Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-08-25
Rev. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE's SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject; useful Suffering"

-, "a "asbe VI Years ana blood and ag.
ony, unless some great enl were 70 be
reached. IL men can prove that no COO 80,
sup comes of 1T, then the character of Got
impeached, and the universe rnust stand
aphorent and denunciatory at the fact fh #
sne rather allowed the butchery of lis oaly
begotten Son. '''
we All admire the brave six hunIrel men
described by Tennyson as dashing into 'i tba
Sohnicu when they knew they must die. and
s hnew at the same time that "some one had
SFuhuerd;' but we are abhorrent of the man
VINO made the blunder and who caused fine
lSacrince OF those brave men for no use Rut
!, !, snaii snow you, il the Lord will help me
Ills morning that for good reasons Christ
s WehI through the torture In other words
penooved Christ to suffer"
H., IL we iifst place, l remark that Christs
Aaoefa Oions We're necessary because mans
Nescue was an impossibility except by the
payment Oh some great sacrifice. OUTRAGED
law nag numbered against iniquity. Man
must Gle unless a substitute can intarcent
mat death. Let Gabriel step forth He re-.
1 1q Let Michael the archangel step forth.
ne refuses. No Roman citizen no Atha.
man no Corinthan, no reformei. no angel
xs,oionceefed: Christ then barred His heart to
.ne pahg. he paid for our redemption in
seo ers ana blood and wounded feet and
sSour Seu shoulders and torn brow at is
1 .p heaven and earth heard the snap of
tne prison bar, Sinai ceased to quake with
wia1n the moment that Calvary began to
'" 81 IN ,c,rucliixion. Christ had suffered.
~ says some man, 81 don't like that
49,, oo.i me OF substitution; let every man
- his own burdens, and weep his own
seaIs, ana tight his own battlestn Why. NV
brother, there is vicarious SUFFERING ali over
INC ~orio. DID not your parents suffer for
YOU DO you not sometimes suffer for your
LIni In Does not the patriot suffer for
f Hls country? Did not Grace Darling suffer
LOT one browning sailors? Vicarious suffer-
ing on all sdes But how insignificant COM
pared with this scene of yicarious suffer.
ingl 1919 ''oAi ''u' 'unei-
was II Tor crimes that had done
lie groaned upon tho treel
~ Amazing pity, grace unknown,
Ana love beyond degree.
Christ must suffer to pay the price of our
redemption
But l remark again, the sufferings of
Christ were necessary in order that the
WORLDS sympathies might be aroused Men
are won TO the right and good through their
sympathies. The world must feel Alright
before 1t can act Alright. So the cross was
allowed to be lifted that the worlds sympa-
thles might be aroused. Men who have
oeeh obuurated by the crueties they have
enacted, the massacres they have inflicted,
oy the horrors OF which they haye been
guilty., have become little children in the
presence of this dying Saviour.
nat the swords could not do, what jug.
gernauts could not subdue, the wounded
nand or Christ has ACCOMPLISHED. There
are Inns moment millions Of people held I'M
der the spell of that one sacrifice. The ham
mers That struck the spikes into the cross
nave broken the rocky heart OF the world
Nothing but the agonies OF Saviour's death
throe could rouse the worlds sympathies.
l remark again, sit beloved Christ to
suffer, that the strength and persistence OF
the dlVlnp Iowa might l,a tod
AZ the applause of the world that induced
Christ on that crusade from Heaven! Whv,
all the universe was at His feet. Could the
conquest of this insignificant planet have
PAID Him for His career of pain If it had
oeen mere matter OF applause? All the
nonors of heaven surging at His feet.
w ouid your queen give up her throne that
Snemlght rule miserable tribe IN Africa?
Woulo the Lord Jesus Christ on the throne
OF the universe come down to our planet it
IL We're a mere matter OF applause and ac-
starvation?
Nor was it an expedition undertaken for
tne accumulation OF vast wealth. What
could all the harvests and the diamonds of
our little world do for Him whose are the
giories OF infinitude and eternity? Nor was
AZ an experimentation attempt to show what
he could do With the hard hearted race. He
Who wheels the stars in their courses and
holds the pillars OF the universe on the tips
to find what He could do. Oh, will tell
you, my friends, what 1t was. 1t was I'M
disguised, unlimited, all conquering all con-
suming, infinite, eternal, omnipotent love
that opened the gate, that started the
star in the east, with finger of light
pointing down to the manager, that arrayed
the Christmas choir above Bethlehem, that
opened the stable door where Christ was
born, that lifted Him on the cross. Love
thirsty at the well. Love at the sick mans
couch. Love at the cripple's crutcb. Love
sweating in the garden. Love dying on the
cross. Love wrapped in the grave. You
cannot mistake it. The blindest eye must
see it. The hardest heart must feel it. he
deafest ear must hear it. Parable and
miracle, wayside talk and seaside interview,
all tine scenes of His life, all the sufferings of
His death, proving beyond controversy that
for our migrate earth God has yearned with
stupendous and inextinguishable love.
But | remark again, ''lt beloved Christ to
suffer-" that the nature of human guilt
might be demonstrated. There is not com
mon sense man in the house to-day that will
not admit that the machinery of society is
out of gear, that the human mind and the
human heart are disorganized, that some
thing ought to be done right away for its re-
pair and readjustment. But the height and
depth and length and breadth and hate and
reckessness and internal energy OF the
human hesrt for sin would not have been
demonstrated If against the holy and limo.
cent one of the cross it had not been hurled
in one bolt of fire.
Christ was not the first man that had been
put to death. There had been many before
Him put to death, but they had their whims,
ther follies, their sins, their inconsistencies.
But when the mob outside of Jerusalem
howled at the Son of God it was hate against
goodness, it was blasphemy against virtue,
1t was earth against heaven. What was it
IN that innocent and loving face OF Christ
that excited the vituperation and the con-
tumely and scorn of men? Ii He had ban-
tered them to come on, il He had laughed
them into derision, if He had denounced
them as the vagabonds that they were, we
could understand their ferocity, but it was
against inoffensivepess that they brandished
their spears, and shook their fists, and ground
their teeth, and howled and scoffed and
jeered and Knocked
What evil had He done? Whose eyeseht
had He put out? None; but He given vision
to the blind. Whose child had He slains
None; but He restored the dead dAmse to
her mother What law had He broken2
None; but He had inculcatel obedience to
government. What foul plot had He en-.
acted against the ,iness of the race?
None; He had come 60 save world. The
only cruelty tie ever enacted was TO heal the
sick. The only ostentation He ever dis
played was to sit with publicans and Slhners
and wash the disciples feet.