Democratic messenger., 1892-07-23
TALMAGE In EUROPE.
HIS PREACHING TOUR A SERIES OF
UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESSES.

sions''-R-iigion Does Not Put Man
on short Ailowanc--Thc Christian :
Magnificent Inheritance.
LONDON. July ls.-Dr. Talmage'S
preaching tour in England has been n
continued series Of unprecedented sue
cesses. The English people have as
sem,led by thousands TO hear the Amer
lean preacher wherever he has preached.
In Manchester the great Free Trade hall
was engaged for him. II holds seven
thousand persons. but il would not con
tain third of the people who tried to
get in The streets leading 10 the hall
were iammed with dense. surging
mass of humanity. After the service
DR. Talmage preached in the street TO
the crowd. which numbered fully fifteen
thousand. The sermon selected for this
week is entitled Our Possessions" from
Corinthians iii. -. .'All are yours"
Tie impression is abroad that religion
puts man on short allowance: that
when the ship sailing heavenward comes
TO the shining wharf it will be found
ont that all the passengers had the hard
est kind of sea fare: that the soldiers in
ChriSj's army march most of the time
with an empty haversack: in word.
that only those people have a good time
in this world who take upon themselves
no reli sous obligation.
want today To find ont whether this
is So and ann going Ia take account of
stock; ! am going to show what are the
Christians liabilities. and what is his
income. and what are his warFantee
deeds. and what are his bonds and mort
cages. and shall find ont before fin
ish jGst how much he is worth, and |
shall spread before Won the balance
sheet in time to warn Won all against
the religion of Jesus Christ if indeed
it be failure and in time for you all TO
accept it if indeed il be success. /
tnrn first 10 the assets. and find there
what seems to he Il roll of government
securities-the empire Of heaven prom
ising all things to the possessor. The
three small words Of my text are war
rantee deed la the whole universe when
it says "All are yours"
In making an inventory Of the Chris
tian's possessions | remark in the first
place that he owns this world. Nv text
implies it an the preceding verse asserts
itz.'whe;her Paul or Apollos or Cephas
ofThe world" Now it would be an alb
surd thing to suppose that God would
give io strangers privileges and advan-
tages which lie would deny his own chill
dren. If you have a large park, a grand
ransion. beautiful fountains. stalking
ceer and s;atuary. 10 whom will you
Five The first right to MI these posses
som: To outsiders: No. to your own
children. Yen will say. 1T will he
very well for outsiders TO come in and
walk these paths and enjoy this land
scapc, but the first right 10 my house.
and the FIRST right to my statuary. the
first right 10 my gardens shall he i'll the
possession of my own children"
GoD's PARK.
Now this world is Gods park, and
while he allows those who are not his
children. and who refuse his authority.
the privilege of walking through the
gardens. the possession of all this
grandeur of park and mansion is in the
right of the Christian-the flowers. the
diamonds. the silver. the gold. the morn
Ing brightness and the evening shadow.
Tile Christian may not have the title
deed to one acre of land rs recorded III
the clerks office. he may never have
paid one dollar of taxes, but he can go
up on a mountain and look off upon
fifty miles Of grain field and say, "All
this is mine: my father gave it To me- :"
"All are yours"
4 lawyer is sometimes required to
search titles. and the client who thinks
he has a good right to an estate puts the
papers in his hands. and the lawyer goes
into the public records and finds every
thing right for three or four or five
years back; but after awhile he comes
tn break in the title. To deficit. to q
diversion of the property; so he finds
ont that the man who supposed he owned
II owns not an acre of the ground. while
somebody else has the full right to the
entire estate. Now examine the title
to all earthly possessions. 20 back a
little way. and find that men of the
world-bad men, selfish men, wicked
men-ihink they have right 10 all
these possessions: but 20 further back.
and trace the title from wear to wear
and from century To century, until
find the whole right vested in God.
Now 10 whom did he give it? To his
own children. "All are yours"
The simple fact is. that in the last
days of the world all the architecture,
all the cities, all the mountains. all the
villages will be in the possession of the
church of Christ. The meek shall in
herit the earth" Ships of Tarshish
shall bring presents. The earth is the
Lords and the fullness thereof" "All
are yours" But" you say. what sat
isfaction is there in that when haven't
possession Of ihem:" These things will
come before the Supreme Judge of the
universe and he will regulate the title.
and he will eject these squatters upon
| the property that does not belong to
them. and il shall be found that "All
are yours.
THE HEFlNEMENTs OF LIFE.
%. again. tne reilncinentS OF lie are
the Christians right. He has right to
as good apparel. 10 as beautiful adorn-
,ments. TO rs commodious residence as
the worldling. Show me any passage in
the Bible tat tells the people Of the
world they have privileges, they have
glittering spheres, they have befitting
apparel that are denied the Christian.
There is no one who has so much right
To laugh, none SO much right To every
thing that is beautiful and grand and
sublime in life as the Christian. "All
are yours" Can it be possible that one
who is reckless and sinful and has no
treasures laid mp in heaven is TO be al
lowed pleasures which the sons and
daughters Of God. the owners of the
whole universe. are denied:
SO remark that all the sweet sounds
Of the world are in the Christians right.
There are people who have an idea that
instruments Of music are inappropriate