Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-01-24
REV. DR.. TALMAGH.
The Eminent Brooklyn DiVine's Sun
day Sermon.


stands at the front gate or the Bible as IN my
first text, inviting antediluvians into Noaas
ark, and it stands at the other gate of tho
Bible as in my second text inviting tina
| postdiluvians into the ark of a Saviours
mercy. "somss is only a word of four
letters, but it is the queen of woris and
neariy the entire nation of English vocabu-
| lary bows to its sceptar. tits an ocean into
| which empty ten thousand rivers of meaning.
Other words drive, but this 5eckons
All moods OF feeling hath that word
/ Come" Some lines IL @eeps and sometimes
/ it lanahs. sonlesilles it prays. sometimes it
/ tenipts and soHleA les it destroys. 1t sounds
/ from tn door of church aud from TIE serag-
hos Of sin, from tue gates OF heaven and the
! CATS of ns;l. Ii is c9nil n5 ani accresceat
/ Of all power. Il IS the hairsss .. most of the
| past and the alu1oner OF most OF the future.
+ "Co.nem Yon may pronounce it so that all
/ the heavens viii Be heard in its eadencas, or
! pronounce it 50 that all the noes of time and
I eternity shall reyarberate in it's one svliaola.
] 1t Is the mic htiest OF all soictanss either for
I COCA or bad
| To-day l weigh anchor and haul in the
/ plaHgs, AID set sal on the great word, al
4 though am sure l viii not b able to reach
I the further saore. Twill let Gown the faith
! oming line into tie sea and try to measure
lis depGas, and though tie to setaer ali toe
cables and cordage | have on board, will
not hea5ie t. touca bottom. All the power
OF The Christian rei '.oa is in that word
Coma The dictatoriai and co.nmanlato1y
in religion is OF no avail. The imperative
mood Is not the appropriate mood when we
would have people saViogiv impressed They
may be coaxei, bub they cannot be driven
Oar hearts are Ike our homes: at friend
~ knock the door viii he opened, bnt an at
tempt to force opea our door would land the
sssalan6 IN prison. Our theological seinin-
aries. which Keep young men three years in
their curriculum before launching them into
+ha vii In wal in oh,
time they can teach the candidates for the
holy Office how to say with right emphasis
ana lntolation ANA power that one word
"Comei" That man who has such efficiency
in Christian WORK, and that woman who has
such p3wer to persuade people to quit the
wrong and begin the right, went through
series of losses, bereavenents, prosecutions
and the II ais Of twenty or thirty years be-
fore they could make it trium h of grace
every time they uttered the word 'Comen
Nou Hus5 re member thai in many cases
our Cons has mighJier Como" to
conquer before il mas any effect al ALL Just
give me the accurate census. the statistics,
( of how many are do an IN fraud in drunken
ness, in gambling, in npurty, or in vice Of
any sort, and | viii give you the accurate
census or statistics OF how many have been
slain by the word Come" "Coms 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 Como with me- and
read those iufdel tracts on Christ anity."
Come with me to a place of bad anuse-
ment." "Come with me in a gay bout
through underground New York" Ii in this
city there are twenty thousand who are down
in moral character, then twenty thousand
fell under the power Of the word 'Come"
l was reading o. q wife whose husband mad
been overtaroSn by strong drink. and sac
weno to the saloon where be was RUNE ], and
she said "Give me back my husband" And
the bartender, pointing to a maudlin and
battered man browsing in the corner of tne
barroom said: "Ihere he is. 'JiG, wake up;
here's your wife come for YOU" And the
woman said 800 you cali that my husband?
What have you been doing with him? Is
thai the manly brow? Is that the clear eye?
( Is that the noble heart [ married? What
vile drug have you given him that has turned
him into tiend? lake your tiger claws off
of him. Uncoil those serpent folds OF evil
habit That are crushing him. Give me back
my husband, tue one with whom | stood at
the altar ten years ago Give him back to
me- Victim was he as millions OF Others
have teaB, of the word Gomez
" tin that word which has done so much
for others / approach you to-day. Are you
all right with God? NO you say, 81
think not; | am sometimes alarmed when l
think OF Him: fear / will not be ready to
meet Hum in til last day; my heart is not
made right Through the Christ who died
to save you. come! What is the use in
waiting? The longer YOU wait the further
off YOU are, and the deeper YOU are down
Strike ont for hsaven! You remember that
lew years ago q steamer called the Princess
/ Alice, with a crowd of excursionists aboard,
sank il tne Thames, and there was an awful
sacrifice of lie. A boatman from the shore
put out for the rescue and he had big boat
and he goa it SO full it would not hold an
other person and as he laid hold of the oars
to pull for the shore, leaving hundreds help
/ less and crcWning he cried out, "Oh. that
4 had bigger beat" Thank God, / an not
/ thus limited, and that 1 can promise room
I for all in this Gospel boat. Get in; get inl
/ AMI yet there is room. Room in the heart
OF hardening Col. Room in heaven.
Z | also apply the word Of my text to thoss
who would like practical comfort. Ii any
4 ever escape the struggle OF life, | have not
foun4 tAem. They are not certainly among
I tde prosperous classes. In most cases IL was
| struggle al the way up Till they reached
| the prosperity, and since they have reached
| .hese heights There have oean perplex.ties,
| 6uxleties and cries which were almost
! enough to snatter tine nerves and turn the
/ nraln. 1t ould be hard to tell which have
/ Tee biggest ght in The woFd--the prosDeri-
/ eS or the Universities the conspicuities or the
/ ooscurItles. Just As soon as you have enough
| success to attract the attention OF others the
! Kennel The greatest crime that you can
| commit IN the estimation of others is TO get
! on better than they do They think your
! addition is their subtraction. Five hundred
| persons start for a certain goal of success;
| one reaches 1t and tue other four hundred
! AMI ninety -nine are mad. 1t would take
! volumes to mold the story Of the wrongs, out
| RACES and ordinations that nave cone ulol
! you as aresuit Of your success. 7 A9 warm
sun OF prosperity brings into life swamp
full OF annoying insects.
On the other hand the unfortunate classes
nave their struggles Tor ma ntanance. To
| achieve a livelihood by one who had nothing
| to start 18th, and after a while for a family
as wen. and carry this on until children are
| reared and educated ami fairy started ia the
Worio, and to do this ami all the rivalries
CT business, ami tue uncertainty of crops
and the fckleress of tariff legislation, with
an occasional Labor strike, and here and
there -laacial panic thrown IN. is a mighty
! tang to 90. AMI t ere are hiin.ire4s and
thousands suab heroes and hero.aes who live
nnsuhS AID Tie ulhCnore1. WHAT We all
need, whether W or down in Ire or balf
way between, is the infinite solace of tha
Christian religion. AMI so we employ the
word Gomez 1t will take all eternity to
mi out the numner o, business men who
| have been strengthened by the promises of
God, and the paGpla WOO have been fed by
tna raveis when ether resources gave out
ana the men and women vino going into this
oatfle, armed only wIth nee !le or saw, orax.
or yarustck, or pen, or type, or SHOVEL or
shae asst, have gained a victory that made
the heavens resoun3 With all the resources
or toi promised for every exigency no one
med be LETT in the iurch.
hle the faith dispiayel years ago in
Drury Lane London. in a humble homo
where every particle OF food had given out,
and a kindly soul entered with tea and other
table supplies, and found kettle on the fire
ready FOR tue tea. The benevolent lady said.
10" IS 1t that you have the kettle ready for
tue tea when You hal no tea i'll the hollsaq'
Aui the daughter in the home said: Moth
e. would have me put the kettle on the fire
end wien | said What is the use Of doing
( So, when We nave nothing in the houseg shs
said 'Iy child, God win provide. Thirty
years He has already provided for me
| through all my pain and heiplessaess, and
de VIII nos leave me to starve at last He
viii send us help though we do notsea hoy.i
We have been waiting alt the day fo~ some
tA'ng to come, but until we saw YOU we
knew not how 1t was to come" Sach thinps
the world may eau c1inci isncsS uut [ call
them almighty deliverances and. though
you do not near Oh them, they are occurring
very houc OF every day and in all parts Of
Christendom.
But the word "Come" applied to those who
iced soiasa Will amount 10 notain, unless il
be utterel by some one who has ex oeriencei
that sola3a. Thai spreads tue Responsibility
OF giving TINS Gospel call among a great
many. Those VINO have lost pronerty and
been consoled by religion in that .rial are the
ones to invite those who have failed IN bust
ness. Those WHO have lost their health and
been consoled by religion are the ones to In
Nlte those who are IN Door health Thosa