The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-09
TALMAGE HOT AT A TRADUCER.
THE PREACHER NOT TO LEAVE
HIS PRESENT PULPIT.

ed to Meet Its Obligations 10 MN
Untrue-He VIII BE in His Pulpit
Again on the Second sabbath in
scpten,her-A Discourse on His
Name shall he Called Wonderful"
Washington, Aug. S.-Dr. Talmage refer
ring to recent reports as TO the severance
of his present pastoral relation, has au'
thorized the following statement:
Il have denounced the infamous false
hood concerning my dissatisfaction with
my Washington church, and the state
ment that had determined not to return
there. Relations between that congrega-
ZION 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 com
ing than we could accommodate. l will
be in my regular pulpit second sabbath in
September"
In the discourse below, by Dr. Talmage,
Christ is looked at from an unsual stand
point His text is: Isaiah 9: 6, "His name
shall be called wonderful
The prophet lived in dark time. For
some three thousand years the world had
and perished As the captain of a 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, seven
hundred and fifty years ahead, one Jesus
advancing to the rescue. ] want to show
that when Isaiah called Christ the Won
derful, he spoke wisely.
In most houses there Is a picture of
Christ. Sometimes it represents him with
face effeminate; sometimes with a face
despotic. / have seen Vests grand sketch
of the rejection of Christ; 1 have seen the
face of Christ as cut on an emerald, said
to be by command of Tberius Caesar;
and vet I am convinced that l shall never
know how Jesus looked until, on that
sweet Sabbath morning, l shall wash the
last sleep from my eyes in the cool river Of
heaven I take up this book of divine
photographs, and I look at Lukes sketch,
at Mark sketch, at Johns sketch, and at
Paurs sketch, and 1 say with Isaiah,
wonderful"
/ 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 persisted, but have you no adj
miration for him who rescued our souls,
himself falling back into the waters from
which he had saved us?
Christ was wonderful in the magnetism
Of his person.
After the battle of Antietan, when a
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 two hundred and fifty
thousand men joined his standard. 1t
took three thousand troops to watch him
in his exile. SO there have been men of
wonderful magnetism of person. But
hear me while / tell you of a poor young
man who came up from Nazareth TO pro-
duce a 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 a man who had
fought no battles; who wore no epaulettes;
who brandished no sword. He is no tit
led man of the schools, for he never went
TO school. He had probably never seen
a prince or shaken hands with a noble
man. The only extraordinary person we
known of as being in his company was his
own mother, and she was so poor that in
the most delicate and solemn hour that
ever comes TO "a womans soul she was
Obliged TO lie down amid camel drivers
grooming the beasts Of burden.
l imagine Christ one day standing in the
streets Of Jerusalem A man descended
from high lineage is standing beside him,
and says My father was a merchant
prince he had a castle on the beach at
Galilee. Who was your father2" Christ
answers, Joseph, the carpenter" A man
from Athens is standing there unrolling
his parchment of graduation, and says 10
Christ Where did you 20 to SCHOOL,"
Christ answers, Il never graduated"
Aha! the idea OF such an unheralded
young man attempting TO command the
attention of the world! As well some lit
tie fishing village on Long Island shore
attempt to arraign New York. Yet no
sooner does he set his foot in the towns
or cities Of Judea than everything is IN
commotion. The people go out on pic
mic, taking only food enough for the day,
yet are SO fascinated with Christ that.
at the risk OF starving, they follow him
out into the wilderness. A nobleman falls
down fiat 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
the hem OF his garment" Children who
love their mother better than any one
else, struggle to get into his arms, and
10 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 saying,
81 must have them; ] viii hl heaven
with these; for every cedar that / plant in
heaven / viii have fifty white lilies In
the hour when ! was "a poor man In Ju-
dea they We're not ashamed OF me. and
now that / have come 20 "a throne ! do
not despise them. Hold Il not back. oh
weeping mother; lay IL on my warm
heart OF such is the kingdom OF
heaven"
What is this coming down the road? A
trlumphal procession. lie IS seated not
iu a chariot. but on AN ass. ana yet the
people take of their coats and throw them
in the way. oh. what q time Jesus made
among the children. among the beggars.
among the fishermen. among the philo-
eophorsi You may boast OF self-c0utrol.
but n YOU had seen him you would have
put your arms around his neck ana said,
'Thou art altogether lovely"
Jesus was wonderful in the oppositos
and seeming antagonisms of his nature.