The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-07-20
PILATES QUESTION.
"What Shall I Do Then With
Jesrs?"
Each One Of You viii Have to Ask and
Answer For Himself That Question
Sermon by Rev. +. Dewitt Tai
mage, ID. ID.

Among the sermons preached by Rev.
Or. Talmage in England, the one Sc
lected for publication this week is from
the text: Matthew xvii. %, What
shall do with Jesus?"
PLATE was an unprincipled politician.
He had sympathies, convictions of right
and desires to be honest; but all these
were submerged by wish to be popu-
lar and to please the people. Two dis
tinguished prisoners were in the grasp
of government, and the proposition was
made to free one of them. There stands
Barabbas, the murderer; there stands
Christ, the Saviour of the world. At the
demand of the people the renegade is
set free, but Jesus is held. AS the hard
visaged and cruel eyed Barabbas goes
among his sympathizers, receiving their
coarse congratulations, PLATE turns TO
his other distinguished prisoner-mild,
meek, inoffensive, loving, self-sacrific-
ing-and he is COMPOUNDED as to what
course he had better take, so he inn
panels the mob as jury to decide, say
ing to them: What shall l do, then,
with Jesus?"
Oh, it is no dried or withered question,
out one that throbs with warm and
quick pulse in the heart of every man
and woman here. We must do some
thing with Jesus. He is here. You
and are not so certainly here as He is,
for He fills all this place-the loving,
living, dying Christ-and each one OF
Us will have to ask and answer for him
self the question, what shall l do,
then, with Jesus?" Well, my friends,
there are three or four things you can
do with him.
You can, in the first place, let Him
stand without word of recognition;
but do not think your sense of com-
mon courtesy will allow that He
comes walking on such a long journey,
you will certainly give Him chair on
which He may sit. He is so weary, you
would not let Him stand without some
recognition. If a beggar comes to your
door, you recognize him and say;
'What do you want?" If you meet a
stranger faint in the street, you say
What is the matter with your and
your common humanity, and your COM
mon sympathy, and your common sense
Of propriety will not allow you to let
Him stand without rccognition-the
wounded One of the hills You will
ask: What makes Him weep? where
was He hurt? who wounded Him.
whence came He? whittier goes He?
know there have been men who have
with outrageous Indifference hated
Christ, but know very well that thai
is not what you will do with Jesus.
Another thing you can do with him
you can thrust him back from YOU
heart and tell him to stand aside If al
'noffensive person comes and persists il
standing close up to you, and you have
in various ways given him to under
stand that you do not want his presence
or his society, then you ask the reason
of his impertinencc and bid him away
Well, that is what we can do will
Jesus.
He has stood close by us a grea
while-ten, twenty, thirty, forty years
He has stood close by you three times
lay, breaking bread for your household
all night watching by your pillow; H
has been in the nursery among you
children; He has been in the stor
among your goods; He has been in tn
factory amid the flying wheels, and nov
if you do not like His society you cal
bid Him away; aye, if He will not G
you can take Him by the throat an
tell Him you do not want His inter
ference; that you do not want Hi
breath on your cheek; that you do no
want His eye on your behavior. Yo
can bid Him away, or if He will not G
in that way, then you can stamp you
foot, as you would at dog, and cry
"Begone!'
| Yet ! know you will not treat Jesu
that way. When Plate could not
that, you could not. Desperadoes an
outlaws might do so, but | know tina
is not the way you will treat him, tina
that is not what you will do with jesus
There is another thing you can do wit
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pptician to cure blind eyes, or an arts
TO tune deaf ears, friend, a goo
friend, helpful companion,
cheerful passenger on shipboard; br
that will amount to nothing. You ca
look upon him as God and be abashe
while he rouses the storm, or blasts
fig tree, or heaves rock down tn
mountain side. That will not do 20
any good; no more save your soul tina
the admiration you have for John Mi
ton or William Shakespeare.
/ can think of only one more thin
you can do with Jesus, and that is I
take Him into your hearts That is I'll
best thing you can do with Him; that
the only safe thing you can do wit
Him, aud may the Lord omnipotent /
spirit help me to persuade you to {
that. A minister of Christ was speal
ing to some children and said, 81 wi
point you to Christ" A little child ro
in the audience and came up and p,
her hand in the hand of the pastor al
said: please, sir, take me to Jes-
now. want to go now" Oh, that
might be now with such simplicity
experience that you and l join han
, and seek after Christ and get an EXPIRE
sion of his benefaction and his mercy!
You may take Christ into your con
dence If you can not trust Him, who
can you trust? do not offer you DIR
: theological technicality. sim ,ly a
1 you to come and put both feet IN Il
A Rock of Ages" Take hold of Christ
: hand and draw Him to your soul wi
: perfect abandonment and hurl yourst
e into the deep sea of His mercy. !