Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-09-20
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
HOLY CONFUSION" AS A SER
MON TEXT.
Or. TaImage Relates Some OF His Per-
sonal Experiences-Lights and Shadows
OF a Christians Life--Luxuries of the
Plain People Of To-Day.

BROOKLYN. sept. 16.-Rev. DR. Tai
mage, who is still absent on his ro1nd-
theworld tour, has selected for his
sermon through the press for to-day:
Holy Compulsion. the text being
LIKE II: 20: "And compel them TO
come in"
The plainest people in our day have
Injuries which the kings and queens
of olden times never imagined. j
walked up and down the stairs of
Holyrood palace-a palace that was
considered one of the wonders of the
world-and said, Can it be posi- bic
that this is all there was of this re-
puted wonderful place?' And this is
the case in many other instances.
There are fruits in Westchester
county and on Lorg Island farms
far better than the pomegranates and
apricots of Bible times. Through all
the ages there have been scenes of fes-
tivity, and the wealthy man of my
text plans a great enterl ainment and
invites his friends If one builds a
a beautiful home, he wants his ac-
quaintances 10 come and enjoy it. if
one buys an exquisite picture, he
wants his friends to come and appre-
ciate it; and it was lauda BILE thing
when the wealthy man of my text,
happy himself wanted to make other
people happy. And so the invitations
went out; but something went very
much wrong You can imagine the
EN- arrassment of any one who has
provide grand feast when he finds
out that the guests invited do not in
tend 10 come. There is nothing that
SO provokes the master of the feast
as that
Well, these people invited to this
great banquet of the text made most
frivolous excuses The fact was, ]
suppose, that some of them were Of
Tended that this man had succeeded so
much better in the world than they
had. There are people in all occupa.
tionn and professions who consider it
a wrong TO them that any body else Is
advanced. suppose these people in
vited TO the feast said among them
selves, I'VE are not going to admins
ter 10 that mans vanity, he is proud
enough now; we won't go; beside
that we could all give parties if we
made our money the way that man
makes his"
So when the messengers went out
with the invitations there was unani-
nous refusal. One man said. "Oh.
have bought farm. and / must'go and
look at it," He was land speculator,
and had no business TO buy land until
he knew about it. A frivolous ex-
cuse Another man said, Il have
bought five yoke of oxen" The prob
ability is he was Spectator in live
stock. He ought TO have known about
the ken before he bought them. Be-
side that if he had been very anxious
to get to the feast, he could have
hooked them up and driven them or
the read there. Another frivolc us ex-
cuse. Another man said, "Oh. i have
married wife, and ] can't Gomez"
when if he had said 10 his wife, 81
have an invitation to n splendid din
ner; it is highly complimentary to me:
] should very much like TO go; will
you go along with me?' she would
shave said, TO be sure / will GO
Another frivolous excuse. The fact
was that they did not want TO go.
Now" said the great man of the
feast, Il will not be defeated in this
matter; ! have with an honest pur
pose provided banquet, and there
are scores of people who would like to
CT me if they were only invited. Here,
my man, here. you go out and when.
you find a blind man, give him y our arm
and fetch him in; and when you find
a lame man, give him a crutch and
fetch him in: and when you find
pc or man, tell him that there is
plate for him in my mansion; and
when you find some one who is sc
ragged ana wretched that he has
never been invited anywhere, then, by
by the kindest tenderness and the
most loving invitation any one ever
had. compel him 10 come in"
Oh. my friends, it requires no acute
ness on my part, or on your part, to
see in all this affair tlat religion is
banquet The table was set in pales-
tine a good mary years ego, and the
DISCIPLES gathered around it, and they
thought they would have a good time
all by Tho mseJves, hut W lille they sar
by tbe table the leaves logan ogroN
and spread, and che leaf went 10 tn,
east ard another leaf went TO the
west, until tle whole Garth was COW
cred up with them, ard the cluster
from the heavenly vineyard Were
piled up on the beard, and the trum-
rets and harps of eternity made ur
the orchestra, and as this wine Cf God
is pressed TO the lips of n SHINING,
bleeding suffering, dying, groaninp
world, q voice breaks from the
heavens, saying, Drink, o friends:
yea, drinI, o beloved" o blessed
Lord Jesus, the lest friend ] ever had,
the best friend any man ever had
was there ever such table? Was
there ever such banquet?
From tie cross urlifted high,
Where tie Saviour designs to die,
What melodious sounds hear
Bursting orl he ravished ear!
Heavens edo eming " Ork is done,
Come, and welcome; sinner, come.
Religion is q joyous thing. do not
want to hear any body talk about re-
ligiou as though it were funeral.
do not want anybody to whine in the