Year: 1872

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Ing for News from the Sick Stables


An Appeal for Repentance.


The Tabernacle was crowded 10 excess yesterday
morning. The pastor preached from Romans Ii, A.
"The goodness OF Goa leadeth thee to repentance"
The great lesson that this world needs to learn
Is the goodness of Cod Everything proclaims 1t
and man ana forests hum It, and the echo Is God."
God has sat at the head OF the universe for six
thousand years doing nothing but give-giye.
Amid all the solitude Of eternity He sat for ages all
alone; but there came a time when He could no
longer contain His JOY In silence and must express
1t, and forthwith the worlds began to ny out, the
aurora 10 lame and the angels to sing. think


GOD LAUGHED WITH JOY,


and hear the echo Of the heavenly mrth In
waters dash and BIRDS minstrelsy, and tempest's
dapason and thunder's ROLL Jupiter is larger
world than the one we live in; the sun Is more
brilliant world than the one we live In; Uranus is
more newlydiscovered world than this but I
think this Is very good stopping place. Oh!
have no curiosity to see any other planet The
gores OF this have spoiled me for any other world
save the throne room OF the universe, which is
heaven. God might have put US in o world not
half so bright. Palmer curtains would have done
for the windows Of the morning; stair carpets Of
tanner figure would have done for the steps OF the
hills; but God 1t seems. has exercised no economy
In making our world residence, and He has put
enough beauty in IL for fifty worlds.
Oh! you star-lighted, warmed, tree shaded.
rock-shetered sons and daughters OF men, how
poured the streams and thrummed the music and
heayea up the arches Of your beautiful world
for God to please mem Where you ind one salts.
The Lord God Almighty with His Infinite resources,
can't make some men happy. He tries We dwell
IN IN this world year after year, not realizing what
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brute creation. This morning. when many people
are hindered from coming to the house Of God. Tor
God for them, though they have been carrying our
burdens ,! tn these long years To-day. the merchan-
nation stand waiting to hear what's the


NEWS FROM THE SICK STABLES;


but who has ever thanked God for the horseg You
may notice the goodness OF God to you In your
domestic surroundings. You think that the pro-
yisoning Of your family depends entirely upon
harvest grow from which the bread was made?
lou purchased the meat but who grew the cattle?
on the sleeps back and the fax that was brought
to the farmers hatchel, and the furs OF the Arctic
animals that you have robbed for your comfort9
VINO was II that gave you good home to go to last
night after your weeks labor? God has crowded
your house with blessings from cellar to garrett and
you dwelt amid all these with no thanksgivingp
Look at the goodness Of God to you personally.
you thought what God gave you when lie gave you
eyess Through them march, without jarring the
most delicate nerve, all the gl0ries OF the sunrise
and sunset Think OF those who have gone


A LIFETIME WITHOUT SEEING


a cloud or blossom or the blood the slain
autumnal leaf. Oh how God must have looked after
you Go TO the hospitals fostering with PAIN go to
the madhouse howing with terror and learn Gods
iiave you ever surrendered yourself to Him What
has been the effect of all the mercy Why, II God
had let your r case slip from Him Him Just for moment
with splendid surroundings but it is the warmest
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pestered out OF him by bad wife, Di0nysius did
not dare to let his daughter beard him lest she put
your home has been place of quiet and love and
peace Don't you feel this morning as II your heart
would burst with gratitude and as II you must say,
'God, love Thee can't fight against generous
heart any longer. Good God l can't help but love
Theen But have not told you the best thing that
God has done for You. He sent his only begotten
Son to save the world Let down on


LADDERS OF GLORY,


the world received Him on the point OF the gleam-
ing spear. For Herod a crown, for Nero a palace,
for Jeiries judicial bench, for Hildebrand Pom
tincal hat, but for Christ pauperism and cruc
back poughed to the spinal chord, and that Jesus
wounded calls this morning on the door step of
at his feet gather a troop this morning with
which l mean to assault your soul. oh! you
upon that hearers soul rush ali togetherl Great
regiment Of loving kindnesses, fall on him Bat
tallons OF Divine love, attack him and artillery of
Gods mercy, besiege that soul and capture its in
gratitude and pride! Forward, charged until the
nags OF death come down and the banners Of grace
On that s oSs
personally to your families, the goodness all your
lives, might this morning lead you to repentance.
great many people look upon repentance as
something only sad. All there Is joy in right
kind Of repentance. Repentance is word made
up OF ten letters and they are oil tears but when


THE SUNLIGHT OF GODS PARDON


strikes on them they are all crystal. Tile word re-
pentance Is word OF ten letters, and they all
grOans, but God changes them into laughter, and
Tor ten groans ten dox0ogies. think that Gods
goodness is making its last appeal to some OF y0u
There Is great mortality among your blessings
Your opportunities are dying Off by hundreds and
thousands. 1t is almost sundOwn, and yet the day
OF grace the work OF a lifetime, has not begun with
some ofyou. You keep putting 1t OF, and are no
nearer Christ and heaven than you were twenty
i've years ago. You say, Tomorrow, tomorrow
but fear that death will break in before you have
begun. Oh that God would this day, by His mercy,
bring us to repentancel


The benediction was pronounced by the pastors
brother Rev. DR.. John Talmage, who has just re-
turned from China, where he has been engaged In
missionary work for NUMBER OF years.


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