The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-27
TALMAGE IN ENGLAND.
"THE IMMENSE COST" THE TITLE
OF HIS SERMON IN LONDON.

Payment.
LONDON. June 26.-Dr. Talmags preached
by special invitation of Rev. Joseph
Parker, the celebrated English divine, In
the city temple this morning. Long before
the opening hour dense mass Of people
besieged the doors Of the temple, The crowd
was so tightly wedged that women tainted
during the struggle for entrance. DR.
Parker introduced DR.. Talmage, and the
audience greeted him with loving cordlaIi-
ties DR.. Talmage's sermon moved many
OF his hearers to tears. At the conclusion
DR.. Parker took the platform, adj
dressing the audience with much
feeling. He said: THAT is the most
solemn. pathetic and impressive appeal
have ever listened to. 1t has kindled fire
OF enthusiasm In our souls that will burn
forever. Ii has unfolded possibility of the
pulpit never before reached. II has stirred
our hearts with the hoIiest ambition -
Then lifting his eyes hoavenward, he added
impressively, II thank God for DR.. Tall
IMAGES life and ministry and despise the
man who cannot appreciate his services to
Christianity. [Great applause.1 May he
preach in this pulpit again"
After the service and as the congregat ion
was being dismissed, DR.. Parker embr aced
the American preacher in the PASTORS
study and fervently invited him TO make
the city temple his headquarters When
DR.. Talmnge left the church he found that
a great audience remained outside and an
almost impassable crowd blocked the street.
He was immediately surrounded by the
crowd, which was kept back by police.
which the doctor, guarded by policemen.
made "A brief address, standing In a carriage
while he spoke. In the coach were Miss
Maude Taimage and DIR. and Mrs. Lewis
Klopsch of New York city, who are
remarks there was a season of handshaking.
At last the police succeeded In clearing q
path and the carriage passed through the
crowd, many running after to get a glimpse
OF the tabernacle preacher. DIR. Talmage's
stay In London is uncertain, as he leaves
soon for St. Petersburg to distribute the
cargo OF the Christidn Herald Russian
relief steamer Leo. People have come
come from all parts OF the British metrop~
oils to hear the famous American preacher.
His reception in England has been most
enthusiastic Many letters we're awaiting
him from different cities eagerly pleading
for a visit. The doctor will have to preach
five or six times week IL he accepts even
a small percentage of the urgent invitarions
already sent to him. He iR very much
gratified by the extreme cordiality of his
reception. DIR. Talmage entities his sermon.
"The Immense Cost" from the text, l. Cor.
vi. 90, "Ye are bought with price,
Your friend takes you through his valua-
BILE house. You examine the arches, the
fresooes, the grass plots, the fish ponds, the
conservatories, the parks of deer, aud you
say within yourself or you say aloud:
"What did all this oostq You see a costly
diamond flashing in an earring, or you
hzo H.
ing room, or you see a high-mettled span of
horses harnessed with silver and gold, and
you begin 10 make an estimate of the value.
The man who owns large estate cannot
instantly tell you all 1t is worth. He says;
II will estimAte so much for the house, so
much for the furniture, 80 much for laying
out the grounds, so much for the stock, SO
much for the barn, so much for the equip
age-adding up In all making this aggre-
gate"
Well, my friends, hear SO much about
our mansion in heaven, about its furniture
and the grand surroundings, that want 10
know how much 10 10 all worth, and what
has actually been paid for 1t. / cannot COM
plete 10 a month nor year the magnificent
calculation, but before get through to-day
l hope 10 give you the figures. 'Ye are
bought with price,"
With some friends vent to your tower
TO look at the GROWN jewels. We walked
Ouhus SduBhh OliO kAALupoo VI thoiut hnhs
being In the procession, were compelled to
pass out. ! wish that could take this audi
ence into the tower of Gods mercy and
strength, that you might walk around just
once, at least, and see the crown jewels OF
eternity, behold their brilllauce and esti-
mate their value. "Ye are bought with
price"
Now II you have large amount OF money
to pay. you do not pay it all at once, but
you pay il by installments-so much tue
first Of January, go much tue first OF April,
so much the first OF July, so much the first
Of October, until the entire amount is paid,
and have TO tell this audience that "you
have been bought with price," and that
that price was paid in different installments.
The first installIuent paid for the clears
ance OF our 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 aud silence are
afforded when God Launches an immortal
soul into the world. Even the
roughest of men know enough 90
stand back. But have to tell you
that in the village on the side of the hill
there was very bsdlam of uproar when
Jesus was born. In village capable OF
accommodating only a few hundred people,
many thousand people were crowded; and
amid hostlers and muleteers and camel
drivers yelling at st pid beasts of burden
the Messiah appeared. No silence. No
privacy. A better adapted place hath the
eaglet in the eyrle-hath the whelp In the
lions lair. The exile Of heaven lieth down
upon straw. The first night out from the
palace OF heaven spent in an outhousel One
hour after laying aside the robes of heaven.
dressed in a wrapper Of coarse linen. One
would have supposed that Christ would
have made a more gradual descent, coming
from heaven first TO a halfway world OF
great magnitude. then to Caesar's palace,
then to q merchants castle In Galiee, then
to a private home In Bethany. then to a
fishermans hut, and last OF all to a stable.
Mol II was one leap from the top to the
bottom.
Let US open the door of the caravansary
in Bethlehem and drive away the camels.
Press on through the group of idlers and
loungers. What. o Mary no hght7 '.No
light she says, ''saye that which comes
through the door" What, Mary no fooda
"None,p she says, "only that which was
brought In the sack on the journey" Let
the Bethlehem woman who has come in
here With kindly attentions put back the
covering from the babe that we may look
upon It, Look Lookl Uncover your
head. Let us kneeL. Let all voices be
hushed. Son Of Mary Son of God Child
Of day-monaroh Of eternity In that
eye the glance Of a God. Omnipotence