Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27
IN OSkALOOSA, IOWA.
DR.. TALMAGE breaches BEFORE AN
ENORMOUS AUDIENCE.

Heavenly Congratulations the Subject of
Verse Of the Fifteenth Chapter of the
Gospel According Ia st. Luke.
OsKALoosA. Feb. 2l-Rev. DIR. Tai
mage preached here today to an
enormous audience. He expects to
be absent from home about ten days,
during which period he speaks in as
many cities. The subject of his ser
mon was Heavenly Congratula-
tions. His evident intention was to
make WORLDS that seem a great way
off from each other appear very
near His text was taken from Luke
xv. Z. Likewise joy shall b. in
heaven over one sinner that re
penteth. more than over ninety and
nine just persons who need no re
pentance
A lost sheep! Nothing can be more
thoroughly lost look through the
window of a shepherds house at
night The candles are lighted The
shepherd has just placed his staff
against the mantcl. He has taken
off his coat, shaken out of il the dust
and hung it up. sec by the candle
light that there are neighbors who
have come in.
The shepherd, tagged out with the
long tramp sits down on a bench,
and the wife and children and the
neighbors say to him. Come, now,
tell us how you found the poor
thing. We'll. he says, this morn
ing | went ont to the yard to look at
the flock. No sooner had looked
over the fence than saw something
wrong. The fact was that they did
not count right Ninety five. ninety
six, ninety seven, ninety eight, nine
ty-nine only ninety nine Melon
aid, you know we had hundred
And wondered which one was gone.
and | began again, and | counted
ninety five, ninety six, ninety seven,
ninety eight. ninety nine Well, ]
whistled up the dogs, and started on
the fields and across the bridges. and
tracked the moors. and lcaped the
gullies, but no bleating of the poor
thing did hear | said to myself,
The lamb must have fallen into
ditch, or a pack of wolves from the
mountains must have torn it to
pieces and sucked its life out But !
could not give it up. You see il was
pet lamb. 1t was that one with
the black spot on the right shoulder
that used to come and lick my hand
rs crossed the field. and somehow !
could not give it up So | went on
heard the dogs bark, and said.
What's thatf Then / hastened to
the top of the hill and looked down,
and there ! saw the poor lamb. 1t
had fallen into the ditch. and
as came where il was and bent
over the ditch and stopped down
to lift the poor thing out. wish
you could have seen the loving and
imploring and tender way it looked
at me lifted it out and it was all
covered with the slush and the mud.
Ii was an awful thing To do, but
lifted it out. and ii was SO lame and
SO weak it could not walk alone. SO ]
threw it over my shoulders. and
started homeward; and the condi
ton of that lamb you may judge of
from the coat which have just
hung up. But | tramped on and on
until it is safe in the yard poor
thing, Thank God. thank God"
Then the shepherds wife spread the
table and brought out the best fare
that the cabin could afford. and they
sat up very late that night. and they
talked, and they laughed. and they
sang, and they ate, and they drank.
and they danced and told over and
over and over again the story of the
lost sheep that WAS found.
JOY OVER 4 REPESTANT SINNER.
With such tenderness and risticity
of illustration does Christ represent
the souls going off and the souls
coming back, when he says, Like
wise there is joy in heaven among
the angels of God over one sinner
that repenteth, more than over ninety
and nine just persons that need no
repentance. To repent is to feel
that you are bad. and To be sorry
about it and to turn over a new leaf.
and 10 pray for forgiveness and help
just us soon rs man does that they
hear right away of il i'll heaven.
There are no gossips i'll glory
going around to chatter and laugh
when a man fails; but there are many
souls in glory who are glad to run
about and tell il when man is saved
The news goes very quick from gate
To gate. and from north wall to south
wall. and from east wall To west wall
and in three minutes every citizen
of heaven has heard of it, for there
is joy in heaven among the angels of
God over one sinner that rcpenteth.
can very easily understand how
there should he joy in heavy over a
Pcntccost with three thousand souls
saved i'll one day no mystery about
that; | can understand how there
should be joy in heaven over the
Parish of Schotts, when four hundred
souls were saved under one sermon
Of Mr.. Livingston; can understand
how there should be joy in heaven
over the great awakening in the time
of Harland Page, when in one year
four hundred and seventy three
thousand souls were brought to God
in the United States; can under
stand very easily NV there should
be joy in heaven over five hundred
thousand souls converted III 1857 in
this country but mark yot, my text
announces there is joy i'll heaven
among the angels of God over one,
just one, sinner that rcpenteth.
Some cathedr;lls have one tower.
Some cathclrliS have two thrnn