The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-27

washiIgton, Oct. 20.-In this discourse pr. Talmage calls all people to glad ness and opens .a, all the doors of eop2ee eexpeet
 Imperial, tender and all persuasive is the word come" Six hundred and sew enty-eight times is 1t found in the Scrip lures. It stands at the front gate of the Bible, as in my first text, inviting an teiiiuvians into Noah's ark, and it stands at the other gate of the Bible, diiuvians of all later ages into the ark of a Saviours mercy. Come Is only a word of four letters, but 1t is the queen of words. and nearly the entire nation of English vocabulary bows to its scepter. It is an ocean into which emp ties ten thousand rivers ct meaning. All moods of feeling hath tha. wore times it laughs. Sometimes it prays. sometimes 1t tempts, and sometimes It destroys. It sounds from the door of the church and from the seraglioSs S of raas. sin: of hell. IL is continent and accreecent of all power. It is the heiress ot most of the past and the almoner H. of most tor or nounce 1t so that all the heavens will be heard in its cadences or pronounce It so that all the woes of time and eter- nity shall reverberate in its one sylia- figate- It Is the mightiest of all solicit ants either for good or bad.
 Today I weigh anchor and haul in the blanks and set sail on that great woru, although I am sure I will not be able 10 reach the farther shore. l will let down the fathoming line into this sea mourn sry tic tic .oseeSer all S the esbes and cordage have on board ! will not pc able to touch bottom. All the power of the Christian religion Is in that word atcry il, religion are of no avail. The imperative mood is not the appropriate mood when we would have people say but they cannot be driven. Our hearts are rke our homes-st q friendly knock the door will he opened, but an attempt to force open our door wouid iana the inar1es which keep young men three years in their curriculum before launch ing them into the ministry, will do well if In 50 short a time they can teach the candidates for the holy of1ce how to say with wight emphasis and fntonation and power that one word, come. That man who has such efficiency in Chris tian work and that woman who has such power to persuade people to quit the wrong and begin the right went through series os losses end bereavements, prosecutions and the trials of twenty or thirty years before they could make 1t triumph of grace every time they ut tered the word come"
 The Persuasive Word.
 You must remember that in many eases our ',come" tas a mightier ''come" to conquer before 1t has an effect at all. Just s4vs me the accurate census, the statistics of how many are down Tn impurity or in vice of any sort, and will give you the accurate census or stanstics of how many have been slain wineglasses with me at this ivory bar. |" Come and see what we can win at this gaming table Come. enter with me this doubtful speculation Come with avA Inf Gs csr.stisnitg nq reHo '"css "csme % with me to X place of bad amusement" Come with me in gay. bout through the under a there are twenty thousand who are down in moral character, then twenty thousand fell under the power of the whose husband had been overthrown by strong drink, and she went to the sa- loon where he was ruined, and she said, Give me back my husband" And the bartender pointing to maudlin and of the barroom, said: There he is, Jim, wake up Here's your wife come o for for call that my husband? What have you been doing with him? Is that the manly brow, is that the clear eye; Is that the drug have you given him that has turn tiger claws off of him. tn coil those serpent folds of evi habit that are crushing him. Give m back my husband, the one with whom
 stood at the altar ten years ago: Gix l,1 him back to me" Victim was he as mll lions of others have been, of the worc come"
 Now, we want all the world over tc harness this word for good as others draw the five continents of the seas be- tween them-yea, 1t will draw the whole earth back to the God from whom il has wandered. It is that woing and per suasive word that will lead men to give up their sins. Was skepticism eyel brought into love of the truth bS infldeiity? Was ever the biasp6emel stopped in his oaths by denuncation oi blasphemy? Was ever drunkard weaned from his cup by the temperance lee: hiccough? No. It was come with me tc church today and hear our singing;' "Gome and let me introduce you to g to admire;" Come with me into asso- inspiring;" |" Come with me into sucf loy as you never before experienced.
 Unhonored Heroes.
 With that word which has done SC much for others I approach you today Are you all right with God?'No,' VOL say. '1 think not. I am some times will not be ready to meet him in thu last day. My heart is not right witt God" Come, then. and have 1t mad
  save you, come! What is the use 0 waiting? The longer you wait the far ther off you are and the deeper you ar down. Strike out for Heaven! You re member that a few years ago steame called the Princess Alice, with crow of excursionists aboard. sank in tn Thames, and there was an awful sac rifice of life. A boatman from the shor put out for the rescue, and he had hi boat, and he got 1t so full 1t would nc hold another person. and as he laid hol of the oars to pull for the shore. leaN ing hundreds helpless and drowning. h cried out. "Oh. that I had a bigs boatr' Thank God I am not thus linn tied. and that can promise room for 2 in this gospel boat Get in, get in! An vet there is room. Room in the hear of a pardoning God. Room in, Heaven.
 also apply the word of my text t those who would like practical comfort If any ever escaped the struggle of life have not found them They are no certainly amopg the prosperous classes In me st cases 1t was struggle all tn way up till they reached the prosperity and since they have reached theS heights there nave been pcrpleXities anxieties and crises which were almos