The Witness-Stand Act_3:15 : ’93We are witnesses.’94 In the days of George Stephenson, the perfector of the locomotive engine, the scientists proved conclusively that a railway train could never be driven by steam-power successfully without peril; but the rushing express trains from Liverpool to Edinburgh, and from Edinburgh to London, have made all the nations … Continue reading “449. The Witness-Stand”
448. The Sun Put Out
The Sun Put Out Act_2:20 : ’93The sun shall be turned into darkness.’94 Christianity is the rising sun of our time, and men have tried with the uprolling vapors of scepticism, and the smoke of their blasphemy, to turn the sun into darkness. Suppose the archangels of malice and horror should be let loose a … Continue reading “448. The Sun Put Out”
447. Acts
Acts Autor: T. De Witt Talmage
446. The Field of Blood
The Field of Blood Act_1:19 : ’93Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.’94 The money that Judas gave for surrendering Christ was used to purchase a graveyard. As the money was blood-money, the ground bought by it was called in the Syriac tongue, Aceldama, meaning ’93The field of blood.’94 Well, there is one … Continue reading “446. The Field of Blood”
445. New Lessons
(an Easter Sermon.) New Lessons (an Easter Sermon.) Joh_20:15 : ’93She, supposing him to be the gardener.’94 Here are Mary Magdalen and Christ just after his resurrection. For four thousand years a grim and ghastly tyrant had been killing people and dragging them into his cold palace. He had a passion for human skulls. For … Continue reading “445. New Lessons”
444. The Decorated Grave
(An Easter Sermon.) The Decorated Grave (An Easter Sermon.) Joh_19:41 : ’93In the garden a new sepulchre.’94 Looking around the church this morning, seeing flowers in wreaths and flowers in stars and flowers in crosses and flowers in crowns, billows of beauty, conflagration of beauty, I feel as if I stood in a small heaven. … Continue reading “444. The Decorated Grave”
443. Sour Experiences
Sour Experiences Joh_19:30 : ’93When Jesus, therefore, had received the vinegar.’94 The brigands of Jerusalem had done their work. It was almost sundown, and Jesus was dying. Persons in crucifixion often lingered from day to day’97crying, begging, cursing; but Christ had been exhausted by years of maltreatment. Pillowless, poorly fed, flogged’97as bent over and tied … Continue reading “443. Sour Experiences”
442. What Were You Made For?
What Were You Made For? Joh_18:37 : ’93To this end was I born.’94 After Pilate had suicided, tradition says that his body was thrown into the Tiber, and such storms ensued on and about that river that his body was taken out and thrown into the Rhone, and similar disturbances swept that river and its … Continue reading “442. What Were You Made For?”
441. The Capstone
The Capstone Joh_17:4 : ’93I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.’94 There is a profound satisfaction in the completion of anything we have undertaken. We lift the capstone with exultation. While, on the other hand, there is nothing more disappointing than, after having toiled in a certain direction, to find that … Continue reading “441. The Capstone”
440. Cloaks for Sin
Cloaks for Sin Joh_15:22 : ’93But now they have no cloak for their sin.’94 Sin is always disguised. Decked and glossed and perfumed and masked, it gains admittance into places from which it would otherwise be repelled. As silently as when it glided into Eden and as plausibly as when it talked to Christ at … Continue reading “440. Cloaks for Sin”