Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-19
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
M 7ALMAGe CHOOSES THE MAGIC
WORD "coME" FOR A TEXT.

p,.bt Times in the BibIe-It Is One of
ar ntost wonderful Words in the Lam
guage-
ppooKLYN. Jan. IS. - DR.. Talmage
rreacbed the following sermon this morn
inc to an overf1owing congregation In the
Academy of Music, this city. AT night,
11bsn The Christian Herald service was
Mid IN the New York Academy OF Music,
fully six thousand persons were massed IN
the large building. marked solemnlty
peryaded the assembly, and at It's close
many persons in various parts of the house
rose at the invitation Of the preacher TO
aak for PRAYERS for their salvation. Dr.
TaluoaSe chose the following texts for his
sermon, Come (Gen. vi, 49, Come"
Rev. xxi, 10. :,
Imperial, tender and all persuasive Is
this word Come" Six hundred and sew
enty-eight times is it found in the script
ures. It stands ut the front gate OF the
RibIe az in my first text inviting antedl-
Irviaos into Noah's ark, and it stands at
the other gate of the Bible as IN my second
text. inviting the postdiluvians into the
ark of Saviour's mercy. Come" Is only
a word of four letters, but it Is the queen
of words, and nearly the entire nation Of
English vocabulary bows to its scepter. 1t
Is an ocean into which empty ten thousand
rivers of meaning. Other words drive, but
this beckons.
All moods of feeling hath that word
"Come." Sometimes it weeps and some
times it laughs. Sometimes it prays, some.
times it tempts and sometimes it destroys
1t sounds from the door of church and
from the seraRlios of sin, from the gates of
heaven and the gates of hell 1t is con-
fluent and accrescent of all power. 1t is the
heiress Of most of the past and the almoner
of most of the future. Gomez" You NAV
pronounce it so that all the heavens will
he heard in its cadences, or pronounce it so
that all the woes of time and eternity shall
reyerberate in it's one syllable 1t is on the
lin of saint and profigate. 1t is the might
lest of all solicitants either for good or
bad.
A WORD OF WORDS
Today weigh anchor and haul in the
blanks, and set sail on that great word al
though am sure will not be able to reach
the further shore. | will let down the
fathoming line into this sea and try to
measure its depths, and though | tie to-
Rether adj the 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" The dictatorial
and commandatory in religion is of no
avail The imperative mood is not the ap.
propriate mood when we would have peo-
pie savingly impressed They may be
coaxed, but they cannot be driven.
Our hearts are like our homes; at a
friendly knock the door will be opened,
but an attempt to force open our door
would land the assailant in prison Our
fhaOlOO1NQl caDoi "a rios tuh hirh Haay,
men three years in their curriculum before
launching them into the ministry, will do
well if in so short time they can teach
the candidates for the holy office how to
say with right emphasis and information
and power that one word "Comep That
man who has such efficiency in Christian
work, and that woman who has such
power to persuade people to quit the
wrong and begin the right, went through
a series OF losses, bereavements, persecu-
tons and the trials of twenty or thirty
years before they could make it triumph
OF grace every time they uttered the word
Come"
COMES" SOMETIMES WAR
You must remember that in many cases
our Come" has a mightier "Come" to
conquer before it has any effect at all.
Just give me the accurate census, the sta
tlstlcs, OF how many are down in fraud, in
drunkenness, in gambling, in inpurity, or
IN vice OF any sort, and | will give you the
accurate census or statistics of how many
nave been slain by the word Come"
come and click wine glasses with me at
LUIS ivory bar" Come and see what we
can win at this gaming table" "Come,
sH.er sH with me this doubtful speculation"
Come with me and read those infidel |
Ifaeos on Christianity" "Come with me |
W piace OF bad amusement" "Come |
WIN me In a gay bout through under
srouhd New York" If in this city there
Ho twenty thousand who are down in
tuS suUfA character, then twenty thousand
unaer the power OF the word Come"
49,, Vas reading OF wife whose husband
aI II oeen oVerthrown by strong drink, and
s''T vent 70 the saloon where he was
bnsSS', b' ana she said, "Give me back my /
10 q And the bartender, pointing
in hnaoiin .hain and battered man browsing |,
~ corner OF the barroom, said: "There I
eona "iui' wake up; here's your wife
STIne .n Tor YOU" And the woman said. l.
10 you call that nv husband, what
,h" a'e you been doing with him. Is that
tSs. manly ~ 6rowi Is that the clear evep Ia \
90 ia' sne noble heart that | married, What /
,r I1g have you given him that has
cIas.s eu ann into fiendi Take your tiger
ss soIS' on OF him Uneoil those sernent
G. VI eVi habit that are crushin0 him
whN,"' "'e oack my husband. the one with
Givo l stood at the altar ten wears ago
mi,Idnl uiln oaek 70 me-" Victim WAS he, 4as
Conner nave been, or the word {
NO. SEss THIS WORD yoR eooD :
nss. a. want all the world ovar 10 har
ns..sd !, sd Sord tor good as Others have bar- !
eontina'. rof evil and il will fravv tha a,,a
Il viii - aaa the seas b.tu,ao,, ,h.,,,, ,,aa
GOD t. ta" The whole earth h,Si' - -. 49, tI I,
tha, ,loail no'n which it has waoda~ad 80 r. T 70 ,
Iead 80 and Persuasive ,.'osi1 ~ Iii
ticisn 80 s,'.- 70 give up their sins W. 80 :
by an st's,,i'u Drought into love n, ths trnih :
hdelity, WI VI hot words against in {
ped In bis - ever the blasphemer stoD- 4
pheTvs 10 eSAahs by denuociation =, 49, :
. Iron 4 was ever a drunIa,s a-1s
lsisais-- cups BY the Temperance l.,'sn-asss !
No n ~ se''e1ssFing stsp and biooons,hS =
day and Come with me to chnrch 20 ;
ne No. e4f our singing" .sComs 80 ~, :
yoQ viii sl you 70 Christian man -, =
he MT sure 70 admire" '.Coms ,-,itb .
Eood arS 1ssoeiations that are rh,..r1,,l 80 >
Joy snrh Inspiring; Come with ne 80 :
With IA. tOu never before experienced >, a
for c. ~ord which has done "a nut
Al nRbs approaeh you today. Are Won N
thin - WITH Godi MOI Won 80, ~
tAini - am sometimes alarmed - :
. naet hi'-E fear ! will uot be readv h
hot risbt - -. ~ the last day; my haayt (. /,
3 ms.5. 80 80 bod" Come then and 49, =
cied to lsh1 Through the Christ W. =
sattinsI = -, eonel What Is the use In :,