Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-01
TALMAGE IN EUROPE.
PRACTICAL SERMON ON The peon.
leAL son.

HeAn and ContemptfbIe Thfn-
All Times. and the Promise. ~
satan Are Never Kept-Proera.t,,s,,or
Always Dangerous
LONDON, Aug. 2I.-Dr. Talmage has been
preaching during the past week everv dav
HCsiues tne engagements made in his
/ 'tsiuAl programme for the week he
preached in several towns which ~ haS
/ piuhi4sed 70 visit earlier, but had been mn.
apie 70 90 SO owing to so much more time
1lan ne expected being taken IN bx his
VISIT % Russia, whittier he went to attend
me distribution Of The Christian Herald
reiiei cargo. The canceling Of these en-
sagements caused acute disappointment
20 the citizens, and so far as possible DR.
ialmage has yielded to their entreaties n
h1 a later date. The audiences last veal
at Leeds, Bradford. Sheffield and Derbv
were enormous, and at each place the non
ular ovation in the streets was most en-
.nuslastle- The sermon selected for puh-
ncation this week is from the text Inke
XIV. IS, II viii arise and 20 to nv father >
lnere Is nothing like hunger to take the
energy out Of a man. A hungry man car
toll neither with pen nor hand nor foot
lhere has been an army defeated not 50
much for lack Of ammunition as for lack
OF bread. 1t was that fact thar took The
IRE out Of this young man of the text
storm and exposure viii wear ont any
mans life IN time. but hunger makes
/ quick work. The most awful cry ever
heard on earth Is the cry for bread.
\ traveller tells Us that In Asia Minor
there are trees which bear fruit looking
1 very much Ike the long bean Of our time.
/ u IS called the earab. Once in awhile the
/ people reduced to restitution would eat
these earabs, but generally the carabs. the
beans spoken Of here in the text. were
thrown only TO the swine and thew crunched
them with great avidity But this Young
man Of my text could not get even them
without stealing them. So one day amid
the swine troughs he begins 70 soliIoquize.
/ He says, These are no clothes for rich
mans son to wear this is no kind Of
business fer jew to be engaged in-feed-
ing swine; I'll 90 home; I'll 20 home; viii
arise and 90 to my father"
I | know there are a great many people
who try 70 throw fascination. a romance.
halo about sin; but Notwithstanding all
that Lord Byron and George Sand have said
in regard to il, il is a mean, low. contempt
ible business. and putting food and fodder
into the troughs Of herd OF iniquities that
root and wallow in the soul Of man is very
poor business for men and women intended
10 be sons and daughters Of the Lord Al
mighty. And when this young man re
solved to 90 home it was a very wise thing
for him 70 do, and the only question Is
whether we will follow him.
Satan promises large wages If we viii
serve him, but he clothes his victims with
rags and he pinches them with hunger,
and when they start out TO do better be
sets after them all the bloodhounds OF hell
Satan comes to US today and he promises
all Injuries. all emoluments il we will
only serve him. Liar, down with thee TO
the pitt The wages OF sin is death" Oh,
the young man Of the text was wise when
he uttered the resolution. II will arise and
go 70 my father"
SIZE YOURSELF AS rs A CLASS
In the time Of Queen Mary Of England
prosecutor came TO a Christian woman
who had hidden in her house, for the Lords
sake one Of Christ's servants, and the per
secutor said. Where is that heretics"
The Christian woman said, you open
that trunk and you will see the hereto"
The prosecutor opened the trunk, and on
the TOP Of the linen Of the trunk he saw
EAh>ea lie HtAA4s 4IC4E - A0 HtANAAA AlNANt
"Ahrf she said, you look ia the glass and
vca will see tie hereticr' As / take up
the mirror Of Gods word today, ! would
that instead Of seeing the prodigal Of the
text we might see ourselves-our want,
orr wandering. our sin, our lost condition
so that we might be as wise as this young
man was and say, Il will arise and 90 to
my father"
The resolution Of this text was formed
in disgust at his present circumstances.
II this Young man had been by his employ
er set to culturing flowers, or training
vines over an arbor, or keeping account OF
the pnrk market. or overseeing other labor
ers he would aot have thought Of going |
home. II he had had his pockets full OF
money. IL be had been able TO say; II have /
n thousand dollars now Of my own; what's
the use Of my going back to my fathers
houseY Do you think / am going back 70 I
apolocize to the old mani Why, he would /
nnt me on the limits, be would not have 1
yoin1 on around the old place such con-
ducr as l have been engaged in won't /
GO home. There is no reason why should /
"a home. have plenty Of money; plenty /
~ pIeasant surroundings. Why should 4
% homesr Ali il was his pauperism; II /
WIS his beggary. He had to go home.
some man comes and says 70 me; Why |
do You talk about tie ruined state q the !
human souls Why don't vol speak about I
the progress Of the Nineteenth century, ana
talk of something more exhilaratlngf IL I
e ~ rbis reason-a man never wants the
GoSpel until he realizes he is in a famine |
s+r,,.s state Suppose / shOuld come 70
vnn n your home and you are In good 1
robnst health. and should begin to talk 4
about medicines, and about how inuen os'-
- tfis medicine Is than that, and some
o.b.r medicine than some other medicine
ana tar about this physician and that
nbvsician. After awhile you would gee
tired. and you would say, 4 don't want g
bsar about medicines. Why do you tsaiA
- me Of physicians2 never nave uo0
tor. -. and 4
80, severely sick. and ] know the meel-
c;nss that Will cure you, and kloN -
nbvsician Who is skillful enough 70 NEE.