Year: 1870

Now Is the Accepted Time-Eloquepce and


Entreaty-A Call to the Unconverted.


The good people Of Brooklyn who admire the
soaring TalmaGe Oratory 1led the new tabernacle
yesterday to overnowing Hencerorth strangers
cannot be directed to MIR. Beecher's church by the
general direction. Follow the crowd,p for they
might follow the wrong crowd and find themselves
listening to the exhortatons and rhap.
sodies Of Talmage instead Of the pho-
sophical utterances Of the Plymouth oracle
Alter announcing his text-"Behold, now is
the accepted time; now Is the day OF salvatonu the
prsacher SAID; There Is best time for doing every
thlng. Many persons have done noble actions but
back on your life you can see times Where by some
stroke OF policy you could have advanced your in
this in worldly AFFAIRS, but want you to see that
there is best time in spiritual things God sets up
o great belltOwer, from which ring out above the
the sea,


Now the sound Is like the tiny bell OF a Scotch
kirk now like the thunder Of the great bell OF ST.
Paui,s; It sounds above the mart and the exchange
always to-day IS the accepted timeE There ore &c
many reasons why present tune Is better than
other There Be- are w yo cae eS nahs as
strength' Hugh Miller, who worked at his
trade aTwU,s as da stone s,n mason I'LL miedIe ie
On being asked why he replied, "nabit.r He had
been accustomed TO strike in that way with his
hammer. We all know the power OF habit. We
never get over habit gradually; we must make
fnal resolution ana stop short off. But you say you
wtil wait I'LL you get through with business. You
ought TO have as much business at sixty forty.
l. IS impossible FOR lazy man % come to Christ.
anS ng and rattle 's to %erd De ae OF
and you can serve God better while
you at the business OF life. II there are thou
sand difficulties now there VIII be ten thousand after
awhile; If the road is steep now 1t will be perpen-
dicuar by and by. stand here TO


DRUM UP RECRUITS.


For SIX Thousand years there mas not been so
much work to do as now. Tue fields are untitled;
Ing for the Bible. Crash, and down goes
the Spanish monarchy: crash, and down
goes the Napoeonic dynasty; crash, ana
down goes the temporal power OF the Pope. There
OF backbone, for men who dare speak out, for men
whe will sacrifice. The hungry are to be fed, the
naked are to be clothed, The Ignorant to be educa
ted, the dead brought 10 life. Oh it Is time to
shall not always be IN the minority. The
Kingdoms OF this world ore TO become the
Kingdoms OF Christ. There is no life so 10Y.
iul as Christian life. II to be a CHRISTIAN was
out as long as yon could. II 1t taking burden


would advise you to put 10 of as long as possible
then take it and die. But have found no such toy
on eaflh as the JOY OF serving God. The most I'M
sure OF no other time l need not STAND here and
preach TO you or the uncertainty OF life. You all
know now apt we are 10 be disappointed. have
marked out nlty paths and have not follow ed one.
air Is as full OF weapons or death as It was u,l Of
ouilcls above gettysburg. We all talk about to.
morrow. But we can't trust Tomorrow. TO some
IL VIII bring crown oil Joy, to others grave II
VIII come out OF the East crowned with roses and
pearls; out we know not what IL will bring To-day
Is the accepted time.