The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-03-27
A GREAT SACRIFICE.
&Ev. OR. TALMAGE ILLUSTRATES THE
ArONEMEkT.

IL Explains the Theory Of Vioarious
aSu,,stitution -Life For Life-Frequence
OF Suffering For Others.
WASHINGTON, March 2l.-fr rom many
conditions of life DIR. Talmnge, In this ser.
mon, draws graphic illustrations Of ono Of
the SUI limest theories Of religion-naInely,
vicarious sacrifice. His text was Hebrews
IL, 2l, without shedding OF blood Is no
ybmission.'
kJOhn G. Whittier, the last OF the great
school Of American poets that made tho
last quarter of a century brilliant, asked
MO n the White mountains, one morning
otter prayers. In which I had given out
Cowper's famous hymn about the "foun-
tain filed with blood, - "Do you really
believe there is literal application of tho
hIoo.i Of Christ to the souls" My negative
yeply then 10 my negative reply now. The
Bible statement agrees with all physicians,
end AL physiologists, and all scientists, in
ge11ng that the blood IL tho life. and In the
Christian religion 1t means simply that
~ this talk OF men who ~ the Bible story
q blood y Disgusting and that they don't
VlAnt what they call ''slsughter house
Soaialon'' only shows their incapaoity OK
JhWiuingness look through the figure Of
d,aech howard the thing signifed. The
Mood that, on tho darkest Friday the
tosld ever ssw, ossed or triekled or poured
lssm Tie brow, and the side, and tho
'.ands. and tho leet 1t tho Industrious sui.
Nses, back Of Jerusalem, IN . few hours
S0Agulated and dried up and forever disap-
pea1cd. and II man had depended on tho
Appliea&ion Of the literal blood Of Christ
&ers would moi have been . soul @ved for
he AAst 10 centuries.
velsnssry sa0sring.
r In order to understand this red word Of
ny text we only have to exercise az much
Sythlng else. PAng for pang, hunger for
Hunger, fatigue for fatigue, tear for tear,
elood for blood, life for life, we zee every
dry illustrated. Tho act Of substitution 10
20 novelty, although hear men talk %
though tho idea Of Chfist's suffering SUBJ
abnormal. something distrcssingiy odd.
something wildly eccentric, a solitary cpl
todc In the worlds history, when could
take you out into this city, and before sun.
down point you to 900 cases of substitution
end voluntary suffering OF ono In behalf OF
ono&heR.
At O'Clock tomorrow afternoon 60
among the places of business or toll. 1t
VIII be no difficult thing for you to find
men who, by their looks, show you that
thcy arc over worked. They are premature
b old. They arc hastcning rapidly toward
GhClf deceGsc. They have gone through
crises IA business that shattered their nerv-
pus systeln and pulled ON tho brain. They
have sho1tncss Of breath and . pain In
the back OF tho head. and at night an in
oosnnin that alarms Thorn. Why arc they
1DudGing at business Ca:ly and latep For
kunf No; it would be difficult to cxtrnct
any amGso;ncnt out q. that exhaustion.
Because they arc Avr...S!ous? In many
cases no. because th,.r Own personal ox-
s1snl.
lars would meet all their wants. The sim
pie fact IL tho man Is enduring all that
fatigue md evaporation and VICAR nnd
scar 20 keep his home prosperous. There
10 nm invisible line reaching from that
storc, from that bank, from TINT shop,
from. that sc0ffolding, to quiet scene q
few Daocks away, few miles away, and
there Ia tho secret of that business endur-
Ance- Hc Is simply the champion of a
homestead, for which no wins bread and
wardrobe and education and prosperity,
and In such battle 10000 men fall OF ten
business men whom bury, nine die of