Pastor <>f j y.r mon Park Presby?
terian Caurch, Chicago
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Chicago, Mny 25. In this sermon tho
Rev. Prank i>o Witt Talmage presents
in a picturesque and forcible way tin;
duty of Christian fellow ship. The text
is Matthew ti-, 41, "Whosoever shall
compel thee to go a mile, go with him
twain."
A keen, shrewd lawyer was one day
listening to John Wesley preaching;
Tho rounder ol Methodism lind three
different beadings for his sermon:
First. "(let all you run without hurting
your soul, your hotly or your neigh?
bors..I hat is sensible," thought the
lawyer; "unless a man ls continually
reaching out for something he will nev?
er have anything. Industry ls the foun?
dation of all success." Second heading,
"Save all you can, cutting off any need?
less expense." "Right again," muttered
the listener. "It ls not so much what
a man earns that makes him wealthy
ns what he saves." Third (Mading,
"Give all you can." "There," exclaim?
ed tho hard headed lawyer, "thc minis?
ter has foolishly, g.? and spoiled ev?
erything he has said. He ought to have
had for his third heading, 'Give as Ut?
ile as you cnn.' Von cannot save un?
less you keep what you have earned."
Bo lome <>f Christ's auditors felt that
ho was preaching the most foolish of
doctrines when he used the Illustration
Of the twain mile. They were ready lo
Obey thi'' Mosaic law of'justjee. They
would nsseiit to an eye for an eye, a
tooth for :i tooth, a hand for n hand.
