REV. DR TALMAGE ——— o———— The Eminent New York Divine's Sua . day Sermon. “The Unpardonable Sin.” Texrs: “All manner of sin and blasphemy unto phemy against the Holy Ghost sh not forgiven unto men. And who er speaketh a word against the Son of ) given hin. but whosoeve the Holy Ghost it shal t neither in this world, neith come.’ Matthew xii., 31, 32. “‘He place of repentance, though he sought it | carefully with tears.” i, 17 As son around the evening read, so family ba forgiven men, the blas- ba th agains we forgiven him, rin the world to found no | times you gather stan world and a captive for come. Do ye here who has Are ag speaks o my mind was the to the age tight of be fri |Smirs+ aut, balances in of yest react over 1 and uneadiog awhile say: “lam got to be thirty orf do wish 1 had nev What does that am don ¥ but u will, you never In this sa of takes I put ail parental neglect, fueation of our y late, 3 the time they get to n we wake up to our mistakes and try rradicate bad habit and change that, That parent who omits in th of the child's life to make rual impress. gion for Christ never m The child will probably go on with he disadvan. tages, which might have been avoided by parental faithfulness. Now you see what a mistake that father or other makes who wits off to Iate life adherence to Christ, fore is a man who at fifty vears of to you, "I must be a Christian,” yields nis heart to God and sits in the place of prayer to-day a Christian. can doubt it. He goes home, and he says “Here at fifty years of age 1 have given my heart to the Saviour, Now I must establish a family altar)” What? children now? One in Boston, another in Cincinnati, another in New Orleans and you, my brother, at your fiftieth year going to establish your family altar? ter late than never, but alas, alas, that you did not do it twenty-five yeurs ago! Al. ne eategory reabie mis. Wel irrevy the o te this t is too ate, first fen LR # 1 saw in the window of one of the shops a icture that impressed my mind very much, t was a picture of an aceident that occurred on the gide of one of the Swiss mountains, A company of travelers, with guides, went up some very steep places—places which but few travelers attempted to go up, They were, as all travelers are there, fastened to- gether with cords at the walst, so that if one slipped the rope would hold him, the ro fastened to the others, Passing along the most dangerous point, one of the guides slipped ‘ and they all started down the preci. ce. But after awhile one more muscular han the rest struck his heels into the jee and stopped, but the rope broke, and down, bund and thousands of feet, the rest went. And so I gee whole families bound to- gether by ties of affection and in many cases walking on slippery places of worldliness and sin. The father knows it, and the mother knows it, and they are bound all to er, After awhile they begin to slide wn steeper and steeper, and the father becomes aad, aud he stops, planting his | fest on the ‘rock of ages! Heo stops, bat | the rope breaks, and those who were once | tied fast to him by moral and spiritual ine fluences go over the precipice, such a thing as 20ming to Christ soon enough to save ourselves, but not soon enough to inve others, | ent says, “1 have been too lenient,” or *'I If I had the little ones around, me would do!" You will children. | again, how different 1 never have them around again, done; the bent to the character is given; eternity is decided. I saythis to young par- those who or thirty-five year nltar to-night. father felt as he | dving child, he expiring son him: *I y been very a fine e have the family 0 you suppose that y good You have nome fue in a fine v for and vo laced me y everything r, you never am dying, an iy eternity wilen tunity! fou ann find it well try to find the feece that or take in your hand the n on the of the or to find the plume of ross paradise, It When an oppor. 3 ail ir opp fit as dew that came dow locks Buthiehen sO8pAaeras, the first robinthat w it is gone Fe tunity for personal repentance good passes § . You is gone ~ ¢ or Ol V nay hunt for it; yom not find it, You may fish for it; it will take the hook. You may dig for it; you annot bring it B mber that there are wrongs and sins that ean never be that our privile fly a straight that the lightnings | have not as swift feet as our privileges when they are gone, and let an opportunity of sale vation go by us an inch--the part of an inch, the thousandth part of an inch, the millionth part of an inch-