Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-25
SEEK YE THE LORD.
AN EARNEST DISCOURSE BY THE GREAT
BROOKLYN DIVINE.
Dr.. Talmags Pleads With All to Come Ere It be
Too Lae-Sesk Ye The Lord While he
Nay be Fo1ni-Ihe Wall Of
the Last SOUL

LoNDoN. July 24-The sttendances
al the services conducted by Rev. Dr.
Talmage continue as great as ever. Al
every stopping point during his preach
ing tour he Is greeted by phenomena
audiences. Unless some change In tne
programme becomes necessary, he WILL
during the next ten days, preach IN the
leading Scottish elites, as already an
nounced He has just returned from
Russia, whittier he went with Mr..
KlOpsch 10 supervise the distribution OF
The Christian Herald relief steamer, Leo.
The reception accorded Dr. Ialmage 10
the Cars Capital city by mobiles, OH
Gals and the pOpUiaCe show that tue
hold he has upon the hearts OF Chris
tians 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 car
20 was forwarded % the famine dis
trict without delay The sermon Sc
lscted for this week is entitled The
Souls Crisis, from Isaiah $3.50. seek
We the Lord while he may be found.
Isaiah stands head and shoulders
above the other Old Testament au-
thors in vivid descriptiyeness Of Christ.
Other prophets give an outline OF our
SayiOur's features. Some OF them pre-
sent, as it were the side face Of Christ;
Others a bust OF Christ; but Isaiah gives
us the full length portrait of Christ.
Other scripture writer's excel in some
things. Ezekiel more weird, David more
a. rtf 1r "a m u1
Habakkuk more sublime; but when you
want to see Christ coming out from the
gates Of prophecy iu all his grandeur
aud glory, you invO.untarily turn 70
Isaiah So that If the prophecies in
regard TO Christ may be called the
"oBAroBIO OF THE MESSIAH"
the writing Of Isaiah is the "Haneluiah
Chorus" where all the batOns wave and
an the trumpets come in. Isaiah was
not a man picked up out of inSignih-
canoe by Inspiration. He was known
and hOnOred. JoseDhuS and PhilO, and
SiraCh extOlled him In their writings.
What Paul was among the apostles
Isaiah was among the prophets
Ny text finds him standing on
mountain OF inspiration, looking out
Vaucing 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 tines No. my nearer.
III YOU have Travelled in other lands you
have taken a circular letter Of credit
from some banking house in London,
end in St. Petersburg, or Venice, or
Rome, or Antwerp,or Brussels, or Paris;
you presented that letter and got fnan-
cial help Immediately. And ] want you
90 understand that the text, instead of
being appropriate for one age, or for
one land, is q circular letter for all
ages and FOR all lands, and wherever il
is presented for help the help comes.
seek We the Lord while He may be
found"
I come to-day with no hair-spun
theories of religion, with no nice dis
tnctiODS, with no elaborate disQuis-
lt40rS bat with plain talk on the mat
terS OF personal religion. i feel that
the sermon I preach this morning will
be the SAVIOR of life unto life, Of death
unto death. I'm other words, the gOs-
pei OF Christ is powerful medicine; it
either kills or cures. There are those
who say: IL would like TO become
Christian. have been waiting a good
while for the right kind OF influence 90
comes" and still you are waiting. You
are wiser In worldly things than To re-
liEiOus things. And yet there are men
who say they are waiting 10 get to
heaye 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
NOwYOU KNOW VERY WE'LL
that 90 seek a thing is TO search for il
with earnest endeayOr. III you want to
see certain man boz London, and there
is a matter of much money connected
with your seeing him, and you cannot
at first find him, you do not give up the
search. NOu look I'm the directory, but
cannot find the name you 60 iQ circles
where you think, perhaps, he may min
gle, and, having found the part Of the
city where he lives, but perhaps not
knowing the street, you 90 through
street after street, and from block TO
block, and you keep on searching for
weeks and for months.
You say: 1T is a matter Of $40, 900
whether ] see him OF not" O that men
were as persistent in seeking for Christ.
Had you one-haf 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 benefact0rs, and yet all our life
GisObey the text, never seek God, never
gain heaven. O 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 90 seek the Lord, and in
the next place. when 20 seek him.
"Seek We the Lord while he may be
found"
remark, IN the first place, you are
20 seek the Lord through earnest and
believing prayer. God is not an auto
crat or a despot seated on a throne with
his arms resting on brazen lions, and a
sentinel pacing mp and down at the foot
of the throne. God is a father seated
In a bower, waiting for his children to
come aud climb on his knee, aud get a
kiss. and His benediCtIOn. Prayer IS
the cup with which We go 90 the "foun-
tain Of living water and dip up re-
freshment for our thirsty soul Grace
does not come 20 the heart as we set q
uask Of water TO catch the rain 10 the
shower. It's pulley fastened to the
throne Of God which we pull, bringing
the blessing.
DO NOT CARE so MUCH
what posture you take i'm prayer, nor
how LARGE an amount Of voice you use.
You might get down on your face before