The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-03-30
RELIGIOUS REVEALS
Dr.. Talmsge, in Timely Diseeursa.
Declares His Belief In Them.
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This discourse Of DR.. Talmsgs IL
most pertinent at this time when a
Widespread effort for religious awak-
eninF is being made; text, Luke, verse
G.: They inclosed a great multitude
of fishes aud their net brake"
Simon and his comrades had expert
enced the night before what fishermen
call poor luck" Christ steps on board
the fishing smack and tells the sailors
to pull away from the beach and d.
reefs them again to sink the net Sure
enough. very sOon the net 10 full OF
fishes, and the sailors begin TO haul In.
So large q school Of hahes wa taken
that the hardy men began to look red
In the face a. they pull. and hardly
have they begun to rejotee ~ their s1e-
sess whea snap gees = thrssl OF the
net. and snap goes another thread, SO
thers is danger o only Of losing the
hsh, bat Of losing the net.
Without much care 40 TO how much
the boat tits or how much water Is
splaahed ON deck the hshermen rush
about, gathering up the broken meshes
Of the net. Out yonder there Is q ship
dancing on the wave, and they hail IL;
ship ahoyl Bear down this wsyi"
The ship comes, and both boats. both
fishing smAeks, are filed with the
Abundering treasures.
"Ah," says some one, show much
better il would have been II they had
staid on shore and hshed with q hook
and line and taken ooe al . time In
stead Of having this great excitement
and the boat almost upset and the net
broken and having 70 cab for help sne
getting sOPpinF wei with the seat"
The church 10 the Boat, the 0espsi
h the net, society 10 the sea, and q
great revival IL . whole school brought
In at one sweep Of the net. have i'd
miration for that mAn who goes out
with q hook and line 20 hah. ! admire
the way he unwinds the reel and ad-
justs the bait and drops the hook In a
quiet place on Il still afternoon and
hare catches n and there one. but i
like also u big boat and . large crew
and a net = mile long and swift oars
and stout sails and . stih breeze and .
great multitude OF souls brought-se
great 8 multitude that you have 70,
to get help TO drawi II ashore. straining
the net to the utmost until IL breaks
here and there, letting . few escape.
but bringing the great multitude into
etsrnal safety.
In other words. l believe In r~svivais-
The great work Of saving man began
with 5000 people joining the church In
one day, and ,t win close with 20 or q
hundred million people saved In ~
hours when nations shall be bora in 9
day. But there are objections 10 re-
vivals. People are opposed to them
because the net might get broken. and
II BY the pressure Of souls 1t does not
get broken, then they take their WI
penknivss and siit the net. They In
elossd a great mulituds Of hHhss. snd
the net brake"
II IL Somstimes opposed TO rsyiuls
u religion that those who come into
the church at such times do not hold
cut. As long a. there 10 q gale of biess-
Ing they have their sails up. But as
soon as strong winds stop blowing
thsn they drop into q dead calm But
what are the facts In the ease1 In all
u churches the vast majority Of the
ussru psop1s IRE nose uao are
brought In under great Awskenines.
and thsy hold out Who r the prom.
ineut men in the United States In
churches, in prayer meetings., In Sab
bath schoolsp For the most part they
are the product Of great awaksninEs.
/ have noticed that those who are
brought into the Kingdom Of God
through REVEALS have more per-
sistenee and more determination In the
Christian life than those who come
In under a low state Of religion. Peo-
pie born in an ieehouss may live. but
they will never get over the cold they
saught In the leeh0use. A cannon hail
depends upon the impulse with which
II stArts for how far Il shan 20 and
how swiftly, and the greater the re-
yiysl force with which a soul Is started
themors fSr-relching snd far-resounA-
Ing viii be the execution.
But It Is sometimes objected 10 re-
vivals that there Il 90 much excitemsnt
that people mistake hysteTta for rslia-
ion. We admit that in every revival Of
religion there Is either . suppressed or
. demonstrated excitement. Indeed,
II Q man can 20 out Of q state of con
demnation into a state Of acceptance
with God or see others go without any
agitation Of soul he IL In an unhealthy,
morbid state and is as repulsive and
absurd as a man who should boast he
saw a child snatched out from under o
horses hoofs and felt no agitation, or
saw . man rescued from the fourth
story Of . house On Gre and felt no &C
~esl.rstion OF the pulses.
Salvation from sin and death and
hell into life and pssOs and Heaven for.
ever IL such . tremendous thing tina,
II . mar tells me be car look on 1,
without any agitation I doubt hil
Christianity. Tie fact IL that some,
times sxsitsmeAt 10 ths most impor.
tant possible thing. In case Of resus
citation from drowning or freezins
the one idea is TO excite animation
Before conversion we are dead. II Il
the business OF the church to revive
arouse, awaken, ~resuseitate, startl,
into life. Excitement Is bad or good
according 10 what it makes u do. Il
II make US do that which Il bad, II Il
bad excitement, but II It make US ARi
tated about our eterLsl welfare, q
II make US pray, n II make us atten,
upon Christian service, n Il make "
cry unto God for mercy, then II IL