The Progress., 1894-09-22
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
holy CONFUSION" AS A SER
MON TEXT.
Dr, T,lm,ps Vclntcs Some OF III" FER
sor,l Experiences Lights and Shadows
~ n t,hrjstiaus Life tuxurifs OF the
Plain People Of To-Day


Holy Comrulsion, the text being
LIKE ,4:.3; And compel them to
come in
The plaincst people in our day nave
Injuries which the kings and queens
of oldcn times rcvcr imagined
walked up and down the STAIRS o.
Hollywood palace palace 'ha' was
considered one Of the wonders OF the
world-and said, Can it be poss'o'
| that this ia all there was OF TINS re
puted wonderful place" And TINS Is
the case in many other instances
There are fruits in Westminster
county and on Long Island farms
far better than the pomegranates ana
apricots Of Bible times, Through h|'
The ages there have been scenes OF les
tivity, and the wealthy man OF my
text plans great entertainments anu
invites his friends If one Cn'ldS
n beautiful home, tic wants his ac
ouaintances to come and enjoy IT, ii
ono buys an exquisite picture, he
wants his friends to come and appre-
ciate it: and it was laudablc 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
embarrassment Of any one who has
provided a grand feast when he finds
ont that the guests invited do not IN
tend TO come. There is nothing thai
so provoltes the master Of the feast
. as that
Well, these people invited to th''
i great banquet of the text made mos
frivolous excuses. The fact was,
q suppose, that some of them were OF
" Tended that this man had succeeded sc
y much better in the world than they
u had. There arc people in all occupa
L. tons and professions who consider
d wrong to them that any body else i
" advanced. suppose these people in
u vited to the feast snid among them
s selves 1--WE are not going to admins
~ ter to that mans vanity, he is pro"
x enough now we won't go; besid
- that we could all give parties if W
W made our money the way that ma
~ makes his
't So when the messengers went OF
with the invitations there was unan
mons refusal. One man said, ooh,
have bought farm, md l mustgo an
look at it," lie was a land speculate
and had no business to buy land unit
he knew about it. A frivolous e.
crse Another man said, III hay
bought five yoke of oxen. The pro
ability is he was a Spectator in nv
stock. lie ought to have known boz
the oxen be fore he bought them. b
side that If he had been very anxio'
70 get to the feast he could ha
hooked them up and driven them
the road there. Another frivolous e
cuse nAnother man said, 'Oh, ha
married a wife, and can't come
when II he had said to his wife,
have an invitation to a splendid di
} ner; it is highly complimentary to II
2 should very much like to go; W
:; you 60 along with me?' she won
=. have said, "1o be sure ! will &c
Another frivolous excuse. The IL
- was that they did not want to 60
Now" said the great man OF
feast, II will not be defeated in =
matter; I have with On honest p
pose provided a banquet, and tn
y t., are scores of people who would like
ar. come if they were only invited ne
en-. nv man, here, you go out and WI
nm, Won find a blind man, give him your
n,v and fetch him in; and when you
on lame man, give him crutch
bse. fetch him I'M and when you lind
was poor man, tell him that there
,res Mate for him in my mansion;
1879 when YOU find some one who II
at.r ragged and wretched that he
IA never been invited anywhere, then
iona nv the kindest tenderness and
etits most loving invitation any one q
me. had compel him to come in"
,dea Oh my friends, it requires no ac
,ire, ness on my part, or on your part
cas-. see in all this affair that religion
tier. banquet The table was set in "a
INV tine q good many years ago and
ted isciples gathered around 1t, and
foot thought they would have good
,t;es ali by themselves, but while they
d Il by The table the leaves began tog
o,ra, and spread, and one leaf went to
t,,,i,, east and another leaf went to
~. west, until the whole earth was
,tar cred up with them, and the clus
~. from the heavenly vineyard
49, n;,ed up on the board. and the Il
pets and harps Of eternity made
the orchestra, and as this wine OF
Il pressed to the lips OF sim
bleeding, suffering, dying, groa
"seo world. a voice breaks from
i'o IN heavens, saying, Drink. o frie
an yea, drink, o beloved" o DIG
many Lord Jesus, the best friend ] ever
ntry. ~" o't 49,. fniora onv man ever
'"o was there ever such table3
very "" 80 .,.b b,nouetp
hows '"eI - 49, w. .ross un,,fted hipb.
nand Where tho sayiour designs to die.
IS of What melodous sounds near
that Bursting on the ravished ear
,stru. Heaven redeelnips "o' - 'o"o