Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-08-12
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S Sun.
DAY SERMON.
SUBJECT: "PRE-EMINENT.n

ratification of the finger Of prophecy. the
finger of geneAlogy. the finger OF chronology,
the finger of events-all five fin .ers pointing
in one direction. Christ is the overtopping
figure of all time. He is the voK humane in
all music, the gracefulest line in all sculp.
ture, the most exquisite mingllng of lights
and shades in all painting. the acme of all
the dome of all cathcdra!ed grana.
eur and the peroraL.on of ali splendid lam
guage.
The Greek alphabet is made up Of twenty
four letters and when Christ compared
Himself to the first letter and tla last letter.
the alpha and the omega, lie appropriated
to Himself all the spleudors that you can
spell out either with those two letters AMI
all letters between them. "l am the Alpha
and the Omega, the beginning AMI the end,
the first and the LAST Or, If YOU prefer tho
words Of the text above all"
1t means, after you have piled up all Al.
pine and Himaayan alttu les, tn, glory OF
Christ would have 70 spread its wings an 1
descend a THOUSAND lea cues - tolcl tn0,a
SUBMITS. Pelion, a high mountain OF Thes-
sally; OSsa, hign mountain, AMI Olympus
q nigh mountain; but mytnO uSy tells us
when the giants warred against the gods
they piled up these three mountains ami
from the top of them propose 10 scale tae
heavens: hut the height was not great
enough and there was a complete failure.
And after all the glantS-lsa'ah and Paul,
prophetic and apostolic Gilnts; Raphael ami
Michael Angelo, artistic giants: cheruhim
and seraphim and nrchln,e celestial
failed to Climb to the top OK
f'hrist's glory they m rht all well unita IN
tho woris Of tho tnyt and say "He that
cometh from above is above all
FIRST Christ must be above all else in our
preaching. There are 50 many books on
bomiIetics scattered lhrou III The world tb,t
ali Iovmru as we'll as oII ,,ler.,y,r,.r have
maLc nm their minds what sermons o,iyht 10
ha 1'hot sarunr !. ,nn.t otr',tu,I yyi,;.n
no,+ rn,rtoiiv rrt. f,rth ,1,r,.t -. tb,
no rJ,,, ~ oII Sin mi tbn ,,rr,,.t,Sn nf ali
avi in3,vi'In,I social I,Ii,,r,I national
Th.,., - ~, "a, ~, win, a., ,houll r,r,, ths
on Hos. CHANGES ON Il f.,y nhro,n: Tnrr. ara
those vino think thtt II nm e,ho,t tti,p or n
DISCOURSE hrvc rrc,u.ut rnant,on ~ iu.ti6.
cat;or, sonc,itIratihn co,anant Of vnr.,s
onJ ,,o,,ar,nt of oro,o ,bot tb,,.,f,., -
r,r,t Iva nr1forn ilv c-orgnI,r,I will thav
arr. su.oi',ious Of a ,l,.,,,,rsa which nre.a,ty
tho an, trut, hnt unis. Ji,rar,nt rbrasn.
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HI iI.rs,rot,ons war, frn,, th, ,,.,ss r.,
nn,v.rs ,h. s,it,,o tbo t.Iy, tL, Lar,,,-arI
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saas,ra tho stor, and ~, do ,,ot ,,r,,,,y.. IL,
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nit address ~ no nut nv, tha ii,nits
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opr dav eroinst worls ~ thnn N tb.v ,y,.r,
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stJiI Crri,t n,tor on Nou,t ll,,,
woris Ont oT ybct an cbrist s,rike trs
,o,.,, f,- tba ,tIun,inotin, of tb, un,ysr..,
Snt ~ ,orJs "Ist tLsre ba Eyht = ,nJ
lirht was or copr,a tboupht is tho caro-
o6d ,yords ara onlv ths shin, INT h,w mt
vnuld vour caro- get ON without the shlrS
What Won need my friends IN all yoilr
work in vour sabbath school class in YOUR
reformatory inStituti, MS AMI whit we all
Mood is tn enlarpe our yocabulary when We
non,a to sno,t about C;o1 and Cnri,t nm
heaven I'VE ride a few Old words to death
,yhar thara ia surb iIlim,tahls rrsourr,
Shotssnaora ennlovnd 8ftc,n t,ausant dIf.
ferent words for dramatic purpo,es. Milton
ep,nIovad eight thou.anl different words for
noat,c nnrnSsos RuTus Cboote emn.oIel
nvar eleven thousond different wor'is Tor
IagaI nurnoses hut the most of lis have less
tbsp a thousand wor Is that We can manare
Iass than flve bnn1rai and that makes us sa
stunid
When wa coms to sot forth the love or
Christ Iva ara Going to taka tha ten Iarast
ohrasooior,, ,ybsravsr wa fnh II onl if il
bso novsr Rson usei in that direction before
iii ,La ,,,ora ehou ya usa # Whom wa coma
10 eroal, of the glory or t'hrist the Conoler-
or we ora coin,- to draw our Smiles from
triumnhaI arch and oratorio and everything
rronj and etunnndous The French navy
Saya aiTb+oen nogs hv winch thev give sl,-
nal. hut those eighteen nags they can nat
into siytv-siY tho1sonI different combins
t,ons arJ h,vs to toll Won that these
sto,,jo-I. or thn cross NAV he Gtte1 into
oo,-,b;not;ono infnite ami varieties everlast-
~ Al lat me saw to Young men who ara
aftar owbils going 10 nreacL Jesus Christ
49,, iii hoye ths largest liberty an6 I'M
iyirnitad rosourco Won nniv have to present
49,, j., ,,o,,r oy, ,yov
I.,hon n Etwordo aachai Christ in the
,cr".t Um arr,,,,nant over nennsd AMI john
sere,eSo S,ena nroanhad C6rist in the snblimssr
.Wil,,aI, au aror conrosei Eiwarl Paysou
sta,,o,, o,hoHSta5 IooroJ ~ o,o;uot .,,
e;da ~ tbo n,,l,i, o,'J ,,o-t a,,t his Ii.o,, t''
1NSiI Go Ivi'itis"II ,ri., ~ so
ard Tho voics and tha st,rt of on 80
ouaryybei mad bis ,nJitorv II would bov,
hsen n ditFarant tbtng If Jonathan r iyaris
I'M triad To writa and dre,m ahout the nil.
rrim,s nroJress 70 the celestial c;tv or .John
Runvop Ind ottenntad nm assay an tba
bnn,an will '''
prirbtor tb,, tbo ,i,b+ rr,sho- +,a,, +h,
,o1,n.oins doonar thop III eos ara oii tho.o
Gosnel themes, Som has no melody fowers
o,,a ,,O s,vaot,oss s,nSot s,t, has - ,,t'n
con,nared na with these Horizons thanss THnos
haryests of grace snrinS nm nnicknr thnn ,ye
non 1 sickia NAN p KindlinJt NINE ,,itt'
thnir 9ra and nroincing rsv1Intions with '
their nowsr lightinT m dving hads with
their gIorv tbay nrn the sweetsst tbomght
for the noet and thev are the most thrilii3y
80 .i,, aroto o,J ti ~ -