Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-01-31
TALMAGE'S SERMON
INTERFERING THEME BY THE
WASHINGTON PREACHER.
SubIecti "say So"

an outspoken religion and requests all who
have been rescued and blessed no longer 20
hide the splendid facts. but 10 recite them,
publish them and as lar as possible let all the
world know about IL. let the redeemed Of
the Lord saw -o.' There l. a sinful reticence
which has been almost eanonized. The
people arr quite as Outspokcn a. they ought
10 be on all subjects Of politics and are fluent
and Volublr on the Venezuelan question
and bimetalh~m and tariffs high ana low
and remodeisd aud female suffrage. aud you
have to skilfully watch your chance II You
wait to put into the active conversation
q modest suggestion OF your own, hut
on the subject Of divine goodness. rrli-
gious experience aud eternal hlessedneSs
they are not only silent. but hoastiul Of their
reticence. Now if YOU have been redeemed
of the Lord, why do YOU not say so? ltyou
have in your heart the pearl Of great price,
worth more than the kuhiuour among Vic
torian jewels. why not let Others see II! II
YOU got OF the wreck in the breakers. why
not tell OF the crew an3 the stout liiebont
that safely landed YOU: II from the fourth
story YOU arc rescued in time ~ connagra-
tion. why not tell of the fireman and the lad
der down which he carried yOu2 ii YOU
have mansion in heaven awaiting you,
why not show the deed to those who may by
the same process get Iu emerald castle on
the same houlcyarl2 BY the last two words
Of my text David calls upon all OF H. who
have received any mercy al the hands Of
God to stop impersonating the asyums for
the dumb and inthe perseBce ofmen, women,
angels. devils and all worlds SAY So"
In these January days. thousands Of min
listers and private Christians are wondering
about the best ways Of starting a revival Of
religion. / can tell yon a way OF starting
/ revival. continental, hemisphere and world
wide. You say q revival starts IN heaven.
I q In I'M A.
harvest starts in heaven. The sun must shine
and the rains must descend. but unless YOU
plOw and soy and cultivate the earth you
will not raise a hushel Of wheat Or peck Of
corn between now and the end otthe world.
How. then. shall a universal revival start?
BY all Christian people telling the story OF
their own conversion. Let ten men and wo-
men get up next week in your prayer meet
ing and. not in a conventional or canting or
dolelul way, hut in the same tone they en-
plOy in the family or place of business,
tell how they crossed the line, and
the revival will begin then and there, il
the prayer meeting has not been so duh
rs to drive out all except those concern
ing whom il was fOreordaincd from al
eternity that they should be there. There
are So MANY different WAYS Of being con.
+ verted that We want to hear all kinds. 30 that
our own ease may be helped. 1t always puts
me back to hear only one kind Of experience
. such as a man gives when he tells Of his
Pauline cOnyerSiOD--how he was knocked
seu>eieSs. and then had a vision and heard
voices and after certain number OF DAYS
of horror got up and shouted for Joy. All
that disrOurages me- for | was never knocked
~enselcsS, and ! never had such Il sudden
burst Of religious rapture that / lost my
equilibrium. But after awhile Christian
man got up in some meeting and told us how
no was brought up by deyOut pHrentage,
and had always been thoughtful about re-
ligious things and gradually the peace Of
the gospel came into his soul like the dawn
Of the morninc-no perceptible difference
between moment and momentum after
awhile all perturbation settled down into a
hope that had consoled and strengthened
him during all the vcissitudes of lifetime
l said That is eNhiarating: that was my
experience And so | was strengthened.
In another prayer meeting n man got up
and told Us how he once hated God and
went through all the round of iniquity until
we were all on uettes lest he should 70 too
much into the particulars. but one day he
was by some religious power hurled fiat and
then got up a Christian and had ever since
been going around with a Baxter Bible with
large Flaps under his arm. a floating evange.
list Well. under this story many are not
helped at all, for they know they never hated
God, and they were never dissOlute. But af-
ter awhile some Christian woman arises and
says ~ have nothing extraordinary 10
tpil vet think tine cares Of life. the an yietiec
about NV children and two graves
/ onpnpl in orr family DIOt made nte feel RI.
need Of God. and weak and helpless and
heartbroken | flung myself upon His mercy
and I feel what the Bible calls the .peare of
God which passeth all understanding. and
] ask your prayers that | may live nearer tc
the Christ who has done SO much for me. y
! declare that before that woman rot tbronp Oh
we we're all CRYING. NOT bitter tears but
fears of tOvful emotion. and in three dgvs in
that npighborhood all the ice had pone out
of the river in n springtime freshet of saliva.
tion. LET the redeemed of the Lord saw so y
have but little interest in what Ieoplt
say about religion as an abstraction hut
have illimitable interest in what neople say
about what they have personally felt of re-
lipion. II WAS an expression of his owr
gratitude for personal salvation which le,
Charles Wesley. after n season nf Great de-
snondencv about his soul and Christ ha,
snosen 6ardon TO write thai immort.
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