Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-06-30
|TALMAGE IN LONDON.
WHAT 1T COST TO GIVE HUMANITY
THE CHANCE OF SALVATION.

The Lowiy Birth of Christ-The Temp.
tation in the wilderness-Christ Befort
Pilate-IIow Nature Groaned and Shud.
deped at the Crucinxion.
LONDON June 26.-An enormous audi.
ence greeted Dr.. Talmage in this city to
day, composed of people who had come
from all parts of the British metropolis to
hear the famous American preacher. His
reception in England has been most enthu
Eiastic Many letters were awaiting him
from different cities eagerly pleading for a
visit The doctor will have TO preach five
or six times week If he accepts even a
small percentage of the urgent invitations
already sent to him. He is very much
gratifed by the extreme cordially of his
reception. Dp. Talnage entities his ser
mon THE Immense Cost" from the text,
Cor. vi, 90, Eye are bought with price"
Your friend takes you through his valu-
nbie house. You examine the arches, the
frescocs, the grassplots, the flshponds, the
onservatories the parks Of deer, and you
say within yourself or you say aloud,
"What did all this costp You see cost
ly diamond flashing in an earring, or you
hear costly dress rustling across the
drawing room. or you see a high mettled
span of horses harnessed with silver and
gold, and You begin TO make an estimate
Of the value.
The man who owns a large estate cannot
Instantly tell you all it is worth He says,
~ will estimate so much for the house, so
much for tho furniture. so much for lay
ing out the grounds, so much for the stock,
30 much for the barn, so much for the
age-adding up IN all making this
aggregate"
Well my friends, / hear so much about
Dur mansion in heaven, about its furniture
md the grand surroundings, that l want
to know how much it is all worth, and
what has actually been paid for it. can
hot complete in q month nor year TIE
magnificent calculation, but before get
through today hope to give you the fig
ures. Eye ere bought with price"
THE GROWN JEWELS.
With some friends 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 l could take this
audience into the tower of Gods mercy and
strength that you might walk around Just
once. ut least, and sec the crown jewels Of
eternity, behold their hrilliance and esti-
mate their value "Ye are bought with a
price"
Now if you have large amount of
money to pay, you do not pay all ut once,
but you pay it by instalments-so much
the first Of January, so much the first of
April, so much the first of July SC
much the first Of October until the entire
amount is paid, and ! have to tell this
audience that you have been bought with
n price" and that that price was paid in
different installments.
The first installnent paid for the clear
nnce 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 immorta
soul into the world. Even the toughest OF
men know enough to stand back. But
have to tell you that in the village on the
side of he hill there was a very bcdlam OF
uproar when Jesus was born.
In village capable of accommodating
only a few hundred people many Thousand
people were crowded, and amid hostler.
and muleteers and camel drivers yelling a
stupid beasts Of burden the Messiah ap
peared. No silence; no privacy. A bette
adapted place hath the eaglet in the eyrie-
hath the whelp in the lions lair The eX
lie of heave0 licth down upon straw. Tn
first night out from the palace of HEAVIER
spent in an clubhouse! One hour after lay
ing aside the robes Of heaven. dressed in
wrapper Of coarse linen. One would hav
supposed that Christ would have made
more gradual descent, coming from HEAVIER
first TO Il half way world Of great magni
tude, then to Caesars palace then to
merchants castle in Galiee, then to pri
waite home in Bethany, then to fisher
-F, IL L..
II was one leap from the top to the bottom
THE MANGER AT BETHLEHEM.
Let us open the door of the caravansar
I'm Bethlehem and drive away the camel.
Press Oh through the group of idlers an
Iouugers. What, o Maryl no light? IN
light" she says, save that which come
through the door" What, Mary! no food
"None,' she says, "only that which wa
brought in the sack on the journey" lie
the Bethlehem woman who has come i
here with kindly attentions put back tn
covering from the babe that we may loo
upon it. Look! Look Uncover you
head. Let us lsnecl. Let all voices b
hushcd Son of Mary! Son of God, Chill
Df a day--mouarch Of eternity In thu
rye the glance of a God. Omnipotenc
sheathed in that babes arm. That vote
TO be changed from the feeble plant
the tone that shall wake the dead. II
sauna! Hosanna!
Glory be to God that Jesus came fro
Throne to mangcr, that we might rise fro
manager to throne and that all the gat
nre open, and that the door Of heaven, thi
once swung this way to let Jesus out, no
swings the other way to let us in. Let 2
the bcllmen Of heaven lay hold the roI
md ring out the news, Behold, | brir
you glad tiuinGs of great joy, which sha