The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-01-26
TALMAGE SERMON.
clINnAY's DISCOURSE BY THE ABLE OIL
VINE.
Subject: The Mission Of Christ - 1t Was
to Teach the World That God Is Love
The Sympathy and Compassion OF
the Almighty King.
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WASHINGTON. j. l--ln TINS uiHcon'
DIR. 1a'mage describes IN n ne" We! ~.
sacrifices made for the Woria ai-Ti', IT,
ment and deiveranco. HIS text Is l. ooi''i
", 10, God IS love
Perilous undertaking would it be TO at
OF God. They are no. ike a mountain
range with here and there a higher peak.
nor like tle ocean, with here and there a
profoundcr depth. We cannot measure
infnities. We would rot dare say "hetn,
His omni0otencc Or o1nnlsclenc" or ol'l'l'-
presence or ilnmutahl ltv or "iSu",i ~
Justice or love IS the greater at'i'oI'e
But tlF one mentioned IN my 'eAt ma t
deeper 'rTesslon upon US than any otn..
il was antly very 90 man VIC w.
the chapter from Wh'ch ''Ae ene - -.
John was not in his dotage' as I !, ~
Echhorn asserted, hnt YOU can tell py N, tlie
renctitons IN the ep'Stfe ana the r"fnolI',I
stvle. and that he caAel grown peope
LITTLE chlidfeh. 'iat l't "u',,' J.;
probably an octG-enarlnn. lee ~. -
midife mastering IN audience 81 A.ner,lar r
critics on Mars llill. SAID nothing stronger
or more important then did the venerrante
John whom he wrote the three words ol
my text. "Goa is love.
Indeed. tn" older one gets tho more nc
appreciates this attribute me harShiicsa
and the comhattvcness ana the s,'et'ts
have gore out 81 the Old man, ana ne Is
more len'cnt and. aware OF MS own l"u.,s'
is more disposed to make excuses loi .ne
faults Of others, and he frequently eJacu-
lates. Poor human nature Inc Young
minister rren ,cl three sermons on lne
Justice Of tod anl one on 'lle ~ ~ .,'uoa
but when ne go, oId re- Pl'a.n n ~ .'t ~,
sermons. o." ,s.l1o'e y wv CT
the justice ~ "'N'
Far back IN the eternities there caile
time when God would express one elnotio i
of His nature which was YET uneNpressed'
He had made more worlds than were seen
by the anclents from the top OF Tue Es!p
tian pyramid, which was used as an oescr-
vatory, and more worlds 1hah l'loIeli as,
tronomy has eataiosued or oescrled
through te-escopIc lens All tiial sho"eu
the Lord 5 aIm'ghtIness, huo ~ gave no
demonstration OF HIS love. ne ihieiii
make fity Saturns ana wv !uplters TN an.
not demonstrate an instant OF ioNe. l 'i"s
wfs an unknown passion ana 1he sesre. oi
DE universe. It was suppressed e'hp
t.on OF the great r2a. bu! .nefe ~o;ta
come a lime When Inns pao>ioi .W W. .n.1.itt
love would be declared ana i!.us1rateu.
God would ven IL no loht;er. [ a ny
clock OF many centuries mad run down ana
{
on comparatively obscure star race oil
human lrings ~onta De porn anu VINO,
though 50 bountlluiiv rro'ldeu ior ,i"l
they ought to haze .behaten themselves
well, went INTO lnsurrectloh anu eons':lI-
acy and revolt and War-iinite against IN
finite, weak arm against thuncefDo.t' man
against God. s..x
If high intell4enres looked down and
saw what was going ION, they must have
prophesied extermtpation - complete ex-
termination-.of these offenders of Jeho-
yah. But, no. Who is that coming out OF
the throneroom of heaven? Who is that
coming out of the palaces OF the eternal =?
It is the Som OF the Emperor OF the uni
verse Down the stairs Of the high heav-
ems He comes till He reaches the cold ar
Of a December night in Palestine, and
amid the bleatings of sheep and the low
ing Of cattle and the moaning of camels
and the banter of the herdsmen, takes His
first sleep on, earth, and for thirty-three
years invites the wandering race to return
to God and happiness and heaven. They
were the longest thirty-three years ever
known in heaven. Among many high intel
ligences what. impotence to get Him
back? The infinite Father looked down
and saw His Son slapped and spit on and
supperless and homeless, and then, amid
turn black in the face, His body and sou
parted. Ard all for what? Why, allow
the Crown Prince to come on such an er
rand and endure such sorrow and die sucl
a death? 1t was to invite the human race
to put down ITS antlpathies and resist
ance. 1t was because God Is love:
Now there IS nothing beaut'1ui IN
shlpwreck. we go down to look at tn
battered ana spht hllk OF an oid snip OF
the Long Island or New Jersey coast. II
exc'tcs our interest, we wonder wheI
and how 1t came ashore, and whether Il
was the recklessness OF a piiot or storm
before Whieh nothing could pear up Hu
man nature wrecked may interest the IN
habitants OF other worlds as curiosity
but there IS nothing lovely IN that whlcl
has fouadered on the rocks OF sin an'
sorrow: Yet 1t was IN that condition o
moral break up that heaven moved to tn
rescue. 1t was loveliness lowering owe
detormlty. 1t was the llfehoat putting on
into the surf that attempted ITS demoll
ton. 1t was harmony pltying dIscord. !
was living God putting HIS arms aroun
recreant world.
The schooimen derIde the idea that 20
has emotion. They think 1t would be
divine weakness TO- be stirred by an
earthly spectacle The GOD OF the learne
Druch ana Seheiermacher ls an infnit
intelligence. without feeling, cold an
cheeriess DIVINITY. But the ,'od we VOL
snip IS one Of sympathy ana compasSio
ana heipluihess ana anection. Nod