The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 17, 1885, Page 6

orca Tl a) — | more tresh air, jcise. There ar TALMAGE. somes j who are gi A Erief Discussion ot “The :Day We Live In.”’ | = -+oe selt-examination. ulses to se The Power of the Church as Compar- | edto That of th Talm the ‘Tavernacie on the sub In,’ Be-| tore the sermon he read in e Old Broo Day we Live Testament concerning a scene in the take He also _read the names of many new members who during the past few weeks, have The open- Persian palaces. those cactuses and pull the apart, the beauty was all could hardly tell that it ha a flower; but Christian peop ing apart their united with the church. ing hymn was: ation, ob s pleasur The text was: Who knowe whether thou art kingdom for such a time as this? Dr, Talmage said: Esther, the beautiful, was the wite The present a 1, the joyfi to our own C ience to see what there lett of to th riv 14 and there is nothing This style of self-examination 1s a come Est! damage instead ot an advantage to their Christian character. J re n I was a boy I used of Ahasuerus, the abominable. ; ber wh time had come for her to 4 all jece in the a sgt } . a small piece intne ga petition to her infamous husband in 2 behalt of the jewish nation to which was called my own, and I planted corn there and every few days would pu she had once belonged. 5S atraid to undertake the work lest she should lose own life; but her uncle, Mordecal, who had brought the sug- it up to see how fast it was growing. rt Now there are a great many Chri her selt tian people in thi y whose examination mere her up, encouraged her wi pullin yesterday ort had been Ss gestion that probably raised up of God for that pecuhar **Who to the kingdom for mission. knoweth whether thou art come jam tears of u th awtul wit od of crushex tism, | i e of their sacrament, phemes their lit and the ot the lost wor! their worship. projects, new zed to see he such a time as this? Esther had work; you and I have ours. my business to tell you what style of men and women you ought to be in order that you may meet the demand God-appointed Tt 45 her hot sun of trial may try to consume it, it will thrive until it becomes a great tree, in which the towls of may have their habitation. I have no patience with these flower ’ fe heaven of the age in which God has cast your lot, ing to bear abstra f you have come expect- They keep them- selves under all the Christian experience in a small and pot Christians. ctions discussed, aoe a or dry techmicalities of religion gl the wrong ified, you have come to exclusive circle, when they ought to church; but af you really would like plant itin the great garden of the to know what this age has a right to expect of you as Chnstian men and then I ready in the Lord’s name to look you in the tace. When two armies have rushed into battle, the officers do not want a philosophical discussion about the chemical properties of human blood, or the nature of gunpowder; they want some one to man the batteries out the guns. And now when all the torces of light and hell have plunged into the fight, it is no time to give ourselves to the detini- tions, and formulas, and_technical- ities, and conventionalities of relig— ion. What want 1s practical, earnest, concentrated, enthusiastic and triumphant help. Lord, so that the whole atmosphere could be aromatic with their Chris- What we he church ot God is more brawn of piety. derfully suggestive and wondertully beautiful ; but I never look at it with- out thinking of its jparsimony. It lets whole generations go by before women, am tian usefulness. want in The century plant is won- it puts forth one blossom; so I have and swab really more heartfelt sympathy when I see the dewy tears in the blue eyes of the violets, for they spring. 1s going by so rapidly that we can not afford to be idle. darkness of heaven and come every My Christian friends, time A recent statistician says tnat hu- we se man life now has an average ot only 32 From years you must substract all the time you take for sleep and the taking years. In the first place, inorder to meet the special demand of this age, you need to be an unmistakable aggres OE half-and-half Christians we do not want any more. The church ot Jesus Christ will better without 10.000 of them. ‘hey food and recreation; that will you about sixteen years, F af seave oe coin these sixteen years you mu 5 8 y ust’ subtract all the time you are nec 3 «Ssarily engaged sive Christian. be | in the ear will From jth 7 1 -a livelihood; that eave + z 2 : wate } A pout eight years. are the chief obstacle to the church ae y al tee z BSE years you must advancement. I am_ speakir take 2 another kind of ‘ all the days and weeks and christian. 4 c fe 2 4 aonths-—all time th: tor apphances your becom: is passed earnest Christ i 1 to Ww and there is a str : akeup! into the broad day ke up giveness. this t rid orid ¢ ae { about one ye i | 2 tad vet 1 tlese doors you m “princess of the Lord You remember w wasin this con Prince of W the people rushed o thousands to see cause they expected he would sit upon thet land. compared with the honor God calls you—to ke sons ters of the Lord Al But what was vos at commands us to g be kings and queens unto God. ghways and hedges They st reign with him foreverithem to come in? and ever. e become of you these thirty-two } C4 me aman trom Capernaum and les ot Jesus Christ ties to great Salt Lake City. Ah, | my brother, do not take hold of a thing merely it by the realities of a judgment day. } do not adhere But on the to anything merely because it is old. | There is not a Church or sometimes been scoffed 2 } time when world the at. i There was a men de rided even Bible societies ; and when afew young men met near a haystack in Massachusetts and organized the first missionary society ever organ- i ized in this country there went laughter and ridicule all around the Christian Church. They said the so the work ot Jesus Christ was as- **Who ever heard ot such theories ot ethics and government? Who ever noticed | such a style fof preaching as Jesus | has?” Ezekiel had talked of myse¢ tere sailed. People cried out: terio gs wings and wheels. Genessaret and he drew his illustra- | trons from the lakes, from the sand, | trom the ravine, from the liftes,trom | the cornstalks. How the Bharicees| scoffed! How Herod derided! How Judas hissed?) And this Jesus } they plucked by the beard, and they | spat in his face, and they called him | “this fellow.” All the great enter-| ises in and out of the Church h | at at times been scoffed have been a great thoug got outoit the si 50,000 pe never hear the G at least 300,000 sou Brookiyn who come bio & Mississippi AN DAILY TRAINS TO aT Palace Sleeping Cars Without Change from gt. Louis in 10 HOURS TO LOUISVILLE 10 HOURS 10 CINCIN 3@ HOURS TO WASHINGTON. Philadelphia. 31 HOURS TO BALTIMORE. Sit 3S HOURS TO NEW YORK. A full line of card samples of } No ond-Class Passenger F . Go = CHENEY ANVIL THE BEST LINE EAST ause itis new. Ty Gineinnati Louisville D change of undertaking was preposterous. And } elass of Passengers. ALL POINTS BEYOND. T TONIC. hed i JOHN aA & VISE Tilt Established Route 852 W. MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILLS., ‘Us. VE, Walton & Cj JEW HOME & DOMESTH SEWING MACI INES SIX BOXES oc received by 5.00, we will | guarantee to ra | nt does noteffect nly by C. WEST & CO, (2 OS RFECT!* japTIGULAR PEA evert so | S No EQUAL Co ‘ oe EW HOME .c MACHINEE 30 UNION SQUARE NEW YORK oMCAG o®ANGe sue MASS. FOR SALE BY Froms Feouis =o and LOUISVILLE, Pator Coaches. and (psa amma settee tnistiiatal ita will j.M. dars for any First and Sec- e ail Fast Expres Trains, running THROUGI WITHOUT CHANGE, Is the shortest The OHIO & MISSISSIPPI RAILWAY ae) » w. lace ss NOW PALLY FINE sate STE ~ Ke Mb. CAFE. —THE- pee es kest route, and FOR you can go via Cincit or Louisville; | & choice of routes offered by no other line miveeee RUNNING A —or— Sleeping Coaches —FROM— E. a S adior Pamoh +t & Referenc=s ARDA. HASELTIN c. Springfield. M AGENT DR.SCOTT,842 Corsets. WANTED {,28:, scott's Electric VICTIMS INDISCRETIONS| Merchant Tait and Clothing House in America. WANAMAKER BROWN, OAK HALL, the great piece goods stock : SAI carried on SALT Will be peered A toall epplicants and to customers of jatt ordering it. It contains iflustrations, prices, descriptions and directions for, planting ‘a Vegeteble and Flower SEEDS, BULBS, DM. FERRY & COS” he Largeet & be found with McKIBBEN, AGENT, Butler, Mo. FARMS & MILLS i Vhor snic & Exchange. Ll alFree Catalogue. aw Con Hen wonk Vee Bndisputed In BROAD CLAIM of being th VERY BEST OPERATING, QUICKEST SELLING HANDSOMEST AM MOST PERFECT COOBING STOM Ever offered to the Public. MADE ONLY BY THE EXCELSIOR MANUFACTURING C8 Nos. 612, C14, 616 &C18M, Main St, ST. LOUIS, MO. BOLD BY L. McBripé «& * Ni A TO HAVE HEALTH THE LIVER MUST BE KEPT IN f ws fl fe’) fo) f Win ulsY Das Change of Lite. FEMALE TOHIC S0%2 | 2° TRE able FAMILY MEDICIS R «ite meri Aby Grugelas will tell 7 Or.6.W. FITZPATRICK, J AND Office 608 Wyandotte St. ore we. vanes OF Lh Pe) ip plain sea sree ce - Address DA. WARD & CO. Lows