The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
TALMAGE's SERMON.
GLORlES OF THE REDEEMER
THE SUBJECT.

THE SUBJECT.
"de That Cometh from Above Is Above
ALI Thlngs"-John, Chapter III. Verse
3l-Chrlst the Overlapping Figure of
All Time.
Copyright, 1901 by Louis Klopsch. N. 70
Washington, April 21.-In this dis
course DR.. Talmage sounds the praises
of the worlds Redeemer and puts be-
fore us the portraits of some of his
great disciples and opponents; text
John iii, 81, HE that cometh from
above is above all"
The most conspicuous character OF
history steps out upon the platform.
The finger which, diamonded with
light, pointed down to him from Beth
lehem sky was only ratification OF
the finger of prophecy, the finger OF
genealogy, the finger Of chronology,
the finger of events-all five fingers
pointing in one direction. Christ is the
overlapping figure Of all time. He IS
the vox humane in all music, the
| gracefulest in all sculpture. the
most exquisite mingling of lights and
shades in all painting, the acme OF all
climaxes, the dome of all cathedraleo
grandeur and the peroration OF all
splendid language.
The Greek alphabet is made up OF
twenty-four letters, and when Christ
compared himself to the first letter
and the last letter, the alpha and the
omega, he appropriated to himself all
the splendors that you can spell ou'
with those two letters and all the let
tiers between them. Il am the alphs
and the omega, the beginning and the
end, the first and the last" or. if 70,
prefer the words Of the text. "abov'
all"
Bridge Between Souls.
l know that there is great dea
said in our day against words, a
though they were nothing. They ma.
be misused, but they have an imperla
, power. They are the bridge between
, soul and soul, between Almighty Co
and the human race. What did Go
write upon the tables of stone? Words
What did Christ utter on Mount OH
o vet? Words. Out of wha
y did Christ strike the spar
for the illumination oe the uni
i, verse? Out Of words Let there b
light" and light was. Of cours
(. thought is the cargo, and words al
!, only the ship, but how fast woul
your cargo get on without the ship
= What you need, my friends, in
= your work, in your Sunday scho
class, in your reformatory institution
and what we all need is to enlarge o.
vocabulary when we come to spec
about God and Christ and heaven. v
ride a few old words to death Wit
I'D there is such illmtable resourt
Shakespeare employed $4,000 differe
~ words for dramatic purposes, Mllt
or employed 5000 different words i
er poetic purposes, Rufus Choate e.
n ployed over 1900 different words 1
+ legal purposes, but the most of us ha
. less than 1000 words that we can ma
IN age, less thQn 500, and that makes
ne so stupid. +ho IL
When We ne ta SIT fq 9she the the t te
TO- derest phraseology wherever . fl
ed it, and if it has never been Sd
is that direction before all the more sh;
'e- we use it. When we come to speak
A the glory of Christ, the conqueror,
mt are going to draw our SMILES frc
"a triumphal arch and oratorio and ever
ne thing grand and stupendous. T
ed French navy have eighteen flags
OF which they give signal, but tho
to eighteen flags they can put into 66,O
n different combinations And l have
r. tell you that these standards of t
he tross may be lifted into combinatio
ne infinite and varieties everlasting. A
n let me say to young men who are aft
n awhile going to preach Jesus Chr
o. you will have the largest liberty a
as unlimited resource. lou only ha
i'd to present Christ in your own way.
Of Jonathan Edwards preached Chr
as in the severest argument ever pennt
e. and John Bunyan preached Christ
ID the sublimest allegory ever compose
d. Edward Payson, sick and exhauste
s. leaned up against the side of the pl
I'd pit and wept out his discourse, VIII
r George Whitefeld, with the mann
l. and the voice and the start of an act
sr overwhelmed his auditory. 1t won
1t have been a different thing if Jonath;
If Edwards had tried to write and drea
II about the pilgrims progress to the CO
III estial city or John Bunyan had a
II tempted an essay on the human wi
III The Harvests of Grace.
l. Brighter than the light, fresher thu
the fountains, deeper than the seas a
these gospel themes. Song has ,
melody. flowers have no sweetnes
d sunset sky has no color, compared vii
J. these glorious themes. These haryes
e Of grace spring up quicker than "
# :an sickle them. Kindling pulpits wit
@ their fire and producing revolution
g with their power lighting up dyin
; beds with their glory, they are tt
a sweetest thought for the poet. an
. they are the most thrilling illustrate
i for the orator. and they offer the mo.
J, intense scene for the artist, and the
!, are to the ambassador of the sky a
enthusiasm. Complete pardon for til
direst guilt. Sweetest comfort fl
ghastliest agony. Brightest hope, fc
:, grimmest death. Grandest resurre,
,, ton for darkest sepulchre. Oh, wins
. a gospel to preach! Christ over all /
it. His birth, his suffering. his mil
!, ac!es. his parallels, his sweat, hi