The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-10-17
DR.; TALMAGES SERMON.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE Blythe NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject Spread the Gospel-Erorts os
the Churches Should Ee Directed
Toward Saving Sinners-They Should
Get In Sympathy With Strangers.
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WAsH1NGToN: d. C.cln this discourse
pr. Talmagc points to fields OF usefulness
and shows the need of more activity. The
text is: Romans XIV, 20, "Lest should
build upon another mans foundation.
In laying out the plan of his missionary
tour Paul sought out towns, ana cues
which had not yet been preached TO. lie
goes to Corinth, a city famous Tor spien'
dor and vice, and Jerusalem, where the
priesthood and the sanhedrin, were ready
to lean with both feet upon the Christian
religion. He feels he has especial work
to do, and he means to do it. What was
the result? The grandest life of usefulness
that man everived. We modern Chris
We build on other peoples foundations.
If we erect church. we prefer TO haye it
filed with families all of whom have Seen
pious. Do we gather q Sabbath school class,
we want good boys and gifls, hair combed,
faces washed, manners attractive. So
church in this day lis apt to be built out
,f other churches. Some ministers spend
all. their tiile IN fishing in other peoples
ponds. and they throw the line into that
.hurch pond and jerk out Methodist.
and thfo~ the. line into another church
pond and bring out a Presbyterian. or
there q religious row in Bfre neighbor1
inc church and whole HhQoi OF fsh
swimHoH IRON that pond, ssapA we takA
thenf MI IN With one. sweep92 the net.'
Whit Ss gained Absolutely nnthlng tor
The Ez,ae OF Ghrlst W9as strslgIneus g, y
army myiSnewsrecruits While; court ss1
6h6se comm s1m other hocks We sho9ig.
build our churches not ont OF, otneI'
churches, but sout of the world lest We
build on anotbAf Maps sfoQuda ton. Is 9,
: The fact is $hte lEA big = M 4sA. 4lsss4
: in our schoolboy days we iea<tded the 49,
meter and circumference OF this p.a!ss ss(;I q ~
did notelearn half. 1t is the 7latltue f2S
longitude and diameter and circuintS ~
of want and woe and SIN that no 49,
can calcul:te. This one spiritual
nent Of wretchedness reaches aero
. zones and If were called to giyesiSS gf1-s
graphical boundary l would saysissN Nas
bounded on thasnorth and south aud east.
and west BY the great heart of Gods syn.
pathy and Loves. Oh, it is great world!
Since o'clock this morning 6O,S00 persons
have been born, and all these multiplied
populat:ons are to be reached by the gos-
pel. In England or in our Eastern Ameri-
can cities we are being much crowded.
and an acre of ground is of great value,
but in Western America 500 acres is a
small farm, and 10000 acres is no unusua!
possession There is vast field here and
everywhere unoccupied, plenty of room
more. not building on another mans foun-
dation.
W. reed 40 cburcbes to stop bomhard-
a. III ;ron.cloJ sinners that have
ins 'ns v:u a;nat +I;rtv raars of Chris.
Deen piooi asai ain sa -, ohnrcb which
iaa1, Ia1 aSIas ths sn;r;t 81 evanoelsm SPENDING
nm la.AS one eu cbsnde,;er enoueh to light 500
onu,s ~ clorv and in one carved pillar
sUo euoMah 20 bova made thousand men
anGsn an;IIssrs ~ tho house of our God forever"
pd pdiiadds de;nr ~ 'ie Ie.s ao cod than manv Iog
se.ai. ss. =. u,odan soclete and minister
osSoN .ho has m " ,Uer coon COLLEGE and does
not lnnv The difference between Greek
anS Cboctawi we need as churches to
oct into svmnatby with the great outside
World and let them know that none are
40 broken.hearted or hardly bestead that
ibev will not be welcomed "No," says
sorne fsst;d;ons Christian: "I don't like to
he crowded in church. Don't put any one
in nv new
NV brother, what will YOU do in heaven?
When a great multitude that no man can
number assemblies thew will pnt fifty in
assanhled in tbe Christian churches COM
nsred N.ith the miohtier millions outside
pf tham5 MANY of the churches are Ike
a hospital that should advertise that it's
patients must have nothing more than
toothache or "run rounds" but no broken
heads, no crushed ankles. no fractured
thighs. Give us for treatment moderate
sinners, velvet-coated sinners and sinners
with a gloss on. 1t is as though man
had a farm of 5000 acres and put all his
work on one acre. He may raise ever so
large ears of corn, ever so big heads of
wheat = he would remain poor. The
church of God has bestowed its chlet care
on one acre, and has raised splendid men
women in that small inc:osure, but the
field is the world. That means North
Africa and all the islands of the sea. II
is as though. after great battle, there
were left $4,000 wounded and dying on the
field and three surgeons gave all their
time to three patients under their charge.
The major general comes in and says to
the doctors, "Come out here and look at
The nearly so 900 dying for lack of surSi-
cal attendance" No" say the three doc
tors. standing there tanning their patients.
ave have three important cases here, and
we are attending to them. and when we
are not positively busy with their wounds
it takes all our time to keep the flies cf."
h. In this awful battle OF sin and sorrow,
+, where millions have fallen on millions, do
!. not let us spend all our time in taking
( care OF a few people. and when the COM
y fnand comes. 'Go into the world" say
. practically: "No, I cannot. / have here
few choice cases. and / am busy keeping
off the Aies." There are multitudes to-
dav who have never had any Christian
worker look them in the eve and with
earnestness in the accentuation say,