The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-07
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON.
The Brooklyn Tabernacle Cleared OF
the Floating Debt.
The Eloquent Pastor Preaches afowerfui
Sermon on Christ Healing the
Poor Afflicted Woman.

location, cheered Rev. L. Dewitt TAI
mage Sunday morning when he an
nounced his resolve to remain as pastor
of the congregation, the church debt
having been liquidated
1t had been pretty generally under
stood that the necessary money had
been raised, but the announcement
coming from the doctor himself, created
q Juror of excitement among the con-
gregation. Cheer upon cheer was given
by the large congregation, and 1t was
some time before ne could continue
speaking. The great divine clearly
evidenced the satisfaction the clearing
of the debt had brought him. lie was
in most felicitous frame of mind.
He chose for the subject of his dis
course the inquiry addressed by the
Saviour to those who surrounded him,
when the invalid woman having touch
ed His garment, He asked, "Who
Touched Me?" Mark v. 81.
A great crowd of excited people ell
bowling each other this way and that,
and Christ in the midst of the commo-
ton. They were on their way to see
Him restore to complete health dy-
ing person. Some thought that lie
could effect the cure; Others that He
could not At any rate it would be an
interesting experiment. very SICK
woman of twelve years invalidism is in
the crowd. Some say her name was
Martha; others say it was Veronica.
do not know what her name was, but
| this is certain; she had tried
all styles OF cure. Every shelf of
of her humble home had medi-
cines on it. She had employed
many of the doctors of that time when
medical science was more rude and
rough and ignorant than we can
imagine in this time, when the word
physician or surgeon stands for potent
and educated skill. Prof. Lightfoot
gives list of what he supposes may
have been the remedies she had applied.
! suppose she had been blistered from
head to foot, and had tried the COM
press, and had used all styles of herbs,
and she had been mauled and hacked
and cut and lacerated until life to her
was plague. Besides that, the Bible
indicates her doctors bills had run up
frightfully, and had paid money for
medicines and for surgical attendance
and for hygenic apparatus until her
purse was as exhausted as her body.
| What poor woman, are you doing in
that jostling crowd? Better go home
and to bed and nurse your disorders.
No! Wan and wasted and faint she
stands there, her face distorted with
suffering, and ever and anon biting hel
lip with some acute pain, and sobbing
until her tears fall from the hollow eye
upon the faded dress; only able to stanc
because the crowd is SO close to her
pushing her this way and that. Stanc
back! Why do you crowd that poor
body? Have you no consideration fol
a dying woman? But just at that time
the crowd parts and this invalid comes
almost up to Christ; but she is behind
Him, and His human eye does not take
her in. She has heard so much about
His kindness to the sick, and she doe
feel so wretched, she thinks if she car
only Just touch Him once it will dc
her good. She will not touch Him or
the sacred head, for that might
be irreverent. She will not toucl
Him on the hand, for that might seen
too familiar. She says: II will, think
.ouch him on his coat; not on the tol
of it, nor on the bottom of the mail
fabric, but on the border, the blu,
border, the long threads of the firing,
of that blue border; there can be n,
harm in that. | don't think He will
hurt me, | have heard so much abou
Him Besides that, | can stand this NJ
longer Twelve years of suffering hav
worn me out. This is my last hope,
And she presses through the crowd still
further and reaches for Christ, but cal
not quite touch Him. She pushes still
further through the crowd and kneel
ard puts her finger to the edge of tn
blue fringe of the border She jus
touches it. Quick as an electric shoe
, here thrilled back into her shattere,
T nerves. and shrunken veins, and eN
hsusted arteries, and painting lungs
and withered muscles, health, beaut
full health, rubicund health, God-give
i and complete health. The lively
E years march of pain and pang and SUI
fering, over suspension bridge OF nerv
4 and through tunnel of bone, Instant
t halted.
/ Christ recognizes somehow that mag
= netic and healthful influence throug
the medium of the blue fringe of Hi
n garment had shot out. He turns an
: looks upon that excited crowd, an
: startles them with the interrogatory {
/ my text: "Who touched Me?' The il
solent crowd in substance replied
S GLOW do we know? You get in
0 crowd like this and you must expect
!; be iostled. You ask us question yo
0 know we can not answer" But til
roseate and rejuvenated woman can
S up and knelt in front of Christ, an
e told of the touch, and told of the resto
e alton, and Jesus said: daughter, tn
d faith hath made thee whole. Go
peace SO Mark gives us dramatic
f ton of the Gospel. Oh. what doctC
V Christ is! In every one of our hous
i holds may He be the family physician
70 Notice that there is no addition
help to others without subtraction
A power from ourselves. The conte!
% saws that as soon as this woman W;
;. healed Jesus felt that virtue
@ strength had gone out of Him. y
addition of help TO Others without su
|. traction of strength from ourselve
; Did You ever get tired for others? Ha'