| Show the antics of bareback bare back parson tork thia i the last sermon shall ever preach said dr Talca ago morning aa he paused crossed his arms and truck a dramatic A pin falling would have been heard distinctly all over the nacle there was the profoundest et silence the congregation held its breath and gasped in it anxiety to hoar what terrible was ob that dreadful synod been and done it whispered a lady in a front seat but he end of the agony came with agea next sen tence ho was not speaking self aly quoting evans uttered three days before he died the long pause waa one of Tal magos stage tricks but it tickled the audience and they smiled when they saw through it tho text was from romans who is ho that con deuneth dem neth paul flung his chal lenac caid tho preacher at the feet of hu enemies all tho persecution of did not affright paul ho was not physically strong but weakened with exposure he waa strong in christ the world has sung the praise of fie princess alice because she kissed a poor sick child took a contagious disease and died when the human race was dying our lord stooped down and gave it a kiss of everlasting lovo and died what did the tenderhearted tender hearted paul find in the death and funeral oford he saw tho gap our race must alonge into and ho saw the bleeding hands of christ celoso it he heard in the groan of christ hia own groan oh what a burden christ bore for ua look at his hauled mauled hands hi gashed side his crimsoned crim temples yet lie cried roll on more sorrows the crimes of the malefactors who were executing him roll on more the ins of the jewish nation the sins Q the years of the past roll on more the sius of the next 1900 yeara ah roll on the horrors of hell t here the preacher took on a demoniac appearance strictly in keeping with the theme the painter was evidently in sympathy his picture but in a moment talmadgo shouted on behalf of paul am free ah god nestr collects a debt twice ito gives a receipt in full do your worst with my soul I defy you I challenge you who is ho that con deuneth dem neth it is christ that hath died after portraying pauls satisfaction at having his debts paid by dr tal mage turned to his congregation and pointing to one corner of the tabernacle said some daiy diy your sins will come in fiery croop and pound away at tho gates of your soul you will surrender you will open the door single handed and you will I fling his divine weapon it is christ that died my friends when god pardons sin ho flings it into tho depths of tho sea into mid atlantic i it goes out of uis books out of his memory now the preacher bonamo tragic i his face was with emotion or cold or something ah there aro tragedies which send men away nerveless and sleepless but the trae ady of the cross soothes and saves calvary was the en which it vas enacted the curtain of night ailing at middle noon was the drop icene tho thunder of falling rocks ivas the orchestra and angels in the galleries of heaven and devils in the pit of hell were the spectators ob this tragedy of the crucifixion christ uail jesus amill down with alio monarch of wickedness following this burst of theatrical splendor was a dissertation on tho grave ah if christ had never stood in the gravel the gravo is tho darkest deepest ghastliest ghast liest chasm if from the resurrection gleam in it ah christ stayed in the grave to fit it for us and he flooded it with light of his glory see tho stone the mouth of thel tomb as it down the hill flung by the hand an angel and tho cayia beard forth I waving his hand then placing his finaev on lib closed eyes dr talmage put on nn extra vacant expression and said feebly im bewildered it was nothing serious how ever the preacher recovered him aalf ia the long dirge of the world suddenly stopped at the shout forth t after a few seconds preacher said ah if christ had not broken out of the tomb you and I could never come out of it the black flag of death would have floated everywhere ery where hell capping tho ramparts of god satan receiving coronation in heaven devils on the throne glory and angels in the misery in a jubilant tone he cried but if you are god s child the grave is only a bower where you may take A siesta an afternoon nap to wake up invigorated I ah I good friday of bitter memories it i now the easter lafayette was washington right hand man marshal ney was napoleons right hand man the right arm is alie symbol of strength and power so christ down at tho right hand of geathe first guest of heaven by request of god and the universal of heaven let him sit there M lie redeemed pass by in a cohort of splendor all tho oldest inhabitants of heaven never saw it grander day than alien chrict look liia seat at gods right hand I sometimes wonder there aro BO many bilings going on in heaven whether god wont forget you and me wo need an advocate not a poor lawyer a poor lawyer boreo than none at all well christs specialty in heaven w to lake the bad caad of the sinner and plead it before until ho geta an eternal acquittal we aro all guilty christ cannot plead our innocence iio found w in places of iniquity lie cannot plead an alibi we leavo sinned against light and knowledge lie cannot plead insanity but ho can tay look upon these wound by roy martyrdom demand an acquittal ah constable knock shackles let this man go free bin is tho worst of al the tyrant of tyrants but the axes of gods great deliverance aro pounding against our prison doors come out ye sinner como into the king dom tho audience are radu alty thinning down yeter daiy diy of the gallery pew were empty and tho body of the ana only filled you ono never knowd when talmage s going to give u n circus said a worshipper wor shipper it was generally thought hat alie doctor holding until after the synod judgment where do we find the early men tion of a arco admi stion to the theatre when joseph was lot into th pit ly lii brethren for nothing alto was no tailor and eo the dear be blamed when pointing to the loasta she innocently asked if thom pot went clear down |
