The Progress., 1897-01-02
Talmage's Sermon i.

Talmage's Sermon.
iasb moment, II go 20 "A Urunhms uusu1,.
Or like that Of polished Addison, who eatd
in his last moment, "6ee with what case a
Christian can die" Or like that Of George
Whitefleld, who felt that he had said all
that he could Of Christ, declaring in his
last moment, II shall die silent. " Or like
that Of Mrs. Schimmelpennich, who said
In her last moment: "Do you not hear tho
voicess And the children . arc the loudest."
Or like that OF Dragonnatti, saying In his
last moment: STAND asidet I see my ia
theF ond mother coming to kiss me-" Or
os did tho dying girl who, having few
ovonings before sat on q bench In q Lon
don mission, was seen to have tears Of con.
triton rolling down her cheek, and who,
departing from tho room, had put in her
hand by Christian woman Bible, with
the passage marked, 1.-THE blood OF Jesus
Christ c)eanseth from all sin" Though
having promised to be at the next meet
Ing, she did not come.
The Christian woman who gave her the
Bible was visiting tho hospital, and the
nurse said to her: II wish you had been
hero q little whilo ago. We bad q young
woman who had been run over BY a waa-
on. Poor thing She was fearfully crushed
and died almost Mt once. She had Bible
in her hand, with your name In 1t, and
she said when she was brought in: Thank
God1 I found Christ as my Saviour last
night. The blood Of Jesus Christ, bis Son,
oieanseth us from all sin.'" Oh, my
friends, II all right for tho next world, the
years can not gallop past too rapidly. II
It were possible for the centuries to take
speed of the days, and the days the speed
Of tho hours they could do us no harm.
The shorter our life the longer our heaven.
The sooner we get out of the pertIs Of this
life, II our work be done, the better. No
man Is safe till he is dead. Better men
than we have been wrecked, and at all
ages. Lord and Lady Napier were on horse
denly said to Lady Napier, "Ride on, and
fetch assistance, and do not ask me why"
She sped on and was soon out OF sight.
The fact WAS, a tiger 8 eyes glared on them
from the thicket, and he did not dare to
tell her, lest, af7righted, she fall In the
danger and perhaps lose her life From oil
sides of US on this road of life there are
tatioD, and tigers of accident, and tigers
OF death. and the sooner we got out OF the
periis of this life the better. Let 1897 take
the place Of 1906, and 1893 the place Of
1897, and our souls Will be landed where
there shall b. "nothing to hurt or destroy
In all Gods holy mount" mo lion shall
be there, nor any ravenous beast shall 20
up thereon; 1t shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there. And
the ronsomed Of the Lord shall return and
pome to Zion with songs and everlasting
Joy upon their heads They shall obtain
10Y and sladness, and sorrow and sighing
shall fec away"
Oh, will it not be grand whom from the
windows and doors Of tho "house of many
mansions' we look out and see passing
along tho golden boulevards OF heaven the
white horse cavalry that St John describes
In Revelation, John Wesley said he thought
horses had souls; but, take the story in
Revelation a. hgurative or literal, you
must admit that none but cavalry horses
is mentioned as being in heaven, John
XIX, IA, "The armies which wers in heaven
followed him upon white horscs' You
go, they are mounted troops. Their leader
IL IN deep crimson attire. His vesture, we
ara told In udlnDed In hlooxl - NOT blaad