Milford chronicle., 1895-10-11
is THY HEART RIGHT
lzv. DR.. TALMAeE MAKES 4 POINT
BLANK QUERY

Sehu's Question 20 Jehonndab-It Was No
More Appropriate For That Hour an
place Than Il Is Fer This Hour an
, Flace-An Eloquent Discourse.
NEW YORK, Oct. Elm his sermon 70
today Row. Dr. Talmago speaks directly 4
the hearts of all who hnvo not yet definite
~ accepted the free offer OF salvation ii
Christ jesus. The subject was "a Poin
Blank Question, the text being II King
K, Is, "Is thine heart rightly"
With mettled horses at full speed, for HI
was celebrated for fast driving, Jehu, th
warrior and king, returns from battle
But secing Jehonadah, an acquaintance
by the wayside, no shouts: 'Wboa
Whoaw to the lathered span Thon lem
ing over to JehOnadah, Jehu salutes hin
in the words Of the text-words not NOR,
appropriate for that hour and that plac,
than for this hour and place, rs thin,
heart rights'
should like to hear Of your physical
health. Well myself, like to have every
body else we'll, and so might ask: Is youl
eyesight right, your hearing rightg Arc
your nerves right, your lungs rightf Is your
entire body rlghtg But I am busy today
taking diagnosis Of the more important
spiritual conditions. / should like to hoaI
of your financial welfare l want every
body to have plenty of money, ample ap-
parel large storohouse and comfortable
residence, and / might ask: Is your BUSH
ness right your income right Are your
worldly surroundings right? But what
are these financial questions compared
with the inquiry as to whether you have
been able to pay your debts to Sod; as to
whether You are insured for eternity; as
to whether you are running yourself by the
long credit system Of the soulf I have
known men to have no more than one loaf
Of bread at a time, and yet to own a gov
ernment bond Of heaven worth more than
tho whole material universe.
The question ! ask you today is not in
regard to your habits l make no inquiry
about your integrity or your chastity, or
your sObriety. / do not mean to stand on
the outside Of the gate and ring the bell,
but coming up the steps / open the door
and come to the private apartment of the
soul, and with the earnestnoss of man
that must give an account Of this days
work 1 cry out, o man, o woman immOr-
tai, is thine heart rightg
I will not insult you by an argument to
thoro be factory explosion and the
smokestack be upset, and the wheels be
/ broken in two, and the engine unjointed,
and the ponderous bars be twisted, and q
man should look in and say that nothing
was the matter, you would pronounce him
/ a fool Well, it needs no acumon to dis
cover that our nature is all atwist and
askew and unjOinted The thing doesn't
| work right The biggest trouble we have
/ in the world is with our souls Men some
times say that, though their lives may not
be just right, their heart is all right. I'm
possible. A farlnOr never puts the poorest
apples ON top of his barrel, nor does the
merchant place the meanest goods in his
show window. The best part of us is our
outward life. 1 do not stop to discuss
whether we all fell in Adam, for we have
been our own Adam, and have all eaten of
the forbidden fruit, and have been turned
ont Of the paradise of holiness and peace
and though the flaming sword that stood
at the gate TO keep us out has changed po-
sition and comes behind to drive us in we
will not go.
The Bible account of us is not exaggcr-
ated WHOM it says that we arc poor and
wretohed and miserable and blind and
mixed Poorl The wretch that stands
shiyering ON our doorstep on a cold day is
not so much in need of bread as we arc of
spiritual help. Blind Why, the man
whose eyes persisted in the powder blast
and who for these ten years has gone feel
ing his way from street 10 street is not in
such utter darkness as we. Naked Why,
there is not one rag Of holiness left to hide
tho Shame Of our sin. Sick Why, the
leprosy has eaton into the head and the
II L. 10. f..f o.,I
marasmus Of an everlasting wasting away
has already seized on some Of us.
But the meanest thing for "a man to do
is to discourse about an evil without point
ing a way to have it remedied. 1 speak of
the thirst Of your hot tongue only that
may show you the living stream that
drops crystalline and sparkling from the
Rock Of Ages and pours river OF gladness
at your feet. If l show you the rents in
your coat, it is only because the door Of
Gods wardrobe now swings open, and
here is a rObo white with the fleece Of the
Lamb of God, and Of a cut and make that
an angel would not be ashamed to wear
II l snatch from you the black, noldy
bread that you are munching, 1t is only to
give you the bread made out Of tho finest
wheat that grows on the celestial hills
and baked in the fires of the cross, and one
orumb Of which would be enough to make
al heaven a banquet. Hear it, one and
all, and tell it to your friends when you
go homo, that the Lord Jesus Christ can
make the heart right.
First we need a repcnting heart. If for
tho last 10, 20 or 40 years Of life we have
been going on in the wrong way, it is time
that we turned around and started in the
opposite direction. If ,wo offend our
friends, we are glad to apologize. God is
Our best friend, and yet how many of us
have never apologizod for the wrongs we
have done him
There is nothing that We so much need
to get rid Of as sin 1t Is horrible black
monster. Il polluted Eden. 1t killed
Christ. It Las blasted the world Men
keep dogs IN kennels, and rabbits in a
warren, and cattle in a pen. What n man
that would DO who would shut them up in
his parlorl But this foul dog of sin and
these herds of transgression we have en-
torsaincd for many a long year in our
hoart, which should be the cleanest, bright
est room in all our nature Out with the
vile herd Bogone, ye befoulers Of an i'm
mortal naturel
Turn out tho beasts and let Christ come
inl A heather came to an early Christian
who had the reputation Of curing diseases. /
Tho Christian said You must have all
your idols destroyed.
Tho heathen gave to the Christian the
key to his house, that he might 60 in and
destroy the idols He battered to pieces
all be saw, but still the man did not get I
we'll The Christiansaid to him, There :
must he some idol in your house not yet
DESTROYED 2" The heather confessed that
there was ono idol of beaten gold that he
could not,bear to give up. After awhile,
when that was destroyed, in answer TO the !
prayer Of the Christian the sick man got /
well
Many man has awakened In his dying /
hour to find his sins al about him. They
clamborcd mp on the right slide Of the bed,
and on tho left side, and over the head /
Hoard and over the footboard, and horri-
by flovoured the soul.
Repent, tho voice celestial cries.