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5gE BREACHES ON "aTHE SOULS
I &c e ..::ecRlsIsn IN LONDON.

he BREACHES ON THE SOULS
S & :sscRlsISn IN LONDON.
Isniah,s Prophecies of christ-"seeks tho
Lord sWhilo Hc May BE Fonnd"-The
SPowsrEof Prayer Is rlllmitable-The
sure&Eoad to Salvation.
ILoNDpN. July e4.-The attendanccs at
TIE services conducted by Rev. DR.. Tai
mage continue as great ever. At ev-
cry stopping point during his preaching
topr-he is. greeted by phenomenal audi
ences; Unless some change i'll the pro-
gramme becomes necessary he will, dur
ing thesnext ten days, preach in the
lending Scottish cities, as already an
nodnesd sIIe has just returned from
Rggsia whittier he went with Mr.
Klopsc tossuperyise the distribution of
the earg5 The Christian Herald relief
stcss;a 81 The ecer1t;iion accorded
Falinago in the car 5 capital city by
mobiles, officials and the populace show
that the hold he has upon the hearts of
Christians is worldwide. The arrival
of the, Leo was made the occasion Of
general rejoicing. The ST., Petersburg
officials conferred the freedom of the
city on their American guests. Tie
Leo cargo:was forwarded to the fam
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. delay. Phe sermon
selected fol, this week is entitled 1.-The
Souls. Crisis from Isaiah:ly, 6, ..Seek
sc the Lord=while he may be fonnd.'
Isaiah stands head. and shoulders above
theDtfer Testament authors in vivid
tlescriptiveness Of Christ. Other proph-
cts give an outline. Of our Saviour's fca-
turas.3 Some Of them present, as it were,
theisiiie face Of Christ: others a bust of
Christ; but Isaiah gives us the full
length portrait of Christ Other Scrip
ture. writers excel in some things. Ezc-
kiel,nore weird. David more pathetic,
Solomon more epigralnmatic, Habak-
kuls more sublime, but when you want
TO see Christ coming out from the gates
of prophecy in all his grandeur and Glo-
~. you involuntarily turn to Isaiah.
So that if tho. prophecies in regard to
Christ might be called the ..Oratorio of
the !iessiall. 1.-THE writing of Isaiah is the
.Hallelujah Chorus" where all the ba-
tons wave and all the trumpets come in.
Isaiah was not5a man picked up out Of
nsiSnificcnce by inspiration. 'He was
known aud honored. Josephus and
Philo and Sililch extolled him i'll their
writings What Paul was among the
apostles. Isaiah was among the prophets
Ny text finds him standing on noun
tail of inspiration, looking out into the
future. beholding Christ advancing and
anxiolls that all men might know him,
his voice rings down the ages, Seek
ye tlls Lord while he may be found"
"Oh.s says some one, that was for
oden:ti,nes." No. my nearer. If you
have travelled in other lands you have
taken circular letter of credit from
some banking house III London. and in
ST. Petersburg or Venice. or Rome or.
Antwerp or Brussels or Paris you
presented that letter and got financial
iheip Immediately. And i,ewant you to
-undsrstsn,! slIa% -tiles7tcxt.sinsteud on be-
ing appropriate for one age or for one
land is a circular letter for all ages and
for all lands. and whenever it is pre-
scented for help, the help comes. Seek
ye the Lord while lie may be found"
40 uAIRsPUN THEORIES.
come today with no hairspun theo-
ries of religion, with no nice distinc-
tons. with no elaborate lisquisition but
with plain talk on the matters of per-
sonal religion. | feel that the sermon
preach this morning will be the SAVIOR of
life unto life or death unto death. In
other words, the Gospel of Christ is a
powerful medicine; it either kills or
cures. There are those who say: 81
would like 10 become a Christian. |
have been waiting a good while for the
right kind of influence to come" And
still you arc waiting. You are wiser in
worldly things than you are in religious
things And yet there are men who say
they are waiting to get to heaven wait
ing, waiting. but not with intelligent
waiting, or they would get on board the
line of Christian influences that would
bear them into the kingdom of God.
Now you know very well that to seek
thing is to search for it with earnest
endeavor. II you want to see Il certain
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much money connected with your seeing
him, and you cannot at first find him,
you do not give up the search. You
look in the directory, but cannot find
the name: you so in circles where you
think perhaps me may mingle, and,
having found the part of the city where
he lies, but perhaps not knowing the
street, you go through street after
street, and from block to l'locll, and you
keep Oh searching for weeks and for
months.
You say. at is matter of 10000
whether see him or not Oh, thatmen
were as persistent in seeking for Christ!
Had Jou one-half that persistence you
woull long ago have found him who is
the Joy of the forgiven spirit. We may
pay our debts, we may attend church,
we may relieve the poor, we may I've
public benefactors, and yet all our life
disobey the text, never seek God, never
gain heaven. Oh, that the spirit of God
would help this morning while try to
show you. in carrying out the idea of
my text, first, how to seek the Lord,
and in the next place, when to seek him.
Seek ye the Lord while he may be
found"
SEEK THE LORD THROUGH PRAYER.
Lremark, in the first place, you are to
seek the Lord through earnest and be-
lieving prayer. God is not an autocrat
or despot seated on throne, with his
arms resting on brazen lions and sem
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