The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-07
rALMAGE AT THE ACADEMY.


The "Atiaatic' Gala mity-Anothcr Re-
buke or the Critics-'Thc Whale OF Mod
ern scepticism-Human spiders-Thco-
logical Pugilists aud Fierce Religion
ists-A Compliment to Prize Fighters.
"God forgive those" said Mr.. Talmage yesterday
morning In his opening prayer, while referring to
the Atlantic disaster s'who have wickedly brought
this calamity upon this nation and other nations.
Have mercy upon all the bereaved. Have mercy
upon those emigrants who are tossed upon our
shore, bereft OF even the few treasures that were
allotted to them. May they find comfortable
home here, and may the arms OF Christian charity
be extended toward Them" This the only ref
erence that the Tabernacle pastor made yesterday
morning to the terrible calamity Of last week.
Mr.. Tamage's sermon was upon the Scriptures
and the democracy or Christ's religion, from the
text-"Where there Is neither Greek nor Jew,
circumcision nor uncircumcison, barbarian,
Scythian, bond nor free; but Christ is all aud in
ALL" setting forth the idea that men OF all nation
alitcs and history may stand upon one great gospel
platform In the first place. the preacher said.
Christ Is everything in the Bible. don't care
where open the Bisle nnd Jesus. know there
are great many who find no Christ at all. want
to tell you some ways OF studying this Bible by
which you cannot find Christ and some ways by
which you can ind Him. For instance, here is
man who comes and studies the Bible as histo-
rian II you come as historian you will find in
this book how the world was made, how empires
were established. how nation fought with nation
until the earth was
CHASTITY WITH THE DEAD.
II Is wonderful history, putting to the blush all
others IN the accuracy OF It's recital and in the
stupendous events II records. There are others
who come to the Bible merely as antiquarlans. II
you come as an antiquarian you Will find great
many odd things IN the Bible pecullarities Of man
ner and custom, and marriages and apparels and
dress. There are great many people who come
to it first as you would go to cabinet OF curlos-
ties and the Bible to such becomes mere British
Museum. Others come to it and find nothing but
the poetry. II IS wonderful poem, and great
good. They are 80 absorbed in looking at the
shells on the shore that they forget to look or
great objects Tor which this book written Then
there are others who come to this book as SceptcS
They marshal passage against passage and try to
GET MATTHEW AND LUKE INTO A QUARREL
and would have discrepancy between Paul and
James about faith and works These men-these
spiders. VIII say-Sip poison OUT OF the sweetest
flowers. They fatten their infdelity upon those
truths which have led thousands TO heaven, and in
their distorted vision prophet seems to war with
prophet, and evangelist with evangelist, and
apostle with apostles and II they can lind some in
accuracy of character, bad trait OF character
in man OF God mentioned in that Bible, these
modern crows cav and flap their wings over the
carcass Because they cannot understand how the
whale swallowed Jonah they attempt the mere
wonderful feat OF swallowing the
MONSTER WHALE OF MODERN scEPTICIsM.
should be true which says that the dumb ass spoke,
while they themselves prove the thing possible by
their own utJerances. UIaughter.) l am amused
beyond bounds when hear one OF these men talk
about the future life. Just ask man who rejects
that Bible what heaven is, and hear him belOg your
soul He will tell you that heaven Is merely
the development OF the internal resources it IS On
efiiorescence Of the dynamic forces into state OF
ethereal and tranScendental lucnbratien in close
juXtaposition to the ever-present "was' and the
great ITO bep' (LaughIer.) Considering them
selves WISE they are tools fer time and eternity.
:
to this Bible as controversalists. They are enor-
nous Presbyterians, or fierce Baptists, or violent
MethOdistS. They cut the Bible to suit their creed,
instead OF cutting their creed to suit the Bible.
The Bible Is merely the MILESTONE on which they
| sharpen the
DIssEcrING KNIFE OF CONTROVERSY.
| What do they about the religion OF the
| Lord Jesus Christ ? have seen some such men
! coming back IRON an ecclesiastical massacre as
proud OF their achievements as an Indian warrior
| Is OF the number Of scaps he has taken. have
more admiration fer man VINO goes forth with his
| fists TO get the championship, of q Heenan or a
| Morrissey, than have for
THESE THEOLOGICAL PUGILISTS,
| who make the theological magazines ring with q
horrible cutlery. They are the men who seem to
think that the only OF the sword OF truth Is to
stab somebody with 1t. Laughter) There is one
passage OF the Scriptures that they like better
than all Others, and that Is this -"Bessed be the
Lord, which teacheth my hands to war and my
fingers to fght.n Woe to us If we come to Ged's
word as contrOversalists, or sceptics, or fault
finders, or merely as poets. These only get into
Jesus
Mr.. Talmage further raised the points that Christ
Ii everything in the great plan OF redemption, and
everything TO Christians in time OF trouble, upon
which he dwelled AZ some length.