The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-09
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
SPEAKS OF THE coNsoLA-
TIoNs or RELIGION.
some ComfortIne Thoughts for Those
Whose lives Have Many Anxietles-
The Insumelency Of Worldly Success
Trust Thoroughly 10 God,

dAud6t lOl LuO1c WNyet nhE1 nave
many anxieties: text, Isaiah iii. TO-
Say ye to the righteous that it shall
be well with him"
Here is a promise for people who
are all right. but who will come and
get It? How many. or rather. how few,
people do you know who are all right?
II it were asked Of any assembly that
those who were sinless should rise up,
none would rise except imbeciles and
religious cranks. An accident happen
ed near sixty centuries ago that start
ed the human race in the wrong way,
and we have not got over f. We know
a great many splendid men and splen-
did women, but they will tell you that
they have not always done the right
thing or thought the right thought. II
It were any OF your business. they
could give you an inventory Of frailties
and mistakes and infelicities that
would be astonishing. Here, then, you
say, is a Bible promise that goes a-beg-
ging. Say ye to the righteous that it
shall be well with him."
Moral Bankruptcy.
BY sin we have all been morally
bankrupted Christ the Lord from his
infinite riches pays our debts and en-
paradises as in his mercy From his
richest wardrobe he puts on us the
clean robe OF his righteousness and
gives us a place in the heavens when
we are ready to 90 up and take H.
Now, as to our spiritual estate we are
all right We were morally diseased,
but Christ. the Physician. by a bath
in the fountain of his grace. cures us
Now, as to cur spiritual health we are
all right That Is the way We come
10 the righteousness spoken Of in the
text II is a contributed righteousness,
a made over righteousness, an imputed
Righteousness. The moment yOu get
into right relations with Christ the
Lord that moment you can appreciate
the magnificent comfort Of the text.
and defy you in all this great book
from the first verse Of the first chap
ter Of Genesis 10 the last verse Of the
last chapter OF Revelation, to find me
passage with higher and deeper and
broader and longer comfort than that
OF the text, which Is as deep as the At
lantic ocean half way between the con-
tinents and high as the sun when the
clock Is striking 12 at noon. But
shall be swamped with the oceanic
tides OF this subject unless the Lord
help me to keep a foothold. Say ye to
Tie righteous that II shall be wei with
him."
Riches and Good works.
How many men do you know worth
$3.50 900 who are deyout and e0nsecrat-
ed and humble and generous and en-
ploying their means for the worlds re-
demption? You could count them up
on the fingers OF your two hands even
II BY accident or war you had lost one
OF two OF the fingers AS 10 the realm
OF personal attractveness. how many
women radiant OF countenanee and
graceful Of form do you know who are
unaffected and natural Of manner and
deeply pio y before God. using their
beauty for the betterment OF the world
sac not for selfish purposes? I only
iAke the risk Of asking the question
and leave to you the risk Of answering
s. These things ! say to show you
that IN order to have the promise OF
the text fulflled in your case It Is not
you have phenomenal world
" success.
Misery Of Loving Too Much.
Financial loss. which just now said
Is sure TO come. never breaks up a man
who has strong faith in God. In most
cases II Is a loss Of surplus or it Is the /
Punishment Of luxurles. Most Of the I
wants OF the prosperous classes are
artificial wants The late Mr.. Armour
Of the $50. 900. 900 estate pointed to one
Of his clerks on ordinary salary and 4
said. THAT man has better appetite I
than !. sleeps better nights and enjoys \
life more than do" on. the gigantic
Of those who have too muchl
A man In Solomon's time expressed as
and reasonable a wish as
my man OF those times or OF our times.
His name was Agur, and be offered a
lrayer that he might never have a
or a deficit. crying out.
Give me neither poverty nor riches"
)n the one side he had seen the awful
truggie OF the poor to get food and
lothes and shelter and to educate
heir children. and on the other side
le had seen the equity foot. and the in
digestion. and the insomnia. and the
nxiety about large Investments. and
be threatening paresis often character
site Of those who are loaded up and
own with too many successes. Those
eople who are generally called the
lasses-that Is. the most Of folks
ave the things absolutely necessary /
OF their well being They have no
lurillos on their wall, nor a "Belshaz-
ar's Feast" IN their dining room. nor
pair Of 5000 sorrels at their door
ray. But they have something which
hose superabundantly supplied seldom
ave. They have better health because.
eing compelled to walk. they get the
ecessary exercise. and. their diet be-