The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
Or. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
subject; The SACRIFICES Made hy Christi
what the saving ~ All the Nations
Cost the Messiah - Paying For the
Clearance OF Our souls.
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WASHINGTON. ID. C.-In this discourse
DR.. Tslmage shows the Messianic sacri-
hces for the saving of all nations and
speaks OF Gethsemane As u appeared 20
hum; text, | Corinthians VI, 20 "le are
bought with a price"
Your friend takes YOU through his
valuable house. You examine the arches.
the trescocs, the grass plots, the FISH
ponds, the conservatorles, the parks OF
deer. and YOU say within yourself or YOU
say aloud. What did all this cost" lou
see a costly diamond flashing in an ear
ring. or YOU hear costly dress rusthng
across the. drawing room. or you see a
with silver and gold and YOU begin 10
make an estimate of the value
The man who owns large estate can
not instantly tell YOU all II Is worth He
says, Il will estimate so much for the
house. 80 much for the furniture. SO much
for laying out the grounds; so much for
the stock so much for the barn, So much
for the equipage-adding up in all making
this aggregate.
Well, my friends, | hear SO much about
our mansion IN heaven, about its furni-
ture and the grand surroundings that
| want 10 know how much it il all worth
and what has actually been paid for it
cannot complete in month or a year the
magnificent calculation, but before | get
figures "le are bought with a price"
With some friends | went 10 the Tower
ot London 20 look at the crown Jewels
We walked around caught one glimpse OF
them, and, being IN the procession, were
compelled TO pass out i wish that |
could take this audience into the tower
OF Gods mercy and strength. that YOU
might walk around Just once az least and
see the crown Jewels of eternity, behold
their brilhance and estimate their value
'le are bought with a price"
Now, If you have a large amount Of
money TO pay, YOU do not pay II all al
once, but you pay IL by installments-so
much the first of January so much the
first of April, so much the first of July. so
much the first of October until the en-
tire amount Is paid. and | have To tell
this audience that ''yoo have been bought
with a price and that that price was paid
IN different installments.
The first installment paid for the clear
ance of our souls was the ignominious
birth of Christ in Bethlehem. Though we
may never be carefully looked after after
ward, our advent into the world is care.
fully guarded. We come into the world
amid kindly attentions. Privacy and
silence are afforded when God launches
an immortal soul into the world Even
the toughest of men know enough TO
stand back But | have TO tell YOU
that IN the village on the side of the hill
there was very bedlam Of uproar when
Jesus was born. In a village capable OF
accommodating only few hundred peo-
pie many thousand people were crowded
and amid hostlers and muleteers and
camel drivers Yelling at stupid beasts Of
burden the Messiah appeared. No 81.
lcnce. No privacy. better ADAPTED
place hath the eaglet in the evrie. hath
the whelp in the lions lair. The exile
of heaven lieth down upon straw. The
Iv-N .-lN l..
spent in an outhousei One hour after
laying aside the robes of heaven, dressed
in a wrapper OF coarse linen. One would
have supposed that Christ would have
made a more gradual descent, coming
from heaven first TO a half way world )f
great magnitude then TO Caesars palace,
then TO a merchants castle IN Galllee,
then to private home in Bethany. then
TO hsherman's hut and last Of all 60 a
stable. No: II was one leap from the
top TO the bottom.
Let us open the door Of the caravan
sary in Bethlehem and drive away the
camels. Press on through the group oi
idlers and loungers. What, o Mary! No
light? "No light" shc says, save that
which comes IN through the door What
Mary, no food "None," she SAYS
only that which was brought 10 the
sack on the Journey" Let the Brtho
hem woman who has come IN here with
kindly attentions put back the covering
from the Babe that we may look upon IT.
Look Look Uncover your head Let
Us kneel. Let all voices be- hushc1 Son
OF MARY, Son of God Child Of dlv'
Monarch OF eternity In that eve the
glance OF God. Omuipotencc shcathrd m
that Babes arm. That voice 10 be changed
from the feeble paint TO the tone that
shall wake the dead Hosanna, Hoauna
Glory be TO God that Jesus came from
fhrgna a that tsfa ttyhf Ytl EYfyi
manRer 60 throne aud that all the gates
are open and that the door Of heaven
that once swung this way to let Jesus ont
now swings the other way 20 let us lu
Let all the bellmen of heaven lay hold
the rope and ring out the news. "Bc
hold, / bring YOU glad tldngs Of great
JOY which shall be 10 all Deop'c. For to
day is born in the city Of David a Saviour
which is Christ the Lord'
The second lnstallment paid for oul
souls clearance was the scene IN Quar-
antania a mountainous region full oi
caverns where are 90 this day panther.
and wild bca "a Of all sorts 80 that y1u
must now go there armed with knife ol
gun or pistol II was there that Jesu.
went 10 think and 10 pray, and IT. va,
there that his monster Of hcll-mOre slv
more terrific than anything that prowcd
IN that country himself met
Christ
The rose in the check Of Christ-thaI
Publus Lentullus IN his letter N the
Roman senate ascr.bcd ~ Jesus that rose
had scattered its petals. Abstinence
from food had thrown Him into emaca
ton.
A long abstinence from food recorded in
prOiane history ~ that oi the crew a
the ship Juno For twcpty-three day.
they bad nothing 10 cat But this suffer
or had tasted a month and ten days BE-
fore He broke fast. Hunger must have
agonIzed every fiber Of the body and
gnawed on the stomach with teeth oi
death. The thought Of a mOrsel oi bread
or meat must have thrilled the body with
something like ferocitv
lurn out pack oi men hungry "a.
Christ was a-hungered and II they had
strength with one veil they would de-
vOur you a. a kid II was IN that pans
OF hunger that Jesus was accOstcd and
Satan said Now change these stOnes
which look like bread into an actual
supply Of bread ~ Had the temUta,Ig0
come 10 you and me under those clrcum
stances we would have cried. Bread o.
shall be-" and been almost impatient a.
the time taken for masticatiOn. But
Christ with one hand beat bach the hun
ger and with the other hand beat bacl
the monarch Of darkness. Oh, ye tempted
ones Christ was .ampted.
We are told that Napoleon ordered a
coat Of mail made, but was not quite Ger
tain that il was mpenetrabs. 20 he ssId
- the manufacture NJ the coat oi mail
POT 10 on now yourself and Jet W Try o.
And with slJ. alter shot from hi own
pistol the emperor found out that u wa
Just what 10 pretended 20 be-a gO)d coat
Of mail Then tte man received large
reward
bless God that the same coat o. mai
that struck back the weapons NJ temptt
ton from the head Of Christ We may
nov all wear. ior Jesus comes and slys
Il have been tempted and ! know what
II - 10 be tempted Take this robe that
defended Ne and wear u for v0urseive.
I ah.U uao tou fhrguyh All frfa's and