The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-02
FRUITS OF VICTORY.
Dr.. Talmage Discourses on the Re-
wards of Faithful Endeavor.
Lesson Of Christ In Overcoming OBJ
stacles which Beset His Followers
-satisfaction in Completion
Of Good Work.
Copyright, 1900. by Louis Kiopsch.J
Washington

copyright, 1900. by Louis Klopsch.J
Washington.
In this discourse DR.. Talmage show
in an unusual way the antagonism,
sam for all wounded hearts; text
John II: 4: II have finished tn,
work which Thou gavest Me to do"
There is a profound satisfaction il
the completion of anything we hav,
undertaken. We lift the capstont
with exultation, while, on the Other
hand, there is nothing more disap
pointing than after having toiled in Q
certain direction to find that our time
is wasted and our investment profit.
less. Christ came to throw up a high.
way on which the whole world might
If it chose, mount into Heaven. He
did it. The foul-mouthed crew who at.
tempted to tread on Him could not
extinguish the sublime satisfaction
which He expressed when He said: 81
have finished the work which Thou
gavest Me to do"
Alexander the Great was wounded,
and the doctors could not medicate
his wounds, and he seemed to be dy-
ing, and in his dream the sick man
saw a plant with a peculiar flower,
and he dreamed hat tine plant was
put upon his wound and that imme-
diately 1t was cured. And Alexander,
waking from his dream, told this TO
the physician, and the physician wan
dered out until he found just the kind
of plant which the sick man had de-
scribed, brought it to him, and the
wound was healed. Well, the human
race has been hurt with the ghast-
lest of all wounds-that of sin. 1t
was the business of Christ to bring a
balm for that wound-the balm of Di-
vine restoration. In carrying this
business to a successful issue the diff
ticulties were stupendous.
In many of our plans we have our
friends to help us; some to draw a
sketch of the plan, others to help us
in the execution. But Christ fought
every inch of His way against bitter
hostility and amid circumstances all
calculated to depress and defeat.
In the first place, His worldly &C.
cupation was against Him. l find that
He earned His livelihood by the car
penter's trade-an occupation always
20 be highly regarded and respected.
But you know as well as l do that in
order to succeed in any employment
one must give his entire time to it.,
and 1 have to declare that the ia
tigues of carpentry were u~nfavorable
to the execution of a mission which
required all mental and physical fac
ulties. Through high, hard, dry,
husky, insensate Judaism to hew a
way for a new and glorious dispense
ton was a stupendous undertaking
that was enough to demand all the
concentrated energies even of Christ.
We have a great many romantic stor-
les about what men with physical toll
have accomplished in intellectual de-
partments, but you know that after a
man has been toiling all day with
ADJ and saw and hammer, plane and
ak, about all he can do is to rest.
A weary body is an unfavorable adj
junct to a toiling mind. You, whose
life is purely mechanical, if you were
called to the upbuilding of a king
dom, Or the proclamation of a new
code of morals, or the starting of a
revolution which should upturn all ma
tions, could get some idea of the in
conference of Christ's occupation with
His heavenly mission.
In His fathers shop no more inter-
course was necessary than is ordi-
narily necessary in bargaining with
men that have work to do; yet
Christ, with hands hard from use of
tools of trade, was called forth to be-
come a public speaker, to preach in
the face of mobs, while some wept
and some shook their fists and some
CRASHED upon Him with their teeth,
and many wanted Him out of the way.
To address orderly and respectful as
semblages is not so easy as it may
seem, but it requires more energy
and more force and more concentra-
ton to address an exasperated mob.
The village of Nazareth heard the
pounding of His hammer, but all the
wide reaches of eternity were to hear
the stroke of His spiritual upbuilding.
So also His habit of dress and diet
were against Him. The mighty men
of Christ's time did not appear in APP
parel without trinkets and adorn-
ments. None of the Caesars would
have appeared in citizens apparel.
YET here was a man, here was a pro-
fessed king, who always wore the
same coat. Indeed, it was far from
shabby, for after He had worn it a
long while the gamblers thought it
worth rafting about, but still it was
far from being an imperial robe. 1t
was a coat hat any ordinary man
might have worn on an ordinary oc-
casion.
Neither was there any p~retense in
His diet. No cupbearer with golden
chalice brought Him wine to drink.
On the seashore He ate fish, first hav-
ing broiled it Himself. No ono