The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-01
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
THE CALL TO eLADNEss, LAST SUM-
DAYS SUBJECT.
rs1t. Genesis vI ls. Come Also
Revelations xxIIs IL -come~-The
soiaes Of rhs Christian FAith-Two
Things to believe


Copyright. 1901, By Louis Klopsch. n. II
Washington. Oct 20.-In this dis
sourze DR.. Talmage calls ali people TO
sladness and opens all the doors Of
expectancy; texts. Genesis VI. Is.
Come: Revelations xii, II. Come =
Imperial. tender and an persuasive
Is the word Come SIX hundred and
seventy eight times it Is found 10 the
Scriptures. Il stands at the front gate
81 the Bible. as in my first text. inyit-
ing antediluvians into Noah's ark and
st stands at the other gate Of the Bible
as in my second text. inviting the post
diluvians Of all later ages into the ark
Of a Savior's mercy Come Is only
word Of four letters. but it Is the
queen Of words. and nearly the entire
nation Of English vocabulary bows to
its seepter Il Is an ocean into which
empties ten thousand rivers Of mean
Ing. Other WORKS drive. but this beck
ons. All moods OF feeling hath that
word Come. Sometimes It weeps
and sometimes Il laughs Sometimes
1t prays. sometimes Il tempts and
sometimes II destroys. Il sounds from
the door OF the church and from the
geraglios Of sin. from the gates OF hea-
ven and the gates OF hell II is con-
fluent and accIescent Of al power IL
Is the heiress OF most OF the past
and the almoner Of most OF the future.
Come" You may pronounce It 50
that all the heavens viii be heard 10
Its cadences or pronounce Il SO that all
the woes OF time and eternity shall
reverberate IN It's one syllable. Il Is
on the lip Of saint and prohigate- Il
Is the mightiest Of all solicitants either
for good or bad
slain BY tho Word Come"
You must remember that in many
cases our Come" has a mightier
Come" TO conquer before It has any
effect at all. Just give me the accu-
rate census. the statistics Of how many
are down In fraud. in drunkenness, in
gambling. in impurity o. IN vice Of
any sort. and / will give you the ac-
curate census or stat sites OF how many
have been slain by the word Come
Come and click wineglasses with me
at this ivory bar" Come and see
what we can win at this gaming table.
rCome, enter with me this doubtful
speculation" Come with me and
read those infidel tracts on Christian
ity." Come. with me to a pace Of
bad Amusement" Come with me in a
gay bout through the underground life
OF the city" II IN this city there are
twenty thousand who are down IN
moral character. then twenty thousand
fell under the power OF the word
Come" / was reading Of a wife
whose husband had been overthrown
by strong drink. and she went to the
saloon where he was ruined, and she
said, Give me back my husband" And
the Bartender, pointing to a maudlin
and battered man browsing In the cor
ner Of the barroom, said: There he
ls. Jim, wake up here's your wife
come for you" And the woman said:
DO you call that my husbandg What
have you been doing with himy Is
that the manly brow. Is that the clear
eye, Is that the noble heagt. that /
marrledf What vile drug have you
given him that his turned him into a
nend7 Take your tiger claws OF Of
him. Uncoil those serpent folds Of
evil habit that are crushing him. Give
me back my husband. the one with
whom stood at the altar ten years
ago. Give him back TO me-" Victim
was he, as many millions Of others
have been. Of the word "Comel"
Made Right with God.
With that word which has done 20
much for others approach you today.
Are YOU right with God2 NO" you
say. Il think not; am sometimes
alarmed when think Of him; fear J
will not be ready to meet him In the
last day: my heart Is not right with
God" Come then and have It made
right Through the Christ who died to
save you comel What is the use Of
waiting7 The longer you wait the fur
ther of you are and the deeper you
are down. Strike out for heavenl
You remember that a few years ago a
steamer called the Princess Alice. with
crowd OF excurslonists aboard. sank
IN the Thames. and there was an awful
sacrifice Of life. A boatman from the
shore put out for the rescue. and ht
had a big boat, and be got Il 50 full
Il would not hold another person. .ud
as he laid hold Of the oars to pun foI
the shore. leaving hundreds helpless
and drowning. be cried out. "Oh. thai
had bigger boat" Thank God
that I am not thus limited and that
can promise room FOR al IN this gospe
boat Get ins get ini And yet therl
ls room. Room n the heart OF a par
doning God. Room in heaven.
There rs No Escape.
also apply the word Of my text &
those who would like practical com
fort II any ever escape the struggl'
Of llfe. / have not found them. Thel
/ are not certainly among the prosperou
classes. In most cases Il was q strus
gle al the way up TIA they reached thi