The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-29
CHRISTIAN POSSESSIONS.
DR.. Talmage Continues His Dis
courses In London.
Uhs Promises Of God 10 the Faithful The
Earth IL the Lord's-Tbe Reward
Onered Ca Those Who
Serve Him.

The latest crmon selected for publ
cation out OF the many delivered In
London by Rev. T. Dewitt Talmagc wa,
entitled, sour Possscssions, from ! Cor
inthians Ill. 2e: 'All are yours" DR.
Tnlmage said:
The impression IN abroad that re
1igion puts a man on short allowance
chat when the ship sailing h~eavenwart
comes 10 the shining wharf IL will be
found out that all the passengers had
che hardest kind Of seq fare; that the
spiders In Christ's army march most OF
the time with az empty haversack; In
word, that only those people have a
good time In this world who take upon
themselves no religious obligation.
i want to-day 10 fipd out whether this
IN so, and | am going to take account OF
stock; ] am going 10 show what are the
CHRISTIANS liabilities and what IL his
income and what are his warranty
deeds and what are his bonds and mort
cages, and shall find out before ] finish
just how much he In worth, and ! shall
spread before you the balance sheet in
time TO warn you all against the religion
Of Jesus Christ, u, indeed, 1t he q fail
are. and in time for You all b. accept It,
", indeed, II be n success. ] turn first
" the assets, and | find there what
seems TO he a roll Of government securi-
Gcs--the empire OF Heaven promising
all things TO the posscssor. The three
small words of my text are o warranty
decd to the whole universe when ii
says. "All are yours"
In making an inventory OF the Chris
Clans Possessions ! remark. in the first
place. that he owns this world. My
textimplics It, and the preceding verse
asserts it-"whethcr Paul or Apollos or
Ccphas or the world" Now, Il would
be an absurd thing to suppose that God
would give to strangers privileges and
advantages which he would deny his
own children. II you have n large park,
grand mansion, beautiful fountains,
stalking deer and ~statuary. 10 whom
will you give the frst right to all these
Possessions? To outsiders? No, to
your own children. You will say. at
will be very well for on Insiders 70 come
In and walk these paths and enjoy this
landscape; but the first right To my
house and the first right TO my statuary,
tho first right TO my gardens, shall be
IN the possession of my own children"
Now, this world Is Gods park and
while lie allows those who are not His
children and who refuse His authority
the privilege Of walking through the
gardens. the possession Of nil this
grandeur Of park and mansion IL In the
eight of the Christian-thc flowers, the
diamonds, the silver, the gold, the
morning brightness and the evening
shadow. The Christian may not have
The title deed TO one acre OF land m re-
corded In the clerks Office. he may
never have paid one dollar of taxes, but
he can go up on n mountain and look
on upon fifty miles of grain field and
SAY, "All this is mine, my father gave
1t to me-" ''All are yours"
A lawyer Is sometimes REQUIRED TO
search titles, and the client who thinks
he has a good right To nm estate puts
papers In his hands, and the lawyer
goes into the public records and finds
everything right for three or four or
five years back; but after q while he
comes to a break in the title. 10 a de-
felt, TO n diversion of the property, ~
hc finds out that the man who supposed
hc owned II owns not an acre of the
ground, while somebody else has the
full right to the entire estate. Now, !
examine the title to all earthly posses
slons. l 60 back n little way, and l
Gnd that men of the world-bad men,
selfish men, wicked men-think thew
have n right to all these possessions;
tet go further back. and I trace the
title from year 10 year, and from CEN
aury to century, until ! find the whole
right vested in God. Now, 10 whom
did He give II? To His own children!
"Area all yours"
The simple fact Is, that in tho last
days Of the world. all the architecture,
all the cities, all the mountains, all the
villages will be In the possession OF the
church OF Christ. "The meek shall in
herit the Garth" Ships OF Tarshish
shall bring parents. ''The earth Is the
lords and the fullncss thereof" Gan
are yours" But" you say. ''what
satisfaction Is there In hat when |
haven't possession OF them" These
filings will come before the Supreme
1ildgc OF the universe. and He will
regulate the title, and Hc will eject
these squatters upon the property that
does not belong to them. and IL shall
DC found that "All arc yours"
So again, the refinements OF life are
the Christians right He has a right TO
rs good apparel, to as beautiful adorn-
ments, to as commodious u residence MS
the wording. Show me any passage
In the Bible that tells the people of the
world they have privileges, they have
giittering spheres, they have beftting
apparel that are denied the Christian.
There Is no one who has so much a right
tolaugh, none so much Il right toevery.
thing that Is beautiful, and grand, and
sublime in lie as the Christian. "All
are yourr." Can 1t be possible that one
vyhods reckless and sinful, and has nc
TREASURES laid up In Heaven, Is 10 he al.
lowed pleasures which the sons and
daughters Of God, the owners of the
whQle universe, are denied?
SOL remark that all the sweet sounds
OF the world are in the Christians right.
There IRE people who have an idea that