The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-24
DR. TALMAGE'S
 SERMON.

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 Washington. Nov. 1z-Ip this discouss. Dr. Talmage would lift people out or despondency and bring something of fu- tsrs X 0y ints earthly y k There is an Atlantic Ocean of,cepth ana ana fullness in the verse from which my text is taken. and l. only wade into the wave navS fsvcrite a a words se expressive Of delight their way from brain to Iips words that i have in them morning. .sholts and ana dew. drops In all- the lsxicons ana yocaouia saa sar me the attractions of the last word or There havs "Ia in the uDe course of our life beeI, many anrels of cod that have look ed over our shoulders. or met ps on..the road. or chanted the darkness g..ssses awhys or or pulled us back from the precipices, or rolled down upon us the rapturous music of the heavens, but there M one or these angels who has done 50 much for us that' we wish throughout all time and al eternity to celebrate it-the angelsasf Hope. St. Paul makes 1t the center ofs sa group of three. saving Nov ,soaSh aSidesa sa says that charity is the greatest of the three, he does not take one plume from the wing, or one ray of ,luster from the
 
 one melody from the voice of the angel of my text. (Which hope"
 That was great night for our world when in Bethlehem caravansary the Infant Royal was born, and that will be great night in the darkness of your soul when Christian hope is born. There will be chanting in the skies and a star pointing t9 the NSuyty srS Ssntsn w nGs and down hungry at a table, we do not want an analytical discourse as to what bread slice of it. John speaks of hope as q pure hope" Peter calls 1t '1ively hene, Paul styles it 2 good hope ,,a a ''sufe hope.. .rejoicihe hope. All up anchor, vas a harbor, as a helmet. as
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 When we draw a check on bank. we must have reference to the amount oI money we have deposited, put Hope Se benefit all heaven has been deposited. Hope! May 1t light up every dungeon. stand by every sickbed. lend helping chain, caress every forlorn soul and turn i qagsS t yssiiSuls TSea oa Ssaye .as How sas gsys that ysno.9gTy Tsa dselares iss sfth the goddess Houe remained!
 1t was hope that revived John Knox when on shipboard near the coast ol Scotland he was fesrruly H. .ad ada anseT ns if he knew the village near the coast ama he answered, "I know 1t well, for see the steeple of that place where God nrst opened Iny mouth in public to his glory and am persuaded how weak that ever I now appear l shall not depart tnis life till Nfny tongue shall glorify ms. poiy name ip the same place iS unpe npes years @ he nreached. That is the hope which sustained MT. Morreil of Norwich when departing this life at twenty-four years Serstand the secrets of eternity before to. morrow morning." That was the Kind or hope that the corporal had in the pas.is S . when. after several standard neareIS naa e fallen. he seized the flag and turned 10 2 2 lieutenant colonel and said, TT taii, teli t my dear wife that die with a sood nope in Christ and that am glad to give nS my hepe that Dr.. Goodwin had in his iass hour wiien he Said: "Ah, is this deaths ' How have I dreaded as an enemy this smiling friendp' -. ,I.....o. o, Henry iV, when asked in his last hours whether he was certain or eternai lel.Sa, esr, ty replied, 4"I am as connuent oI u l[vn rs the; ;iucdnfestabiity of athe spirit or Oou ss ever | was of my mathematical truth from all the demonstrations or Eucho. That was the hope that cheered vara, tht converted native of the isIanG n e,,t. or ."Tb, canoe Is on the sea: sails gre spread Snt is ready for the gale. I have a good piio' to guide me and q good haven to receive No better medicine did a man>eyer takt than. hope It is stimulant, febrituge d tonic a catholicon. Thousands or peo ple long ago departed this life would nave been living today but for the reason they let hope slip their grasp have Know people to live on hope after one lung wa wa gone and disease had seemed to lay nolc of every nerve and muscle and artery anc bone. %-Fr Tr'g .,, Alexander the Great. starting for tht wars in Persia, divided his property among the Macedonians. He gave VII lage to one a port to another, neld t1 another and all his estate to his 1rlenos Then Perdiceas asked. What have yol kept for Ana Hs TSsteSer 'e ss you. and I give. away. we must Keep fol ourselves hope-all comforting. all cheer ing hope. In the heart of every man woman aud child that hears or reads Inii sermon may God irnplant tnis prihcipi' right now. ... ,,...- .v,.t .
 Assurances of Heaven.
 Many have full assurance that all T heaven as if they had passed the pearl. panels of the gate, as though they wer' already seated in the temple or God un rolling the libretto of the heavenly cnoris had 1t, too-full assurance-but with m t is hope. Which hope. Sinful, It ex pects forgiveness; troubled, It expect falief; bereft. It expects reunion; cles down, 1t expects wings to htt, shipWreck ed, it expects lifeboat; bankrupt, It ex poets eternal riches; a prodigal 1t ex poets the wide open door of the father farmhouse. It does not wear itSelI ou by looking backwardi, 1t always look forward. What is the use of giving s'