Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-01-30
REV. DIR. TAlMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S sun
DAY SERMON.
SUBJECr, "CoNE."

TExrs; Come Gen. vi, IS. Come"
E-Rev. xii, Il
Imperial, tender and all persuasive is this
word Come Six hundred and seventy
eight times il is found in the Scriptures. 1t
stands at the front gate OF the Bible as in my
first text, inviting antediluyians into Noahs
ark, and il stands at the other gate OF the
Bible as in nv second text inviting the
postdiluvians into the ark OF a Saviours
mercy. Come is only word of four
letters, but il is the queen OF words and
nearly the entire nation of English vocabu-
larry bows TO its scepter II 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 sometimes
It laughs. Sometimes it prayS sometimesl 1t
tempts and sometimes It destroys. IL sounds
from the door Of church and from the serag-
lios of sin, from the gates Of heaven and the
gates Of hell. 1t is continent and accrescent
Of all power. Ii is the heireSs OF most OF the
past and the almoner of most OF the future.
Gomez You may pronounce 1t so that all
the heavens will DO heard in its cadenceS or
pronounce it SO that all the woes OF time and
eternity shall reverberate in its one syllable.
1t is the mightiest Of all solicitants either for
good or bad.
Today weigh anchor and haul in the
planks, and set sail on the great word, al
though an sure l will not be able to reach
the further shore. Twill let down the faith
oming line into the sen and try TO measure
its depths, and though tie together all 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 dctatorial and commandatory
In religion is of no avail The imperative
mood IS not the appropriate mood when we
would have people savingly impressed. They
hor ynI hut havr nt ha rlu
Our hearts are like our homes; at friend
" knock the door will be opened, but an at
tempt to force open our door would land the
assailant in prison. Our theological semin-
aries, which keep young men three years in
their curriculum before launching them into
the ministry, will do well il in so short a
time they can teach the candidates for the
holy office how TO say with right emphasis
and intonation and power that one word
Gomez 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, prosecutions
and the trials of twenty or thirty years be
fore they could make it triumph Of grace
every time they uttered tho word Come"
You must remember that in many cases
our Come" has a miShtier Gone" to
conquer before it has any effect at all. Just
give me the accurate census, the statistics,
of how many arc down in fraud, in drunken
ness, in gambling, in impurity, or in vice of
any Sort and will give you the accurate
census or statistics of how many have been
slain by the word Come Come and
click wine glasses with me at this ivory bar"
Come and see what we can win at this gam
ing table" Come, enter with me this
doubtful speculation" Come with me and
read those infidel tracts on Christianity"
Come with me to place Of bad amusc-
with ma II GA
through underground New York" II in this
city there are twenty thousand who are down
In moral character then twenty thousand
fell under the potter Of the word Come"
was reading OF q wife whose husband had
been overthrown by strong drink, and she
went to the saloon where he was ruined and
she said: ''Give me back my husband" And
the bartender, pointing to a maudlin and
battered man browsing in the corner OF the
barroom, said: There he is. Jim, wake up;
here's your wife come for you" And the
woman said: DO you cali that my husbandH
What have you been doing with himI Is
that the manly browp Is that the clear eye'
Is that the noble heart | marriedF What
vile drug have you given him that has turned
him into fiend2 Take your tiger claws off
of him. Uncoil those serpent folds of evil
habit that are crushing him. Give me back
nv husband, the one with whom | stood at
the altar ten years ago. Give him back to
me-" Victim was he, as millions Of others
have been, of the word Come"
With that word which has done so much
for others approach you to-day. Are you
all right with Godi mo" you say, "a
think not; am sometimes alarmed when
think of Him: feSr will not be ready t
meet Him in the last day; my heart Is no
right with God" Come then and have /
made right Through the Christ who det
to save you, come What Is tho use il
rttal ryaIt ha f1lrth a
off you are, and the deeper you are down
Strike out for heaven! You remember tina
n few years ago steamer called the Princes
Alice, with crowd Of excursionists aboard
sank in the Than IS, and there was an awfu
sacrifce Of life A boatman from the shor
put out for the rescue and he had q big boa
and he got it so full it would not hold an
other person, and as he laid hold of the oar
to pull for the shore, leaving hundreds help
less and drowning he cried out, "Oh, that
had bigger bostr' Thank God, l am nc
thus limited, and that can promise roof
for all in this Gospel boat. Get in; get II
And vet there is room. Room in the hear
of "a pardoning God Room in heaven.
also apply the word Of my text to tho'
who would like practical comfort. IL an
ever escape the struggle OF life, have M
found them. They are not certainly anon
the prosperous classes In most cases II WI
astrugglo all the way up till they reache
the prosperity. and since they have reache
these heights there have been perplextie
snxieties and cries which were almo.
enough to shatter the nerves and turn ii
brain. 1t would be hard to tell which hav
the biggest fight in the world-the prosper
ties or the adversities the conspicuities or th
obscurities. Just as soon as you have enoug
success to attract the attention of others th
envies and jealousies are let loose from the
kennel. The greatest crime that you Cd
commit in the estimation of others is TO re
on better than they do They think you
addition is their subtraction. Five hundre
persons start for certain goal Of success,
one reaches 1t and the other four hundre
and ninety-nine are mad. 1t would TAX
volumes to hold the story OF the wrongs, ou
RACES and defamations that have come upo
you as o result Of your success. TIL, war;
sun OF prosperity brings into life . swan
full of annoying insects
On the other hand the unfortunate c,asse
have their struggles for maintenance. T
achieve livelihood by one who had nothin
to start with, and after while for famil
ms well, and carry this on until children al
reared and educated and fairly started in tn
world, and to do this amid all the rvalre
OF business, and the uncertainty of crop,
and the fickleness OF tariff legislation, wit
an occasional labor strike, aud here an
there financial panic thrown in, is u might
thing to do, and there are hundreds an
thousands such heroes and heroines who liv
unsung and die unhonored. What We a
need, whether up or down in life or hal
way between, is the infinite solaco Of tn
Christian religion. And so we employ tn
word Come" 1t will take all eternity
find out the number of business men VIII