Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-08-18
USEFUL SUFFERING.
DR.. TALNAeE SPEAKS or The USES
or ADyERslTY.

Enduring Patience a. We Tind on the
Gross
l.nNnoS, Aus. l4-Rev. DR.. Talmage's
European preaching tour Is drawing 70
close. Daring the week be has
preached three OF four times in different
cities. following out the programme al
ready announced. and everywhere meeting
large and enthusiastic audiences. This
week be speaks at Leeds, Bradford. Shelf
field and Derby. The subject chosen for
today j. Useful Suffering" the text
taken being Luke xiv. &C. 1T beloved
Christ 70 suffer"
There have been scholars who have ven
tured the assertion that the pains Of our
Lord were unnecessary. Indeed il was a
shocking waste Of tears and blood and
agony. unless some great end were TO be
reached If men eanprove that no good re-
suit comes Of il, then the character Of God
is impeached and the universe must stand
abhorrent and denuneiatory at the fact
that the Father allowed the hufchery Of
his only begos-en Son.
We all admire the brave six hundred
men described 81 Tennyson as dashing into
the conflict where they knew they must die,
and knew n the same time that some one
had blander'd. " but we are abhorrrnt Of the
man who made the blunder and who caused
the sacrifice Of those brave men for no use.
But shall show y0u. If the Lord viii help
me- this morning that for good reasons
Christ went through the torture. IN other
words, 1T behoved Christ TO suffer"
In the first place, l remark that Christ's
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rescue was an inpossibility except by the
payment Of some great sacrifice. Outraged
law had thuudered against iniquity Man
must die unless a substitute can intercept
that death. Let Gabriel step forth. He
reiusar let Michael the archan-el step
forth. He refuses. No Roman citizen, no
I Athenian, no Coriuthian, no reformer, 10
angel volunteered. Christ then hared bis
heart 70 the pang He paid for our re
/ dsmption in tears and blood and wounded
I feet and scourged shoulders and torn
brow. 1T i done" Heaven and earth
heard the snap q the prison bar. SINAI
/ ceased 70 quaEe with wrath the moment
that Calvary began 10 rock in crucihxion
4 Christ had suffered.
-Oh. " says some man, Il don't Ike that
Z doctrine Of substitution, let every mar
bear lis own burdens and weep his owl
tears and aght his own battles Way
NV brothers. there IS vicarious suffering
ali over the world. Did not your parents
suffer for your Do you not suffer some
+ times for your children Does not the pa
triot suffer for his country Did not Grac
/ Darling suffer for the drowning sailors
! Vicarious suffering on all sides, But nov
insignificant compared with this scene 0
yicarious safferingi
Ma ii for crimes that had done
He groaned upon the tress
Amazing pity, grace unknown
And love beyond degree
TIE PRICE OF REDEMPTION.
Christ must suffer to pay the price Q
our redemption.
But / remark again, the sufferings {
Christ were necessary in order that IN
world sympathies might be aroused. Me
Az. won to the right and good throug
tbeir svtnOathies. The world must fes
aripht before il can act Alright. 50 IL
cross was allowed 70 be lifted that th
worlds svmpathies might be arouses
Nan who have been obdurated by th
rruelties they have enacted, by the ma
saerrs they have inflicted, by the horroi
~ which they have been guilty have b
come little children in the presence OF u
dving Saviour. What the sword could NJ
40 what Juugernaufs could not subdu
~ wounded hand of Christ has accom-
nlished. Theirs are this moment milhoi
81 people held under the spell OF that OF
sacrifice. The hammers that struck q
snites into the cross have broken the rocA
hsart If the world Nothing but Il
agon;es of a Saviour's death throe cou
rouse the world sympathles-
remark again, 1T beloved Christ
snfFar' that the strength and persisten'
of the divine love might be demonstrate
Was il the applause Of the world that
duee,l Christ on that crusade from nease
Wbv All the universe was at his lee
Coud the conquest of this inslgniilea
rianet have paid him for his career OF pa
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