Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-30
tai MAGE'S SERMON
Before a Chautauqua Society on
the Banks of Monona Lake.
ESTHER, THE BEAUTIFUL.
who knoweth Whether Thou Art Come to
the Kingdom for Such Time as This?"
BE Announces to His Congregation that
lie is Not Before Them TO Discuss
distractions or Dry Techni-
caIities of Religion.
ESTHER, THE BEAUTIFUL.
Special to the Gazette.
sERMON II MIsCONsIN

SERMON II WISCONSIN.
MADISON, We. July 2G-Dr. Tahmage
preached this morning al Il Chautauqua as
semDly on the banks of Monona lake, near
this city. II is a great gathering Of p )ple
from all parts of the Northwest. His text
was Esther iv-l4: WHO knOwc' h whether
thou art come to the kingdom for such
time as this
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 IsraelitSh
nation, TO which she had once belonged.
She was afraid to undertake the work, lest
she should lose her own life: but her uncle,
Nforleci who had brought her up, eucour-
aged her with the suggestion that probably
she had been raised upOf God for that pc
culiar mission. 'iiho l<uoweth whether
thou art come ettilySe l;n gs R for sufh
rain,ed u,o.as forcmoa + have orlrs. II is
my busiugSufering rarely Al style of people
we ous.' and their ear is open we may meet
Inc Gess. This was exemplied o .'IG mas as
-'nhcn, through THE GAZETTE colu-
tice was given of a family in need. I
nobe-hearted men contributed to the zee;
lief Of these needy ones. kind wome;oI,' t -
tied the house, not only bringing am ready
ries but giving such gentle nm the face.
as only women car rende.. IT," li'o , n,',,'a
some Of the kind Wis tors welt tn. chemical
by the scenes that he t. or the nature of
why not establisa IN n, some one 70 ma;
.,e,h Qua tho guns. And
oluHi lo' uio ''trrcS rf lS.it ana dark
charity, and for Gid be- have uluged Ilto
alton Of SUFFERING time 10 give ourselves to
,, .,,,,,..ts ara formulas ana tcChniCall-
CONVEX uDEalllcs Of religion.
the young ':ant i l.rirti.r.l. - nest conccn-
here a bta'EusaS,is and triumphant help.
a nhiI. W. need il ,h, East rCu ii NiscOu-
need.
WIN The first pl'I.o. IT. order % meet the
Tpctia 'mamd Of tins age. NDI need 10 be
al Enthusiastically aggressive Christian. OF
half-aud-hulf Christians we do not want any
more The church If Jesus Christ will be
better without ten ,,JUsrmG % them. They
are the chief obstacle to the rhurchs al
vaucemcnt. ! al apeal-iaI OF another kind
Of Christian Al tho appliances sor your
becoming au ca.na,, Christian are ut yo,r
hand. and there is a straight patti Tor you
into The broad daylight #
Dup's FORGIVENESS
You may have come here today he bones
men of the wurit. and .et before YOU &c
out of these doors You may become the
princes of the ord cod Almighty. Ou
know what excitement there Is in thiS
country, when a iOrcigu prime comes To
cur shores. Why, because it Is expected
that some day II vi, sit upon 4 thrOu
But what is all ana, honor compared with
the honor to wlich God calls EOu-to be
sous and daughters # ihn on Almighty;
yea. 10 De queens aui kings Unto COD.
They shall reign siih lIu forever ana for
ever
But, my friends, You need to he a@greS-
sive Christians. and not like those persons
who spend their lives in hug"in@ their
Christian Lr;lccs and wondering why they
do not make amy progress. How much TO
business of health would ii man have if he
hid himself IN Il dark closet, y great deal
of picty OF the day is 90 exclusive. II hides
itself II needs more fresh air, more out
door cNcrci~ There are many Christians
who are Civ = their entire life to self-cN-
animation hey arc feeling their pulses
10 nee what i the condition of their spirit
ual health. How long would Il man have
robust physical health if he kept all the
4ayS ami week and months and
years of his life feeling his pulse
instead Of gong out INTO active,
EARNEST. EVERYDAY WORK
was once anna lhe Wohoeliui' oeWltch-
Ing cactus gr"WthS "i Norm CaroHna.
never WAS more utN HISita WIN ne beauty
al LOWERS. ana YET Wilen would take up
one "l these r;lctuSeS ana pun Inc leaves
apart. the beauty was al zone Ao1 could
hardl& len mat II ever hau Decn mower.
And there are great many Christian peo-
pie IN TINS day gust pulling apart their
CHRISTIAN experiences 10 see WHAT thtfe Is
IN them. ana llcte Is nothing attractive
left. This style of S"t-eAamlnalon Is Il
damage instead "i an advantage to thelr
Christian character. l remember when
was a boy used TO nave Il small piece III
the garden that l called my own, and |
planted corn There, ana every lew days
would pull II up To see now last IL W Is
growing. NOW. thctc are ii great many
CHRISTIAN people III inns day whose Sell-cN-
animation merely amounts To the pul.ln"
up Of that which they only yesterday or
the day before planted.
ON, my friends, II You want to nave J.
staLWari Christian character, plant 1t right
ou' Of doors IN the great field OF Christian
usefulness, and though storms may come
upon 1t, ami though The hot sun of trial may
flN TO consume H. II Will thrive until II be
comes great tree IN which the fowls of
heaven may have their haoltatlon. l have
10 patience win these
fLoMEE-for CHRISTIANS.
They keep thcmSeIvs- under shelter and
ali heir Christie experience in a small,
exclusive circle. when they ought 10 plant
il in The great garden of the Lord. so that
the whole atmosphere could be aromatic
with their Christian usefulness. What we
want in the church of God is more Drawn
Of piety
The century plant is wonderfully sugges-
tive and wonderfully beautiful but l never
look at il without thinkina of its parsl-
mouy. Il lets whole generations go by pc