The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-17
|DR, TALMACE'S SERMON,
GLAD CHRIST DIED.
|minent Brooklyn Divine Presche es
Charscteristic Sermon Full of
Thought For the Masses

W aho s.A aotto
[" Who Is he mdf coniemneth, rfs
hat died. yea, rather hats risen d1din,
eren dt he right hand Of God, ,rho
ol'sh inisrcessioa for us."-Romnns
is the las, sermon I shall over
said Christmas Evnns on the 18th
y, 1898. Three days afterward he *.
do not know what his text was.
know that no man could choose bet.
me--though he knew II was the last
should ever preach--than the subject
b. this text.
flung this challenge of the text to the
nll ecclesiastical aud civil authority.
Dred neither swords or lions. earth nor
Diocletian slew uncounted thousands
his administration, and the world has
bill OF persecution. hut all the persc-
OF the world could not alright Paul.
because he was physically strong2
D. suppose he was very much weak.
hy exposure md maltrcatment. Was
Duse he was lncking IN sensitivencss?
lou ind the most delicate shades OF
playing IN and out his letters and
ns. Some OF his communication
into tears. What was II lifted Paul
tis triumphant mood2 The thought OF
Iour dead, n Saviour risen, Saviour
". Saviour intcrceding.
The world hns snng the praise OF Prin-
klice. One child having died OF n con-
b disease. she was In the room where
|tr was dying. and the court physician
d her. "You must not breathe the breath
child. or you yourself will die" But
tho child mourning because OF the
OF her brother. the mother stopped
and in sympathy kissed the little one.
d the disease and perishsd. All the
q sang the heroism and the self-sacriiice
|nccss Alice. but | have TO tell you that
our race was dying the Lord Jesus
ord down and gave Us the kiss OF His
hsting love and perished that we might
1T Is Christ that died"
y YOU tell me how tender hearted Paul
] find anything To rejoice at in the hor-
Meath scene OF Calvary We weep nj
|nls we are sympathetic when we see "a
|eer die when murderer steps upon
t1fIold we pray Tor his departing spirit.
Dow could paul-tho great hearted Paul
n anything TO be pleased with NJ the
fal Of God2 Besides that Christ had
rccently died, aud the sorrow was fresh
> memory Of the world. and how In the
|mcmory Of q Saviour's death could Paul
knltant2
|sn. because Paul saw In that death his
and the deliverance of "A race
|nill worse disaster. He saw the gan
Which the race must plunge. and he saw
Needing hands of Christ close IL. The
fring steel on the top OF the execution
1pear In his sight kindled into torch 20
lmen heavcnward. The prosecutors saw
|the cross five words written In Hebrew.
D. and Latin, but Paul saw over the cross
hrist only one word --"cNpiation {" He
H In the dying groan OF Christ his own
b OF eternal torture taken 10y another
Il Bald TO himself. Had Il not been that
d volunteered I'm my behalf. those would
been my mauled hands and feet. my
fd side. my crimson temples.
bn Of great physical endurance have
fimes carried very heavy burdens-300
5hs. 400 pouu1s-and they have still
MY streng a Is not yet tested. Put
|ore weight. But after awhile they
compelled TO cry out "Stop can
no more" But the burden Of Christ
|illimitable. First. there wns His own
kn OF hunger and thirst and bereaye-
|nnd thousand outrages that have
Ehespedf upon Him. and on top OF that
fn were the sorrows OF His poor old
pr, anA on the top OF those burdens the
y OF he rutflnns who were executing
kop I" you cry ut IL enough. Christ
pear no more" And Christ says, "Roll
loro burdens roll on Me the sins OF this
re nation, and after that roll on Me the
.of the inhabited earth, and then roll on
Pc sins OF the 1000 years past, 80 far rs
sins have been forgiven. And the
lls OF God. seeing the awful pressure.
stop, He can bear no more" And
Dlood rushing 10 the nostrll and lip seems
y out Enough He can endure no
!. But Christ says Roll on greater
ZEN, roll on tho sins OF the next 1900
,, roll on Mo the sins OF the succeeding
, roll on Me the agonies OF he'll. ages ON
the furnaces and the prison houses and
tortures. That Is what the Bible
ns when II says. "Hc bore our sins aud
ed our sorrows.
low, says Paul, II am free. That suf-
IS purchased my dcliyerlnce. God never
cts debt twice. I have u receipt in
II God is satisfied with me, then what
j the threats Of earth and hell amount
Bring on all your witnesses, says
|. "Show all your force. Do your worst
nst my soul. ! defy you. / dare you.
ailengc you. Who is he that condemn
II is Christ that died oh. what "a
y argument that puts m the hand OF ev-
christian man! Some day all the past
of his life come down ON him in fiery
P. and they pound away nj the gate OF
oul, and they say I'VE have come for
arrest. Any one of us could overcome
We are 10000 strong. Surrender"
you open the door, and single handed
alone you contend against that troop.
Hing this divine weapon into their midst.
scatter those sins - qulc,, as You can
L il.
{ is Christ that died" Why. then. brin.
US the sins Of our past lifei What have
do with those obsolete thingsf You
v how hard IL is for wrecker 10 brin A.
nything that Is lost near the shore OF the
but suppose something he lost half way
'een Liverpool and New York. It can
&c found II cannot be fetched up.
W, says God. "your sins haze been cas.
the depths OF the sea Mid-Atlantic !
he machinery ever fashioned in foun-
OF darkness ana launched from the
, oi eternal death, working for IL, 200
= cannot bring mp one Of our sins for
\ and forgotten and sunken into the
hs OF the sea. When sin is pardoned.
gone. II Is gone out OF the books IL r.
out OF the memory II is gone ont OF eX-
zee. Their sins and their impurities Will
member no more"
ON other tragedies men have come away
'usted and nervous and sleepless. but
Il one tragedy that soothes and calms
saves. Calvary was the stage on whirn
is enacted, the curtain OF the night fall.
az midnoon was the drop scene. tho
lder OF falling rocks the orchestra. angels
le galleries and devils IN the Dit the
ta'ors, the tragedy a crucinxion. ut Is
~ that died Oh, triumphan; thought I.