Connecticut western news., 1897-08-12
TALMAGE WILL STAY.
DENouNCES REPORTS OF HIS DIS SATISFACTION WITH HIS CHURCH.

DENOUNCES REPORTS OF HIS DIS SATISFACTION WITH HIS CHURCH. His Regular Sunday Sermon on the Mag
 netism of Christ-Isaiah's Prophecy of
 Christ the wonderful-His Miracles and
 His Infinite Sympathy For Mankind.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-Dr. Talmage, referring to recent reports as to the sev- erance of his present pastoral relations, has authorized the following statement:
 1T have denounced the infamous falsehood concerning my dissatisfaction with my Washington church and the statement that I had determined not to return there. Relations between that congregation and myself are perfectly happy, and the church has met all its obligations to me. Our attendance was larger last year than ever before, many more people coming than we could ac commodate. I will be in my regular pulpit second Sabbath in September. "
 In the discourse below by Dr. Tal- mage Christ is looked at from an un usual standpoint. His text is Isaiah K, 6, "His name shall be called wonderful" "
 The prophet lived in dark time. For some 5000 years the world had been getting worse. Kingdoms had arisen and perished. AS the captain of 8 vessel in distress sees relief coming across the water, so the prophet, amid the stormy times in which he lived, put the telescope of prophecy to his eye and saw, 75O years ahead, one Jesus advancing to the rescue. Iwant to show that when Isaiah called Christ the Wonderful he spoke wisely. -1
 In most houses there is a picture of Christ. Sometimes it represents him with face effeminate, sometimes with face despotic. have seen Vests grand sketch of the rejection of Christ. l have seen the face of Christ as cut on an em erald, said to be by command of Tiberius Cesar, and yet am convinced that l shall never know how Jesus looked un- til, on that sweet Sabbath morning, shall wash the last sleep from my eyes in the cool river of heaven. I take up this book of divine photographs, and look at Lukes sketch, at Marks sketch, at Johns sketch and at Paul's sketch, and say, with Isaiah, 'Wonderfulp' ! I 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?
 Christs Magnetism.
 Christ was wonderful in the magnet ism of his person.
 ] After the battle of Antietam, when d general rode along the lines, although the soldiers were lying down exhausted, they rose with great enthusiasm and huzzaed. As Napoleon returned from his captivity his first step on the wharf shook all the kingdoms, and 25O,00O men joined his standard. It took 5000 troops to watch him in his exile. So there have been men of wonderful mag netism of person. But hear me while tell you of poor young man who came up from Nazareth to produce thrill such as has never been excited by any other. Napoleon had around him the memories of Austerlitz and Jena and Badajos, but here was man who had fought no battles, who wore no epau let's, who brandished no sword. He is no titled man of the schools, for he never went to school. He had probably never seen a prince or shaken hands with nobleman. The only extraor dinary person we know of as being in his company was his own mother, and she was so poor that in the most deli cate 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.
 I 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 a merchant prince. He had castle on the beach at Galnee. Who was your father?" Christ answers, Joseph, the carpenter. A man from Athens is standing there unrolling his parchment of graduation and says to Christ,
 
 answers, 1T never graduated. Aha! The idea of such an unheralded young man attempting to command the atten- tion of the world! As we'll some little fishing village on Long Island shore at tempt to arraign New York. Yet no sooner does he set his foot in the towns or cities of Judaa than every thing is in commotion. The people go out on pie nic, taking only food enough for the day, yet are so fascinated with Christ that, at the risk of starving, they fol- low him out into the wilderness. A nobleman falls down flat before him and says, "My daughter is dead" A beggar tries to rub the dimness from his eyes and says, Lord, that my eyes may be opened. !" A poor, sick, painting woman pressing through the crowd says, "I must touch the hem of his garment. Children, who love their mother better than any one else, strug- gle to get into his arms, and to kiss his cheek, and to run their fingers through his hair, and for all time putting Jesus so in love with the little ones that there is hardly a nursery in Christendom from which he does not take one, say ing: "I must have them. I will fill heaven with these. For every cedar that I plant in heaven will have 50 white lilies In the hour when I was g poor man in Judaa they were not ashamed of me, and now that I have come to throne do not despise them. Hold it not back, oh, weeping mother lay it on my warm heart Of such ii the kingdom of heaven"
 What is this coming down the road A triumphal procession. He is seated not in a chariot, but on an ass, and ye1 the people take off their coats and throw them in the way. Oh, what time Je sus made among the children, among the beggars, among the fishermen among the philosophers! You may boas of self control, but if you had seen hin yOu would have. mt yOur arms arOunC