The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-29
TALMAGE ABROAD.
Theme Of Sermon Preached In
the City Temple at London.
The Worlds Darkest Day Was When the
Carnsge of Calvary Was Enacted
The Great Debt That Humanity
Owes to the Saviour of
the World.

Parker, the celebrated English divine,
in the City Temple at London. He en-
titled his sermon '"The Immense Cost"
and chose for his text, l. Cor, VI, 20,
"Ye are bought with a price" The
eloquent preacher spoke as follows:
Your friend takes you through his
vnluable house. You examine the arches,
the frescoes, the grass plots, the fish
ponds, the conservatories the parks OF
deer and you say within yourself or You
say aloud: What did all this cost?'
You see a costly diamond flashing In an
earring, or you hear costly dress rust
ling across the drawing-room, or you
see n high mettled span Of horse har-
messed with silver and gold, and you be-
gin to make an estimate of the value.
The man who owns large estate
cannot instantly tell you all 1t is worth.
He says: II will estimate so much for
the house, so much for the furniture, so
much for the stock, so much for the
barn, so much for the equipage-adding
up all in making this aggregate"
Well, my friends, l hear so much
about our mansion in Heaven, about its
furniture and the great surroundings,
that want to know how much 1t is all
worth, and what has actually been paid
for it. cannot complete in a month
nor year the magnificent calculation,
but before get through to-day hope
TO give you the figures "Ye are bought
with price"
With some friends l went to your
Tower TO look at the crown jewels. We
walked around; caught one glimpse OF
them, and being in the procession were
compelled TO pass out. ] wish that
could take this audience into the towor
of Gods mercy and strength, that you
might walk around just once, at least,
and see the crown jewels of eternity,
behold their brilliance, and estimate
their value "Ye are bought with a
price"
Now If you have a large amount of
money to pay, you do not pay it all at
once. but you pay it by installments-
so much the first of January, SO much
the first of April, so much the first of
July, so much the first of October, until
the entire amount is paid, and have 10
tell the audience that you have been
bought with n price," and that that
price was paid in different installments.
The first installment paid for the
clearance of our souls was the igno-
minious birth Of Christ in Bethlehem.
Though we may never be carefully
looked after afterward, our advent into
the world is carefully guarded We
come into the world amid kindly at
tentions. Privacy and silence are af-
forded when God launches an immortal
soul into the world. Even the toughest
of men know enough to stand back.
But have TO tell you that in the viii
lage on the side Of the hill there was a
very bedlam Of uproar when Jesus was
born In a village capable Of accommo-
dating only a few hundred people, many
thousand people were crowded; and
amid hostlers and muleteers and camel
drivers yelling at stupid beasts Of bur
den the Messiah appeared. No silence.
No privacy A better adapted place
hath the eaglet in the eyrie-hath the
whelp in the lions lair. The exile OF
Heaven lieth down upon straw. The
first night out from the palace Of Heaven
spent in an outhou.e! One hour after
laying aside the robes Of Heaven,
dressed in wrapper of coarse linen.
One would have supposed that Christ
would have made a more gradual dc
scent, coming from Heaven first to a
half way world of great magnitude
then 10 Caesars palace then TO mer'
chants castle in Galiler. then to a pri.
vate home in Bethany, then to u fisher
mans hut, and last of all 10 n stable
No! II was one leap from the top tc
the bottom.
Let us open the door OF the caravan
sary in Bethlehem and drive away the
camels. Press on through the group OF
idlers and loungers. What, o Mary! nc
light? "Nc light" she says, save that
which comes through the door" What
Mary! no food? None" she says, only
that which was brought in the sack on
the journey" Let the Bethlehem
woman who has come in here with kind
ly attentions put back the covering from
Look Look! Uncover your head. Lei
all voices be hushed. Son Of Mary! Sor
of God. Child Of day-Monarch o.
eternity! In that eye the glance of {
God. Omnipotence sheathed in tina
babes arm. That voice 10 b,
changed from the feeble plant TO th'
tone that shall wake the dead. Hosan
anna. Hosannal Glory be 10 God tina
Jesus came from throne 10 manger, tina
we might rise from manger TO throne
and that all the gates are open, an,
that the door of Heaven, that ono
swung this way 10 let Jesus out, nov
swings the other way TO let us in. lie
all the bellmen of Heaven lay hold tn
rope and ring out the news! Behold
bring you glad tidings Of great JOY
which shall be TO all people: for to-da.
Is born in the city of David Saviour
which is Christ the Lord"
The second installment paid for on
souls clearance was the scene in Quar-
nntania, mountainous region, full c
caverns, where there are TO this da
panthers and wild beasts Of all sort:
30 that you must now go there arme
with knife, or gun, or pistol 1t wa
there that Jesus went 10 think and
pray, and IL was there that this monste
Of hell-more sly, more terrific, tha
dnything that prowled in that countr
Satan himself, met Christ
The rose in the cheek Of Christ-tha
Publius Lentullus, in his letter 10 th
Roman senata ancribed 20 Jesus-tha