The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-08-06
"THE IMMENSE COST"

The IMMENSE COST."
Sermon by Rev. Z. Dewitt Talmage
In the London City Temple.
Inc Price Paid for MANI Salvation Com
sidered-Its Payment Began at the
Nativity and Ended> with
~ the crucinxionf
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following sermon - preached
'. 7. Dewitt TAX age from the
before an immense
text was:
price.--I Cor, vi, 20.
You| 8 pu through hisval-
natle house. 2. mine the arches,
the frescoes, the As-plots. the fish
ponds, the conservFtories, the parks of
deer, and you say within yourself or
you say aloud: WHIT did all this cost?"
You see costly diamond flashing in an
earring, or you hear a costly dress
rustling across the drawing-room, or
you see highly-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 can
not instantly tell you what it is worth.
He says: II will estimate so much
for the house, so much for the furniture,
so much for laying out the grounds, so
much for the stock, 20 much Sfor the
barn, so much for the equipa ge-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 a month
nor a year the magnificent calculation.
but before get Through to-day hope
to give you the figures. Eye are
bought with price"
With some friends I went to your
tower TO look at the crown jewels. We
walked around, caught a glimpse of
them, and, being in the procession,
were compelled to pass out. I wish
that could take this audience into the
tower of Gods mercy and strength,
y
at least, and see the crown jewels OF
eternity, behold their brilliance and
estimate their value. Eye are bought
with price"
Now, if you have large amount OF
money to pay, you do not pay it all at
once, but you pay it by instal]ments-
so much the LIST of January, SO much
the LIST of April, SO much the 1stof July,
so much the 1st of October, until the
entire amount is paid, and have to
tell this audience that ''you have been
bought with a price," and that that
price was paid in different installments.
The first installment paidffor the
clearance of souls was the ignominious
birth of Christ in Bethlehem. Though
we may never be carefully looked after
afterward, our advent into the world is
carefully guarded. We come into the
world amid kindly attentions. Privacy
and silence are afforded when Goo
launches an immortal soul into the
world. Even the toughest o.
men know enough to stand
back. But have to tell YOU
that in the village on the side of tn,
hill Mere was very bedlam of uproal
when Jesus was born. In a village
capable of accommodating only few
hundred people, many thousand people
were crowded; and amid hostlers ant
muleteers and camel-drivers yelling a
stupid beasts of burden the Messiah
appeared. No silence. No privacy. 4
better adapted place hath the eaglet il
the eyrie-hath the whelp in the lion'
lair The exile of Heaven lieth dow
upon straw. The first night out from
the palace of Heaven spent in an out
house! One hour after laying aside tn
robes of Heaven, dressed in wrappe
of coarse linen. One would have sup
posed that Christ would have made
more gradual descent, coming from
Heaven first to a halfway world o
great magnitude, then to Cesar
palace, then to merchants castle il
Galilee, then to fsherman's hut, ant
last Of all to stable. No! 1t was on
leap from the top to the bottom.
Let us open the door of the caravan
sary in Bethlehem and drive away tn
camels. Press on through the groul
VI fu1tiS unu ipuuSCic. "hoe, " VOL y
no light? "No light" she says, ''sav
that which comes through the door.
What, Nary no food? None" sh
says, .only that which was brought il
the sack on the journey" Let tn
Bethlehem woman Who has come il
here with kindly attentions put bacl
! the covering from the babe that w
may. look npon it. Look! Look! I'm
" ss-5eEu: Let us kneel. LIE
{hed. Son of Mary
e eye the glance of ;
sheathed in tina
pc to be changes
"a the tone tina
= sssa. 1,|ss '. Ss.u He ssm
"a rise from nzanger TO throne an
"a al the gates are open, and tina
shs door Of Heaven that once swuni
this way to let Jesus out, now swing
the other way to let us in. Let all tb
bellmen Of Heaven lay hold the rop
and ring out the news: Behold.
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