Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-18
TOO LATE TO RECALL.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE ON WRONGS THAT
! CANNOT BE RlGHTED.

His Opinion of "the objectionable Sin"
Not Possible Today to Commit It-Some
Irrcvocabic Mistakes Enumerated-Thc
kgnal Gun of the Gospel.
NEW YORK, July t4.-In his sermon for
today Rev. Dir. 1almagc, who is still in
the west on his annual summer tour, chose
subject which has been a fruitful theme
of theological dispuation for centuries
past-viz, 1.-The objectionable Sin" Tho
texts selected were: "All manner of sin
and blasphcmy shall be forgiven unto men,
but the blaphemy against the Holy Ghost
shall not be forgiven unto men. And
es-hOsoCvcr SpCakCth II word against tho
Soon of man. it shall be forgiven him, but
whosocvc" speakoth against the Holy
Ghost it shall not I've forgiven him, neither
in this world, neither in tho world to
congratulations xii, 81, 32
Clio found no place of repentance,
though lie sought it carefully with tears"
--iIchrcws Xii. II.
As sometimes yOu gather the whole fam
lily around the evening stand to hear some
buUl, read, so now we gathcr--G great
Christian family group-tu study this text,
and now may one and the same lamp cast
its glow on all the circle!
Tho objectionable Sin.
You sec from the first passage that I
read that there is sin against the Holy
Ghost for which n man is never pardonod.
Once having committed it, he is bound
hand and foot for the dungeons of despair.
Sermons may be preached to him, songs
may be sung to him, prayers may he Of
fercd in his behalf, but all to no purpose.
He is captive for this world and cap
tive for the world that is to come. Do you
suppose that there is any one here who
has committed that SIM All sins are
against the Holy Ghost, but my text speaks
of one especially. 1t is very clear to my
own mind that the sin against the Holy
Ghost was the ascribing of the works of
the Spirit to tho agency of the devil in the
time of the apostles. Indeed the Bible
distinctly tells us that. In other words
if a man had sight given to him, or if an
other was raised from the dead, and some
one standing there should say This man
got his sight by satanic power. The Holy
Spirit did not do this. Beelzebub accom-
plished it, or, This man raised from the
dead was raised by satanic influence, " the
man who said that dropped down under
the curse of the text and had committed
the fatal sin against the Holy Ghost.
Now, I do not think it is possible in this
day to commit that sin. | think it was
possible only in apostolic times. But it is
very terrible thing ever to say anything
against the Holy Ghost and it is II marked
fact that our race has been marvclously
kept back from that profanity. You hear
man swear by Tho name of the Eternal
God and by the name of Jesus Christ but
you never beard Il man swear by the name
of the Holy Ghost. There are those here
today who fear they are guilty of tho un-
. pardonable sin Have you such anxiety?
Then have to tell you positively that you
have not committed that sin, because the
very anxiety is result Of the movement
of the gracious spirit and your anxiety is
proof positive, aScertainly as anything that
can be demonstrated in mathematics that
you have not committed the sin that l
have been speaking of. l can look of upon
this audience and feel that there is saliva
ton for all. II is not like when they put
out with those lifeboats from the Loeb
Earn for the Vile du IIavrc. They knew
there was not room for all the passengers,
but they We're going to do as well as they
could. Bat today we man the lifcboat Of
the gospel and we cry out over the sea
Groom for all!' Oh, that the Lord Jesus
Christ would, this hour, bring you all out
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Is possible for us to commit the partculn?
Sin spoken Of in the first text, | have by
reason of the second text to call your at
lehlloh TO me i"cO 'ha' ihere are SINS
which, though they may b" paruohr", ar"
III some rc>pcclS lFfcNoeapIe' an" you can
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