The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-04-19
TAlMAGE'S >ERMON.
"s7RANGe RS IN 7 OWN" WAS REV. DR.
TalMAGe's SUBJECT.

His Text, III Was Stranger, and H"Took
mar,y-whe.o tho Stranger should MOI
Go-Explo ring Ony's In iqu,t'es.
BROOKLYN, A;ril g.. Before no audi
epce in ,be world could such sermon
soR.v. DR.. Talmnge preached today be
ae appropriate as IN tie BROOKLYN Tab.
erpacle, where it is estimated that $50,
900 strangers attend avery year. It. was
sermon that bad fnr the u special in.
terr.t. Tue text solicited was Matthew
XIV, 35, II WAS stranger, and ye took
mc ib.'
II is a moral dis ,ster that j,coslty has
deap, lied 30 many passages IF scripture,
arc nv tex, ls one ,has hae suffered from
rrt velert and misepllied quotation. 1t
shows great poverty Of wit and humor
when leople take the sword Of divine
truth for game at fencing or CHIP off
from the X 'hipoor diamond of insplra
tion sparkle to decorate FOOLS cap.
My extls the solicitation in the last judy
neDt to be gwen to those VINO have
shown hospitality and kindness and
Christian he]ptulness TO strangers.
BY railroadand steamboat the popula
ton OF the earth are all the time in mo-
ton, and from one years. end to another
our cities are crowded with visitors.
Every morning on the tracks of the
Hudson river, tho Pennsylvania, the
Erie, the Long Islaud railroads, there
come passenger trains more than can
number, 80 that all the depots and the
wharves are n rumble and a.clang with
the coming in Of great immigration of
strangers. Some of them como ior pur.
poses Of barter, some for mechanism,
some for artistic qualification, some for
sightseeing. A great many of them 20
out on the evening trains, and cOnse
quentiy the city makes but little impress
sion upon them, but there are multludes
who, In the hotels and boarding houses,
make temporary residence. They tarry
here toI three or four days, or as many
week. Thew spend the days in the
stores and the evenings in sightseeing
Their temporary stay will mako or break
them not CnlV financially, but morally,
for this world and tho world
that is to come. Multitudes of
them como into our morning
and evening services. l am conscious
that stand in the presence of many this
moment. l desire more especially to
speak to them. May God give me the
right word and help me to utter it in the
right way.
There have gl'ded into this house
those unknown to Others, whose his ory.
1t told, would be n ore thrilling than the
deepest Tragedy, mnro exciting than
PatLi's song, more bright than sprinu,
morning, more auful than a win
try midnight. If they could an
up here aud tell the slor,
OF their cscapes, and their tetnpln.
hons, and their bercav. ments, and their
disaster, and Their v ctories, un | rhsIr e
teats, there would be In th4 hunac such
a communicating of groaDs and ucclamn |
ilons as would make tho pInce uueudur
able.
The re is man who. in fancy, lay in u
cradle satin lined. Ou. ynnder is a nun
Who was picke q up, f f'uDdling, on b ,s
on common. Hero Il man who is cro,
Y ol'scrvil,g this religious aervice, tx-
)ecllng no advantage and caring for NO
advantage tor himself, whl!s Wonder ls ~
nan who has heen for 10 Years in an
'"1ui cor tlagratinn OF evil habits, and he
8 mere clpder Of dcslOryed Dature. r
ND he ls wondering it there shnll he ip &
hls service any escape or help for hi,. S
soul Meeting you only uEce y
perhaps lace to face. slrike hands with #
:ou III an earnest talk about your pres. 4
mt condition and Your eternal welt be. ,
ng. s Paul's ship at Mehta went tn /
pieces where two Beas meet, but we [
'tand today a! point where q thOueaud
'eas converge, and eternity alone can
ell the issue Of the hour. II
The hotels of This country for beauty
md elegance are not surpassed by tn , {
hotels IN any other land, hut those that
ire most celebrate d f II brilliancy of tapes
Try aid mirror cannot give to the guest i
any costly apartment unless he can at
lord parlor in addition to his lodging
I he stranger, therefore, will generally
lind assigned TO him room without any
pictures and perhaps any rocking chair.
He will tnd box OF matches on a bu
reau. and on old newspaper left by the
previous occupant, and that will be
about all the ornamentatlon. At 7 |
O'Clock IN the evening, after having taken
hls repast, he will look over bis memo
randum book Of the day 8 work, he will
write a letter to his home, and then a
desperation will selze upon him to get
out. You hear the great city thunder.
ng under your windows, and you cay,
II must join that procession, and In 10
minutes you have Joined it. Where arc
'ou going? "Oh," you say, 81 haven't
made up my mind yeti" Better make
Up your mind before you start. Per.
laps the very way you go now you will
always 60, Twenty years ago there
Tere two young men who came down
he Astor House steps and started out In s
wrong direction, where the@ have been {
soing ever since. {
"Well, where are you goingp" 81 VS. c
me man. 81 am going to the academy
o hear some music" Good. would +
Ike to join You at the door. At the tap y
# the orchestral baton all the gates of 7
larmony and beauty will open before q
ou. l congratulate you. Where are =
ou going2 "Well," you say, II am a
DING up to see some advertised pic. y
ures." Good. should like to 20 along =
With you and look over the same cata. .
cgue and study with you Kensett and !,
blerstadt and Church and Moran, Moth.
ng moro eleVatiny than good pictures, y
Where are you going? "Well,n YOU g
e%y Fay, II am going up to the Y oung Mems :.
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