Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-07-05
Dr.TALMAGE SERMON
THE GREAT DIvINE'S ELOQUENT
0ESSAGR.
subjecs: CErist Oar Refuge "A Message
Of Comfort. Commencing the Behay-
t"r of the disciples TO Ihcze Who Are
Hardened With. S.rTow.

80 g an III IL !'-[o HtlAS
and told Jesus
An outraesos assassination had Just
taken place. Ia apfca@c i rcten.eiul
~oman King Herod rrGcief the death OF
that noble seit-sac~t...pg prophet. John
the Baptist. The eroa, 81 the disciples
were thrown into grlcI and di-maE. They
felt thcEnseIres utterly .lcieneeie--. There
vas 10 authority 10 which they could APP
peal. and vet gr.eE must always tlnd eX-
pTess!cn. il there be no human ear to
near Y, then the ag0n4Zed soul VIII ,lv II
aloud u the Wlnds and the woods and the
waters. Bat tcIe Wa- an car that was
milling 70 listen. There ; a ,enier Ia
tnos end az the $40 time most admir-
able picture n the words oi nv text.
'lhey went and Il 4 Jesus lie could
understand all jhcIr lI.ct. and He Imme-
diateiv soothrd Il Our burdens are not
more than hall 20 hcayy 10 carry II another
shoulder Is put under the other end OF
them. Here We find CHRIST. HIS brow
Swallowed with gre. standing amid the
group Of dlsciple.. VINO, with tears AMI
violent gestlculatlcas and WringIng OF
hands and outcry OF bercaNcnncnt arc cX-
pressing Their woe. Raphael. win his
sklliiul brush, putting upon the Wail OF a
palace some scene Of sacred story, gave
not 50 skililul Il stroke as when the PLAIN
hand OF the evangelist writes, They went
ann told Jesus
The Old Colts and Aandals once carrc
!pNE upon lttliN IRON Inc IGltn f.Il-
rope, and they upset the gardens, and
they broke down the statues and sH"nt
away everything that vas g0oj and tcau-
tful. 80 there IL ever ana anon III he
history oi All the sons and daughters OF
our race an liclf>Ion Of iosgn handed
troubles that come TO .,!under and ran
sack and pa. = the torch all that men
highly prize. here i no cave 50 deeply
cleft INTO the mountains AZ 20 afford US
shelter, and the foot OF tiecte-t cOllrser
cannot bear us beyond the quick pursuit.
The arrows ,hev olt 10 the string ny with
u%nerrlng dart until We, 1all pierced and
stunned.
| feel that | bring TO YOU a most appro-
pirate message ! mean To bind up all
your grIcfs into 4 bundle and set them on
ire with a spark from God altar. HE
prescription that cured the sorrow OF the
disciples will cure all your heartacheS. [
have read that hen Godfrey and his
as they came over the hills. at the first
flash OF the pin,&rlcS OF that beautiful
city, the army that had marched IN ST.
lenCe lifted a shout that made the earth
tremble. Oh. Won soldiers OF Jesus Christ.
marching On toward heaven. would that
to-day, by some glcam from the palace OF
Gods mercy and Coils strength, YOU might
be lifted INTO great rejoicing and that as
the prospect OF It's peace breaks O" Nour
enrapturcd gaze You might raise one glad
hosanna to the Lord
In the first place ! commend the beha-
Nlor Of those disciples to all hardened
souls who are ~uupardoncd. There comes
a time IN almost every man history when
he feels from some source that he has an
erring nature. The thought may not have
such heft as TO lcll him. il may be only
like the flash IN an evening cloud Just after
a very hot Summer day. One man to get
rid OF that Impression will 90 to PRAYER.
another will lstimulatc himself nv ardent