St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-09-11
TALMAGE'S SERMON.


A Discourse on tho Personal Mag
netism Of Christ.
The Wonders OF His Character-The Op-
posite~ and Seeming Ant.xonlxm Of
Ills Nature, Ills sorrows
and His Victories.
Rev. r. Dewitt Talnagc, in the fol-
lowing sermon, holds up Christ to view
from an unusual standpoint The text
Is:
His name shall be called uonderfuL-Issiah
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The prophet lived in a dark time.
For some 1900 years the world has
been getting worse. Kingdoms had
arisen and perishcd. Asthe captain OF
Z vessel in distress sees relief coming
across the water, 50 the prophet, amid
put the telescope of prophecy to his
eye and saw, 5oyears ahead. one Jesus
advancing to the rescue. l want
to show that when Isaiah called Christ
the Wonderful he spoke wisely.
In most houses there is a picture OF
Christ. Sometimes it represents Him
with face effeminate; sometimes with
face dcspotic. I have seen Vests
grand sketch of the rejection of Christ;
/ have seen the face of Christ as cut on
m emerald, said to be by the command
of Tiberius Caesar; and yet l am con-
WINGED that l shall never know how
Jesus looked until, on that sweet Sab
bath morning, shall wash the last
sleep from my eyes in the cool river of
Heaven. l take up this book of Divine
photographs and 1 look at Luke's
sketch, at Marks sketch, at Johns
sketch and at Paurs sketch, and say,
with Isaiah: "Wondcrful.'
think that you are all interested in
the story of Christ You feel that He
is the only one who can help you. You
have unbounded admiration for the
commander who helped his passengers
ashore while he himself perished, but
have you no admiration for Him who
rescued our souls, Himself falling
back into the waters from which He
had saved US?
Christ was wonderful in the magnet
ism Of His person.
After the battle Of Antietam, when
= general rode along the lines, al
though Che soldiers were lying down
they rose with great enthu-
siasm and huzzaed.. As Napoleon re-
turned from his captivity his first step
on the wharf shook all the kingdoms.
and $50. 900 men joined his standard.
Il took 5000 troops to watch him in
his exile. So there have been men Of
wonderful magnetism of person. But
hear me while l tell you of poor
young man who came up from Naza-
rcth to produce thrill such as has
never been excited by any other.
Nopoleon had around him the mem-
Ories of Austerlitz and Jena and Bada-
JOS; but here was a man who had
fought no battles; who wore no epau-
lettes; who brandished no sword. He
b no titled man OF the schools, for lie
never went to school. He had proba-
bly, never seen . prince, or shaken
hands with nobleman. The only ex-
traordinary person we know Of as be-
ing in Ills company was His own
mother, and she was SO poor that in
the most delicate and solemn hour that
ever comes to a woman's soul she was
obliged to lie down amid camel drivers
grooming the beasts of burden.
imagine Christ one day standing in
the streets of Jerusalem. A man de-
scended from high lineage is standing
beside him, and says: MY father was
. merchant prince; he had castle on
the beach 1T Galilee. Who was your
father?' Christ answered, Joseph.
the carpenter A man from Athens is
standing there unrolling his parchment
Of graduation, and says to Christ,
..Wherc did YOU go to SCHOOL," Christ
answers, L never graduated" Aha!
the idea of such an unheralded young
man attempting to command the attcn-
tion of the world! AS well some little
fishing village on Long Island shore
attempt to arraign New York. Yet
no sooner does he set foot in the
towns or cities of Judca than
everything is in comraotion. The peo-
pie go out on a picnic, taking only food
enough for the day. yet are SO fasci-
mated with Christ that. at the risk of
they follow Him out into the
wilderness. A nobleman falls down
Dat before Him. and says; my daugh-
ter is dead.' A beggar tries to rub the
from his eyes, and says: Lord,
that my eyes may be opened" A poor,
sick, painting woman pressing through
tho crowd. says II must touch the
hem of His garment" Child
rem. who love their mother
better than anv one else,
struggle to get into His arms. and to
kiss His cheek, and to run their fingers
through His hair, and for all time put
ting Jesus SO in love with the little
ones that there is hardly . nursery in
from which He does not
take one, saying: Il must have them;
! will I'LL Heaven with these; for every
oedar that l plant in Heaven l will
have so white lilies. In the hour when
Twas . poor man in Judea they were
not ashamed of Me. and now that I
have come to throne do not despise
them. Hold it not back, oh weeping
notEss; lay it on My warm heart OF
b7ch Is the kingdom Of Heaven"
What is this coming down the roadf
4 Atriumphal procession. He is seated,
rot in = chariot. but on nm ass; and yet
ehe people take of their coats and
lhrow them in the way. oh, what =
Vine Jesus made among the children,
omong the bcggars, among the fisher
1en. among the philosophers! You
nay boxst Of self-control, but it you
AAd seem Him you would have put your
ArDna nrnund HE no~lx and said: .sIhOu