St. Tammany farmer., 1901-05-04
SAVING OF NATIONS.
Dr.. Talmage Tells Of the Sacrifices
Of Our Savior. I

Dr.. Talmage Tells Of the Sacrifices
/ Of Our Savior.
He Speaks 81 GetAseAano - Il Az
Texts Eye Are Bought
/ win Price"
rcspnisht. lspl. BY Louis Kiopsch. n. IL
| Washington.
In this discourse l)r. Talmage shows
the Messisnic sacrifices for the saw
/ ing of all nations. and speaks of
Gethsemanes as it, Appeared to him;
text. /. Corinthians $50: "Ye are
bought with q price,"
i Your friend takes you through his
valuable house. You examine the
arches, the frescoes, the grass plots,
the fish ponds, the Conservatives,
the parks of deer, and you say with
in yourself or you say aloud: "What
did all this cost?" You see a costly
diamond flashing In an earring, or
you hear costly dress rustling
across the drawing-room, or you see
as high mettled span of horses har-
messed with silver and gold, and you
begin to make an estimate of the
value.
| The man who owns a large estate
cannot instantly tell you all it is
| worth. He says: II will estimate
SO much for the house so much for
the furniture, SO much for laying out
the grounds, 30 much for the stock,
SO much for the barn, so. much for
the equipage. adding up in all max
ing this aggregate"
Well, my friends, I hear so much
about our mansion in Heaven, about
its furniture and the grand surround
ings, that want to know how much
it is. all worth and what has actually
been paid for it. / cannot complete
in month nor a year the magnifi-
cent calculation, but before get
through to-day hope to give you
the, figures. "Ye are bought with .
price, -
With some friends I went to the
Tower fof Lonfloh to look at the
crown Jewels. We walked around,
caught sone glimpse Of them, and, be-
ing IN the procession. we're compelled
to pass out. wish that could take
this audience into the tower of Gods
mercy and strength, that you might
walk around, just once at least and
see the crown jewels of eternity, be-
mold their brilliance and estimate
their value. aye are bought with .
price,"
Now, if you have q large amount Of
money to pay you do not pay it all
at once, but you pay it by install
ments-so much the 1st of January,
so much the 1st of April. SO much the
1st of July, so much the 1st of Oc-
tober. until the entire amount is paid,
and I have to ten thissaudience that
you have been bought with . price,"
and that the price was paid in differ
ent installments.
The first installment paid for the
clearance of our souls was the igno-
minious birth Of Christ in. Bethle-
hem. Though we may never be care
fully looked after afterward, our ad-
vent into the world Il carefully guard
ed. We came into the world amid
kindly attentions. Privacy and si-
lence are afforded when God launches
an immortal soul into the world.
Even the roughest Of men know
enough to stand back. But have to
tell you that in the village on the
side Of the hill there was very bed
lam of uproar when Jesus was born.
In q village capable of accommodate
ing only . few hundred people many
thousand people were crowded. and
amid hostlers and muleteers and cam
el drivers yelling at stupid beasts Of
burden the Messiah appeared. No 81
lence. No privacy. A better adapted
place hath the eaglet in the eyrie,
hath the whelp in the lions lair. The
exile Of Heaven lieth down upon
straw. The first night out from the
palace of Heaven spent in an out
house. One hour after laying aside
the robes of Heaven dressed in u
wrapper Of coarse linen. One would
have supposed that Christ would have
made . more gradual descent, COM
ing from Heaven first to a halfway
world Of great magnitude. then to
Caesars palace, then to q merchants
palace in Galilee, then to . private
home in Bethany. tken to . fisher
mans hut and last Of all to . stable.
No! It was one leap from the top
to the bottom.
Let us open the door of the caravan
sary in Bethlehem and drive away the
camels. Pass on through the group of
idlers and loungers. What. O Mary. no
light7 "No light" she says. "save that
which comes through the door," What.
Mary, no food? "None," she says,
"only that which was brought in the
sack on the journey" Let the Bethle-
hem woman who has come in here with
kindly attentions put back the cover
ing from the babe that we may look
upon it. Look! Look! Uncover your
head. Let us kneel. Let all voices be
hushed. Son Of Mary! Son Of God!
Child-of day! Monarch of eternity!
In that eye the glance of . God. Om-
impotence sheathed in that Babes
arm. That voice to be changed from
the feeble plant to the tone that shall
wake the dead. Hosanna! Hosanna!
Glory to God that Jesus came from
throne to manger that we might rise
from manger to throne. and that all
the gates are open. and that the door
of Heaven that once swung this way
to let Jesus out now swings the other
way TO let m In. Let all the bellmen
of Heaven lay hold the rope and ring
out the news: Behold, bring you
glad tidings Of great joy. which shall
be to all people, for to-day is born in
The city of David . Saviour, which il
Christ the Lord!"
The second installment paid for our
souls clearance was the scene in Quar-
antania, a mountainous region, fullo
caverns, where are to-day panthers
and wild beasts Of all sorts, SO that
you must now go there armed with
knife or gun or pistol. It was there
that Jesus went to think and to pray,