The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-21
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
A Discourse on the Personal Mag
netism Of Christ
Tho Wonders OF Ills Character-rho OPP
po..tes and See ming Antagonism of
HIS Nature, His Sorrows
and Hir Victories

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His name shall be called wonderfuL-Isaiah
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The prophet lived in a dark time.
For some 5000 years the world has
been getting worse. Kingdoms had
arisen and persisted. As the captain OF
a vessel in distress sees relief coming
across the water, SO the prophet, amid
the stormy time in which he lived,
put the telescope OF prophecy to his
eve and saw, $50 years 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 picture OF
Christ. Sometimes it represents Him
with face effeminate; sometimes with
face despotic. / have seen Vests
grand sketch of the rejection of Christ;
/ have seen the face of Christ as cut on
an emerald, said to be by the command
of Tiberius Caesar; and yet / am con-
yinced 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. take up this book OF Divine
photographs and l look at Luke's
sketch, at Marks sketch, at Johns
sketch and at Paul's sketch, and say,
with Isaiah: Wonderfully
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 admiration for Him who
rescued our souls. Himself falling
back into the waters from which lie
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 the soldiers were lying down
exhausted, they rose with great enthu-
siasm and hnzzaed. AS Napoleon re-
turned from his captivity his first step
on the wharf shook all the kingdoms,
and 80, 900 men joined his standard.
1t 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-
reth to produce thrill such as has
never been excited by any other.
Napoleon had around him the mem
cries Of Austerlitz and Jena and Bada.
Jos; but here was a man who hac
fought no battles; who wore no epau
lettes; who brandished no sword. Ill
is no titled man of the schools, for ii,
never went to school. He had proba
bly, never seen a prince, or shaker
hands with a nobleman. The only ex
traordinary person we know of as be
ing in Ills company was His owl
mother, and shc was so poor that il
the most delicate and solemn hour tina
ever comes to a woman's soul she wa:
obliged to lie down amid camel driver
grooming the beasts of burden.
l imagine Christ one day standing il
the streets of Jerusalem. A man de
seconded from high lineage is standing
beside him, and says: my father wa
merchant prince; he had castle OIL
the beach at Galilee. Who was you
father" Christ answered, Joseph
the carpenter" A man from Athens |
standing there unrolling his parchment
of graduation, and says to Christ
"Where did you go to SCHOOL," Chris
answers, Il never graduated" Aha
the idea of such an unheralded youn
man attempting to command the after
ton OF the world. AS well some littl
fishing village on Long Island Choir
attempt to arraign New York. Ye
no sooner does he set foot in tn
towns or cities of Judea tina
everything is in commotion. The PEI
pie go out on a picnic, taking only foe
enough for the day. yet are so fisc
mated with Christ that, at the risk
starving, they follow Him out into IL
wilderness A nobleman falls dow
fat before Him, and says; my daug
ter is dead" A beggar tries to rub Il
dimuess from his eyes aud says: "Lor
that my eyes may be opened" A poe
sick, painting woman pressing throul
the crowd, says. If must touch u
hem of His garment" Chill
rem, who love their moth
batter than any one els
struggle to get into His arms. and
kiss His cheek, and to run their fingt
through His hair, and for all time p
ting Jesus so in love with the lit
ones that there is hardly nursery
Christendom from which He does 1
take one, saying: ~ must have the
will fill Heaven with these; for eve
cedar that plant in Heaven "
have so white lilies. In the hour VIII
was a poor man in Judea they w
not ashamed Of Me, and now thai
have come to throne l do not desp
them. Hold 1t not back, oh weepi
mother; lay it on My warm heart.
such Is the kingdom OF Heaven"
What is this coming down the rot
A triumphal procession. He Is seat
rot in chariot, but on an ass; and
the people take of their coats g
throw them in the way. oh, what
time Jesus made among the childr
among the beggars, among the fish
men, among the philosophers! J
may boast of self-control, but II ,
had seen: Him you would have put y
arms around His neck and said: "Tl
art altogether lovely"
Jesus was wonderful In the opposi
and seeming an taponism of His nitu