a great gathering OF
people from all parts of the northwest
His text was Esther iv, IA. ''Who knoweth
whether thou art come to the kingdom for
such time as thisg
Esther the Beautiful was the wife Of
Ahasuerus the Abominable The time had
come for her to present petition to her in
famous husband in behalf Of the Israelitish
nation, to which she had once belonged.
She was afraid to undertake the work
lest she should lose her own life; but her
uncle, Mordecai who had brought her up.
encouraged her with the suggestion that
probably she had been raised up of God for
that peculiar mission "Who knoweth
whether thou art come to the kingdom for
such a time as this?' Esther had her God
appointed work; you aud have ours. 1t
is my business to tell you what style Of
people we ought to be in order that we
may meet the demand Of the age in which
God has cast our lot. II you have come
expecting 30 hear distractions discussed
or dry technicalities of religion glorifed
you have come to the wrong place; but II
you really would like to know what this
age has a right to expect of you as Chris
tiau men and women, then l am ready in
the Lords name to look you in the face
When two armies have rushed into bat
tie the officers Of either army do not want
philosophical discussion about the chemi-
cal properties Of human blood or the ma
ture OF gunpowder. They want some one
to man the batteries and swab out the
guns. And now, when all the forces Of
light and darkness, of heaven and hell,
have plunged into the fight, it is no time
to give ourselves to the definitions and
formulas and technicalities and conyen-
tionalities of religion. What we want is
practical, earnest, concentrated, enthusiasts
tic and triumphant help. What we need
IN the east you in Wisconsin need.
In the first place, in order TO meet the
special demand Of this age, you need to be
an Enthusiastically aggressive Christian. OF
half and half Christians we do not want
any more. The church OF Jesus Christ
will be better without ten thousand of
them. They are the chief obstacle to the
GnQAGn utf ettAIHAlAchb. 4 AAil el5tttkllE OIL
another kind OF Christian All the appli- /
ances for your becoming an earnest Chris
tian are st your hand, and there is straight I
path for you into the broad daylight of 7
Gods forgiveness. You may have come /
here today the bondsmen Of the world, and /
yet before you go out Of these doors you
may become the princes Of the Lord Cod |
Almighty. You know what excitement /
there is in this country when a foreicn (
prince comes to our shores Whyi Because F..
it is expected that some day he will sit .
upon a throne. But what is all that honor .
with the honor to which God .
calls you--to be sons and daughters of the .
Lord Almighty; yea, TO be queens and .
kings unto GOdl "They shall reign with
him forever and forever"