The Red Cloud chief., 1894-04-20
STRANGERS IN'TOWN.
A DISCOURSE OF INTEREST TO THE
TABERNACLE ThRoNo.

Rev. DR.. Ta''nsxe Upon Life In . Great CT
and the Lessons II T~eachss-rhe yJpde
current Of Life-A Plea ror the habitat
BRooKLYN, April S.-Before no n,
dience In the world could such a re,
NOR ms Rev. DR.. Talmage preached :,
day BIO 80 appropriate az in the Brookly
Tabernaclc, where IL IL estimated tha
100, 900 strangers attend every year.
was q sermon that had for them a spe
cial interest. Tho text selected was Mat
thew XIV, 35. II was q stranger, and y
took me in"
1t Is a moral disaster that jocosity ha
dcspoiled so many passages OF Scripture
n my text is n that has suffered from
%irrevcrent and misapplied quotation. I
w great poverty Of wit and hume,
when people take the sword Of divin,
truth for q game ut fencing or chip of
from the Kohinoor diamond Of inspira
tion a sparkle to decorate a fools cap.
MY text is tho salutation in the las,
Judgment to be given to those who have
shown hospitality and Kindness and
Christian h~clpfulness to strangers. BY
railroad and steamboat the population OF
the earth are all the time in motion, and
from N years end 10 another our cities
are crowded with visitors.
Every morning on the tracks OF the
Hudson River, the Pennsylvania, tho
Eric, the Long Island railroads there
come passenger trains more than I can
number, so that all the depots and the
wharvcs are a.rumble and a.clanR with
the coming in Of q great immigration Of
strangers. Some Of them come for pur.
poses Of barter, some for mechanism,
some for artistic qualification, some for
sightseeing. A great many Of them no
ont on the evening trains, and conse.
quently the city makes but little impress.
sion upon them, but there are multi.
tudes who In the hotels and boarding
houses make temporary residence. They
tarry here for three or four days or ns
many weeks. They spend the days in
tho stores and the evenings In sightsee.
Ing. Their temporary stay will make or
break them not only financially, but NOR.
ally, FOR this world and the world That is
70 come. Multitudes Of them come into
OF morning and evening services. I am
conscious that l stand In tho presence Of
many this moment. Idesirc more espc.
cially to speak to them. May God give
mo tho right word and help INC 10 utter
1t In the right way.
STRANGERS WITHIN TIE GATES.
There havo glidod into this house
those unknown 10 others whose history
II told would be moro thrilling than the
deepest tragedy, more exciting than Pat.
It's song, moro bright than a spring
morning, moro awful than a wintry
midnight. II they could stand up hero
n tell tho story Of their escapes, and
their temptations, and their bereave.
ments, and their disasters, and their vic.
tories, and their defeats, there would be
In this house such n comhinglinR of
groans and acclamations rs would mako
the place uncomfortable.
There Is n man who, in infancy, lay
III q cradle satin lined. Out yonder Is a |
man who was picked up a founding OH |
Boston common. Here is n man who Is |
cooily observing this religious service,
expecting no advantage and caring for |
advantage for himself, while yonder
Is q man who has been for 10 G in
awful confiagration Of evil habits. and
Is n nero cinder Of n DESTROYED mn.
lure n no is wondering IL there shall
DO In this service any escape or help for
MS immortal soul. Meeting you only
onco perhaps face to face, I strike hands
with you IN an earnest talk about your
condition and your eternal well
being. st. Paul's ship ut Mclita went to
pieces where " seas meet, but we stand
today Mt a point where n thousand sens
converge, and eternity alone can tell tho
of the hour.
The hotels Of this country, for beauty
md elegance, are not surpassed by tho
hotels III any other land, but those that
're most celebrated for brilliancy OF tan.
'stry and mirror cannot give TO the
suest any costly apartment unless no can :
'fford q parlor in addition to his lodp.
hg: The stranger, therefore, will gen.
rally find assigned to him q room with. !
nut any pictures and perhaps any rock. .
ng chair. He will find a box Of matches
N a bureau and al old newspaper left !
y the previous occupant, and that will
70 about all the o"rnnmentation. At 2 :
'clock III the evening, after having tax. ,
n his rcpast, he will look over his mem. !
randum book OF the days work, he will :
Vrite q letter to his home, and then a :
desperation will seize upon him to get {
You hear the great city laundering !
Inder your windows, and you say, II 2
must join that procession" and in 10 $
minutes you have joined it. Where are ,
on go'ng' "Oh," you say, ~ haven't
a up my mind yet" Better make
p your mind before you start. Perhaps =
very way you go now you will al. !
rays go Twenty years ago there were q
wo young men who came down the As. 7
Dr. House steps and started out In n a
'rong direction, where they have been I
DING ever since. G
STUDIES OF HUMAN LIFE. u
well, where nre you goinp?" saws !
ne man. II am going to the academy i
hear some music" Good. l would (
Ike to join you Mt the door. At the tan I