Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-02-09


course of DIR. Talmage for those
q whose lives have many anxieties;
text Isaiah ill.,, 10, Say We TO the right
eous that it shall be well with him.
Here is a promise for people who are
all right, but who will come and get it?
How many, or. rather, how few, people
do you know who are all right? If it
We're asked of any assembly that those
who were sinless should rise up, none
would rise except imbeciles and religious
crankS. An accident happened near sixty
centuries ago that started the human
race in the wrong way. and we have not
got over il. We know Il great many
splendid men and splendid women, but
they viii tell YOU that they have not al
ways done the right thing or thought the
right thought. If it were any of your
business, they could give you an inyen-
tory Of frailtes and mistakes and infe-
lieities that would be astonishing, Here.
then, you say, is a Bible promise that
goes a-begging, Say We to the righteous
that it shall he well with him."
1t is my delightful work to-day to show
you that all the sons and daughters of
Adam and Eve may appropriate the
benediction of my text il they will first
do the right thing. Over here in the next
street was man who in great misfor-
tunes lost all he had and was positively
beggared, but a letter comes from some
European city where the land records
arc kept announcing to him that a great
fortune is his. Now he is as opulent as
he was pauperizcd. He doffs his rags and
puts on respectable attire and moves into
a home appropriate for a man of vast es-
tate. His worldly circumstances were
all wrong last year; they are all right
this year. On the next street is q man
who was from perfect health FRUSTRATED.
and he seemed to be sick unto death, but
a skillful physician took correct diagnosis
of his disease and by prompt and vigor
Gus treatment restored him to his former
vigor. As to his health he was all wrong
before; now lac is all right. In these two
ways | illustrate my theme.
Moral Bankruptcy.
by sin we have all been morally bank
rnpted. Christ the Lord from his inf
mite riches pays our debts and empara-
discs us in his memory. From his richest
wardrobe he puts on us the clean robe of
his righteousness and gives us a palace
in the heavens when we are ready to go
up and take it. Now, as to our spiritual
s.ssste we are all right We were NOR
ally diseased but Christ the physician,
by bath in the fountain of his grace,
cures us. Now, as to our spiritual health
we are all right. That is the way we
come TO the righteousness spoken of in
the text. 1t is a contributed righteous
ness. The moment you get into right re
lations with Christ the Lord that moment
you can appreciate the magnificent com
fort OF the text. aud | defy you, in all
this great book. from the first verse of
the first chapter of Genesis to the last
verse of the last chapter of Revelation,
TO find me Il passage with higher and
deeper and broader and longer comfort
than that of the text, which is as deep as
the Atlantic ocean hale way between the
continents and high as the sun when the
clock is striking II at noon. But | shall
be swamped with the oceanic tides of
this subject unless the Lord help me to
keep foothold. Say We to the righteous
that it shall be well with him."
Bear in mind that but few people can
stand worldly success Water is a good
thing, but too much of it will drown
Fire is good thing, but too much Of it
will destroy. Light is a good thing, but
too much of it dazZles and blinds. Sue
cess is a good thing, but too much of it
has overwhelmed many for this world
and the next If it were best for us, we
would all be millionares. live in palaces
like the Alhambra and be as personally
attractive as Cleopatra appeared to An
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endure such superb abundance aud it is
absolutely necessary in order TO keep
them right that 800 men out Of 900
should find life struggle. It keeps them
out Of mischief. After Adam was eject.
ed from the premises where by ten min
utes Of employment a day he could keep
the garden and dress il the best thing
that could happen to him was compuson
TO work and fight. The ground that
bloomed with spontaneous flowers and
rustled with haryests that owed nothing
10 pillow or hoe became hostile, and BRAN
BILE was substituted for rose. and the
panther growled where before he fawned,
and horn and fang and hoof became bel
ligerent. The Edenic ejectment shows
us as nothing else ever could that idle
ness or only a few minutes Of employ
ment a day are doom and overthrow.
Put it down among your blessings in
stead Of your misfortunes that you have
to work hard with brain or hand or foot
or all three of them.
Riches and Good Works.
How many men do you know worth
S2J0,000 who are devOut and consecrated
and humble and generous and employing
their means for the worlds rcdcmptiunI
You could count them up on the fingers
Of your two hands even if by accident or
war you had lost one or two Of the fin
gers. As to the realm Of personal at
Effectiveness, how many women radiant
Of countenance and graceful Of form do
you know who are unaffected and natural
of manner and deeply pious before God,
using their beauty for the betterment Of
the world and not for selfish purposes:
only take the risk of asking the ques
ton and leave to You the risk Of answer
ing it. These things ! say to show you
that In order to have the promise Of the
text fulfilled in your case it is not ncces-
sary you have phenomenal worldly sue
ross