Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-07-07
TALMAGE IN LONDON.
WHAT IT COST TO GIVE HUMANITY
i THE CHANCE OF SALVATION.


taiion In the Wilderness-Christ Before
Piiate-How Nature Groaned and shud
d.r.a =, IN. c-noiaxion.
LONDON, June &.-An enormous audi
ence greeted DR.. Talmage In this city to
day, composed OF people who had come
arom all parts OF the British metropolis to
hear the famous American preacher. His
reception in England has been most enthu-
siastic Many letters were awaiting him
from different cities eagerly pleading for a
visit. The doctor Will have to preach five
or SIX times week II he accepts even q
small percentage OF the urgent invitations
already sent to him. He is very much
grained oy the extreme cordiality OF his
reception. DR.. Talmage entities his SER
mon The Immense Cost, !" from the text,
Cor. vi, ~, "fe are bought with price" I"
Your friend takes you through his valu-
able house. You examine the arches, the
frescoes, the grassplots, the hshponds, the
conseryatories, the parks of deer, and you
say within yourself or you say aloud,
What did all this costF You see a cost
~ diamond flashing In an earring, or you
near costly dress rustling across the
drawing room, or you see high mettled
span OF horses harnessed with silver and
gold, and you begin to make an estimate
OF the value.
The man who owns large estate cannot
instantly tell you>all it is worth. He says,
81 will estimate SO much for the house, SO
much for tho furniture, 80 much for lay
ing out the grounds, so much for the stock,
so much for the barn, SO much for the
equipage- adding up in all making this
aggregate"
Well, my friends, hear SO much about
our mansion in heaven, about its furniture
and the grand surroundings, that want
to know how much it is all worth, and
what has actually been paid for it. can
not complete in month nor a year the
magnificent calculation, but before / get
through today hope to give you the fig
ures. "Ye are bought with price"
THE CROWN JEWELS.
With some friends l went to your Tower
to look at the crown Jowels. 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 tower 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 esti-
mate their value. "Ye aregbought with a
price"
Now II you have large amount of
money to pay. you do not pay itall 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 l have to tell this
audience that you have been bought with
price," and that that price was paid in
different installments,
The first installment paid for the clear
ance of our souls was the ignominious
birth OF Christ in Bethlehem. Though we
may never be carefully looked after after
ward, our advent into the world is careful
ly guarded. We come into the world amid
kindly attentions. Privacy and silence are
afforded when God launches an immortal
soul into the world Even the toughest of
men know enough to stand back. But l
have to tell you that in the village on the
side OF the hill there was very bedlam Of
uproar when Jesus was born.
In village capable OF accommodating
only few hundred people many thousand
people were crowded, and amid hostlers
and muleteers and camel drivers yelling at
stupid beasts OF burden the Messiah ap-
peared. No silence; no privacy A better
adapted place hath the eaglet in the eyrie-
hath the whelp in the lions lair. The ex-
lie OF heaven lleth down upon straw. The
first night out from the palace of heaven
spent In an outhousel One hour after lay
ing aside the robes OF heaven, dressed in a
wrapper OF coarse linen. One would have
supposed that Christ would have made a
more gradual descent, coming from heaven
hrst to half way world OF great maghi-
tude, then to Caesars palace, then to a
merchants castle In Galilee, then to pri-
vate home IN Bethany, then to fisher
mans hut, and last OF all to stable. MOI
1t was one leap from the top to the bottom.
THE MANGER AT BETHLEHEM.
Let as open the door of the casavansary
In Bethlehem and drive away the camels.
Press on through the group of idlers and
Ioungers. What, o Mary! no light' ''No
light, she says, save that which comes
through the door," What. Nary no food
None" she says, "only that which was
Drought In the sack on the journey" Let
the Bethlehem woman who has come in
here with kindly attentions put back the
covering from the bane that we may look
upon 1t. Lookl Lookl Uncover your
head. Let us kneel. Let all voices be
hushed. Son OF Maryl Son OF Godl Child
Of day-monarch OF eternity! In that
eye the glance OF God. Omnipotence
sheathed In that babes arm. That voice
to be changed from the feeble plant to
the tone that shall wake the dead. Ho-
sannal Hosanna!
GLORY be to God that Jesus came from
throne to manger, that we might rise from
manger to throne, and that all the gates
are open, and that the door Of heaven, that
once swung this way to let Jesus out, now
swings the other way to let us in Let all
the beiimen OF heaven lay hold the rope
and ring out the news, Behold, bring
you glad tidings OF great Joy, which shall