Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-04
WORD OF THE LORD
The Rev. Taimage breaches a
Sermon
70 A LONDON CONGREGATION
61o~ing the Necessity Of BEigas and
Pscus Lives IN This World OF
Care and Sorrow.

Lospos, July 3.-Dr. TaInags con-
tinass 70 reesigs from al classes Of the
English people the ~Arnest Of welcomes
and the hearrest greetings. The work
Of arranging MS tour has been ex-
cesdingly silficult. 20 numerous were
ne Invitations awaiting him that 70 ae-
cepf soxas and decline others equally
pressing seemed invidious Wherever
ks hAs gone the largest churches IN the
cities have been crowded 70 excess and
could have been filed many times over.
Among the sermons he has preached,
the one selected for publication this
week Is from the text, Matthew XVII,
-. What anal do with Jesus
Plate WAS An unprinclpled politician
Ho had sym pathies, convictions Of night
and desires % De honest; but all these
were submerged by wish 70 be popular
Snd 10 please the people Two distin-
gnished prisoners were IN tho grasp Of
government and the proposition was
made 70 free one Of them There stands
Barabbas, the murderer; there stands
Christ, thu Saviour OF the world. At
ths demand OF the people the renegade
= ses free, but Jesus n held. A the
hard visagsd and cruel eyed Barabbas
goes among has sympathissrs, receiving
the1r coarse congratulations, Plate turns
20 his other distinguished prisoner
mild. meek. inofsnsive. loving, self
sacrifcing-aad be IL COMPOUNDED az to
what course he bad better take. 20 he
impanes the mob as a jury 20 decide.
saying 10 them. What shall do. then.
With jesus
On. it Is no dried or withered ques-
ton, bat ons thar throts with warm and
quick pulse In tho heart Of every man
md woman here. We must do some
thing with Jesus. He Is hare. You and
] are not 80 certainly here - he Is, for
h 6Ils all this place-the loving. living.
dying Chrise-and each one Of us viii
Ave TO ask and answer for himself the
question, What shall do. then. with
Jegus7' Well. my friends. there are
three or four things you can do with
him.
wHxx JESUS CONES
You can. In the first place. let him
ond without . word OF recognition:
bat do not think your sense Of common
eouxtssy viii allow that. He comes
v~Iking on such . long journey, you
WIN certainly give him . chair on which
- may SIT. He is 50 weary. you would
no< let him stand without some recogni-
ton II beggar comes to your dooR.
y0u recognize him and say, What do
you WANT II you meet . stranger faint
Ia tho street. You say. What Is the
matter with your and your common
humanity, and your common sympathy.
and your common sense Of propriety
VII not allow you TO let him stand
without recognifion-the wounded one
Of the hills. You VII ask. What makes
him weep where Was he hurt? who
wounded him? whence came he2 widths
goes hee know there have been msu
Who have with outrageous indifference
hated Christ, bat know very well that
that h noe what you viii do with Jesus.
Another thing you can do with him
--you can thrust hmm back from your
heart and tell him 70 stand aside. II
n inoffensive person comes and per-
ists tn Standing close up TO you. and
you have In various ways given him 10
understand that you do not want his
presence 90 his society. then you AK the
reason Of bis impertinence and bid him
away. Well. that Is what We can do
With Jssnl
He hns stood Close by a. . great while
Zen. twenty. thirty. forty years. He
~ stood close by you three times q
day breaking bread for your household,
I'll night watching by your pillow. He
hns been In the nursery among your
children. be has been Ia the store among
Your goods. he has been in the factory
enid the flying wheels. and now IL you
% noe Hike his society you can bid him
sway; aye. IL he win not go you can
tnke him by the throat and tell him you
DO not want his interference, that you
do not want his breath on your
cheek. that you do not want his eye on
vour behavior. You can bid him away;
a II hs viii not 10 in that way. then
ron can stamp your foot - you would
q . deg end cry "Begonef
Yet know you viii not treat Jesus
Nat way. When Plate could not dc
shnt. ron could not Despersdoes and ont
Inws might do 40. but know that that
- net the way ron viii treat him. that
thnt II not what you viii do with Jesus.
Thers n another thing you can do with
himr-you can hook ON him merely - an
opeicinn 10 cure bind eyes. or an suris'
% tame deaf ears. = friend, . good
friend. helpful companion. cheerful
paserngrr on shipbo~rd; but that viii
nmount ne nothing.
rzAa Sor surrscrsSr
Yon can look upon him ~ q Gcd and
- abs<l,e-d While he rorses the storm,
or blasts hg tree, OF hesvss rock
dawn the mountain side. That win not
do rcu any xood-no more save your
scs.f than the admiration ron have for
Jo5sn Milton or William Shakespeare.
can think ~ only one mere thing you
es,s a. with Jssus, and that IA % tsks
h}sn .nsp ypnr hearts. Thsf II the best
ming you can DO with him. thar is .hs
ensy al. thing rem can do with him,
sz,i may the Lord ornnipoe-rt by his
su1rif help NE ~ persuade you - dc
thnt A minister II Christ vss speak
mar 10 sorne children and sssi. Il vii
rcirt yea ~ Christ A little child rose
Ia she audience and came MP aud pu'
h<r hand in the hand az The pastor and