The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-10

DR.. TALMAGE'S SERMON
by THE REV. FRANK DE WITT TALMAcE, D.

OS ANGELES. CAL June Sin this
sermon the preacher shows the won
- derful power that is within the
reach of those who accept the invitation
and realize the promise in the text Mat
thew u. g. and all these things shall
be added unto YOU
What is a promssory note? why
you answer. ct is written agreement
made by one man in the interests oil
another man." There are many forms Oh
promissory notes, just the same as theie
are many forms of wills and last tesla
ments, but as a rule the legal form of
nromissorv note is written thus: Ninety
days after date ! promise to pay 10
the order of Mr.. so-and-so. 5000 at the
First National Bank Of New York CITY,
with interest at the rate Of b per cent
per annum Value received. What' ASH
can anybody write a promissory note
and get 5000 on a written agreement
like that? "Oh, no." you answer laugh-
ing. No man can get money at the oank
on a. promissory note unless he is known
to be a wealthy man or he can put up
some property or collateral or unless ne
Is able to get some friend to inoorse MS
note whose name is a sufficient guar
antee that this promlssory note Will be
maid If II was not for this TACT every
dead beat in town would be hooking 10
the banks and to the rich men 10 DOT
| Won, ,,,onav and oar banks and capitalists
would be bankrupted almost III Jay
In other words, promssory no.e
of value only when it is signed ny
| ttafa
that the note when II coiies N"0 wa
be paid in full. ,
We'll. then, my friends, this promlssory
! note of NV text is one of the grandest
and best and most wide sweeping NOTES
ever written The name of the Loro Hou
Almighty is at the bottom OF II. Chils1
Ia the King who stands the guarantee
that 1t shall be paid in full what slo-
rious promissory note 1t Is. CHRIST iia"iu
Is the most potent and glorious a. a.,
history. In the records Of the centuries
,,o,, cannot find one instance where
Christ has broken his promises. no"
Christ SAYS, If you will stop WORRYING
ahou+ what you eat and drink ana ABOUT
what YOU shall wear and about the MOUSE
In which you shall live and II you VIII
! seek me first and follow me, all these
/ things will be added unto you Are you
ready to accept this text as profIllssoly
note? If so, let us run over Few VI
the temporal and spiritual blessings wmch
Christ is ready to give to us II we earn-
i estly and prayerfuy follow MN.
christ's Promise
Christ stands today in the first place as
the willing deliverer from all temporal
i anvia+ies He comes to us and says
4 "TrrIend. I will feed you; | Will clothe
1 YOU; | will house you for today. But
1 this promise does not appeal to us very
much Why? Most of us know where
1 todav's dinners are to come from. But
/ It is the dinner of tomorrow or OF next
] | week or of next year that Is worrying
us Then Christ says: II will not only
guarantee you a full cupboard, fuil
| wardrobe and a bed In which 10 steep
4 | tonight. but | will promise you these
temporal gifts as long as you live upon
earth I will promise them for you next
winter, next year, ten twenty, fifty years
from now If you are alive. | Will promise
/ you all these things If you will only trust
| me land live for me-" Then we look up
4 In wonder and say, what, Lord, wilt
4 thou take away from me this awful an
xiety in reference to the future neces-
4 stiles of life If I trust thee?' Then Christ
a | answers: ~ will, / will. Thus j Will do
4 for all my disciples who obey me-" Then
II we are true disciples Of Christ we say:
4 20 God | thank thee for taking this
4 responsibility of the future off my should
ers. | roll my heavy burdens down at
thy feet" Are you and ready to do
1 this to Christ and accept him at his word?
Have not the burdens in reference to
j the physical necessities of life been
I awfully hard to carry? During the first
j half of your business life most of your
! earnings went into bread and butter and
| meat and clothes and house rent. | read
4 an address delivered some time ago by
one of the most brilliant women of this
4 country. She was making plea for wom-
en- to learn how to cook, so that they
could reduce the expenses of the kitchen
4 to the minimum. If wife had to do her
own cooking. then she should learn to do
4 1t economically. If she had hired servants,
then by personal knowledge she should,
| compel her cooks not to waste the food.
Then this noted female speaker made this
4 impressive statement: Women, you
should learn how to do your work in life
we'll, for nearly four-ffths of all an aver
1 age mans income is spent by his wife
4 In meeting the butcher the baker, the
I grocer, the clothier bills and the house
rent" Is not that a startling assertion?
Yet 1t is true. For the first fifteen years
OF your business life practically all of your
money was Immediately spent to meet
the bare physical necessities of your fam
4 ily's existence. No wonder as the money
4 come In so slowly and went out so rapidly
the sharp iron pillow of care furrowed your
face with wrinkles and bleached your
4 black hair into silver and gray
The Turn In the Lane.
But the old proverb says, TT Is a long
4 lane which has no turning" Though the
4 lane of financial struggle was long yet
q at at last 1t turned. 1t turns at last for
Il almost everyon. You cleared off most
of your debts--aye, all Of them. Your in
come began to exceed your outgo, al
though your domestic expenses were en-
A larging every year. You were investing
your money to bring forth its per cent
4 annually when suddenly the crash came.
The old lane had turn But, alas, like
@ boomerang. 1t turned so completely that
1t went around In circle. 1t brought
4 you to prosperity. Then, again, II flung
you into practical bankruptcy. The mine
became exhausted, or the real estate boom
. broke, or the business partner became
. | untrue. / do not know what 1t was. but
today you are perhaps again poor man.
oh, you say to yourself, "if l could
only be sure that l would be able to meet
4 my temporal wants next year as / am
this yearl" You can, brother. You can
be sure II you wish to be sure. Christ
1 says, Seek We first the kingdom of God
4 and His righteousness and all these things
] will be added unto you" Cannot you
\ trust Him? viii you not today roll over
| all that responsibility upon him? You may
j have financially failed, but God never
| fails. He will look after you when you
are not able to look after yourself. Will