Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-08-25


80 ROM Berlin, where he preached
10 in the American church to great
q congregation comprising many of
his countrymen who are travelling through
! Europe, DR.. Talmage sends this dis
course, in which, by original methods, he
calculates spiritual values and urges
higher appreciation of things religious.
The text is Mark viii. SO. What shall
| 1t profit man if he shall gain the whole
world and lose his own Soul?"
| Men Of all occupations are TO be found
| in the assemblies of the house of God,
| but in these days of extensive business
|. operations a large proportion are engag
! ed from Monday morning TO Saturday
| night in bargain making. In many Of the
| families across the breakfast table and
| the tea table are discussed questions Of
| loss and gain. You are every day asking
| yourself: what is the value of this ?
! What is the value of that You would
| not think of giving something of greater
| value for that which is of lesser value.
! You would not think of selling that which
! cost you $40 for So. If you had prop
| erty that was worth $4,000, you would
! not sell it for $4,000 You are intelligent
| in all matters of bargain making. Are
! you as wise in the things that pertain To
| the matters of the soul? Christ adapted
| his instructions to the circumstances of
those to whom he spoke. When he talk
! ed to fishermen he spoke of the gospel
| net When he talked to the farmers, he
! said, "a sower went forth to SOW" When
! he talked to the shepherds, he told the
| parable of the lost sheep. And am | not
/ r,,,b4 = l..
! up of bargain makers, that L address
| them in the words of my text, asking,
What shall it profit man if he shall
/ gain the whole world and lose his own
! soult"
| | propose, as far as possible, to osti-
mate and compare the value of the two
propertics.
! First, l have to say that the world is
n very grand property. Its flowers are
| Gods thought in bloom; its rocks are
| Gods thoughts in stone: its dewdrops are
/ Gods thoughts in pearl. This world is
| Gods child-a hayward child, indeed,
| 1t has wandered off through the heavens.
| But about 1900 years ago, Jne Christ
mas night, God sent out sister world to
| call that wanderer back, and 1t hang over
! Bethlehem only long enough TO get the
| promise of the wanderers return, and
now that lost world, with soft feet of
! light, comes treading back through the
! heavens. The hills-how beautiful they
! billow up the edge of the wave white
/ with the foam of crocuses, How beauti.
/ full the rainbow. the arched bridge Oh
i which heaven and earth come and talk tc
each other in tears after the storm is
/ over! How nimble the feet of the lamp
! lighters that in a few minutes set all the
! dome Of the night ablaze with brackets
] of fire! How bright the oar of the SAT
| from cloud that rows across the deep sea
| of heaven. How beautiful the spring,
with bridal blossom N her hair, won
| der who it is that heats time on a June
| morning for the bird orchestra? How
! gently the harebell tolls its fragrance on
! the air! There may be grander worlds,
! swarthier worlds, larger worlds. than
this, but | think that this is a most ex-
| quste world. mignonette on the bosom
of immensely. "Oh," you say, take my
soul! Give me that world. / am willing
to take it in exchange. | am ready now
for the bargain. 1t is so beautiful a
world, so sweet a world, so grand u
world"
The Value of the World.
But let us look more infinitely into the
value of this world. You will not buy
property unless you can get good title
to it. After you have looked at the
property and found ont that il suits you,
you send an attorney to the public office,
and he examines the book Of Cceds and
the book of mortgages and the book OF
judgments and the book Of liens, and he
decides whether the title is good before
you will have anything TO do with it,
There might be a splendid property, and
in every way exactly suited to your want
but If yOu cannot get a good title you will
not take it, Now. | am here to say that
if is impossible to get good title to this
world. If settle down upon il, In the
very year | Sc settle down upon it as
permanent possession, | may be driven
away from it. Aye, in FIVE minutes after
give up my soul for the world, ! may
have to part with the world. and what
kind Of title do you call thatI There
is only one way in which I can hold an
earthly possession, and that is through
the senses. All beautiful sights through
the eye, but the eye may be blotted out /;
all captivating sounds through the ear,
Dut my ear may De 0eateHed, ali luscious
ness OF fruits and viands through my
taste. but my taste may be destroyed; all
appreciation Of culture and Of art through
my mind, but / may lose my mind. What
srail hold, then, have upon any earth
~ possession.
In courts Of law, If you want to get
man of a property, you must serve upon
him writ Of ejectment, giving him
certain time to vacate the premises, but
when death comes TO US and serves
writ Of ejectment, be does not give us
one second OF forewarning. lie says.
on OF this place. You have no right
any longer TO the possession" We might
cry out, 81 gave you a hundred thousand
dollars for that property the pea would
be OF no avail. We might say, we have
q warran;ee deed for that property the
plea would be OF no avail. We might
say, I'VE have Il lien on that store
house" that would do US no good. Death
is blind, and he cannot see a seal and
cannot read an indenturc So that, first
and last. I want To tell yol that when