The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-06-01
THE HEALING TOUCH.
ELOQUENT SERMON BY DR.. TALMAGE
AT THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE,

Christ the ImpeIsonation of All Sensj-
tivenets-The Sublime Electric Circuit
Medicine For Nervous People.
BROOKLYN, May 2l.-Rev. DIR. Tai
mage today chose for the subject of his
discourse theSinQuiry addressed by the
Saviour to those who surrounded him
when the invalid woman having touched
lis garment, he asked, "Who touched
me" MARK v, 3D?
A great crowd of excited people elbow
ing each other this way and that and
Christ in the, midst of the commoton
I hey were on the way TO see him res .oro
to complete health dying person,
Some thought he could effect the cure,
others that he could not. At any rate.
it would be an interesting experiment,
A very sick woman OLE y ears invalidsm
is in the crowd. Some say her name
was Martha, others say it was Veronica
l do not know what her name was, but
this Is certain-she had tried all styles
of cure. Every shelf Of her hum bl.
home had medicines on it. She had en-
ployed many of the doctors OF that time
when medical science was more rude anI
rough and ignorant than we can imagine
in this time, when the word ply ysician
or surgeon stands for potent and edu.
Gated skill. Professor LighttOot gives
list of what he supposes may have
been the remedies She had applied.
suppose she had been bhslcrCd from head
TO foot aud had tried tuc compress and
hn1 coI on SI,,lp Of
and she had been mulCh and hacked and
laceratcd until life TO her was a plague.
Besides that, the Bible indicates her doc.
tors bills had lun up !rightlully, and she
had paid money for medicines aud ior
surgical attendance auI Tor hy%ituic ap.
paratus until her purse was a3 exhausted
as her body.
What, poor woman. are You doing il
that .jostling crowd: SBctlcr 90 home
and TO bed and nCrsc your disorders. No.
Wan and wasted and iulul she stands
there, her lace distorted with sun. iug,
and eve: and auUu biting her l.p with
some acute pain, and sObDiOT until nCr
tears lail from the hollow CyG upon the
faded dress, only able TO stand because
the crowd Is so close to her puSiiNg her
this way and that. Stand back! Why
20 you crowd that poor body? Have
you no consideration lnr 4 dylMy woman:
But just at that lime the crowd parts,
and this invalid comes almost up to
Christ, but she is behind llm and his hu-
man eye docs not take her III. She has
heard so much about his kindness TO the
sick, and she does feel so wretchod she
thinks il she can only just touch hlm
once ii will do her good. she will not
touch hlm on the sacred head, for that
might be irrevcr2nt. She will not touch
HIM on the hand Tor that might seem too
familiar. She says: 81 will, | think,
touch hlm on his coat, not on the top OF
it or on the bottom ut the main fabric.
but on the border, the blue border, the
long threads of the fringe oi that blue
border; there can be no BARN in that
| don't think he will hurt me; have
heard so much about him. Besides that
l can stand this no longer. Twelve
years of suffering have worn me out.
This is my last no oc." And she presses
through the crowd still farther and
reaches for Christ, but she cannot quite
touch him. She pushes sill farther
through the crowd and knccl and puts
her finger 10 the edge OF the blue fringe
OF the border. She Just touches il. Quick
as an electric slOck there thrilled back |
into her shattered nerves and shrunkcn |
veins and exhausted arteries and pant |
ing lungs and wiLhercd muscles health.
beautiful health, ruDicund health, God
given and complete health. The II
years march OF pam and DanW and suit
lerlng over suspension bridge of nerve
and through tunCl of bone instantly
halted.
Christ recognizes somehow that
maSGntlc aud hcathtul influence through
the medium OF the blue fringe OF hls gar
ment had shot cut. lie turns and looks
upon that excited crowd and startcs
them with the intcwOgaLory OF my text.
"Who touched mc:' The insolcnt
crowd in substance replied: GLOW DO
we know? You get in il crowd like this, {
and you must except to be iostlcd. You
ask us question YOU know we cOnn0l
answer" But the ro8eato AID re-
Juvenatcd woman came up and kncltin
front of Christ and told OF the touch and
told OF the restoration. and Jesus said:
"Daughtcr, thy faith hath made thee
whole. Go in peace" SO Mark yiycs
us dramatlzanOn of the gospel. Oh,
what Il doctor Christ Is! In every enc
OF our households may hC be lhc family
physican
Notice that there iGno addition Of hello [
TO others without subtraction Of power
from ourselves. The context says that
as soon as this woman was hcalcG Jesus I
ielt that virtue or rength had zone s
out him. No addition ofhelp TO Others [
without subtraction OF strength from t
ourselves. Did you never Get tired for {
othersT Have you never riskcd Your 1
health Tor others? Have YOU never {
preached sermon or delivered an cN- I
hortatlon or offered burning prayer and {
Then lch attcrwarA that strength had |
gone out OF you? Then YOU have nCvcr I
initiated Christ. |
Are you curious to know how that :
garment OF Christ should have wrought I
such cure for this supplant invaliG2 | I
suppose that Christ was subcharpcd s
with vitality. You know that diseases
may be convered from city TO city by j
garments. as IN case 'of epidemic, aud |
suppose that garments may be cub {
charged with health. | suppose that !
Chrlst bad such physical mannctism thot