The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-31
REV. DR.. TALMACE.
THE EMINENT DlvnNE's SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.

lCopyright 1901
WASHINGTON, d. I'm this discourse
DR.. Talmage shows in an unusual wnv the
antagonisms that Christ overcame and
ilnds balsam for all wounded hearts;
text, John xviii. 4, ~ have finished the
work which Thou gavest Me to do"
There is profound satisfaction in the
completion OF anything we have under.
taken. We lit the capstone with exulta.
tion, while, on the other hand, there IL
nothing more disappointing than, after
having toiled in a certain direction. to flnd
that our time Is wasted and our invest.
ment prohtless. Christ came to throw up
a highway on which the whole world
might, IL II chose, mount into heaven. He
did II. The foul mouthed crew who at.
tempted to tread on Him could not ex.
tInRuish the sublime satisfaction which
He expressed wheE He said: 81 have
hnished the work which Thou gavest Me
do -A'
Alexander the Great was wounded. and
the doctors could not medicate his wounds
and be seemed to be dying, and I'm his
dream the sick man saw plant with
peculiar Hover, and he dreamed that that
plant was put upon his wound and that
Immediately 1t was cured. And Alexander.
waking from his dream, told this to the
physician, anu the physician wandered out
until he found just the kind OF plant which
the sick man had described, brought IL TO
him, and the wound was healed. Well. the
human race had been hurt with the ghast.
liest of all wounds-that of sin, 1t was
the business Of Christ to bring n balm for
that wound-the balm OF divine restora.
tion. In carrying this business to a sue.
cessful issue the difficulties were stipend.
Gus.
In many OF our plans we have our friend,
TO help us; some to draw q sketch OF the
plan, others to help us In the execution.
Rut Christ fOupht pynry funb nf IIIa ,ra,,
against bitter hostility and amid circum.
stances all calculated to depress and de.
feat.
In the first place, His worldly occupbtion
was against Him. find that He earned His
livelihood by the carpenters trade, an oc-
cupation always to be highly regarded and
respected. But you know as well rs do
that In order to succeed In any employ
ment one must give his entire time to 1t,
and / have to declare that the fatigues OF
carpentry were unfavorable to the execu-
tion OF mission which required all men.
tai and physical faculties. Through high,
hard, dry, husky, insensate Judaism to
hew way for new and glorious dispen-
sation was a stupendous undertaking that
was enough to demand all the concen-
trated energies even OF Christ. We have
great many romantic stories about what
men with physical toll have accomplished
in intellectual departments, but you know
tuht utter u has Debn LOlllnR all 0ny
with ADJ and saw and hammer, plane and
ak, about all he can do Is to rest. weary
body is an unfavorable adjunct to tolling
mind. You, whose life in purely mechani-
cni, IL you were called TO the upbuilding of
a kingdom, or the proclamation Of new
code OF morals, or the starting OF q revolu-
tion which should upturn all nations
could get some idea Of the incoherence OF
Christs occupation with His heavenly
mission.
In His fathers shop no more intercourse
WAS necessary than is ordinarily 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 public speaker, to preach In the
face Of mobs, while some wept, and some
shook their fists, and some gnashed upon
Him with their teeth, and many wanted
Him out OF the way. Tc address orderly
and respectful assemblages is not SO easy
as 1t may seem, but IL requires more
energy and more force and more concen.
The villagers OF Nazareth heard the pound
ing OF His hammer, but all the wide
reaches of eternity were to hear the stroke
Of His spiritual up-building.
30 also His habits Of dress and diet were
against Him. The mighty mon of Christ's
time did not appear in apparel without
trinkets and adornments. None OF the
apparel. Yet here was a man, here was n
professed king, who always wore the same
coat. Indeed IL was far from shabby, for
after He had worn 1t long while the
gamblers thought 1t worth ralIllng about,
but still 1t was far from being an imperial
robe. 1t was coat that any ordinary
man might have worn on an ordinary oc-
easion.
Neither was there any pretension in His
diet. No cupbearer with golden chalice
brought Him wine to drink. On the sea-
shore He ate fish, first having brolled 1t
Himself. No one fetched Him water to
drink; but, bending over the we'll in
samaria, He begged drink. He sat at
only one banquet, and that not at all
sumptuous, for to relieve the awkward
ness OF the host one OF the guests had to
prepare wine for the company.
Other kings ride in n chariot; He walked.
Other kings, as they advance, have heralds
ahead and applauding subjects behind I;
Chrlsts retinue was made up OF sun
burned fishermen. Other kings sleep
under embroidered canopy; this one ON
shelterless hill, riding but once, as far as
now remember, on colt, and that bor-
rowed.
His poverty was against Him. 1t re-
quires money to build great enterprises.
Men of means are afraid OF a penniless
protector lest loan be demanded. 1t re-
quires money to print books, to build in
stitutions, to pay Instructors, No wonder
the wise men of Christ's time laughed at
this penniless Christ. "Why," they said,
"who Is to pay for this new religlonp Who
is to charter the ships to carry the mis-
sionaries? Who is to pay the salaries OF
the teachers? Shall wealthy, established
religion be discounted by a penniless
CHRISTI
The consequence was that most OF the
people that followed Christ had nothing to
lose. Affuent Joseph OF Arimathea buried
Christ, but he risked no social position In
doing that. II is always safe to bury a
dead man.
Zaccheus risked no wealth or social posi-
tion In following Christ, but took position
In tree to look down Rs He passed.
Nicodemus, wealthy Ntcodemus, risked
nothing OF social position In following
Christ, for he skulked by night to fnd Him.
All this was against Christ. So tho fact
that He was not regularly graduated was
against Him. II a man come with diplo.
seminaries and he has been through for
eIgn travel, the world is disposed to listen.
Bnt here was a man who had graduated at
no college, had not In any academy by or
dinary means learned the alphabet of the
language He spoke, and yet He proposed TO
| talk, to instruct in subjects which had con-
| founded the mightlest intellects. John
said, "The Jews marveied, saying, How
| hath this man letters, having never
learnedr We, In our day, have found out
| that man without diploma may know
as much as a man with one and that coll
| lege cannot transform sluggard into a
| philosopher or theological seminary teach
| fool to preach. An empty head, after the