The morning times., 1895-12-02

As usual since Rev. DR.. Talmage hns be-
come associated with the First Presby-
| ,erian Church and preached there on s Sunda v
evenings the edirice last night was again
| crowded to its utmost capa city. DR.. Tai.
| mage took Tor his text III Kings. vi:17-
| ANA the Lord opened the eyes OF the
Young man and he saw: and behold the
mountain was fun of horses and chariots of
| fire round about Elisha"
| Ine American Congress is assem- :
bling. began DIR. Talmage. ARRIVING
or already arrived are the Representative
OF al sections of this beloved land. Let us
welcome them with prayers and benedic-
acis, noDler group OF men never entered
! washington than those who VIII tomor-
! row compose the Senate and House OF Rep-
| resentatiycs. Whether they come alone or
| leaNe their Families at the homestead far
nWay, may the blessings of the Eternal
| God be upon them. Weinvite them to our
churches. and together. they in political
spheres ana we in religious circles. viii.
| give the coming months to consideration
| or the best interests of this country which
God mas blessed so much in the past that
propose TO show You and show them so
Ear as may now reach their ear, or to-
morrow their eye through the printing press.
that God Will be with them 10 help them a s
III the text he filled the mountains with
help for Elisha"
DIR. Talmage sketched In bold outlines
the country's history. from the time of
the revolution to the present time. accentu-
atlng the dark DAYS of the civil war, the
assa ssination OF Lincoln, the troublesome
DAYS OF 1876. and the murder OF Gar.
field. and claimed that Gods fiery cha riots
though unseen by the eyes of men, were
about the nation then. and brought IL from
impending disaster to perfect safety.
GOD. THE NATIONS FRIEND.
II tell you God is the friend OF this nation"
ne exclaimed. I'm the awfu1 ex citement a {
the massacre OF Lincoln. when there was
prospect mat greater slaughter would open
upon this nation. God hushed the tempest.
In the awful excitement at the time OF Gar
fields assassination. God put his foot on
the neck OF the cyclone. To prove God is on
the side OF this nation. argue from the la st
eight or nine great national ha arrests, and
from the national hes lth of the last quarter
OF a century, epidemics very exceptional.
and from the great revivals of religion. nd
from the spreading OF the Church OF God.
and from the continent hlnsSnming with
asylums aud reforniatorY institutions. and
from au Edenization VIII ici promise I hat this
whole land is to be paradise. where God
shall walk.
II am encouraged more than can tell
you as see the regiments wheeling down the
sky. and my feremiads turn into doxologles.
ana that which was the Good Friday OF the
nations crucifixIon becomes the Easter
morn OF its resurrection or course, God
works through human instrumentalities. and
this uatloial betterDent is to come ainonC
other things through scrutinized ballot
box. By the law of registration IL is almost
Impossible now to have llegalvoting. There
Nds II tilbt-Npu dBu III very Wei
when droves OF yagabonds wandered uD
anu down on election day, and from poll 10
poll, and voted here, and voted there. and
lepse E9. or If hrrs feTe Was no sh3l
nothing z jrould so suddenly
be proved upon the vagabdnds.
VOTERS ARE WATCHED.
Now. in every well-Organized neigh
borhood, every votqr is watched with
severest scrutiny. If / am in a region
p-I, \ nil 4 ,..tt
the registrar my nsiac5 and bow old l
am, and how long i have resided In the
state and how lUDEd~bave resided In the
ward or the t0wnshfp' and II i misrepre-
out from the ballot-Sox. Is not that a
great advance? And then notice the la W
that prohihlts man voting II he has bet
on the election. A step further needs TO
be taken. and that man forbidden vote
who has offered or taken bribe. whether
1t be in the shape Of free drink. or cash
to put their hand on the Bible and swear
their vote in if they vote at all. So.
through the sacred chest Of our nations
suffrage our redemption will come.
God Will save this nation through an
aroused moral sentiment. There has never
been so much discussion of morals and i'm
morals Men, whether or not they &C.
knowledge what is right, have to think
what is right.
The question of sobriety and drunken
ness is thrust in the face OF this nation as
political contests. The question OF ma
tional sobriety Is going to be respect
fully and deferentiaily heard at the bar
Of every legislature. and every House Of
Representatives. and every Senate, and
an omniputcnt voice will ring down rhe
sky and across this land and back again.
saying TO these rising tides OF drunkenness
which threatens 10 whelm home and church
and nation: Thus far shalt thou come
but no further. and here. shall thy proud
waves be stayed
Il have not in my mind shadow OF dis
heartment as large as the shadow OF n
wing. NV faith is in the upper
forces, the upper armies of the text.
God IS not dead. The cbariots are not
unwheeled.
was the white marble watch-tower of
Pharos OF Egypt. Sustratus, the architect
and sculptor. after building that watch
tower, cut his Name ON il. Then he COW
cred II with plaster. and 10 please the king
he nut the monarch's name GU the outside
of the plastering: and the storms beat aud
washed off the plastering. and they wash
ed it out, and they washed Ii down, but
the name of Sostratus was deep cut in the
rock.
$50 across the face of this nation there
have been great many names written.
across our finances. acroSS our religious.
names worthy of remembrance. names writ
ten on the architecture of our churches
and our schools and our asylums and our
homes of mercy: but God is the architect
Of this continent. and he was the sculptor
Of all its grandeurs: and long after
through the wash OF the ages and the tenn
pests of centuries-all other names shall
De obiiterated. the divine signature aud
iivine name will be brighter and brighter
as the millenums 20 by. and the world
shall see that the God who made this
continent has redeemed Ii by his grace
from all Its sorrows and from all its
,rimes.
NATIONS WELFARE BY PRAYER.
"Have you faith in such thing as that?
4 fter all the cbarIots have been unwheeled
and after all the war chargers bave
been crippled. the chariots which Elisha
Jaw on the morning of his peril will roll |
IN in triumph. followed by all the armies |
,f heaven on white horses. God could do |
{ without us, but he will not. The weak
,st of us. the faintest Of us, the smallest |
Jrained of us. shall have part In the tri- |
Imph. We may not have our name Ike |
he name of Sostratus. cut in imperishable |
'oci: and conspicuous for centuries, but we |
.hall he remembered in Il better place than |
hat, even in the heart of him who came |
o redeem us and redeem the world and
'Ur names will be seen close to the sigma |
ure OF his wound. for. as today he throws |
,ut his arms to us.r he SAYS: Behold,
iave craven thee en-the palms of my |
land.' By the mi9htlest of all agencies. |
he potency of PRAYER, i beg you seek our
rational welfare"
CROWDS AT ST. PATRICK'S.