Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-03
TALMAGE'S SERMON
INTERESTING THEME IN THE
MN NoRk PREACHER.
Subject: "saivation. !"

Isaiah stands head and shoulders above
the other Old TeS ament authors in vivid de-
scriptiyrurss 90 Christ. Other prophets give
an outline 90 our Saviour's features. Some
% them present a. il were. the side face Of
Christ others bust 90 Christ. but Isaiah
giv-> "a the hIll length portrait Of Christ.
other Scripture writer excel in some things
Ezekiel more weird David more pathetic.
solomon more eplgrammatic, Hahakkuk
more -ublima-hut when you want 20 see
Christ coming out from the gates ~ prOphe-
cy in all His cnndeurHnA glory You inyOlun-
tarily turn q lS1ial. - thar ii the prophe-
cie- In regard To- Christ might De- called the
"Oratorio Of the Messiah the writing ~
Isaiah Is the "Halleluish ChorI-.' where all
the batan- wave AMI al the trumpet- come
in. Isi.gH was not mgr picked up out ot
inSign,ieausa by ,usuir8,iuu. IL was known
ani h0nlryi. Jp-huHu- aui Philo aud
Sia'h rgtollel him la their writings. WHAT
Paul Wa among the apostles Isaiah was
among the u-ouha,.
Nv tex huIs him standing on noun
tain of inspiration. looking out into the iu-
turr. b'hnllns Christ a lyanciug and auN-
iou- that all men might know Him. His
voice rings down the ages. Seek We the
Lorl while II NAV be found oh saws
some one. that was for olden times No,
my bearer. II you have travelled in other
lands. yau have taken a circular letter Of
credit from some bdnking house in New
York ani in st. Petersburg or Venice or
L One or Melbourne or Calcutta, You pre-
Sentei that letter and got financial help i'm
I mediatrly. Aud want you to understand
that the text. instead Of being appropriate
| for one age or for one land. is circular let
! ter for all ages aud for all lands. and where
| ever II i presented for help the help comes.
"Seek We the Lord while lie may be found.
come TODAY with no hair spun theories
! OF religion. with no nice distinctions, with
/ no elaborate disJuisition. hut with an urgent
call TO personal religion. The gospel Of
! Christ is a powerful medicine. IL either
| kills or cures. There are those who say: II
] would like to become a Christian. | have
| been waiting a good while for the right
kind OF influences TO come, and still You
are waiting. You are wiser in worldly
| things than You are in religious things. II
! YOU want to get to Albany, You go the Grand
Central Depot or to the steamboat wharf.
and having got your ticket YOU do not sit
, down on the wharf or sit in the depot. You
| get aboard the boat or train. And vet there
are men who say they are waiting to get to
/ heaven, waiting, waiting, but not with in
telligent waiting. Orthev would get on board
the line of Christian influences that would
bear them into the kingdom of God.
Now. You know very well that to seek a
thing is to search for il with earnest endcay-
this city. AMI there is a matter Of $4,000
connected with YOUR seeing him. and YOU
cappot at first find him van do not give M
thn saor,h You look in the directory Int
cannot ruJ the name You 20 in circles
where You think perhaps he may minglc, and
having found the part Of the city where he
live. INT merriam. not knowing the street
you 20 through street after street and from
block to block, and You keep on searching
I Ynusov ~ i a matter of $40 600 whether
7 SEQ him or not q" On that men we're Il.
rr,.-istant in seeking for Christ, Had Won
6nn-holf that rnrsistan,e Won woull long ayn
have fnrnl Him who i The ioy Of the for
riyen sririt We may nav our debts we may
ATTEND church we may relieve the moor we
may he rublic baDefactors. and vet NIL our
life disohey the tex. never see God never
,,oiu hn,ysp N, that tI, Shirt of God
would helm me while I try To show you in
carryipc ont the idea of NV text. first how 10
seeL tho ord and i'm the next place when Ia
saal, Him
/ / rawark IN the first plaoe you are Il, seek
the I,rd through earnest and believing
nraycr God is not An autorrat or a despot
seated ON a throne with His arms resting on
hrazpn lions and a sentinel pacin- m and
down at the foot Of the throne God is a
fathar seated in n bower. waiting for His chill.
His kiss and His heuediction. PRAYER is the
Gun with which we go the fountain OF living
water and din up refreshment for our
thirsty soul Grace does not come to the
heart as we set a cask at the corner Of the
house to catch the rain in the shower. Ii l.
a pulley fastened to the throne Of God, which
We pull bringing the blessing.
DO not care so much what posture vou
take in PRAYER nor how large an amount o.
voice YOU use. You might get down OF
your face before God. If YOU did not pray
right inwarlly there would be no response
You might cry at the top Of your voice ant
unless You had a believing spirit within YOU
cry would not 20 further ~ than the shou
of a plowboy to his oxen. PRAYER must b,
believing, earnest, loving. You are in your
house some summer iay and a showercome
up, and bird. aiTrighted. darts into til,
window and wheels about the room. 70,
seize it, You smooth its rufIled plumage
You feel its fluttering heart. You say. Poo
thing. moor thing, Now. a PRAYER goes on
, Of the storm of this world into the window
Of Gods mercy. and He eat hes il and II
feels its nuttering pulse, and He puts it il
His own bosom of affection and safety
PRAYER is a warm. ardent, pulsating exercise
, 1t is an electric battery which. touched
thrills TO the throne of God. 1t is the diyini
bell in which we 20 down into the depths o
: | Gods mercy ana bring nm ..pearls OF graa
| nrica" There WAS An instance where brave
made the waves of the Gennesaret solid a
stone pavement. Oh how many wonderfl
things PRAYER has accomplishedi HAY, yo
ever tried it? In the DAYS when the Sc0tc
Coyenanters were nnrsec1ted and the enemie
were after them one Of the head men anon
the Coypnanters uravpd. "Oh. Lord we h
rs dead men unless Thou shalt help Us, Oh
Lord throw the Ian of ,Thv cloak over thps
moor tbingsn AMI instantly n Scotch mi.
) ! deyplonei and hid the prosecuted from thei
Observation-Disclosures promise literally fulOIIet
> awhile they are vet spaaklng | will hear"
HIVE v1u ever tried the power of nrnver
God saws HI is loving and faithful and nf
tient - DO Won heleye that Ynu nre tnI
that Christ came TO save sinners, Do Va
believe that2 You are tol / that all Won bay