Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-11
WORD OF THE LORD
The Rev. Talmsge breaches a
Sermon
TO A LONDON CONGREGATION
Showing tns Necessity ct 6ngnt and
Pious Lives IA yhis WSEid 81
Care aac sorrow.

LosDos, July fo.-Dr. Tatm4ss Is
Spending . very basy season Ii England.
kos oaiy N ths London churches, bur
n tho provinces enormous crowds have
gzz1sxsd ~ hear ths eloquent American
preacher. The grs2x Shoredifeh Taber-
nacie tn TIE ea4sx OF London, where Rev.
W. Cal prsA1n-s, WAS thronged almost
20 sufspcsEtcn. and the large Congrega-
flo1~l chasch IA the Hackney district
could nos hold halt Tia people mo tried
% gss into is Ehoosh it was On Mon
day evening that Dr. Talmage preached
there. Oussids London the eagerness 20
hear him has been quite as intense.
In Liverpool. Manchester. Noting
bAm, Crews and HAnley no church
could b found large enough 20 accom-
uaodAIs the audiences. and DIR. TAlmage
preached IN the halls Ia which the great
political conventions are held. and the
capacity OF these was tested 70 tho Ut
most SINCE bis arrival be has preached
seven times each week The sermon Sc
leetsd for publication this week Is from
the text. Revelation vii. 8. 10. After this
behsld. and LOT q great multitude which
no man could number. Of all nations and
kindreds aud people and tongues. stood
before tho throne, and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes. aud palms IN
their hands, and cr1ed with loud voice,
saying, Salvation 20 our God which
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the
Lamb"
Ii Is impossible % comsin contact with
anything grand or beautiful IN art.
nature or religion without being profted
and elevated We 90 into tho art gal
lery and cur soul meets the soul OF the
painter, and we hear the hum OF his
forests and the clash OF his conflicts and
see the cloud blossoming Of the sky and
the foam biossoming OF the ocean. and
we come out from the gallery better
men than when we went In. We go
Into the concert of music and are lifted
into enchanrment; for days after our
soul seems 70 rock with a very tumult
OF Joy. as the sea, after long stress o.
weather, rolls and rocks and surges q
great while before il comes back to its
ordinary calm
On the same principle IL Is profitable
10 think Of heaven. and look of upon
that landscape of JOY and light which
Sc. John depicts-the rivers Of gladness.
the trees Of life. tho thrones Of power,
the comminglings OF everlasting love.
wish this morning that could bring
heaven from the list OF intsngibles and
make IL seem to you as IL really is-the
great fact In all history. the depot Of all
ages. the parlor Of Gods universe.
THE HEAVENLY coSGREGAuoN.
This account in my text gives q pic
ture Of heaven az 10 Ia on . holiday.
Now IL man came 70 New York for
the first time on the day that Kossuth
arrived from Hungary, and he saw the
arches lifted, and the flowers flung in
the streets. and he heard the guns boom
ing. he would have been very foolish to
yupposs that that was the ordinary ap-
osarance Of the city. While heaven is
always grand and always beautiful,
think my text speaks OF . gala day in
heaven
IL Is q time If great celehration-per-
haps Of the birth or the resurrection Of
Jesus, perhaps Of the downfall Of some
despotism, perhaps because OF the rush
Ing in Of the millennium / know not
what, bat IL does seem 70 me In reading
this passage as II 1t were holiday in
heaven: After this beheld. and 10. .
great multitude which no man could
number, Of all nations and kindreds and
people and tongues. stood before the
throne. and before the Lamb, clothed
with white robes. and palms in their
hands. aud cried with loud voice. say
ing. Salvation 20 our God which sitteth
upon the throne, and unto the Lamb"
shall speak to you Of the glorifed in
heaven--thsir number. their antece-
dents. their dress. their symbols and
their song. But how shall begin by
tslhng you OF the numbers Of those in
heaven? havs seen a curious estimate
by an Ingenious man who calculates
how long the world was going to last,
and how many people there are in each
generation, aud then sums up the whole
matter. and says be thinks there viii te
twenty-seven trillions Of souls In glory
hare no faith ir bis estimate. sim
ply take the plain announcement of the
fext-it Is "a great multitude. which no
man eau number
Every few years tn this country we
sAks census Of the population. and is
b very easy 20 tell how many people
there are IN city or q nation: bat who
shall give the census Of the great nation
Of the saved Is Is quite easy TO tell bow
many people there are ia different de-
nominations Of Christians--how many
Baptists and Aethodi<n- and Episcopal
Hans and Pr-sbyterisns; Of all she de-
nominations of Christians we could
make an estimate.
Suppose they were gathered In one
great snd3ence room. how overwhelrn-
ing the spectasiel Bat Il would give 10
iie& Of tie great audience RON Of
hesTen-ths maititudes that bow down
and that hft up their hosannss. Why.
they come from ali the ehapels. from all
she cafhesfrsls. from al secss. from ali
sxes They who prayed in splendid
liturgy. and those who In broken sen-
ssnces uttered the wish Of bro4en hearts
--from Grace church and Sailors Bethel.
from apder lie shape.sss rafters and
from under high z,,~ung sxch-''a great
mointoSe that 10 nsn can number"
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