The Penn's Grove record., 1891-02-13
REV. DR.. HALMAGE'S SERMON.
The Brooklyn Divine's Sunday
Sermon.
auhiecf .anne Thing Lacking

The Brooklyn Divines Sunday
Sermon.
Subject; zone Thing Lacking
TEXT: "Ons thing thou laokest."-Marl
T., 81.
The young man of the text was a splendii
nature. We fall in love with him at th,
first glance. He was amiable end frank and
earnest and educated and refined and re
spectacle and moral, and yet he was not 0
Christian. And 50 Christ addresses him IN
the words that / have read to o 'Ons
thing thou lackest." / suppose that that text
was no more applicable to the young man Of
whom ! have spoken than it Is appropriat,
to a large multitude Of people. in this audi
enoe. There are many things in which you
are lacking. For instance, you are not lack
Ing In a good home. 1t is perhaps no more
than an hour ago that you closed the door,
returning to see whether IL was well fastened,
Of one Of the best homes of this city. The
younger children Of the house already asleep,
the older ones, hearing your returning foot.
steps, will rush to the door to meet you. And
In these long evenings the children at the
stand with their games, the wife plying the
needle and you reading the book or the
paper, you feel that you have q good home.
Neither are you lacking In the refinements
and courtesies of life. You understand the
polite phraseology Of invitation, regard and
EDBIOkys Iou Leave al hppEORI l1t hRphI 6is
I shall wear no better dress at the wedding
than when I come to the marriage Of the
kings son. II I am well clothed on other
occasions / will be 80 in q religious audience.
However reckless I may be shout my per-
sonal appearance a other times, when !
come into q consecrated asemblage 1 shall
have on the best dress / have. Veal under
tand the proprieties Of everyday Life and
The propr1eties of Sabbath life.
Neither are you lacking In worldly quo
cess. You have not made as much money
~ you would like to make, but you nave an
income. While others are false when they
Ay they have no income, or are making no
You have had q livelihood. or you have
fallen upon old resources, which Is just the
anne thing, for Goo Is just as good to US
when He takes care of US by a surplus of the
past as by present success. While there are
thousands Of men with hunger tearing at the
throat with the strength Of q tigers paw,
aot one Of youis hungry. Neither are they
real good friends. II the scarlet fever
lhould come tonight to your house you
tnow very well who would como in and sit
ap with the sick one; or, IL death should
some, you know who would come in and
lake your hand tight in theirs with that Pc
,nliar grip which means ''Pll stand by your
ind, after the life is fed from the loved one,
lake you by the arm and lead you into the
next room, and while you are gone to Green
wood they would stay In the house and put
aside the garments INT the playthings that
might bring to your mind too severely your
great loss. Friendsi You all nave friends.
Neither are you lacking in your admira-
Hon of the Christian religion. There is
nothing that makes you so angry as TO have
! man malign Christ. You get red in the
lace, and you say, 'fSir, I want you to UNDER
Ttand though I am not myself a Christian, I
ion't like such things said as that In my
tore" and the man goes off, giving you a
parting salutation, but you hardly answer
him. You are provoked beyond all bounds.
Many Of you have been supporters of religion
md ave given more to the cause Of Christ
than some who profess His faith. There is
aothing that would please you more thar to
zee your son or daughter standing at the
liter Of Christ, taking the rows Of the Chris
ian.
It might be q little hard on you, and might
make you nervous and agitated for q little
while, but you would be man enough to say:
my child, that il right. Go on. lam glad
Iou haven't been kept back By my example.
[ hope some day 10 Join you.s You believe
III The doctrines Of religion. A man out
E &c .n: n s - s1 sn sn .sss II 3SSsssps sSss;
Christ came to ave the WcridYp You say,
ASo dol" Looking at your character, at
-FOUR surroundfng1 I find . thousand things
lbout which to congratulate you, and yet I
must tall you IN the o v sud.fsar4of God,
md with l,e.ssncs : my Last sooounss'ons
You need, my friends In tho first placs,
the element Of happtneea some day you
feel wrstched. Youdo not know what Is the
matter with you. You say, ~ did not sleep
last night. I thinkthat must Be tho reason
II my restlsssnsss;'' or, u have eaten some
hing that did not agree with ms and I
think that must b the Feason.s And you
sss n nas gss;Ds on s0o my p as ! !; a ssSRsass'
Come Of the happieat people have ever
known have bssn those who have been
wrapped in consumption, or stung with neu-
tAlg1a, or burning with the slow IRE Of some
lever.
/ shall never forget one man in my first
S sasi'e eM ma1 Ta IL ssS,q / forget 81 al n 1Say PAL. ia'f ia
the love and Joy Of Jesus Christ. I can't
think Of my sufferings when I think Of
Christ" Why, his face was illumined.
There are young meni in this house who would
give testimony to show that there Is no hap |
piness outside of Christ, while there Is great
10y in His service. There are young men
months who would stand up tonight. IL I
,hould ask them, and say In those six months
they rave had more joy and satisfaction than
In all the years of their frivolity and dissipa-
lion TO to the door of that Qin ghOn to-
night and when the gang -of younc man
.oms out ask tbem vhether thev "a nanny.
Thev ]angh ALONG the street ana they iesr
and thew shout. but nobody has any fdea
tbey are bannv.
+ could cali upof, thu aeed man In thIs
bonsa n Give tsstimonv. Thars ara .gaJ
here Who fried the world. and thew tr3ed
rsl;sion and thsv ara yviIIing IL tesfifc IN |
onr sida IL Wa not long 40 ~Ssved
man srosa In 4 nrayinr c7rcIe and ssid.
s.Prstbren I lost nv sou 3ust - harsdnatsd
,rom college and 4 broEs INV hsert. Int 1
IN riad now NJ h oona. Ha h n rsst 80
cansS from All sorrow ana from an ,tronbls
xnd than IN Is6Y. Iiost an nv nronartv and |
von - I am cettins old ana n e rasber
hard nnon ma: inf Am snra Ga viii NOT
If ma snffer- IA Ia. mot tsken- csr. ~ ma
for .sysnsS-avs vsars nov Il ia ma dron ont
AZ HIS hsnds.S
went into I'M room oe-.n .g.d msn-hi
,vesivht nssriv cons hfShssrtnS nssrIv zone
-en3 what a. xou rnnnoss 10 wa tsikino
rbout, The roodnsS ii Gudandyfha 5ovs a.
religion. He ssids VI NouH like to goover
md join my wife on the othsr dde Of the
aood, and Fam waiting until tho Lord calls
me. l am happy nov. ! shall be happy
there.n What n it that 1aye that aged man |