The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-30
TALMAGE'S PULPIT.
THE HOLY SPIRIT OFTEN USES IN
SIGNIFICANT MEANS.
ELOQUENT Sermons do Not Save but the Ut
terances that Come from the Heart aud
Go to the Heart that Changes Lives.

Brooklyn, N Y, January 2S-(Special)-
The usual large audience assembled in the
tabernacle today and listened TO sermon
of remarkable power and interest by Rev.
DR.. Talmage, the subject being "Festivity."
The text selected was Luke xiv, II: Come,
for all things are now ready"
1t was one of the most exciting times in
English history when Queen Elizabeth Wis
tied Lord Leicester at Kenlworth castle
The moment of her arrival was considered
so important that all the clocks OF the cas-
tie were stopped, so that the hands might
point to that one moment as beng the
most significant of all She was greeted to
the gate with floating islands and torches,
and the thunder OF cannon and fireworks
that set the night ablaze. and great burst
of music that lifted the whole scene INTO
perfect enchantment. Then she was IN
troduced in a dining hall, the luXuries of
which astonished the world; four hundred
servants waited upon the guests, the enler-
tainment cost $1,000 each day Lord Lei
cester made that great supper Ill hehl-
worth castle.
Cardinal Wolsey entertained the French
amba ssadors at Hampton court. The pest
cooks in all the land prepared Tor the pan
Quet; purveyorS went out ana lrdVeleo ttl
the kingdom over to find SpollS LOT lHe Ia
BILE The time came. The guests were kept
during the day hunting in the king park.
so that their appetites might be keen; and
then in the evening, to the sound Oh the
trumpeters, they We're introduced mo
hall hung with silk and cloth OF Sold, ana
there We're tables a-gltter with lHperiai
plate and laden with the rareSt OF meats,
and a-bush with the costliest wines; ana
when the second course of the least came
/ it was found that the articles OF 1000 mao
! been fashioned into the shape OF men;
| birds and beasts, and groups danclnS, ana
! jOuSting parties riding against edch o.lci
| with lances. Lords and princes, ana en-
! ba Ssadors out of cups lihed to the prin
| n, bt hpalth OF the KING OF 1cDS
| land, and next OF the king of France Car
| dinal Wolsey prepared that great supper
| But nave to tell you of a grander enter
! tainment My Lord, the King, is the pan
queter Angels are the cupbearer5: "a az et tne
! nal love. frescoed with light and paved
with JOY, and curtaned with MT Tnfad On e
| mones of eternity are the music. The
| chaiices of heaven are the plate, and | am
| one OF the servants coming out with both
| hands filled with invitations, scattering
| them everywhere; and, OH that Tor your
selves you might break the seal or me , ,ll1
ink of blood by the tremulous mana OF a
diving christ: Come now. for all things
! are ready" J..
There have been grand entertainments
where there a taking off-the e,, VINE
gave out, or the servants were re ennn a1i
around this subject and looked at the re-
demption which Christ has provided ana ana
come here to tell you it IS complete ana
| swing open the door of the feast, telling
You That, "AlI things are now ready"
In the first place have to anFou u rea ada'
| Cardinal Wolsey came into the feasl alteI
| the first course; he came III booted ;-h9
! snu1,red and the guests arose ana cheereu
, nm RI1t Christ comes in at the very be
I ginning of the feast; aye, He has been wait, wait,
s sta on His manged feet; He has had
| His sore hand on his punctured Slde, or ne
has been pressing His lacerated emp lie
has moi been impatient and that He has
not said shut the door, and let the - i lag,
| gard STAY out" but He has been waiting.
| 20 banaiIeter ever waited for his guests so
| patiently as Christ has waited Tor US. .
prove how W,ing sn i r TO edos down 4
s sheeT ~ d Gr biooa thar haffo chan
| tsat,'ad IIs brow and His back. anu AnmT
sna ffe ss.t II frSir th {" aaE tat He
/ uttered in midnight chill and in mountain
! hunger and in desert loneliness, and twist
/ them into one cry-bitter, aGonizlng, over
! whelmng. | gather all the pains that shot
I, from spea1-, and spike, and croGS, JoltlnS III
to one pang-reInorseless grlndlng; eXcr u,
! eating. | take that one drop OF sweat on
His brow and under the s9spei sIa aEee maj at
, sorrow and an ocean of agony. That Be
ing standing before you now, etenacla tJ
| and gashed and CORY, coaNeS lor your
! iove with pathOs in which every Word is
| a heartbreall and every sentence a mar
| tvfdom How can you think He trifes?
! Nhasuer,Is prepared a feast for $50 days;
! but this feast is for all eternity. Lords and
| princes were invited to that; you and l ana
| ready You know that the banqueters OF
! olden time used to wrap themselves IN
| robes prepared for the occasion; so, my
| Lord Jesus hath wrapped Himself IN an
| that is beautiful See how fair he is! ms
eve His brow, His cheek, so radiant hat
! the stars have no CLEAN and the morning
| no MilianCy compared with IT, MS Lace
rejecting ali the joys of the redeemed Hl 5
| hand having the omnipotent surgery with
| witch he 0pened blind eyes and straiShten-
| ed crooked limbs, and hoisted the pillars OF
f, heaven. and swung the twelve gates Whlch
| are twelve pearls. There are = not enough n
! cnns in heaven to dip up this ocean or
| be5pntI There are not ladders enough TO
scale this height Of love There are no. not
| enough cymbals to clap or harps to thrum
or trnmpets peal forth the rt praises a5 OF TINS rs
one altogether fair on Ihou mower OF
heaven on blissfu daX1reak5 iet al Pe0
| M, come men and saints and cherublm
and seraphim and archinse cbau nfs = ii
Him through the heavens 5i IN os G M h0ta of
| UNIV UNI do, arches8 of coronation, along
by the great towers chmlms w Tth ha f{eTn n2
| l9piie and washed us from our sins in His