Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-02-05
COME COME! COME +!
DR.. TAIN AGE SOUNDS THE GREAT
GOSPEL INVITATION.
Sermon Preached in the brooklyn
and New York Academies OF Music
Which Caused a Great Awakening.

and New York Academies OF Music |
Which Caused Il Great Awakening.
BgooKNS. n. ", Jan. lS.--Dr. Tai !
mage preached the following sermon this |
morning to an ovcrhowing congregation i'll
the Academy Of Music. this city At
night when service was held in the New
York Academy of Music, fully six thousand
persons We're massed in the large building.
a marked solemuity pervadcd tho assem-
bly,, and at its close many persons in
various parts Of the house, rose at the
| invitation of the preacher to ask for
prayers for their salvation. DIR. Talmagc
chose the following texts for his sermon:
Come Gen. G is. Come" Revcla-
| ton 20 II.
Imperial, tender and all-persuasivc is
this word Come" Six hundred and
seventy-eight times is it found in the
Scriptures. 1t stands at tho front gate of
the Bible as in my first text, inviting ante.
| dluvians into Noah's ark. and it stands ut
the other gate Of the Bible as in my second
text, inviting the post-diluvians into tho
ark OF Saviour's mercy. ''Come" is only
word OF four letters, but it is the queen
OF words, and nearly the entire nation of
English vocabulary bows to its sccptrc.
1t is an ocean into which empties ten
thousand rivers of meaning. Other words
drive, but this bcckons. All moods of
feeling hath that word Come Some
times 1t wceps and sometimes it laughs.
Sometimes it prays. sometimes it tempts.
and sometimes it destroys. 1t sounds from
the door Of the church and from tho serag
lios OF sin, from the gates Of heaven and
the gates OF hell. 1t is continent and
accrcscent of all power. 1t is the heiress
of most Of the past and tho almoner OF
the future. 'Comc!" You may pronounce
1t so that the heavens will be heard in its
cadcnces. or pronounce it so that all tho
woes Of time and eternity shall reverberate
in its one syllable. 1t is on the lip Of saint
and prohigate. 1t is the mighticst of all
solicitants either good or bad.
You must remember that in many cases
our Come has mighter Come to
conquer before it has any effect at all.
Just give me the accurate census, tho
statistics, of how many are down in fraud
in drunkenness, in gambling, id impurity,
or in vice OF any sort, and 1 will give you
the accurate census or statistics of how
: many have been slain by the word ''Come."
} ''Come and click wine glasses with mo at
, this ivory bar" ''Comc and SEQ what we
{ can win at this gaming table" Come,
enter with mo this doubtful speculation -
: ''come with me and read those infidel tracts
on Christiauity.'' Come with me to a
place Of bad amusement" "Come with
. mo in gay bout through underground
New York" If in this city there are
T. twenty thousand who are down in moral
t character, then twenty thousand fell under
h the power Of the word Come
tall %hn a 20
! ness this word for good as others have
= harnessed it for evil, and it will draw the
five continents and the seas between them,
yea, it will draw the whole earth back tC
: the God from whom it has wandered. II
y is that wooing and persuasive word tha
will lead men to give up their sins. Was
:. scepticism ever brought into love of tn,
a truth by an ebulltion of hot words against
intidclity? Was ever the blasphemer stop
=, ped in his oaths by dcnunciation o
% blasphemy? Was ever drunlsard weanet
IL from his cups by tho temperance lecturer
mimicry Of staggering step and hicccugh
is No. 1t was: "Comc with me to churcl
rs today and hear our singing" 'Come AM
ID let me introduce you to Christian maj
RI whom you will be sure to ADMIRE" Soon
;f with me into associations that are cheer
- full and good and inspiring;" ''Come witt
|
g perienced."
AZ l also apply the word of my text to thos
he who would like practical comfort. If an
" ever escape the struggle of life have no
ty found them. They are not certainly anon
"a the prosperous classes. In most cases
20 were struggle all the way up till the
~ reached tho prosperity, and since they hav
AZ reached these heights there have been pei
plexities, anxicties and crises which wer
III almost enough to shatter the nerves an
Id turn the brain. 1t would be hard to to-
is which have the biggest fight in this world
the properties or the Universities, the con
n spicuities or the obscurities. Just Us 500
NJ as you have enough success to attract tn
attention of others. the envies an
j" jealousies are let loose from their kenne
n The greatest crime that you can corr nit
IN the estimation Of others is to get ON bette
nix than they do. They think your addition
their subtraction. Five hundred person
start for o certain goal of success; OF
y, reaches it, the other four hundred and min
VIZ ty.nine are mad. 1t would take volum,
up to hold the story of tho wrongs, outrag'
he and defamations that have come upon "
ed Is q result Of your success. The warm 81
mt Of prosperity brings into life swamp-fu
mt Of annoying insects On the other hal
aw the unfortunate classes have their struggl
=, for maintenance. To achieve liveliho'
20 by ono who had nothing to start with. al
W after while for q family as WE'LL and ca
ms ry this on until children are reared al
an educated and fairly started in the worl
nd and to do this amid all tho rivalries
elf business and the uncertainty Of crops, N
,to the ficklQness of tariff legislation, with
th- occasional labor strike and here and the
m. a financial panic thrown in, Is nigh
thing to do, and there are hundreds 81
thousands such heroes and herones W
live unsung and die unhonored. What we
she need, whether up or down in life or ha
am way between. Is the INFINITE soiace Oh
the CHRISTIAN religion. Ana 30 "o enp'o'
90. word-''Comcr'
S.9' But the word 'Come" applied to thu
IN who need solace will amount to MOTH
ssK unless it be uttered by some ono who
Z. l | axrcrienced that Solace. Jh0t Sprct