The New York herald., 1873-11-17
TALMAGE AT THE ACADEMY.

The Outragcd Honor of the Nation-The
Tabernacle Pastor the Spanish
Butchery-A More Horrible Massacre
Taking Sides With and Against the
Lord-Limping Christians who Want
To Go to Heaven in an Arm Chair.
The great crowd that nocked to the Academy
yesterday morning expected that the tabernacle
pastor would surely have something to say touch
ing the Spanish outrages in CUBA, and they were
not disappointed. In the prayer preceding the
sermon Mr.. Talmage invoked the blessing OF God
on the government OF the United States
in the present crisis OF affairs and prayed
that the difficulties between our government
and Spain might come TO speedy, peaceful
and honorable adjustment. He prayed that there
might be no bloodshed, no orphanaae and widow
hood; that Cuba would set her slaves all free that
that country, now so badly governed, or not
governed at all, would soon come into the peaceful
possession OF the United States; that 1t would
SOON HAVE OUR GOVERNMENT,
our common schools and our glorious Protestant
religion.
The opening of the sermon created the impress
SION on many OF the audience, that the discourse
itself would treat largely OF the massacre In Cuba
but the preacher suddenly took his departure from
the subject alluding TO II once again only. His
text was--"Who Is on the Lords side Sn
There is q sound OF war In the air. The officials
and the OF the vrginius. bribe OF 81, ,000 900
did not save the life Of Afaro. There was one
loud, sharp crack OF the musketry, and the men
fell dead. The nations heart beats quick to-day.
The silent hammers OF the navy yards are lifted.
The Manhattan puts out IRON Philadelphia, the
Mahopac from Norfolk, the sloops-ofwa Kansas
and Juniata from our own city, and the North and.
the SOUTH that have not stood as near together as
they might have come close up, shoulder to
shoulder, In demanding that
THE OUTRAGED HONOR or THE NATION
be vindicated. God save our land and cuba and
Spain from bloodshed, for the taking OF 100000
lives would not restore any one of the l52 who
taining and indicating the nag, which, though
for some time III has swung around idly about the
stan, Yesterday on the strong west wind swung out
IRON the nasts OF shipping as though commanding
the nation to follow. God save the
government OF the United States; cou.
founded be her enemies. "a voice-"Amcn-n
King, one Jesus, on 1t; star--the Star Of Beth
lehem. IL Is red striped with the blood of the
A MORE HORRIBLE MASSACRE,
the fact OF the killing OF the Son Of God. demann
that you all take sides either for or against HIM ~,
wnile cry out, in the words OF Moses, VINO y on
the LORDS side.n To be on the Lords side H. III
the FIRST place to put your whole weight on cnllse
as your personal Saviour. "Onp' says some one, ~
II don't want TO make any experiment apout M
religious interests, and think thai woniu pe an
experiment. My friends, I do notwant 10 make 9
an experiment about my soul 1 CANNOT hnoTu W
do IL. nave but one soul to be saved or lost, and
II you can show TO me that TINS Sospsi " JESUS s =,
Christ is an experiment want nothing 10 40 Win
II you, 10 regard 10 your soul. propose q
trial trip, win not take that boat There is no
experiment about this salvation OF tue Sospel. !,
1t had been unsafe your fathers and mothers would
have found 1t out long ago The iact II tnat ~ Is 80
simple aud 10 .easx = salvation that Iou WI pQi