The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-09-02
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
4NINTERESTIyG Discourse By TIE
EMINENT Divine.
He Takes for His Subject "rhe Chieftain."
He That Cometh from Above Is
Greater Than All.

text: THE chiefest among ten thousand.
-Canticles v:10.
The most conspicuous character OF MS
tory steps out upon the platform. The fin
ger which, diamonded with light, pointed
/ down TO Him from the Bethlehem sky was
/ only a ratification of the finger OF prophecy,
/ the finger of genealogy the finger of chron-
/ ology, the finger OF events-all five fingers
| pointing in one direction. Christ is the
/ overlapping finger Of all time. He is the
/ "vox humane" in all music, the most grace
full line in all sculpture. the most exquisite
/ mingling of lights and shades in all paint
1 irg, the acme Of all climaxes, the dome of
/ all cathedraled grandeur. and the perOra-
/ ton of all language.
| The Greek alphabet is made M of twenty
/ four letters. and when Christ compared
! himself to the first and the last letter.
! the Alpha and the Omega, he app -9priated
/ to himself all the spleudors that you can
| spell out either with those two letters or all
| the letters between them; Il am the Alpha
/ and the omega-the beginning and the
! end "
What does that scripture mean which
/ says of Christ. lie that comcth from above
! is above alIo" It means after you have
| He'd up all Alpine and Ilimalayan alti-
| tudes the glory of Christ would have to
| spread its wings and descend thousand
! leagues 20 touch those SUBMITS. Pclion,
/ high mountain OF Ihessaly Osso, a high
/ mountain dIu OtN iilpuS Il HlHl libuhlstiNs
| but mythology tells us when the giants
warred against tho gods they piled up these
! three mounteius and from the top of them
! proposed to scale the heavens; but the
height was not lrcat enough, and there was
/ "A complete fGilure. Ana after all the giants
/ Isaiah ana Paul, and prophetic and apOs-
/ tolic giants; Raphael and Michael Angelo,
artistic giants; cherubim and seraphim and
| archau,ccI celestial giants-have failed TO
! climb TO the top of Chrsts glory, they
] might al well unite in the words of Paul
/ ana cry out: Above an Above air. But
! Solomon in MY text prefers to call Christ
/ '"The Chicftaiu," and $50 today 1 hail Him.
First, Christ must be chief in our prc@ch-
4 ing. There are SO many books on hoIni-
1 ictics scattered through the country that
/ all laymeu. as wei as all ctet Aymcn, have
made up their minds what Sermons ought
/ TO De- That ser0on is the most eff 'ctual
I which most pontcjiy puts forth Christ as
! the pardon Of ;ll sin and he correction of
/ all cNil-ir0iVidual, socicl political. nation
/ al There is no reason why Ne should
/ ring the endless changes on few phrases.
| There are those who thinl thaJ If eN-
hortdtiuu or a disclosure have frequent
/ mention or jurisdiction, saactii.cauOn, COW
cnant OF works ANA coVc-&nt of grace,
/ thcl efore it must toe profoundly cvaEgeli-.
/ col. while they are suspicious Of dis
cou!sc which presents the same truth, but
under didcrent phlaseOlOgy. Now, / say
! there rs nothing iu ail Jre upulent realms Of
! AneIo-Sa xouisn, OF all the word treasures
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/ r.sht to mart al Il i'm religious discus
I sion. Cbust set t1e example. HIS illustrd-
/ lions We're from the grass, the flowers, the
I baIuy ard fowl. the crystals of SAT-. well
/ from the seas ANA the stars, and We 10
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! Hilch lha\ give Signals nut these eighteen
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/ bluauonS. And have 10 tell you that
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I Cd into combinations lutilltc and varieties
/ everlasting. Ana let nae say 20 these young
/ mon VINO come from the theological Sem
! mares INTO or service, and are after
I aW!hlc COINS 70 preach Jesus Christ; You
! VII have the largest liberty and unlimited
/ resource. You only have 70 preach Christ
an your own way.
/ brighter imam the light, tr@Sher than
/ tie fountains, deeper tnan the seas, are
/ all these gospel themes. song has no mel
/ ouy, flowers no sweetness, sunset SKY no
/ yoior compared with these glorious themes.
! These harveSts of grace spring mp quicker
! than we can sickle them. NindlinE pull
pits with their fire, and producing TcvolG-
tiuns with their power, Lighting up dying
I beds with their glory. they are the sweet
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