The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-05-03
SALVATION
pr. ralmago Dise sa urses on
~ W. W. Needs of the Soul.
~ to Personal Reilgion-The
|Ap Urgent ~. =, christ, as Presented
'''p Through the Bible. the
Great Panacea.

J, ALLOWING sermon on the subject &c
The iol, ,;onn was delivered by Rev.
'Sa, vi4. Talmage in the'Academy OF
/. De M N., York city, being based on
be tez'' ord while he may be found
Seesye inc
,sab lv"6 L..d and shoulders
lsala the other Old Testament authors
b0ve, 1 'ue Vdescriptiveness Of Christ.
y vl, ,sorbets give an outline OF our
Other pfopf satures. Some of them
6sVol' &c Il we're, the side face OF
rssen' others I'll a bust of Christ; but
Ehrls' ives us the full-length portrait
salal it Other scripture writer's excel
piVnl.aJ things. Ezekiel more WEIRD
\ Sat- y more pathetic, Solomon more
svlu . m,natic, Habakkuk more sub
epsl1n nt when you want to see Christ
ins' !. UI ont from the gates Of prophecy
lonlnS Sis Grandeur and glory, you in
~ .ariIv turn to Isaiah. 50 that
stha prophecies in regard to Christ
VIC 10 r called the "Oratoria OF the
gls .h the writing of Isaiah is the
.Hs,lsluiah Chorus" where all the
ions wave and all the trumpets come
'a'0I isaiah was not a man picked up
:. # insignifcance by inspiration.
y zoe 90 known and honored. Josephus
!, y phlo and Sirach extolled him in
ssir writings. What Paul was among
y ss apostles Isaiah was among the
n text finds him standing on a
nonntain of inspiration, looking out
ato the future, beholding Christ adj
sncug and anxious that all men
NAM know Him; His voice rings
AVN the ages: Seek ye the Lord
rhile He may be found" "Oh," says
ome one, that was for olden times"
n nv hearer. If you have travelled
other lands you have taken a circu-
u letter OF credit from some banking
ouse in New York, and in st. Peters
burr, or Venice, or Rome, or Mel
bourne or Calcutta; you presented
hat letter and get financial help inn
,ediately. And 1 want you to under
|taud that the text, instead Of being
appropriate for one age, or for one
and, is a circular letter for all ages
Ind for all lands, and wherever it is
presented for help, the help comes"
'Seek We the Lord while He may be
ound'
/ come to-day with no hair-spun
theories of religion, with no nice dis
Emotions, with no elaborate DISGUST
ZION; but with an urgent call to per-
Ional religion. The Gospel Of Christ
3 powerful medicine; it either kills
br cures. There are those who say:
II would like to become a Christian. l
have been waiting good while for the
hight kind of influences to Gomez" and
fill you are waiting. You are wiser
b worldly things than you are in re-
(igious things. If you want to get to
albany you 60 to the Grand Central
epot, Or to the steamboat wharf, and,
paving got your ticket, you do not sit
own on the wharf or sit in the depot;
tou get aboard the boat or train. And
Jet there are men who say they are
Faiting to get to Heaven-waiting,
Faiting, but not with intelligent watt
ing, or they would get on board the
Pine Of Christian influences that would
Pear them into the kingdom Of God.
Now you know very well that to
PEEK thing is to search for 1t with
|arnest endeavor. Ifyou want to see
certain man in this city, and there is a
natter Of ten thousand dollars connect
q withyour seeing him, and you can not
Y hrst find him, you do not give up the
earch You look in the directory,
'ut can not find the name; you go in
ireles where you think. perhaps, he
nay mingle, and, having found the
art OF the city where he lives, but
ernaps not knowing the street, you
= through street after street, and
rom block to block, and you keep on
'afching for weeks and for months.
lou say: 1T is matter of SIC, 900
neither | see him or not" Oh, that
zen were as persistent in seeking for
nrist Had you one-half that persist
ace you would long ago have found
IN who is the joy of the forgiven
'lrit. We may pay our debts, we may
l'end church, we may relieve the
'of, we may be public benefactors,
10 yet all our life disobey the text,
s'er seek God, never gain heaven.
D. that the Spirit Of God would help
e. while try TO shown you, in carry
9 out the idea Of my text, FIRST, how
seek the Lord, and in the next place,
nen 70 seek him
! remark, in the first place, you are
\, seek the Lord through earnest and
i,e'ing prayer. God Is not an auto
:. or despot seated on throne,
IN : dis arms resting on brazen lions,
: sentinel pacing up and down 1t
.Uo' OF the throne. God Is a father
a L.