Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-08-19
USEFUL SUFFERINtF.
DR.. TALMAeE SPEAKS OF THE USES
OF ADVERSELY.

Has Never Been Such an Example o
Enduring Patience as We Find on tn,
Cross.
LONDON. Aug. 14-Rev Dr. Talmagei
European preaching tour is drawing t.
close. During the week he has
preached three or four times in different
cities, followinagRut the programme al
ready announced, and everywhere meeting
large and enthusiastic audiences This
week he speaks at Leeds, Bradford, Shelf
field and Derby The subject chosen fol
today is Useful Suffering" the text
taken being Luke xiv, 49, 1T beloved
Christ to suffer"
There have been scholars who have ven
tured the assertion that the pains Of our
Lord were unnecessary. Indeed it was a
shocking waste of tears and blood and
agony, unless some great end were to be
reached. If men can prove that no good re-
suit comes Of it, then the character of God
is impeached and the universe must stand
abhOrrent and denunciatOry at the fact
that the Father allowed the hatchery e4
his only begotten Son.
We all admire the brave six hundred
men described by Tennyson as dashing into
the conflict where they knew they must die,
and knew at the same time that ''some one
had blunder'd, " but we are Rbhorrent Of the
man who made the blunder and who caused
the sacrifice of those brave men for no use
But / shall show you, II the Lord viii help
me, this morning that for good reasons
/ Christ went through the torture. In other
words 1T beloved Christ to suffer"
/ In the frseplace, remark that Christ's
4 decorations were necessary because mans
rescue was an impossibility except BY the
payment Of some great sacrifice. Outraged
| law had thundered against iniquity Man
must die unless substitute can intercept
that death. Let Gabriel step forth He
refuses. Let Michael the archangel step
forth. He refuses. No Roman citizen, no
Athenian, no Corinthian, no reformer, no
angel volunteered Christ then barred his
heart to the pang. He paid for our re-
demption in tears and blood and wounded
feet and seourged shoulders and torn
brow. 1T is done" Heaven and earth
heard the snap Of the prison bar Sinai
ceased to quake with wrath the moment
that Calvary began to rock In cruciGXion
Christ had suffered,
ooh" says some man, Il don't like that
doctrine of substitution; let every man
bear his own burdens and weep his own
my brothers, there is vicarious suffering
all over the world Did not your parents
suffer for your DO you not suffer some
times for your childrenY Does not the pa
triot suffer for his country? Did not Grace
Darling suffer for the drowning sail0rsg
Yiearous suffering on all sides! But how
insignificant compared with this scene of
viearious sufferingl
Vus il for crimes that had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity, grace unknown,
And love beyond degree
THE PRICE OF REDEMPTION.
Christ must suffer to pay the price of
our redemption.
But | remark again, the sufferings Of
Christ were necessary in order that the
world p sympathies might be aroused. Men
are won TO the right and good through
their sympathies. The world must feel
Alright before it can act Alright So the
cross WAS allowed to be lifted that the
worlds sympathies might be aroused
Men who have been obdurated by the
cruelties they have enacted, by the mas
sacres they have inflicted, by the horrors
Of which they have been guilty have be-
come little children in the presence of this |
dying Saviour. What the sword could not /
do, what Juggernauts could not subdue, I
the wounded hand of Christ has accom- I
plished. There are this moment millions |
of people held under the spell Of that one 1
sacrifice The hammers that struck the /
spikes into the cross have broken the rocky /
heart Of the world. Nothing but the /
agonies Of a Saviour's death throe could /
rouse the worlds sympathies.
/ remark again, 1T beloved Christ to
81 D.
of the divine love might be demonstrated.
Was it the applause Of the world that In
duced Christ on that crusade from heaven2
Why, all the universe was at his feet.
Could the conquest Of this insignificant
planet have paid linn for his career Of pain
If it had been mere matter Of applapse9
All the hOnors of heaven surging at his
feet. Would your queen give up her throne
that she might rule miserable tribe in
Africa? WOuld the Lord Jesus Christ, on
the throne of the universe, come down to
our planet if it were II mere matter Of APP
plause and reclamation?
Nor was it an expedition undertaken for
the accumulation of vast wealth. What
could all the harvests and all the diamonds
Of our little world do for him whose are
he glories of infinitude and eternityi Nor
was it an superintendent attempt 30 show
what he could do with the hard hearted
ace He who wheels the stars in their
courses and holds the pillars Of the uni.
-erse on the tips Of his fingers needed to
make no experiment to find what he could
10. Oh, will tell you, my friends, what
t was. It was the undisguised, unlini-
ted, all cUnquering, all consuming, in
mite. eternal, omnipotent love that
opened the gate, that started the
tar in the east, with finger Of light {
pointing down to the managers that 1T !
aged the Christmas choir above Bethle- (
lem that opened the stable door where
Christ was born; that lifted him on the q
ross. Love thirsty at the we'll Love ut q
he sick mans couch. Love at the Grip {
lies cruteh. Love sweating IN the gar
len. Love dying on the cross. Love S
in the grave You cannot mis-
axe it. The blindest eye must see it. The {
ardest heart must feel it. The deafest
ar must hear it. Parable and miracle, a
7ayside talk and seaside interview, all the d
Genes Of his life all the suiferings Of his t
cath, proving beyond controversy that {
Or our migrate earth God has yeauled with L
tupendous and inextinguishable love. {
SOCIETY IS OUT or GEAR.
But remark again, 1T beloved Christ {
o Suuef thdl Vue haJuie Oh uulldh Euht
night be demonstrated. There is not I
ommon sense man in the house today that y
ill not admit that the machinery Of soci- I
ty is out of gear that the human mind L
nd the human heart are disorganized, {
hat something ought to be done and done d
ght away for its repair aud readjust- t
tent. But the height and depth and
.ngth and breadth and hate and reckless Z
ess and the Internal energy Of the human i
cart for sin would not have been demon
rated If against the holy and innocent d
ne Of the cross it had not been hurled in ]
ne bolt Of fire. s
Christ was not the first man that had 4
cen put to DEATH There had been many d
efore him put to death; but they had !
heir whims, their follies, their sins, their
But when the mob out )