Connecticut western news., 1892-07-28
TALMAGE IN EUROPE.
HE BREACHES ON 1.-THE SOULS
 CRISIS" IN LONDON

1saiah's Prophecies of Christ-"seek the
 Lord While He May Be Found'-The
 Power of Prayer Is ulimitable-The
 Sure Road to Salvation.
 LONDON, July 24.-The attendances at the services conducted by Rev. Dr. Tal- mage continue as great as ever. At ev- cry stopping point during his preaching tour he is greeted by phenomenal audi ences. Unless some change in the pro- gramme becomes necessary he will, dur ing the next ten days, preach in the leading Scottish cities, as already an nounced. He has just returned from Russia, whither he went with Mir. Klopsch to supervise the distribution of the cargo of The Christian Herald relief steamer Leo. The reception accorded Dr. Talmage in the czar's capital city by nobles, officials and the populace show that the hold he has upon the hearts of Christians is worldwide. The arrival of the Leo was made the occasion of general rejoicing. The St. Petersburg officials conferred the freedom of the city on their American guests. The Leo's cargo was forwarded to the fam inc districts without delay. The sermon selected for thls week is entitled "The Souls Crisis" from Isaiah lv, 6, ''Seek ye the Lord while he may be found"
 Isaiah stands head and shoulders above the other Old Testament authors in vivid descriptiveness of Christ. Other proph- oA rrsxy r>f r,e foo lures. Some of them present, as it were, the side face of Christ; others bust of Christ; but Isaiah gives us the full length portrait of Christ. Other Scrip ture writers excel in some things. Eze- kiel more weird, David more pathetic, Solomon more epigrammatic, Habak- kuk more sublime, but when you want to see Christ coming out from the gates of prophecy in all his grandeur and glo- ry, you involuntarily turn to Isaiah.
 So that if the prophecies in regard to Christ might be called the "Oratorio of the Messiah, the writing of Isaiah is the "Hallelujah Chorus" where all the ba- tons wave and all the trumpets come in. Isaiah was not man picked up out of insignifcance by inspiration. He was
 
 Philo and Sirach extolled him in their writings. What Paul was among the apostles. Isaiah was among the prophets.
 My text finds him standing on noun tain of inspiration, looking out into the future, beholding Christ advancing and anxious that all men might know him, his voice rings down the ages, "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found" "Oh," says some one, "that was for olden times" No, my nearer. If you have travelled in other lands you have taken 8 circular letter of credit from some banking house in London, and in St. Petersburg or Venice or Rome or Antwerp or Brussels or Paris you presented that letter and got financial help immediately. And I want you to understand that the text, instead of be- ing appropriate for one age or for one land is a circular letter for all ages and for all lands, and whenever it is pre- sented for help, the help comes. ''Seek ye the Lord while he may be found."
 NO HAIRsPUN THEORIES.
 come today with no hairspun theo- ries of religion, with no nice distinc- tions, with no elaborate disquisition, but with plain talk on the matters of per sonal religion. feel that the sermon I preach this morning will be the savor of life unto life or death unto death. In other words, the Gospel of Christ is powerful medicine; it either kills or cures. There are those who say: "I would like to become Christian. I have been waiting good while for the y~in fn6 of irA fn Am still you are waiting. You are wiser in worldly things than you are in religious things. And yet there are men who say they are waiting to get to heaven-wait- ing, waiting, but not with intelligent waiting, or they would get on board the line of Christian influences that would bear them into the kingdom of God.
 Now you know very we'll that to seek a thing is to search for it with earnest endeavor. If you want to see certain man in London, and there is matter of much money connected with your seeing him, and you cannot at first find him, you do not give up the search You look in the directory, but cannot find the name; you go in circles where you think perhaps he may mingle, and, having found the part of the city where he lives, but perhaps not knowing the street, you go through street after street, and from block to block, and you keep on searching for weeks and for months.
 You say, "It is a matter of 10000 whether see him or not" Oh, that men were as persistent in seeking for Christ! Had you one-half that persistence you would long ago have found him who is the joy of the forgiven spirit. We may pay our debts, we may attend church, we may relieve the poor, we may be public benefactors, and yet all our life disobey the text, never seek God, never gain heaven. Oh, that the spirit of God would help this morning while I try to show you, in carrying out the idea of my text, first, how to seek the Lord, and in the next place, when to seek him. s'Seek ye the Lord while he may be found"
 SEEK THE LORD THROUGH PRAYER.
 Iremark, in the first place, you are to seek the Lord through earnest and be- ieving prayer. God is not an autocrat or despot seated on throne, with his arms resting on brazen lions and sen- tinel pacing up and down at the foot of the throne. God is father seated in a bower, waiting for his children to come and climb on his knee and get his kiss and his benediction. Prayer is the cup with which we go to the fountain of living water" and dip up refreshment for our thirsty soul. Grace does not come to the heart as we set cask of water to catch the rain in the shower. It Is pulley fastened to the throne of God, which we pull, bringing the bless ing.