DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON. FOUR FULL REGIMENTS. “And four thousand praised the Lord."-1 HRON, 21:5 “This day shall be unto you for a memor- Exobus 12: I. (Eh) {This was Sacramental day in the Brooklyn Tabernacle, and the sermon was preached at the reception of three hundred and forty-seven new members, making six hundred and ninety received during the present revival, so that the communicant membership now is four thousand and fifty-one. gave the right hand of fellowship to the new members, and baptized about ninety, There was a great arch of flowers over the pulpit, containing the words: *‘I believe in the communion of saints,” When, week before last, the passed into the four thousand, now reaching four thousand and fifty-one, the first part of my text came to my and I bethought myself what a thing it would be if the fox ind of our communicant member- | like the four thousan ancient Temple, make lifetime busizess to praise Let them all take harp and tim nd anthem and doxology! HHusion of ond text wind, granu thouss p wonld EMENT. I ever lives four thousar EN FOR to remark that if membership reach ¥ ht I would be willing to say e of “Now Lord, let test hy servant depart in peace, ves have seen Thy salvation ave changed my mind, an much wanted stay as see them all enlisted for watch victories, hey not accomplish in the old: {to their yer cing t ed witha double portion of ti Y { © ¥ military Oa regiment. Crile among ¢ church sot unt think not them, Taken netimes In . one as carefully ex as to change of heart and evi- regeneration as though he or the only one presenting him- elf or herself, Many of our former members have passed awav into the skies, and have jolned the church triutuphant, but we have four thousand ind more left for the church militant, To at Quit you like men! WANT NO RESERVE corps among them. Go into action all of you. Some will be officers and com. toand. Some will make cavalry charge, Some will be sharpshoolers. Some will stand guard, Some will be on picket duty. Many of you will belong to the rank and file, let there be no stragglers, none off on furlough, not one deserter, With Christ for com- mander-in-chief, and the one-starred blood- faiped banner of manger and cross to lead the way, I give the order that the general in the war gave, when rising in his stirrups, his hair flying in the «ind, he cried out till all the host heard him: “Forward! the whole linel”’ There is alto something in such a sweene to deeply impress one, because it LENEARSES A DEATH SCENE, Now, you know, there is something vory touching in such an incident. Though you are in a hotel and it i ‘ dryge 1 iam bers, but each amined fences of he were ins Wi you move about the place, and if you come up to his couch it is with uncov- ered head. Even ths volee of jester is stopped, and when the eyes of that stranger are closed it is with emo- tion. jut I am to tell you this morn- ing of a death such as never before or since occurred. When we die, we die for ourselves, and the crisis is alleviated by all bene- ficent ministries, Bathings for hands; bathings for the head; bathings for the feet; the light turned down low or set in just the right place; all the of- fices of affection about us when come to die, But not so with Jesus, He died not for Himself, but Ie died in torment, and He died for others, He might have moved around in gar- potentate amid vineyards and groves sloping to the sea. erius He might have chosen a sunshiny a pleasant wave for the la crossing. Instead of being followed by an unwashed rabble He might have charmed sanbedrims and universities ith His eloquence. bunch of twist w He might Roman mercha bramble have died 1 el K( hild Reh itd \L OPERAT a painful nature must be § tor said, ‘Th i through this i courage him. You go consent.” The father t doctor said, and added, will you go through with it’ nsent to it?’ He looked and he thought a minute, “Yes, father, if vou w i I will.,”? So the father he and led him straight throug! Oh woman, in your hour of whoa do you want with you? Young man, in your hour of you want to If the mother of The doe Oper d trouble, Jesus [1 ling teet int If she might have taken the dying head on her bosom! i have sald to Him, *‘It It she might will soon be we will meet again, and it will be all But no, she dared not come up They would have struck he: They would have kicked her down the hill, There cm be NO ALLEVIATION at all. Jesus mast suffer and Mary must look. I suppose she tHought of the birth-hour in Bethlehem, she thought of the time when, with her boy in her bosom, she hastened on in the darkness in the flight toward Egypt. 1 suppose she thought of His boyhood, when He was the joy of ber heart, | suppose she thought of the thousand kindnesses He had done her, not forsaking her or forgetting her, even in His last moment, but turning to John and saying, ‘‘There is mother; take her with you, Behold thy mother !'’ She thought it all over, and there is no memory like a mother’s memory, and there is no woe like a mother’s woe, I remark, this is a tender scene, because it is A CHRISTIAN REUNION, Why was it that in the sessional meet. i | i i i | her son who sat next to her, making profession of his faith, she made no answer; but after a moment, trying to control her emotion, she burst tears, I said within myself, she not tell me the story. It the story of a prodigal got back, ‘The again, and the lost is found,” Oh, how many families there are that rejoice together to-day. These Christians during the need is rest of about each other. You go into one circle of society, and this one travels in we and wms to me 11 urch, but like anguish, It s¢ wrnlne not like a ch morning not like a ¢h Y CIRCLE. in hands around , “One Lor and we O88 One » heaven!” Whil here it s sto me as if thi in grave is n 1] . sr 11 [he shall 1 Fung» oe, 1.01 A" shout the archangel, and we i which y our last slumber here whiter. Oh, the reunion of amd apostles, and prophets, all our glorified Kindred, and of 4 ind i from heavy t white in and of Our Sorrows over. Our It will be as when And just as the snow and the fields will Kings banquet, before the warm sunshine of heaven, While I present these thoughts this friends, whom we thought a great way off, are not in the distance, but close by? You have sometimes come down to a river at nightfall, and you have been surprised how easily you could hear VOICES ACROSS THE RIVER, You shouted over to the other side of the river, and they shouted back, It is said that when George Whitefield preached in Third street, Philadelphia one evening time, his voice was heard clear across to the New Jersey shore, When I was a little while chaplain in the army, I remember how at even-tide we could easily hear the voices of the pickets across the Potomac, just when tones and ordinary iAnd as we come to-day stand by the river of | that divides us from our friends who are | gone, it seems to me stand on one bank and it is only a voices go and their voices come, Hark! Hush! I hear distinctly what they say, “These are they who come out of great tribulation, and had their robes washed and made white in the blood of | Lamb,” Btill the voice comes across were nsing VE shall For { more, we thirst no more; neither | the sun light on us, nor any heat, | the Lamb which is in the midst throne leads us to | | water; and God wipeth iving away «all LCArs from our eyes,’ a — - BIRDS IN OHIO. Their Almost Complete pearance. Disap- blue-birds yellow-birds, blue-jays, cal-birds, pewees, tomtit, wax-wipngs and numerous other kinds of birds were common visitors In ever door-yard in all country towns, and the fruit trees, ornamental evergreens and garden shrubbery were favorite nest places, But now the only temerity enough reside wi 3011t districts rarely jen oriole is from the swaying elm Years ago red-birds, and martlins, blue-birds, 7 ¢ ing MAAR” wilh thout O1es to the rural robin and pewee, an ne of Of s.1 “% x the udes of the are the d the 8ili- jUe~iine h the ROI to D6 Been brancl tall when for utiful, N 15 nle pit I am almost Pa ays isa LAALIADG { + Ware Own wel i Are domain. { make ILA SHOWS ttie down about very ir search fre an incessant iwitlering maintained as Lied each ful snow, powers re- mine, 2 id full the bi ' ern 538 - feius ili ha Fat n of 12 restoration of --—- Foand in an Old Book I found alall an oid book in a sireel once a time-yellow note which might have served as the foundation of a romance, The volume was an odd one of the Diderot "“Encyclopedie,’ and in the middie were two pages still uncut, for some reason I cut these {apart and there lay a yellow paper on which was written in French in faded ink, in a Sowing girlish hand: *‘I will drop a note out of the carriage as we go by the three chestnuts Ly the park gate.” Standing in the musty old shop, in had evidently never reached those of him for whom it was intended, I could see Lhe old chateau, the sweeping drive to the park gates, the three splendid chestnnt trees, and the futler white bhand-- Noah did ace ommanded hi THE ( bless inte Al A101 Al vO i And Cain was wth, and his countenance fell. Lord said unto Cain: Why art h? and why is thy counte- nance fallen? wast well, shalt ou not be accepted? and if thou doest not . 8in coucheth at the door: and unto thee shall be his desire, and thou 4 rule over him. And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him (Gen. 4:48). Scholars: Am I my brother's keeper? (Gen. 4:9). Teachers: Dear ye one another's bur- dens, and so fulfil the law of Christ (Gal. 6:2). All: We that are strong ought to bear the inOrmities of the weak, aad not to please ourselves (Rom. 15:1): I tun we] rs but unto Le had no respect. i 43 3 hia $1 1 3 ' i If thou d wel shalt fo SON 4, --Superintendent And God said unto Noah, The end of ali flesh is come before me: for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth, Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt piteh it within and with. out with pitch . But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt Scholars: Noah did according unto that the Lord commanded him (Gen. 7 : 5). commandments; for this duty of man (Eccl 12: 13). All: O let me not wander from commandments (Psa. 119 : 10). thy LessoN O,-Superintendent: Now the Lord said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy Kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto the land that will shew thee....So Abram went, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran, And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came (Gen. 12:1, 4, 5). Scholars: 1 will bless thee, and make thy Sate flew sand thou shalt be a blessing ((ven, 12:2). Teachers: By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which Le was to receive for an A— inheritance; and he went out, not know- ing whither he went (Heb, 11:8). All: My father, thou art the gnide of my youth (Jer, 8:4). Lesson 6.—Superintendent: And Abram sald unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen: for we are breturen. Is not the whole land before thee? separate wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right: or if thou take the right And beheld all was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Bodom and Gemorrah, like the garden of the Lord, like the land Ro f Jordan Lot chose him all the Plain of : B11 Je Scholars: Seek ye first of God, and his 6:33 the Vad kipgdom righteousness (Hiatl. Js Teachers: I love them that love kK me diligently and those that seek find me (Prov. 8:17). All: Thy face, lord, will 1 seek {Psa. : SON (.—Superintendent: brought him forth abroad, and Look now toward heaven, and stars, if able to } 7 He thou be tell them: ar iv seed 1.0% 11 t Gast righteou aid him on the And Abraham hand, and took son. And tt! yeu d hi § Uno ni the i8 e angel rd called m out of heaven, and said. Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am 1. And he said, Lay thine hand the lad, neither thou any thing unto hum 19 hel. not isi In upon is (Gen. 22 Scholars: God will provide himse a lamb for a burnt offering (ren. Teachers: Behold the Lamb of God. which taketh away the sin of the world! (John 1 : 29). All: Worthy is the Lamb that bath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might, and honor, and glory, and bless ng (Rev. 5:12). LessoN 11.—Superintendent: And Jacob went out from Beer-sheeba, and And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and Lie took one of the stones of the place, aud put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, 33 » A ¥ to and the top of it reached heaven ; and behold the angels of God ascending Scholars: Sugely the Lord is in this Teachers: Verily, verily, | say unto you, Ye shall see the heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and de scending upon the Son of man (Joho All: Let the angels of God worship Lesson 12.~Superintendent: And jeft alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him, And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh (Gen. 31 24-20). Scholars: And he sald, I will not Jet Shee 80, except thou me (Gen. 1 96). Teachers: Pray without ceasing (1 Thess. 5: 17). % All: Lord, teach us tw pray (Luke If you are in a passion shut your mouth, for words Increase it, Were we as eloquent as angels, we should please some more by listening than by talking.