REV. DR. TALMAGE. THE BROOKLYN DIVINES SUN. DAY SERMON, Subject: “Witnesses to the Truth | of Christianity,” (Preached at High Bridge, Ky.) Text: “We are witnesses," Acts {il., 15. Standing amid the hills and groves of Ken- tucky, and before this great multitude that no man can number, most of whom I never saw before and never will seo again in this world, I choose a very practical theme. In the days of George Stephenson, the perfector of the locomotive engine, the sclentists proved conclusively that a railroad train could never be driven by steam power suc cessfully without pers but the rushing ex- | comfort a broken heart, and breathe the frosh air; plunge deeper in- to business.” What poor Junge Get your mind off it! when everything is upturred with the bereavement, and everything re- minds you of what you have lost, Get your mind off it! They might as well advise you to stop thinking, und you cannot stop think- ing in that direction.” Take a walk in the frosh air! Why, along that very street, or that very road, she once accompanied you. Out of that grass plot she plucked flowers, or into that show window she looked fasci- nated, saying, ‘Come ses the pictures.” Go deeper into business! Why, she was asso- | clated with all your business ambitions, and since she has gone you have no ambition left, Oh, this is a clumsy world when it tries to comfort a broken heart! I can build a Corliss engine, I can paiot a Raphael's “Madonna,” [ can play a Beetho- ven's symphony as easily as this world can And yet you have been comforted. How was it done? Did Christ come to youand say: “Get your mind off this. Go out and breaths the fresh air, Plunge deeper into business? No. Thera press trains from Liverpool to Edinburgh, and from Edinburgh to London, have made all the nation witnesses of the splendid | achievement. Machinists and navigators proved conclu- alvely that a steamer could never cross the Atlantic, but no sooner had they success fully proved the impossibility of sach an un- dertaking than the work was done, and the | passengers on the Cunard, and the Inman, and the National, and the White Star Hues are witnesses. There went up a guffaw of wise laughter at Professor Morse's proposi- tion to make the lightoing of heaven his ere | rand boy, and it was proved conclusively | that the thing could never be done; but now | all the news of the wide world put in your | hands every morning and night bas made all nations witnesses, So in the time of Christ it was proved con- clusively that it was impossible for Him to | rise from the dead. It was shown logically | that when a man was dead he was dead, and the heart, and the liver, and the lungs hav- ing ceased to perform their offices, the limbs would be rigid beyond all power of friction or arousal, They showed it to be an abso hite absurdity that tho dead Christ should ever get up alive; proved this than the dead Christ arose, and | the disciples beheld Him, heard His voice, and talked with Him, and they took the wit- ness stand to prove that to be true which the | wiseacres of the day had proved to be impos- | sible; the record of the experiment and of | the testimony is in the text: “Him hath God raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses.” Now let me play the skeptic for a memeat “There is no God,” says the skeptic, “for I have never seen Him with my physical aye sight. Your Bible is a pack of contradic tions. There never was a miracle. Laszaru was not raised from the dead, and the water was never turned into wine. Your religion is an imposition on the eredulity of the age There is an aged man moving in that pew as though he would like to respoad, Hereare hundreds of people with faces a little fushed | at these announcements, and all through this throng ther- is a suppressed feeling which would like to speak out in behalf of the truth of our glorious Christianity, as in the days of the text, crying out, “We are withesses ™ The fact is that if this world fs ever brought to God it will not be through argu- ment, but through testimony. You might cover the whole earth with apologies for Christianity and learned treatises in defense of religion—you would not convert a soul Lectures on the harmony between science and religion are beautiful meatal discipline, but have never saved a soul and never will save a soul. Puta man of the world and a man of the church against each other, and the man of the world will, in all probability get the triumph. There are a thousand things in our religion that seem illogical to the world, and always will seem illogical, Cur weapon in this conflict is faith, not logic; faith, not metaphysics; faith, not Jrofundisy faith, not scholastic exploration ut then, in order to have faith we must have testimony, and if five hundred mes. or one thousand men, or five hundred thousand men, or five million men get up and tell me that they have felt the religion of Jesus Christ a joy, a comfort, a help, an inspira tion, I am bound, as a fair-minded man. to accept their testimony. [ want to put be fore you three propositions the truth of which I think this audience will attest with overwhelming usanimity. The first propo sition is: Weare witnesses that the religion of Christ i» able to convert asoul, The Gos pel may have had a bard time to oOnGUer us, we may have fought ith but we were vanquished. You say conversion is only an imaginary thin We know better, “Ws are witnesses” Shere DEVEr was so great a change in our heart and life on any other subject as on this, People laughed at the missionaries in Mad- agascar because they preached ten years without one convert; but there are many thousands of converts in Madagascar to day. People langhed Dr. Judson, the Baptist missionary, because he kept on preaching in Burmah five years without a single convert; but there are many thou sands of Baptists in Barmah today. Peo ple laughed at Dr. Morrison in China for preach. Ing there seven years without a single con. version; but there are many thousands of Christians in China today. People laughed at the missionaries for preaching at Tahiti for fifteen years without a single ounversion, and at the missionaries for preaching in Ben- gal seventeen years without a single conver sion; yet in all those lands thers are multi tudes of Christians to-day. But why go so far to find evidences of the Gospel's power to save a soul? “We are wit. nesses.” Wo were 30 proud that no man could have humbled us: we were so hard that no earthly power could have melted us An of God were all around about us; they could notovercome us; but one day, pe at a Methodist anxious seat or at a Presby- wt 4 terian catechetical lecture or at a burial or | ] wou on horseback, a power seized us and made us got down and made ur tremble and made us | kneel and made us cry for mercy, and we tried to wrench ourselves away from the grasp, but we couidnot. It flung us fat and when we arose we were as much changed as Gourgis, the heathen, who went into a prayer meeting with a dagger and a gun, to disturb the meeting and destroy it, Put the next day was found crying: sins! Ob, my great Saviour sleven years preached the Ci of Christ to bis fellow mountaineers, last words an his dying lips being “Free grace” Oh, it was free grace! There is 8 man who was for ten years a bard drinker. The dreadful appetite had tent down its roots around the palate and and for ihe tongue, and on down until they were | mterlinked with the vitals of the body, mind wud soul, but be has not taken any stimu. ants for two years. What did that? Not temperance societies, Not prohibition laws Not moral suasion. Conversion did it “Why,” sid one upon whom the great change had come, “sir, | feel just as though I were somebody else.” There is a sea cap. tain who swore all the way from New York to Havana, and from Havana to San Fran. cisco, and when he was in port he was worse than when he was on sen, £ sk y M1 should demand tl here E i i 7 § : f | right | her back, | comforted my poor heart.” but no sooner had they | | you are not figh | enabled you to stand | God | composure? . | religion to convert the soul, was a minute when He came to you-—per- haps in the watches of the night, perhaps in your place of business, perbaps along the street—and He breathed something into your soul that gave peace, rest, infinite quiet, so | that you could take out the photograph of wk into the eyesand | the departed one and J the face of the dear one and say: “It She is bettor off. [| would Lord, I thank Thee that Thou has is all There are Christian paren here who are willing to testify to the power of this Gospel | to comfort, Your son had just graduated from school or college and was going into | business, and the Lord took him. Or vour danghter had just graduated from the young ladies’ seminary, and you thought she was | going to be a useful woman and of long life, but the Lord took her, and you were tempted | o say, "All this culture of twenty years for nothing™ Or the little child came home from school with the hot fever that stopped not for the agonized prayer or for the skill | | ful physician, and the little child was taken, Or the babe was lifted out of your arms by some quick epidemic, and you stood wonder ing way God ever gave you that child at all if 50 soon He was to take it away, repluing, you are no you are pot fighting against il the tr “I took the 1 XK son “Ob, gave my threw myself at the f« ympathizing God; and when [ was too w pray ort look up He breathed into me a peace that think must be the foretaste of that heave where there is neither a tear nor a farewell por a grave.” Come, all ye who have been out to the grave t ) Laere i comiorted sous, get up off you there no power in this Gosg heart? Kt re no power in t juliet the worst paroxysm of gr omes up an answer from comforted w hood and orphanage and childlessness ing, “Ay, ay, we are witnesses ™ Again, I remark that wo are of the fact that religion has power to giv composure in the last moment, 1 shall never forget the first time 1 confronted death. We went across the cornfields in the country. I wasled by my father's hand and we came to the farmhouses where ths be reavement had come and we saw the crowd of wagons and carriages; but thereWas carriage that especially attracted my boyish attention, and it bad black plumes. 1 said “What's that?! what's that’ Why those black tassels at the too" And after it was exviained to me I was lifted up to look upon the bright face of an aged Caristian wou . who three days before had departed in tri umph. The whole scene made an impressior I never forgot. you say, sic ax to ) Win oe, witnosens one In our sermons and our lay exh wo are very apt, when we want to lustrations of dying triamph, to go back t sone distinguished personage—to a John Knox or a Harriet Newell. Bat I want you for witnesses, | want to know if you have ever seen anything to make you belleve that the religion of Christ can give composure in the flual bour, Now, in the courts, atiorney, jury and judge will never admit mere hero. say. They demand that the witness mast have seen with his own eyes, or heard with his own ears, and so [| am critical in my ox amination of you now, and I want to know whether you have sean or heard anything that makes you believe that the religion of Christ gives composure inthe final hour “Oh, yes,” you say, “I saw my father and mother ‘depart There was a great differ. ence in their denthbeds Standing by the one we felt more veneration, By the other, there was more tenderness.” Bafore the one you bowed perhaps, in awe In the other cass you felt as if you would lise to go along | ) wt | las with her. How did they feel in that hour? How did they seem to act? Were they very much frightened? Did they take hold of this world with both hands as though they did not want to give It up? “Oh no, you my: “no; | remember as though it were yesterday: she had a kind word for us all, and there ware a few mementoes distributed among the children, and then she told us how kind we must be to our father in his loneli ness, and then she kissed us goodby and went asleop as a child ina eradle.™ What made ber #0 composed? Natural courage? "No" you say; “mother was very nervy. ous; when the carriage inclined to the side of the road she would ery out; she was alweys rather weakly What gave her Was it becanss she did ubt care much for you, and the pang of parting was not great? “Oh” you say, “she showered upon us a wealth of affection; no mother over loved her chiidren more than mother loved us; she showed it by the way she pursed us when we were sick, atid she tolled for us until her strength gave out.™ What, then, was it that gave her composure in the last hour? Do not hide it frank and let me know, “Oh” you say, “it was be canse she was so good; she made the Lord her portion, and she had faith that she go straight to glory, and that we should all meet her at last at the foot of the | throne.” Here are people whe say, “I saw a Chris tian brother die, and he triumphed.” And some one else, “I saw a Christian sister die, and she triumphed.” Some one else will say, “l saw a Christian daughter die, and she | triumphed.” Come, all yo who have seen “Oh, my great | the last moment of a Christian, and give tes. | Uncover your | timony in this cause on trial, | heads, put your hands on he old family | Bible, from which they used to read the | promises, and promise in the presence of | high heaven that you will tell the truih, the { whole truth and nothing but the truth | With what you have seen with your owa eyes and what you have heard with your own sary, is there power in this Gospel to | give calmness and triumph in the last exig- { ency! The response comes from all sides, from young amd old and middie aged, “We | are witnesses ™ | You see, my friends, I have not put before | you any sbetraction or 8 chimera, or any- thing like \ ry work, 1 present Jou aflida- | vits of the men and women, living and i dead. Two witnesses in court will estanlish afact. Here are not two witnesses, but | millions of witnesses on earth aod in heaven | testifying that there is poner in this give eoufort {in trouble and to afford composure in the last hour, Ih 2 t ¥ 3 1 : i not eall | | #588 £ is $i: new star. Oh, hearer, looking out through the darkness of thy soul, canst thou see a bright light beaming on thee? “Where” you say: “where! How can 1 find it? Look along 5 the line of the Cross of the Son of God, Doyou not see it trembling with all tenderness and beauning with all It is the Star of Bethlehem, Deep horror then my vitals froze, Deathsiraok I cessed the tide to stem, When suddenly a star arose It was the Star of Bethlehem, “hope, to stay away trom Christ and heaven, When had dissipation, Years passed on, and one dey Mme, Bontag, in her glory, was riding through the streets of Berlin, when she saw a little child leading a blind woman, and she | sald: “Come here, my | here, . { band® And the little child replied: { my mother, that's Ainella Steininger. She { used to be a great singer, but | voice, and she cried so much about it that she lost her eyesight.” ‘Give my love to her,” said Mme, Sontag, “and tell her an old acquaintance will call on her this after- noon The next weok in Berlin a vast assemblage gathered at a benefit for that poor bifnd woman, and it was said that Bontag sang that night as she had never sung before, And she took a skilled oculist. who in vain tried to give eyesight to the poor blind woman, Until the day of Amelia Stelnin- ger's death Madam Sontag took care of her and her daughter after her, the queen of song did for her enemy. Bat Oh, bear a more thrilling story still, Blind, | immortal, poor and lost: thou who, when the world and Christ were rivale for thy heart didst hiss thy Lord away-—Christ comes now to give thee sight, to give thee a home, to give thee heaven, With more than a Sontag's generosity, He comes now to mest your need, With more than a Sontag's music, He comes to plead for thy deliver ance, —————————— The Morphine Craze. The vse of morphine bas taken on a Paris, where the sbuse of be powerful drag is carried on openly natically. The use of the small nstrument for injecting the drug ¢ skin wousands of new form in 18 universal now, tims cling great blessing all over the coun- quite unhappy vi Ls T a he growing use of it also attests future some- be to restrict the and put it beyond the Se WOO Wish themselves with it. In tablishmeots, or “institutes, they are called, have been which greatly resemble opium joints, The rooms are luxuriously fitted up, furnished with books, pictures, newspapers, aud in this place, the victims of the drug can re- ceive injections of morphine at pleasure, The price is £1.00 for the first one, and half that price for every succeeding one. arly all the visitors to the place are that in the near y done to abuse "rance, two es- ' as opened, oung men and women, often pretty and of good birth, It is only another form { this terrible craze which has seized a debauched public, and unless something is done to check such public dispensation of the drug, the habit will increase rap- idly. Many young, innocent people would visit such places for the novelty of the thing, and probably allow themselves to be brought under the powerful spell of the drug. In this country no such pub- lic glace exists, but the drug stores an- swer almost the same purpose. Persons in all ranks of society are becoming ene saved by the fatal passion, ruinieg their | health, and stterly, in the end, destroy- ing their mental powers. This extensive use of the drug has more of a curse than a blessing humanity, —= Yankee Blade. been 0 et —— ——— Kentuckian Burgeo. explained Colonel James Orr, of Covington, to a Cincinnati Covi | mercial reporter, *‘is one of the oldest Kentucky dishes we have. No one knows who first made ‘burgoo,’ nor does any one know where or how it got its queer name. ‘' ‘Burgoo’ is an out-of-doors crea- tion, and pots of ‘burgoo’ have simmered over a hot fire in the sun at every big political gathering in the State since Heary Clay was a boy, aad years before that, too. “It is not only sn extremeiy paiatable dish, if you can call it that, but it's very nourishing. ‘Burgoo’ is a cross between astew and aseup. It is always made in the open air. The ‘burgoo’ the Blades of Gruss ate to-day was very rica. “How was it made! Well, I took a big caldron, put some red pepper pods in the bottom, added some potatoes, to- matoes and corn; then put in half a dozen prairie chickens, as many more al ‘Burgoo, tender ‘yellow legs,” and a couple dozen ! added some | softshell crabs. I'd have young squirrels, but they could nat be obtained, “When everything is in readiness there 1s enough water put into the cal dron to just make the contents float, Then it is put on the fire. It must be sllowed to simmer slowly for six houm, | snd must bo stirrred constantly with a hickory stick, | “A hickory stick is best and is always used, but another might do as well. When itis nearly done it may be fla- vored to suit the taste. It is ‘done’ | when the meats are thoroughly stired- ded, not before. When it is done Um!" | and Colonel Orr's eyes fairly sparkled at the prospect, RE — | Lodgings In Colorado Desert. | “There are many queer e {bo met with in traveli the Colorado Desert,” said ’s mailto! man in that Louis who spent some time at a country to a of the lobe. “While out near Lone Palm I was awa one ni a sick feeling io the stomach. When Ta to Oh, hearers, get your eye on it. It is easier | foryou now to becomd Christinne than it is | Mme. Bontag began her musical career she i was hissed off the stage at Vienna by the | friends of her rival, Amelia Steininger, who | already begun to decline through ber | | wWoinen | April 1, 1801, little child, come | Who is that vou are leading by the | «That's i she lost her Fhnt wos what | NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN, Bead necklaces are seen again, White cloth costumes grow in favor. New York has a Woman's Press Club. Sashes of all kinds are being used i again. In Bweden you get a competent hired girl for $14 per year. Bows of white cocks’ feathers are new and striking, but trying to mature faces, Mrs. James Codman has been overseer of the poor mn Brookline, Mass., for thir- teen years, The first gymnasium or college for in Rome, Italy, Of the fifty-three members of the re- cently formed Water-Oolor Club, in New York, over half are women. A feminine inspector of schools has been appointed in France sod there are more to follow. ’ pv s ’ { I'he Babylonian women of the time of the deluge are said to have worn head- gear like that of the present day. About 100 women stenographers and | typewriters in New York City are organ- | ized to improve their condition profes- | sicnally, Jeweled trimmings and jeweled | » fringes are much worn and are suitable upon all gowns, whether for the street or house, Btraw hats have enormous brims, pro- truding very moch in the front, and a low crown, trimmed in front with a tuft of feathers, A new occupation for women in Lon- don is that of “‘conversstion crammer,” whose business is to coach up ladies for dinner parties. Veils, according to the latest Parisian verdict, must float and not be confined by a single pin. They must not touch the face but hang away. London has 40, 000 young seamstresses under twenty, who come from the try, live in homes for working girls, aud. efforts, coun- with their utmost can only earn $1.12 a week, In February, } of Eng- land received on y Empress of Brazil a dress woven entirely of webs, which for flueness and ueen spiders’ besuty is said to surpass the most splendid silk. The first literary society ever formed in India for native women is the Bombay Borosis, formed on the model of the New York society of name, Two bundred members are on its rolls. the same four blue A serviceable dress for a girl of teen or fifteen to wear is of serge worn over a cotton blouse, which can be exchanged for another of a differ. ent color if the wesrer wishes to vary her costume, Wash-leather ventilated palms sre now being sold fer wearing at night. They are put on after the hands have been well rubbed with glyoerine, This treatment is supposed to make the made gloves with hands very white, The Japanese Minister at Washington has placed the officers of the Board of | Lady Managers in communication with three of the first ladies of his country, with a view of obtaining for the Fair a good exhibit of Japanese women's work, It is a woman doctor who recommends shopping or working women to eat joe | cream for down town lunch in hot weath- er. “When you are tired or feel little appetite, an ice cream is good for you; much better than to try to eat something heartier,” she says. Bonnets still continue to be studies in ostural Listory, one of the latest being of fine open straw with a few upstanding loops of black velvet at the back, against which a lobster sprawls its long legs— | or whatever you call them-twined lov- ingly about the crown. Perhaps the most harmless artificial method of beautifying the complexion is to get a red beet, fresh from the mar. ket, and cutting it in half, rub it gently on the face, which’ will at once assume the delicate flash unobtainable through the use of chemical preparations. Traios have become narrower. They consist of little more than a plait at the | back of the dress and are cut so as to ap- | pear very narrow until rounded at the end, where they have a mather broad sweep, Street dresses have all a slight | train, or are at least cut to touch the street in walking. In fashionable Parisian hairdressing of the moment the distinctive feature is the | solitaire curl, which leaves the wavy | front hair and is brought low down on | | the forehead or is worn at the left temple. | The restof the bang is drawn loosely | back to meet the small coil into which the long hair is twisted. 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