Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-11-12
MEMS SOULS.
The Emotion that Strs Some Breasts
to Rescue Then,.
rh"o'"Eisns NIilIng Ia hi. for the G;ory
Of t'd, Nat Nor" 'aIous Than tbs
Missionaries At Home aud Abroad
Sermon by Rev. Dr. TaIuiace.

Sermon by Rev. Dr. TaImnge
DIR Talmagc'S text SUNDAY was
Rom iN ii: Il could wish that my
self we're accursCd from Christ for my
brethren. my kinsmcn according To the
l,sh
\ tough passage, indeed, Cor those
who taxi" Paul literally. When some
# the old throloyians declared that
they were vii, NJ to hr damned for the
g'nry of God. they said what no one
believed. Paul did not in the text
mean hr WA, willing t. die forever To
ave his relatives lie used hyprrhulc,
and when he declared. II could wish
hat myself were acrur~ci from Christ
Tor my brethren, my k.nsmcn accord
Iug La the flesh" he m ant in the most
T'h, mcut Of all possible WAY, To- de-
;inr' his anxiety iar tnr salvation of
Ms relative, and friends. 1t WAS pas
lion for ~oIIs. Mt more than one
Christian ont 81 thousands of chris
iaus feels 1t Ali-al,urdiuc desire FOR
he retirement ui the pnN steal aud
mental vuudIt!un il very common. L.
would take more of a mathvmat iCian
than | ever can tie to calculate huw
many are. up io an ann ETY. that SOME
Zines viii not let them sleep nights,
planning for the efficiency of hn~Sital>
where the siC!, aud wounded OF body
are treated, and for eye and car in
!irmarics aud for diSprnNarics and re-
treats where the poorest may have most
sSillful Surgery and helpful treatment.
Ola. it i beautiful and glorious, this
NiicSprcai aud ever intcn>ifying
movement IL alleviate and cure
physical miSfortuncS. May God en-
courage ard help the thousands of
Splendid mcn and women engaged in
that worN. liut all that il outside of
my subject to-day. In behalf Of the
immortality oi 4 man. the inner eye,
hc ,nnsr ear. the inner capacity Tor
rlldr caS or distress, how few feel
arvth ing like the ovcrw hclmiGg con
,entratlon expressed in my text. Earcr
than fuur-lcaVcd clcvcr>. rarcr than
century plants rarcr than prima
unnas. have been those of whom it
my I've said, They had a passion for
souls" lou could count ON the fingers
and thumb Of your left hand ali the
names of those You can recall. who in
the last. the eighteenth century,
were - characterized. All the names
II those You could recall in our
times u, having this pa, sion for souls
YOU can count on the fingers and
thumbs of your right and left hands.
There are many more such consecrated
II
YOU do not know them. Thoroughly
Christian people by the hundreds of
millions there are to-day. hut how few
people do you know who are utterly
oblivious to everything in this world
except the redemption o. souls? Paul
had it when he wrote my text, and the
time will come when the ma jurity OF
Chr stiauS Will have it, ii this world is
ever To he lifted out of he slough in
which it has been floundeIing for near
10 centuries. And the bcttcrmcnt had
better begin with myself and yourself.
When a committee of the "Society
of Friends" called upon a member
to reprimand him fov breaking
some small rule of the society, the
member replied: Il had a dream in
which all the Friends had assembled
to plan some way to have our meeting
house cleaned, for it was very filthy.
Many propositions We're: made, ,but no
conclusion was reached until one of the
members rose and said: Friends,
think if each oac would take broom
and sweep Immediately around his own
scat, the meeting house would be
clean" 80 let the work of spiritual
Improvement begin around our own
soul. Some one whispers up from the
r'ght hand side of the pulpit and says:
Will YOU llcase name some one of
this passion for souls Oh, no!
That would be invidious and i'm
prudent. ana the mere mentioning of
names of such persons, might cause in
them spiritual pride, and then the
Lord would have no more use for them.
some one Whispers up from the LEFT
hand side Of the pulpit: will you not
then mention among the people of the
past some who had this passion for
souls" oh, yes! Samuel Rutherford.
the Sco;chman of 800 years ago, his i'm
prisonmcnt at Aberdeen for his relig-
ious zeal, and the public burning of
his book. Lex Rex, in Edinboro, and
his uni Just Arrangement FOR high trea-
son. and other prosecutions purifying
and sanctifying him, 50 that his works,
entitled II rial and Triumph of Faith
IN Christ Dying and Drawing Sin
ucrs To Himself" and, above all,
IL, LII l,tf IN al
That he had the passions for
souls Richard Baxter, whose Para
phrase of the New Testament
caused him to he dragged before Lord
Jeffrics, who howled at him rs "a ras-
car and "sniveling Presbyterian"
and imprisoned him for two years
Baxter. writing los religious books, his
Call to the Unconverted' bringing
uncountei thousands into the pardon
Of the Gospel. and his Saints Ever
lasting Rest" opening Heaven to host
inuumcrable. Richard Cecil Thomas
i-kempis. writing his Limitation u
Christ" for all ages. Harlan Page.
Robert McCheyne. Ncttleton. Fin
ney. And more whom | might men
zion, the characteristic of whose lives
was an overtowering passion for souls.
4. Il. Earl. the BAPTIST evangelist, had
it. l. y Insliip. the Methodist evan
gelist, had it. Jacob Knapp. had it.
Dr. liachus, president OF Ham
ilton college, had it, and when
told he had only half an
hour to live; said: lis that SO? Then
take me out of my bed and place me
upon my knees, and let me spend that
time in calling on God for the salvation
If the word" And 80 he died upon his
knees. Then there have been others
whose names have been known only in
their own family or neighborhood, and
here and there you think of one. What
JUNCTION they had in prayer. What
power they had in eXhortation! If
they walked into home every mem
Der OF it felt holy thrill, and if they
walked into prayer meeting the dull
ness and stolidity instantly vanished.
One of them would sometimes clectrify
a whole city.
but the most wonderful one of that
Characterization the world ever saw or
heard or felt was peasant in the far
east. wearing plain blouse like an in
vcrted wheat sack, with three open
ings. one for the neck and the other
two for the arms. His father, Il wheel