Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-08-04
Caln,ase
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaae. ID. ID.

ercnt. who In church keep one eye on
Tie sermon and the other on business or
pleasure this sermon has direct APP
| plicatlon. The text selected il Acts w.
.. And there sat In window a Ger
tain young man named Eutychus. being
fallen into a deep sleep
No class of men work harder for
Christ than do the travelling cvangelists.
When such men as John Wesley and
George Whitefield AMI ID. l.. Moody
have world for Il parish. they realize
how large that field is. and they do
everything in their power TO travel
over il before they die. The true evan
gelist breaches on sunday lie also
breaches on Monday. Tuesday. Wednes-
day. Thursday. Friday and Saturday.
He not only breaches nj night. but in
the afternoons and in the mornings.
He breaches at all times and under all
conditions He seems to say TO him
self: The harvest is plcntcOus. but the
laborers are few. . God. give me
strength 10 WELD thy sickle with super
human power and gather thy sheaves
ary"
No work Is too great for the true Cos
pei evangelist If he can only get an
audience 90 hear him preach. Turn to
the letter which Daniel Baker wrote TO
his son IN 1854. He was then an aging
man of SiXty-thrcc Yet he wrote these
words: My speaking amounts 10 some
three or -four sermons day, and this
for some three or four months past
Many persons express their astonish
meat Why. Mr. Baker how can you
stand IL; You can break down six
preachers confess il does seem Il
little strange. but So II Is. When | lin
ish one meeting. begin another the
very next morning. sometimes the very
same evening. My Master Susiains me.
and is il not written. They that wait
upon the Lord shall renew their
strength
John Wesley the travelling evangel-
list always began his days work Al 4
o'clock in the morning. Many We're
the times he preached two sermons
before breakfast. ON an average he
used TO travel every year nearly 1000
miles He preached from two to four
sermons every day of his life. Not
only that. but he everywhere dissem-
mated his printed appeals for Christ.
Truly Tycrman was right when he
euloglzed John Wesley's herculean la
bors In these words: Looking at his
travelling. the marvel IS how he found
time TO write. and. looking at his books.
the marvel is how he found time 10
preach" But preach he did. lie kept
on preaching under all conditions He
seemed TO say. My life is slipping
away so fast that must carry the
gospel to rs many people as possible
before | die" Wesley preached in the
early morning TO the miners of Gro
marty He preached in the market
places Mt noon. He preached in the
fields In the afternoon He preached
In the churches ut night. He preached
at all times. under all conditions 10 all
who would hear the message OF the
atoning love of Jesus Christ
Paul the Early Wesley.
Now. II might not seem irreverent
would say that the Apostle Paul was
the John Wesley among the early dis
ciples. In all probability he was not
an impassioned speaker like Peter.
Peter always seemed TO me 10 he the
George Whitefield OF the apostolic
band. | can imagine him preaching
OH the day of Pentecost as George
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audiences. with flaming eyes ana ear
nest gesture and resonant voice. Oh,
what power Peter must have been
But though George Whiteiield had his
work to do. John Wesley had his work
also. and II far greater work. John
Wesley went from place TO place. not
only preaching. but also organizing
churches and collecting money for his
eyangelistic work. Such was the work
of Paul He was the John Wesley OF
the apostolic band.
Now. today we find this ancient
John Wesley ON ore of his great mis-
sionary tours. He wants to make the
most OF his trip. so he stops only a
short time ut Troas. | think | hear
him say TO his travelling companion,
Luke. do you think we can get
through our work here in week. II
do not believe so" answers Dr Luke
a week is Il very short time" II
know H." says Paul. but II we wait
for the sailing of another vessel there
Is no telling how long we may have to
remain here. would like TO preach
20 these friends for months instead of
week But we must hasten ON. !
want TO present the gospel TO as many
different cities as can before | die. |
think IL we get up early IN the morn
ing aud preach before breakfast and
keep on preaching during the day and
preach late Ia the evening | can sow Il
good many seeds. our time Is very
short. We must hasten on TO Assos
aud Mitylene and thence 20 10 Chios
and Tr0gylllum and Miletus"
sleeping Christians.
Thus we see Paul hard AZ work In
Troas. Six days slipped by only too
quickly. ON the last day before he
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