Democratic messenger., 1892-07-02
TALMAGES SERMON.
HE breaches TO AN ENG
LISH CONGREGATION.

His subject the Immense Cost Ot
Bringing Salvation tO the HUI
man Race.-Thc Great Price
Paid i'm Four install
ments-The Carnage
on Mount C:l-
vary.
LONDON, ENGLAND, June 26.-An enOr.
nous audience greeted DR. Talmage in
this city to day, composed of people who
had come from all parts Of the British
metropolis 10 hear the famous American
preacher. His reception in England has
been most enthusiastic. Many letters
were awaiting him from distance Gag.
crly pleading for visit The DIR. will
have 10 preach five nr six lines week il
he accepts even n small percentage Of the
urgent invitations already sent to him
lie is very much graiIfied hy the extreme
cordiaity of his reception DIR. Talmage
entities his sermon The Immense Cost,
from the text, First Corinthians, vi, 90
"le are bought with price" lie
preached IN the City Temple by special
invitation Of The Rev. Joseph Parker.
Your friend takes you through his val
nable house. You examine the arches,
the frescoes, the grassplots, the iishponds
the conservatories, the parks of deer, and
YOU say within yourself or you say aloud
what did all This cost =" You see a
costly diamond flashing in an earring or
you hear a costly dress rustling across
the drawing room, or you see high-mct
tied span of horses harne ssed with silver
or gold. aud you begin TO make an esti-
mate of The value.
The man who owns large estate can.
no, instantly tell YOU all il il worth. He
says; Il will estimate so much for The
house, so much for the furniture, SCI
much for laying out the grounds, so
much Tor the stock. so much for the barn,
so much for the equipaee-adding up in
all making this aggregate"
Well my friends. hear so much about
our mansion in Heaven. about its iurni-
ture and the grand surroundings, that |
want 10 know how much it is all worth.
and what has actually been paid for it.
cannot complete in a month nor year
the magnificent calculation. but before
get through to-day hope to give you
the figures. "Ye are bought with price" ="
With some friends | went to your
Tower TO see the crown jewels. We
walked around. caught one glimpse of
them, and being in the procession were
compelled 10 pass out. | wish that
could take this audience 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 brillince an | estimate their value
"Ye are bought with price"
Now if you have Il large amount of
money To pay, you do not pay it all al,
once, but you pay il 10y instalments-so
much the first of January. so much the
/ first Of April, SO much the first ot July,
so much the first Of October. until the en-
tire amount is paid, aud have To tell this
audience that you have been bought with
a price" and that tha, price was paid in
different insialmen,s.
The first instalmcni paid for the clear
ancc of our souls was the ignominious
birth oi Christ in Bethlehem Though
we may never he carefully looked after
aficrward 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 toughest Of men know enough
TO stand back. But | have To tell you
that in the village on the sid. of the hill!
there was II very hedlam of uprOar when
Jesus was born. In village capable of
accommodating few hundred people
many thousand people were crowded
and amid hosters and mueteers and
cameldrivers yelling ut stupid beasts of
burden. the Messiah appeared. No ST.
lence No privacy. 4 better adapted
place hath the englet in the cyrie-haih
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 clubhouse, One hour after
laying aside the robes of Heaven, dressed
in wrapper of coarse linen. One would
I lav cttnnnanl (fkrict ,,.null hau
made more gradual descent, coming
from Heaven first Ia half way world of
great magnitude. then 10 CAESARS palace,
then 10 merchants castle in Galilee,
then to a private home in Bethany, then
TO a tsherman'S hut and last Of all TO
stable No, II is one leap from the top
To the bottom.
Let us open the door of the caravan
sary of Bethlehem and drive away the
camels. Press Cn through the group of
idlers and loungers. What, o Mary no
light: mo light she says save that
which comes through the door" What,
Mary no food: None" 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 .
Look Uncover your head. Let us
kneel Let all voices be hushed Son of
Mary, Son of God Child of day
Monarch of eternity In that eye the
glance ola God. Omnipotence sheathed
in that babes arm. That voice TO be
changed from the feeble plant 20 the
tone that shall wake the dead IIosanna,
ilosanna Glory be To God that Jesus
came from throne to manger. that we
might arise from manger to throne, and
that all the gates are open. and that the
door Of Heaven, that once swung this
way To let Jesus out, now swings the