The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-09-24
TO SHINE AS STARS.
NOW THE CHRISTIAN WORKERS WILL
BE REWARDED ABOVE.


DIR. Talmage breaches q Sermon Full Of
Hope For Discouraged TOilers In the
Lords Vineyard - Christian Constella
tions That Will Beam on Forever.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-This dis
course flashes a bright light into the life
of Christian workers and offers a sub
Lime hope for all those who are discour.
aged in their attempts to do good DR.
Talmage's text is Daniel xii, 3, "They
that turn many to righteousness shall
shine as the stars forever and ever"
Every man has thousand roots and
a thousand branches. His roots reach
down through all the earth. His branch
es spread through all the heavens. He
speaks with. voice, with eye, with hand
with foot. His silence often is loud as
thunder and his life is q dirge or dox-
ology. There is no such thing as mega
tive influence. We are all positive in
the place we occupy, making the world
better or making it worse, on the Lord S
side or on the DEVILS, making up rea-
and we have already done work in peo-
ping heaven or hell. hear people tell
of what they are going to do A man
who has burned down city might as
we'll talk of some evil that he expects to
do, or a man who has saved an empire
might as well talk of some good that he
expects to do. By the force of your evil
inf houa o1rno1r oil
infinite values, or you have by the pow
er of right influence won whole king
doms for God.
1t would be absurd for me, by elabo-
rate argument to prove that the world
is off the track. You might as we'll
stand at the foot of an embankment,
amid the wreck of a capsized rail train,
proving by elaborate argument that
something is out of order Adam tum-
bled over the embankment. 80 centuries
ago, and the whole race, in one long
train, has gone on tumbling in the same
direction. Crash! Crash! The only ques-
ton now is, By what leverage can the
crushed thing be lifted? By what ham
mer may the fragments be reconstruct
ed? want to show you how we may
turn many to righteousness and what
will be our future pay for so doing
Charm of Right Example.
First we may turn them by the
charm Of a right example. A child COM
ing from filthy home was taught at
school to wash it's face It went home
so much improved in appearance that
its mother washed her face, and when
the father of the household came home
and saw the Improvement in domestic
appearance he washed his face. The
neighbOrs happening in, saw the change
and tried the same experiment, until
all that street was purified, and the next
street copied its example, and the whole
city felt the result of one schOolboy
washing his face. That is a fable by
which we set forth that the best way to
get the world washed of its sins and
pollution is to have our own heart and
life cleansed and purified. A man with |
grace in his heart and Christian cheer
fitness in his face and holy consistency |
in his behavior is perpetual sermon,
and the sermon differs from others in
that it has but one head and the longer
1t runs the better
There are honest men who walk down
Wall street making the teeth of iniqui-
ty chatter. There are happy men who
go into a sicl1room and by look help
the brOkG1 bone to knit and the excited
nerves drop to calm beating. There
are pure men whose presence silences
the tongue of uncleanness, The might
lest agent of good on earth is consist
ent Christian, l like the Bible folded
between lids of cloth or calfskin or
but l like it better when, in
the shape of man, it goes out into the
world a Bible illustrated. Courage is
beautiful to read about, but rather
would see man with all the world
against him confident as though all the
world were for him. Patience is beau
tiful to read about, but rather would l
see butfeted soul calmly waiting for
the time of deliverance. Faith is beau
tiful to read about, but rather would
find a man in the midnight walking
straight on as though he saw every
thing. Oh, how many souls have been
turned to God by the charm of bright
When, in the Mexican war, the
troops were wavering, a general rose in
his stirrups and dashed into the enemy's
lines, shouting Men, follow mer'
They, seeing his courage and DISPOSE
ton, dashed on after him and gained
the victory. What men want to rally
them for God is an example to lead
them. All your commands to others to
advance amount to nothing as long as
you stay behind. To affect them Alright
you need TO start for heaven yourself,
looking back only to give the stirring
cry of Men, followr'
The Power of Prayer.
Again, we may turn many to right
eousness by prayer. There is no such
detective as prayer, for no one can hide
away from it. 1t puts its hand ON the
shoulder Of man 10, 600 miles off. 1t
Rlights on a ship midatlantic The
little child cannot understand the law
Of electricity or how the telegraph oper-
ator, by touching the instrument here.
may dart a message under the sea to
another continent, nor can we, with