The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-04
NEW HERALD MONDAY 4 875-TRTPLE SHEET

merchantmen coming up the Bay the flags OF foreign
nations streaming from the topgallants, you
Immediately make up your mind that these
vessels come from foreign ports But from the city or
which ! speak no weather beaten merchantmen has
ever come. There has been vast immigration into
that CITY, but emigration from il so far az our nat
ural vision descry "There is no such city says
the undevout astronomer Even very good people tell
US that
HEAVEN is NOT MATERIAL ORGANISM
but grand spiritual fact and that the Bible descrip
tons Of it almost exclusively and in all cases 10 DO
taken hguratiyely do not know this morning but that
y rs simply because we have got telescopes power
fni enough that cannot the where there
Is no darkness ut all and catch glimpse Of the
FURNISHED pinnacles. AS a conquerng army marching
On 70 take CITY comes at nightall TO the crest OF
landscape, they can sec the cities thew
are to capture before they pitch their tents
80 now 90 | command this regiment OF God
before pitching tents for the night take one long
AZ the gates Of the great city want you to examine
the architecture Of these gates There have great
many nne gateways, but Christ the upper city has
swung gate such as eye ever gazed on untouched
by inspiration You know little precious stone on
your nnger VIII fash under the gaslight But, oh the
brightness when the great gate Of heaven swings open
dripping with the light of eternal MONDAY IL strikes
an INFINITE charm through every one that passes
one step thls side that gate paupers step
the other side that gate and are kings The pilgrim
OF earth going through that gate secs the one
hube pearl an MS earthly tears crystal Heaven
not duil place; not contracted place. not stupid
place
Count the number of those gates Twelve gatesl
admit this is rather
HARD ON SHARP sEcrARIAvs
mere Is Digoted PRESBYTERIAN who brings his West
minister Assembly Catechism and he makes gateway
out OF tha and he says TO the world You 90 through
there or stay out" And here is a bigoted member of
the Reformed Dutch Church, and he makes gate out
through there stay out" Here is a Methodist and
ne plants two posts and he says "Now you crowd IN
between those two posts stay outn Here
Episcopaian bigot who says Here is liturgy OF
which mean TO make gate; go through ii stay
out" Here is Baptist who says, 'here is water
gate you go through that or you must stay out" And
so in all our churches and in all denominations
there are men who make gate for themselves and
then demand that the whole world 60 through it, l
abhor this contractedness in religious view Small
soued man, when did God give you
THE CONTRACT TO MAKE A
for me and for the church l will not 60 in at that
gate will go in az any one of the twelve gates
choose TO go in at. Here is man who says, II can
prayer book" say, my brother, then use the
prayer bookn Here is man who says, II believe
there is only mode of BAPTISM and that is INNER
SION" Then say, "Let me plunge youo There are
two truths which to conquer this whole world
man. sinner; Christ Saviour. Any who
adopts theories his religious belief shall
have my right hand in warm grip OF Christian brother
hood. One Church will best get to Heaven
and another Church another man. In every denomi-
you let down and gate that you
one OF the gates you go through II
you only 60 through one of the twelve gates
that Christ lifted ''Why, Luther how did you
get in2" ~ came in through the third gate"
''cranmer how did you get through" ~ came
through the eighth gate" Glory be to God One
heaven, but twelve gates II does not make any
difference from what quarter of the earth man
comes up If his heart right the landscape opens
right before him. 1t does not make any difference how
dark faced how pale faced may be If they will
find gate right before them And the mighty men of
earth, the royalty of earth, Will not long 60 back
again that they stand in the palace OF the Lord
Mr.. Tamage concluded by warning his hearers that
each gate guarded by angel and that soul
could enter without the password "Jesus y which
not to be had unless repented and forgiven
sins.