The morning times., 1897-02-01
TALMAGEsP0KE ONCHAR|TY
He Compared the Samaritans of
Old 10 Those Of Today.
EX-QUEEN OF HAWAII THERE
The Divine Said That Good Deeds
Would Do Much Toward Making
the Cold Weather Bearable-True
Christianity Is Furnace to
warm Up the World.

EA-Queen Liliuokalani. of HAWAII, ac-
companied by two of her suite, were among
the congregation that listened to DR.. Tai
cnurch yesterday morning. Dr. Talmage
preached an eloquent discourse on the
necessity OF more practical charity. He
selected as his text, WHO can stand be
fore His cold" Psalms, II and LAT.
The whole land has been afflicted with
depressed temperature In some places
the thermometer is lower than for twenty.
flVe years. In Minneapolis, where /
preached last Sabbath, the temperature
was " degrees below zero. Ships com
ing INTO narbor with the decks, masts,
ana ratllnes crystalized. Flocks of sheep,
herds OF cattle, have perished on the
mountains. One of the severest winters
tEls land has ever experienced, these Sc
Verltles Iinding their echo n the text:
Who can stand before His cold?''
The psalmist lived in milder climate
than this, and yet he must sometimes have
been cut CT the sharp weather
This challenge OF the text has many
times been accepted. october 10, 1872,
Napoeon's great army began its retreat
from Moscow. One hundred and fifty
thousand men, 1000 horses, 800 pieces
of cannon, 10000 stragglers. 1t was
bright weather when they started from
Moscow, but soon something wrathirr
than the Cossacks swooped upon their
fianks. An army of Arctic blast. with
lcicles for bayonets, and hallstones for
Shot, and commanded by voice of tempest,
marched after them.
In the middle of December, 1777, at
Valley Forge, IL 900 troops were with
frosted ears and frosted hands and frosted
feet, without shoes, without blankets, ly
ing on the white pillow OF the snowbank
IS in all the wars people VINO stay at home
know better how to conduct a campaign
than generals at the front; so in the Revo-
!utionary War there was a demand for
winter campaign until Washington lost his
equilibrium ana wrote impatienty: Il as
sure these gentlemen it is easy Ough,
seated hya good firesdeand in comfortable
homes, to 6ira " uu ut campaigns for the Amefi-
can army; bat tell them it is not so easy
TO lie on bleak hillside without blankets
and without Shoes
The highest pillars of the earth are pill
lars OF ice: Mount Blanc, Yungfrau. the
Matterhorn. The largest galleries of the
earth are galleries of ice. Some Of the
mighty rivers are at this moment lying in
captivity OF ice The greatest sculptors Of
the ages are the glaciers.
Now, this being such Cold world, God
sends out influences TO warm IL. / am glad
that the God of the frOst5 is the God of the
heat; that the God of the snow is the God
of the white blossoms; that the God Of
January ] $ the God OF June The question
is how we shall warm this world up. In
this zone and weather there are so many
fireleSs hearths SO many broken window
panes, so many defective roofs that Sft
the snow. Coal and wood and flannels and
thick coats are better for warming up such
a place than tracts and Bibles and creeds
kindle the fire where it has gone out
Wrap something around those shivering
limbs. Shoe those bare feet. Hat that
bare head. Coat that bare back Sleeve
that bare arm.
Hundreds OF garments, hundreds OF tons
of coal, hundreds or glaZiers at broken
window saSheS hundreds OF whole -souled
men ana women are necessary To warm
this January and February weather What
are we doing to alleviate the condition
of those not so fortunate as we? Know
We not, my friends, there are hundreds
and thousands OF people who cannot stand
before His cold? 1t is useless in mission
airy stations to preach TO bare feet and
TO empty stomachs and to gaunt visages
But, my friends, there is more than one
way OF warming up this cold world and
/ am here this morning to consult with
you as to the best way of warming up
the world. / want TO have great
heater introduced into all our churches and
all our homes and throughout the world.
1t is powerful heater; it is the glorious
furnace of Christian sympathy.
Famine in Zarephath. Everything is
dried up. There is widow with a son
and no food except a handful of meal.
She is gathering sticks TO kindle a fire
to cook the handful of meal. Then she
is going to wrap her arms around her boy
and die. Here comes Elijah, who asks
that woman for food. She SAYS to
Elijah: Come in and sit down at this
solemn table and take a third of the last
morsel' How many women like that
would it take to warm the cold W. orld up?
1t was His strong sympathy that brought
Christ from a warm heaven to cold
world. The land where he dwelt had
serene sky, balsamic atmosphere, tropical
luxuriance. No storm blasts in heaven.
No chill fountains. On cold December
night Christ stepped out of that warm
heaven into the worlds frigidity
Christ gave an ntimation of what He
was going to do when he broke up the
funeral at the gate of Main and turned it
into Il reunion festival, and when with
warm lips he melted the Galilean hurricane
and stood OH the deck and slammed His
foot. crying "Silencer' and the waves
crouchcd and the tempests folded their
wings. On, it was this Christ who warmed
the chilled disciples when they had no
food by giving them plenty toeat.
Oh! am so glad that the Sun of Right
eousness has dawned on the polar night
of the nations: Andif Christ is the great
warmer, then the church is the great
hothouse, with its plants and trees and
| fruits of righteousness. Do you know, my
| friends. that the Church is the only lnsti-
| tuition that proposes warmth? Have your
worn faces trtnSfigured in the light Put
| your cold feet. weary of the Journey, close
| up to the blessed oonflagration. Chilled
! come close up until you can get warm
| clear through. Exchange experiences and
! tell all the Gospel news.
| My friends that is the way the cold
| world is going to be warmed up by the
| great Gospel fireplace. Come in out of
| the cold!
A TOWN LEFT IN DARKN ESS.
Plant Of the Scranton Light Com