Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-19
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE,s SUN.
DAY SERMON.
subject "The Objections to Relig
iOus Reveals"

Inc nlpll heIOTe WnNt nSnernlen call poor
luck. Christ Steps on board the fishing
smack and tells the sailors to pull away from
the beach and directs them again to sink the
net. Sure enough, very soon the net is full
Of fishes. and the sailors begin to haul in.
So large school OF fish was taken that the
hardy men begin 10 look red In the face ms
they pull and hardly have they begun TO re-
ioice ut their success when snap goes q
thread OF the net, and snap goes another
thread, so there Is danger not only Of losing
the fish, but Of losing the net
without mnch care ms to how much the
boat tilts or how much water Is spashed on
deck. the fishermen rush about gathering
M the broken moshes oil the net. Out
yonder there Is ship dancing on the
wave and they hail it, "Ship ahoy, bear
down this way" The ship comes, and
both tonts both fishing smacks, are filled
with the llonndering treasures.
"Ah," says some one. chow much better
It would have been if thcy had staid on
shore. and iishcd with hook and line, and
taken one ut time, instead of having this
great excitement. and the boat almost upset,
and the net broken. and having to call for
help. and getting soppinG wet with the
iea ~ The church is toe boat, tho gospel Is
The net, society is the sen. and great re-
yival Is Il whole school brought In at one
sweep Of tho net. | have admiration for
that man who goes ont with II hook an line
o fish admire the way he unwlnds tho
reel and adjusts the bait and drops tho
nook in q quiet place on II still after
noon, ana here catches one and there
one. but like also n big boat, and
u large crew, and anet mile long, and swift
oars, and stout sails, and stiff breeze, and
n great mutitu le Of souls broughtso great
Ia bnt hn IA In
draw It ashore stralninL the net to the ut
most until it breaks here and there, letting n
few escape, but bringing thegre multitude
into eternal safety.
In other words, believe in revivals. The
great work Olsaving men began with SO)J
people Joining the church in one day, and it
will close with 10, coo, 900 or 100, OO0,OOO pco-
pie saved in "A hours. when nations shall he
torn in day. But there are objections to
rcyivals. People are opposed to them be-
cause the net might get broken. and II by
the pressure OF souls 1t doast not get broken,
then they take their own penknives and slit
the net. "They inclosed aEreat multitude
of fishes and the net brake.
1t is sometimes opposed TO reviva!s OF re-
ligion that those who come into the church
at such times do not hold out; as long as
there is gale of blessing they have their
how,in,, tbor ,hny DION into n dead calm
pn, ~, o., ,b,, y,o,s in tho nnsoY In ali
n,'. ab,rahos ,bo ,,,e, ,n,,ioritv Of tho usefnl
o,,i,n.o,boso Who oro jroi,,,ht In under
great awakenlngs. and they hold out. Who
are tho prominent men in the United States
! in rburrhes in nr,yrr meetings, in Sabbath
schools? For the NEST part they are the pro-
duct of great awakenings.
have noticed that those VINO are brought
into the kingdom OF God through reyvals
have more persistence and more determine
ton in tho Christian life than those who
como in undaro low state Of raligion peo-
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SUi mIU' "n, stato onj iS nc ranulsiva
and absurd as man who should boast lie
saw chlld snatcheu out from uhler IL
horses hoOlS ana lelt no agitation, or SAW u
man rescued from the lourth story OF Il
house on IRE anu ielt no acceieratoh OF the
pulses.
Salvation from ain and death and hell into
life and ppace ana heaven forever is sucn a
tremendous thing that if man tells me he
cnn looE on il without any agitation | doubt
his Christianity. The fact is that sometimes
excitement is the most important possible
tnlng. In ease OF rcsusctaton from drown
ing or freezing, the one idea Is to excite ami
nation. Beore conversion we are dead. IL
u the business oil me cAurch 10 revive
arouse, awaEeh, resnsctate, s'ar,io into NE.
Excitement is bad or gooi according 10 what
1t makes us do. IL II makes us uothat Which
is bad, 1t Is bhi excitement, PUT II IL make us
agltated about our eternal weliare' II II
make us pray, II II make us attend upon
Christian service, II II make Us cry unto tol
lot mercy theh IL IS Soou vehement
IL IS sometimes silu tnht curing reNiNaIs
OF religion great multilules oil chi'ureh ana
young people are Drought mo the church,
and they do not know what they are about.
1t has been my observation ihat me Garner
people come INTO the RlhSuom OF Goi the
more useful they are.
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NIo,,fd,, H.. ~ mn'S .o va ,,.ho III
~ i'9n.S' ~" 70 hi, W. Wv
creasipg the interest in the study OF the
Scriptures was converted nj eleven wears OF
age Isabella Graham. immortal in the
Christian church. WAS converted at ten
years OF age; DR.. Watts, whose hymns will
be sung all down the ages. was converted at
nine years OF age; Jonathan Edwards, per-
haps the mightiest intellect that the Amcri-
can pulpit ever produced, was converted at
seven years OF age. and that father and
mother take IN awful responsibility when
they tell their child al seven years OF age,
"YOu ARE too Young TO be Christian" or
s'Yon are too younr ia connect yonrseIf with
tho church = tThat il n mistote ma long as
,,arni,v
r. dvrirc, y rov;roI ,wo norsors rrosor+
,bamsoiyas 40 oondiIo,,s for tba chnrob and
,bo ono is ran ,.aors Of 400 md tho nther 10
tnr,v ,.oars .I Of .,e,a vii h"uo nroro nnnd
snnoo' IN tbo rn7fossion ~ roI,(,io ~ .bonno
tan voars ~ a,,o tban Tho ona fnr,v ,.aars Of
,ne VIZ 1Tba one who nrofosso: ~ Coriv
Years of age has forty wears of implllse in
the wrong direction to correct the child has
only ten wears in the wrong direction to
correct. -Four times ten are forty Four
times the religious prospect for the lad that
comes into the Kingdom OF Col. and into
the church at ten wears Of age than the man
ut forty,
Tan, ,.,,,. anita lool rnor ro,,;,.ols nc oor.
1917 p,,oi,, 800. u,
pao,,I h Il, III, l,, liz ,.,,i,,oin
eopIJ ~, ~ w.! w "a .1' NM IL,
Ho'o'''''e' ""'' "o' "o.'' ~ Nf'''' ''o'
admiration ior the reViVniists OF the past lot
lhey were reNlva'is's-J0hatna nan Euwards'
Lohn Wesley, George Mhteheld, grimm
Davies, OsCorn, Knapp Nettletoh ana many
others whose names come 10 my m'hu. inc
strength OF their intellect ana the holiness OF