Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-17
WORD OF THE LORD
Account Of Christian Activity
in Foreign Lands.
HOW The GOSPEL is SPREAD
Dr. Talniage Presents . Thrilling Ac-
OF the Sl4ndered People.

BaooxLys, Oct. ls.-UnnsuA interest
attached "a the sermon preached by
Rev. Dr.. Tslmage this forenoon, IL hav-
ing been announced that he would de-
vote shs entire discourse TO a review Of
his summers journey. The great Tab
ernacle building WAS crowded early by
"a expectant audience. Professor
Brown, the organist. during the service
rendered the Russian naIional air, the
English national air and our own ma
tionAi AIR. Among other hymns sang
Was
MY country, us OF thee,
Sweet land OF hberty-
The subject was observations In
Russia and Great Britain" the text be-
ing Psalm cxuix. 0, IF / take the
wings Of the morning and dwell in the
uttermost parts Of the sea, even there
shall thy hand lead me-"
What an absurd book the Bible must
be 70 a man who has no poetry IN his
soul. Wings Of the morning" What
kind Of > bird Is il, and how long are its
wings and OF what color? All, some OF
are golden They are buoyant. They
are swift They are widespread. The
18th OF last June took ''the wings OF
the morning" and started for Earope
June 20, on the wings Of the morning."
/ started from Liverpool July l2, on
''the wings OF the morning." entered
Germany, the land OF Martin Luther
and many Of that Tx. living and dead.
On '-ths wings OF the morning" l en-
tered St. Petersburg. Russia On 1.-The
wings OF the morning" entered Mos
COW. On 1.-The wings II the morning"
entered the palaces Of Russia, greeted
by tho emperor and empress, surrounded
by lovely brood q princes and prin-
cesses. On ''the wings OF the morning,
1 entered Inverness, the capital OF the
Scottish highlands, country Of Robert
Burns and Thomas Chalmers-the one
for poetry. the other for religion. Sept.
81. on the wings OF the morning. en-
tered the finest haven OF all the earth
New York harbor-and looked off to-
ward the most interesting place hal
seen in three months South Oxford
street, Brooklyn Oh, like "the wings
Of the morning" am, by nature and
by grace, . son Of the morning. think
/ must have been born In the morning.
] would like TO die In the morning.
have . notion that heaven Is only an
everlasting morning. In the summer of
1892 my text was fulfilled To me again
and again IF take the wings Of the
morning and dwell in tho uttermost
parts Of the sea, even there shall thy
hand lead me-" Yes, he led me as he
always has led me since took my first
walk from the cradle TO my mothers
lap at Bound Brook until this pulpit
where now stand, and he will lead me
until stop for all time about three
miles out yonder. where the most Of you
viii BE- my fellow slumbsrers.
An ACCOUNT OF STEWARDSHIP.
You all know why went to Russia
this summer. There are many thou
sands Of people who have q right to say
To me. az Was said in the Bible parable,
"Give account OF thy stewardship"
Through The Christian Herald. which
have the honor TO edit, we had for
months IN publishers. IN reportorial and
editorial column put before the people
the CHASTITY facts concerning twenty
million Russians who were starving 10
death. and subscriptions 10 the relief
fund had come by letters that seemed
not so much written with ink "a with
tears. some OF the letters practically
saying, I'VE find IL hard TO get bread
for our own families, but we cannot
stand this cry OF hunger from beyond
the seas, and 40 please TO receive the In
closed" And others had sent Jewels
from their hands and necks, saying.
"Seil these and turn them into bread"
And another letter said: Enclosed is an
old gold piece. It was my mothers
She gave it To me and told me never 10
part with It. except for bread. and now
1 inelose IT," We had gathered thirty
five thousand dollars in money, which
we turned into three million pounds of
-four When I went down to the board
OF trade az Chicago and left five thou
sand dollars Of the amount raised with
prominent -four merchant, taking no
receipts and leaving all TO him to do the
best thing. and returned. IL was sug-
gsstsd that I had not done things in
business way. How could we know
what sort of -four would b. sent2 There
are styles % -four more it for the trough
OF Che swirs than the mouths Of hungry
men and women. Well. as il custom
airy. whom the four came IN New York
IL was tested. and we found indeed
they had cheated rs. They gave VS.
better -four than we had bought. |
bought in Chicago fine -four. but they
sent us superfine. God bless the mer-
chants Of Chicagol
coos OWN LAND.
Now we know nothing about famine
IN America. The grssshoppers may kin
the crops in Kansas. the freshets may
destroy the crops along tho Ohio. the po-
tato worm may kill the vines Of Long
Island. the rust may get into the wheat
Of Michigan. yet when there has been
dreadful scarcity IN some parts Of the
land there has been plenty in other parts
But IN districts Of Russfs. vast enough
t,d~0p several nations into them. drought
for six consecutive years has devastated.
ard those districts were previously the
most productive II all the empire Il
vras Ike whst We would have IN Amer
fca If the hunger Send somehow got ont
Of he'll and sli9hted in cur land and
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