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EV. DR. TALMAGE. he BROOKLYN DIVINES SlIN DAYSKRMON. Subject: «‘The Looking Glass.’* . Text : “And he made the laver ot brass, and the foot ot it was of brass, of the look in,; glasses of the women assembling.”— Ijxodus xsxviif., 8. We often hear about the gospel in John, and the gospel in Luke, and the gospel in jfsttbew, but there is just as surely a gospel of Moses, and a gospel of Jeremiah, and a gospel of David. In other words. Christ is as certainly to be found in the Old Testa¬ ment as In the New. ■ Wben the Israelites were marching through the wilderness they carried their church with them. They called it the taber¬ nacle. It was a pitched tent, very eostlv. very beautiful. The framework was made of forty-eight boards of acacia wood set in sockets of silver. The curtains of the place were purple and scarlet and blue and find linen and were hung with most artistic loops. The candlesticks of tabernarle had shaft and hraneh and bowl of solid gold, and the of cherubim that stood there had w7n?s of cold, of and gold, there and were tongs lamps of gold, of gold, and and snuffers has rings of gold, so that skepticism some¬ times asked, Wfiere’dtd all that precious ma¬ terial come from? It is not my place to fur %ish the precious stones, lt-is only to tell that they were there. I wish now more especially in to midst speak of of that the laver that was built the ancient tabernacle. It was a great basin from which the priests washed their hands feet. The water came down from the basin in spouts and passed basin away after the eleansinc. This laver or was made out of the looking glasses ot the women who had frequented the tabernacle and who had made these their contributions to the furniture. These looking glasses were not made of glass, but they were quality brazen. The brass was of a very superior easily features and polished until It reflected the o! those who looked into it, so that this layer.qf loQklngglasses spoken of in my text did double work. It not only furnished the water in which the priests washed them¬ selves, but it also, on its shining, polished surface, pointed out the spots ot pollution on the face which needed ablution. I have to say that this is the only looking glass in whiob a man oan see himself as he is. There are some mirrors that flatter the features and make you look better than y<pu are. Thenthere are other pairrors that dis¬ tort your features and make you look worse than you are, but I want to tell you that this just looking-glass he Is. When of the the gospel priests shows entered a man the as ancient tabernacle, one glance at the burnished side of this laver showed them their need of eleafising. So this gospel shows the soul its need of divine washing. “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” That is one showing. “All we, like sheep, have gone astray.” That is another showing. “From the crown of the head to the sole of the foot there is no health In us.” That Is another showing. The world eccentricities, calls these defects, erratic imperfections, ‘‘wild or oats,” “high or living,” behavior, gospel or or transgression, Viut the calls them sin, filth—the abominable thing that God hates. It was just one glance at that mirror that made Paul cry out, “Oh, wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" and that made David cry out, “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be cleaD,” and that made Martin Luther cry out, “Oh, my stns, my sins!” I am not talking about bad habits. You and I do not need any Bible to tell us that bad habits are wrong, that blasphemy and evil speaking are wrong. But I am talking of a sinful nature, the source of all bad thoughts as well as of all bad actions. The Apostle Paul Romans. oalls their They roll in the first chapter of are a regiment of death en¬ camping around every heart, holding it in a tyranny from which nothing but the grace of God can deliver it. Here, for instance, is ingratitude. Who has not been guilty of that sin? If a man hand us a glass of water we say, “Thank you,” but for the 10,000 mercies that we are every day reoeiving from the hand of God how little sgfpresgion of gratitude—for thirst slaked, for hunger fed, for shelter, and sun¬ shine, and sound sleep, and clothes to wear, how little thanks! I suppose there are men fifty years of age who have never vet been down on their knees in thanksgiving to God for His goodness. Besides that Ingrati¬ tude of our hearts there Is pride—wno has not felt it?—pride that will not submit to God ; that wants Its own way—a nature that prefers wrong sometimes instead ot right; that prefers to wallow instead of rise up. If you ccruld catch a glimpse would of your natur¬ al heart before and God, alarm. you The cry first out tning in amazement very this gospel does is to cut down our pride and sell sufficiency. condition It a man before dues God, not ieel he his loss and ruined does not want any gospel. I think the rea¬ son that there are so few conversions In this day ing is is because to make the tendency believe of that the they preach¬ are men pretty good anyhow—quite clever, only wanting a little fixing up, a few touches of divine grace, and then you will be all right —instead of proclaiming the broad, deep truth that Payson and Whiteflold thundered to a race trembling on the verge of Infinite and eternal disaster. “Now/’ says some one, “can this really be true? Have we all g one astray? Is there no good in us?” In Hampton Court I saw a room where the lour walls were covered with looking glasses and It made no difference which Wav yon looked you saw yourself. And so It is in this gospel of Christ. If you once step within iu fait precincts, you will And your Whole character reflected, every feature of morel deformity, every spot of moral taint. If I understand the word of God, It* first an nonneemeat is that we are lost. Glory he to God, I find that this laver of looking glasses was Ailed with fresh water ovary looked morning, its burnished and the side priest and no saw sooner his oa need of eianneing than he washed and was clean—glorious type of the gospel his of sin my Lord Jesus, that first shows a man and then washes it all away! * I want yon to notice that this laver in whieh the priest washed—the laver of look¬ ing glasses—was filled with fresh water every morning. The servants of the tabernacle brought the water Is buckets and gospel poured of it into this iarer. So it is with the Jesus Christ. It has a fresh salvation every day. cumulated'corruptions. It knot a stagnant pool It is filled living with water, ae* Which is brought from the eternal rock to wash away the sins of yesterda;, of one moment ago. “Ob,” says some on.. “I was a Christian twenty years agor That does not mean anything to me. What are you now?. We are not talking, but my brother, about pardon freak ten salvation. years ego, about pardon now, n If I want to find out hog a friend feels to¬ ward me, do I go to the drawer and find •omeold yellow letters written to me ten or twelve years ago? No. I go to tb* letter that wm stamped tne day before yesterday ia the paetofliee, and I fled how he feete to¬ ll Is not in regard to old ws had with Jesus ChrioL R 2 carious we have now. Are ws aw with Him this morning, mot spend tm sympathy with of WS? Do not DO year time In In tm the ert tet e ter the old, Cease morning of steoe. the glittering robe of Christ's oa the Saviour’s hand. You is the fountain of the a * of a I teU yea to M laver at ia regard to this laver of ageism of te thetas* that the ooth ■wit'nont leaving anr filth In tb« basin, tho priests washed both hands and feet. So the gospel of .Tesus Christ must touch the very extremities of our moral nature, A man cannot fence off a small part this of his soul and say, will “Now, have is to he a (tarfen in which I ail the fruits and flowers of Christian char¬ acter. while outside it shall be the devil’s commons/’ No, nc. It will be all (tardea or none. I sometimes hear people sav, “He is a very good man except in politics.” Then he is not a good man. A religion that will not take a man through 'an autumn election will not be worth any¬ thing to him in June,' July and August. They say he is a useful sort of a man, but he overreaches In a bargain. I deny the state¬ ment. If he is a Christian anywhere, he will be in his business. It is very easy to be good in kindly the prayer and blessed. rneelinjp, %ut with not surroundings so easy to he a Christian behinl- the counter, when by one skillful twitch of the goods you can hide a flaw in the silk so- that the cus¬ tomer cannot see it. It is verv easy to be a Christian with a psalmbook in your hand and a Bible in your lap. but not so easy when you can go into a shop and falsely tell the merchant you can got those goods at a cheaper rate in another store, so that he will sell them to you cheaper than he can afford to sell them. I remark, further, that this laver of look¬ ing glasses spoken of iu the text was a very large laver. I always thought, from the fact that so many that'Solomon washed there, and also from the fact afterward, when he copied that laver in the temple, built it on a very large scale, that it was large, and so suggestive of the gospel or Jesus Christ and salvation bv Him—vast in its provisions. The whole world may come and wash in this laver and be clean. When our Civil War had passed, the Gov¬ ernment of the United States made procla¬ mation of pardon to the common soldiery in the Confederate army, but not to the chief soldiers. The g03pel of Christ does not act in that way. It says pardon for all, but especially for the chief ot sinners. Now, my brother, I do not state this to put a premium upon great that Iniquity. whoever I merely say this,to encourage man. he is. who feels he is so far gone from God that there is no mercy for him. I want to toll him there is a good chance. Why. Paul was a murderer. He assisted at the execution of Stephen, and yet Paul was saved. The dying thief did everything had. The dying thief was saved. Biohard Baxter swore dreadfully, but the grace of God met him, and Richard Baxter was saved. It is a vast laver. Go and tell everybody to come and wash in it. Let them come up from the penitentiaries and wash away their crimes. Let them come up from the alms houses and wash away their povertv. Let them come up from their graves and wash away their death. If there be any one so worn out m sin that he cannot got up to the laver, you will take hold of his head and put your arms around him, and I will take hold of his feet, and we will plunge him in this glorious Bethesda. the vast laver of God’s mercy and salvation. In Solomon’s temple there were ten layers and one molten sea—this great reservoir In the midst of the temple filled with water—these iavers and this molten sea adorned with figures of palm branch and oxen and lfons and cherubim. This fountain of God’s meroy is a vaster molten sea than that. It Is not adorned with palm branches, but with the wood of the crbSs; not with the cherubim, but with the wings of the Holy Ghost, and around Its great rim Ml the race may come and wash in the molten sea. But I notice also, in regard to this laver ot looking glasses spoken ot In the text, that the washing in It was Imperative and not optional. When the priests oame Into the tabernacle (you will find this In the thirtieth chapter of Exodus), God tells them that they must wash in that laver or die. The priest might have said : “Can’t I wash elsewhere? I washed la the laver at home, and now vou want me to wash here.” God says : “No matter ^whether or not you have washed * Wash In this laver die.” before. or just “But,” says the priest, “there is water as clean as this. Why won’t that do?” “Wash here,” says God, “or die.” So It Is with the gospel of Christ. It Is imperative. sins There is only this alternative—keep our live. and perish, or wash thorn away and But, says some one, “Why could not God have made more ways to heaven than one?" I do not know but He could have made half a dozen. I know He made but one. You sav, “Why not have a long line of boats running from here to heaven?” I cannot say. but I simply know that there Is only one boat. You say, “Are there not trees as luxuriant as that on Calvary, buTs more luxuriant, for that had neither nor blossoms, it was stripped and barked?” Yes, yes. there have been taller trees than •that and more luxuriant, but the only path 1o heaven is under that one tree. Instead of quarreling because there are not more ways, let us bo thankful to God there is one, one name given unto men whereby we can be saved, -one laver in which all the world may wash. So you see what a radiant gospel this Is I fireacb. I do not know how a mnn can stand stolidly and present It, for it is such an exhllaranl gospel. It is not a mere whim or caprice. It Is life or death. It is heaven or hell. You oome before your child, and you have a present in your hand. You put your hands behind your back and say: “Which hand will you take? In one hand there Is a treasure; in the other there is not.” The child blindly chooses. that But God our Father does not do way with u<*. He spreads out both hands and says : “Now this shall bo very and plain. life In that hand are pardon and peace and the treasures of heaven. In that hand are punishment and sorrow and woe. Choose, choose for yourselves !” “He that belteveth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned.” An artist In his dreams saw such a Chist splendid dream of the transfiguration of that he awoke and seized his diet” pencil and I said, hare “Let me paint this and Oh, seen the glories of Christ 1 I have beheld something of the beauty ot that great saori flee-on Calvary, and I have sometime# felt I would be willing to give anything if I might jnst sketch before you the wonders of that sacrifice. I would like to do it while I live, and I would like to do it when I die. “Let me paint this and die.” He comes along, weary and worn. His lace wet with tears, His brow crimson With blood, and He lies down on Calvary for you. Nc, I mis¬ take. Nothing was as comfortable as that. A stone on Calvary would have made a soft pillow for the dying head of Christ. Noth¬ ing so comfortable as that. He does not lie down to die ; He stands up to die, HU spiked world. hands outspread as if to embrace a On what a hard end for those feet that had traveled all over Jad«i on ministries of mercy! What a hard end for those hands that had wiped away tears aud bound up broken hearts! you! And that is ail for Ob, can yon old and not love Him? Come aroond thU laver, young. It is so burnished you can see your sins wp* so deep yon can wash them all awar. O mourner, here bathe your bruised temples soul, in and, sick one, here cool your hot this lave,! Peace! Do not cry any more, dear sou.! Pardon for uli thy sins, comfort for all th 7 afflictions. The black cloud that bang thundering over Sinai has Coated above Calvary and buret into the shower ot a Sirloar’i tears. piri of I saw a Kensington Garden a ore Waterloo a good while after the battle had aad the aU over the field. There was a dto ■»s m iamb had up- from the peainre and lay aleepiag ia the mouth of that cannon. Bo the artim ted k—a most suggeriive be¬ thing. Then I thought how the war tween God and the soul bed ended, and of the , “The of is death,” then the words, “My mee I give nato thee,” and ot the law that had ohee quaked with the baft of death 2 beheld tae Lamb of God, wfeteh tafceth away the sin of the world. I to as I w< And He I glad. SOUTHERN FLASHES. <a A SUMMARY OF INTERESTING HAPPENINGS, And Presenting an Epitome of the South’s Progress and Prosperity. The fly-wheel of the engine at Her¬ mitage plantation, near Donaldsonville, La., broke Saturday, killing two white laborers and injuring two oihers. A destructive fire occurred at Phenix City, Ala., Saturday afternoon, entail¬ ing a loss of over ten thousand dollars. The fire originated from a defective flue in a building occupied as postof¬ fice, and the flames spread very rap idlv. Forest fires are raging in the vicin¬ ity of Corinth, Miss., and a dense smoke overhangs the town. Several cotton fields have been destroyed in the outlying districts, valuable timber ruined and the country laid waste. Hundreds of farmers are fighting the flames. A Montgomery, Ala., special says: the Governor-elect Outes has gratified friends of Captain Harvey Jones greatly by announcing that the gen¬ tleman would be the chief secretary in his office upon his inauguration. Cap¬ tain Jones is one of the best known men iu the state. He is at present recording secretary in Governor Jones’ office. General J. Whiting, of Mobile, Ala., - has been re-appointed major general upon the governor’s staff; his commis¬ sion having expired on October 1st. General Whiting is an old soldier, having teen arduous service as colonel of the First Alabama. It will be re¬ membered that he was the governor’s mainstay in preserving prder in Bir¬ mingham during the recent strike trouble. Governor Stone, of Mississippi, has addressed a letter to the governors of cotton and grain growing states asking them to appoint two delegates from each congressional district and five from the state at large to the anti-op¬ tion convention to be held at Vicks¬ burg on the 20th. The governors, senators and congressmen from the several states are also extended a cordial invitation to Attend. Lively interest is already being manifested in'the proposed conference of southern cotton growers to be held at Montgomery, Ala., on November 13 th. Some large planters in-that lo¬ cality who Lave thought over the mat¬ ter are greatly impressed with its prac¬ ticability and will assist in making the meeting the success it is intended to be. The conference will be in session during Montgomery’s exposition. A special frbm Bessemer, Ala., says: There is no yielding nor modifying of the purpose of the Bessemer Land and Improvement company to erect a large steel plant costing $1,000,000. Presi¬ dent DeBardeleben agreed with -the board, of directors to commence on the 1st of November and take active and the detailed management of the com¬ pany’s affairs. He will then go to Bos¬ ton to finally perfect the plans for be¬ ginning construction. He is expected to return in time to start a force at work on the foundation by the )5th of November. The federal court at Memphis, Tenn., will be asked by Tate Bros., of that city, to enter upon an investigation of charges that heve been made against the cotton seed oil owners of the south to the effect that they have nearly all entered into a gigantic conspiracy to control the market for cotton seed, and that the combine extends all over the southern cotton states. The specific allegations that are made in the pnblio prints refer only to the Memphis mills, and there are eight, and these are the largest in the world and the same owners control mills in Louisi ana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Geor¬ gia and the Carolines. CAPBIVI’8 RESIGNATION Caused a Shock of Astonishment Throughout Europe. A cable dispatch from Berlin gays: Europe has not yet recovered from the shock of surprise at Chancellor Capri vi’s resignation, which was entirely unexpected. Count Von Caprivi hag been heard to say, “I am disgusted.” Friday he had a very lively explana¬ tion with the Emperor, who, having heard at Liebenbnrg of the Cologne Gazette’s attack on Count Eulenburg, had telegraphed inquiries made ae to ite source of inspiration, which was traced to Caprivi The Kaiser there¬ upon ordered Caprivi to aek Eulen bnrg’s pardon. On his refusing, the Emperor d ismissed hi m abruptly. A MILLIONAIRE LUNATIC Dies in nn Ii e Asyl 1 —A Fortune in Patent Me dici ne. Henry T. Helmbold, the millionaire patent medicine mnn, died Friday epi¬ in New Jersey lunatic asylum of an leptic fit, and his body is establish¬ now an claimed in an undertaking ment at Trenton. The relatives have not answered the dispatch inquiring what disposition is to be made of tbs body. bold died suddenly in At Helm m He was between fifty and sixty y old, and has been in varions asyl for the last thirteen yeen. ’ Stolen PeUtksel Letters. Tt has been dieeovered that MGraw, daring the pas* week, while Chairmen in charge of Mr. Wileon’s was absent in Wheeling, the era tic headquarters at Grafton, W. Va., were broken into aad e n u mber of letters from political correspondents were stolen. One of these letters, ids as to the work done the published in a Wheeling paper. Ways to Get Bleb. \ The road to fortune is paved with printerVink. Shekels and sense are necessary in successful advertising. •Get something people want, adver¬ tise it jrisely and it is sure to pay. The best advertising will not create a demand for that which is not wanted. Success in business is paved by the typesetter and made smooth by the by the printing press. 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Mr. McGeorge, when he had perfected million¬ his plans, began hnnting for a aire patron. Ho wrote to an old friend in this city, Dr. McLean, and gave him an outline of his plans, McLean saw ex-Senator Fair and the California capitalist was so muoh struok with the idea that he offered to advance money to build the telesoope and mount it in the Lick Observatory. The plans is to perfect the glass here and then take it to the Paris exposition, where it would soon pay for itself. A Beautiful Thing. The lady in her elegant victoria drove up to the great dry goods store, and, stepping daintily out, she walked into the bnsy plaoe. Approaching the a weary-looking girl at one of coun¬ ters, she said: “What time do you get off replied duty?’’ the “Usually at 6, madam,” astonished girl, “but today at 5.” “Don’t you get very tired, working so long?” I work “Yes, madam; but must or starve.” “Well, will you let me take you for a drive of an hour, after you are through today? 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