The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-22
TALMAGE'S TABERNACLE.


BRoADsDE AGAINST THE DULwRKs OF UNI
TARIAN1sM-THE DEITY OF CHRIST MAIN
TAINED-DoUBTERs COMMENDED TO THE M
FIDEL CLUB.
The Tabernacle was crowded yesterday forenoon
by very attentive audience, who listened to q
discourse by Rev. 7. Dewitt Talmage against
"Unitarianlsn." He took for his teAt Romans,
TX, 5-'Christ came who Is over all, God blessed
forever. Amen" He began mis- sermon by re-
marking tina. Paul was q reckless man In always
telling the whole truth, imattered not who 1t hit
or what theological system 1t upset. In this one
sentence he makes world OF trouble for oil
Arlans and Soclnians, and gives cud for
scepticism to cnew on for hundreds OF thousands
of years. We must proceed skilfuly
10 twist this passage OF Scripture or
we shall nave 10 admit the divinity or
Jesus Christ. All the versions agree-Syriac,
Ethiopia, Latin, Arabic. Perhaps this word God
means being OF great power, but not the Dettyf
1t is God over all. But perhaps this word God
refers to the first person OF the Trinity. God, the
Father. No. 1t Ia 'Christ c0me who Is over OIL God
blessed forever" so you see which ever way I
take 1t am compelled to leave IL just as ali have
been compelled to leave II VINO have gone before,
as an incontrovertble proof OF the eternal and
magnificent golhead OF the Lord Jesus Christ.
About the differences between the evangei-
teal denominations OF Christians have
no concern. II could by the turning
over OF my band decide whether all tho
world shall finally be Methodlsts, Baptists,
Episcopaiians. CongregatIonalists or Presbyt0
rams would not turn over my hand; but be.
tween Unilarianism,
WHICH DENIES THE DEITY OF CHRIST
and Trinitariansm, which argues HIS divine
nature, there IS difference as wide as eternity.
II Christ be not Cod, then we are base idolaters.
II Christ be God, then those who deny It are bias
knee shall bow, ali things on earth and things ID
heaven" See ali heaven coming down on their
angel on his Knees-beIors whoms a man No.
GOD Every tongue shall confess that He IS
G0d sev Man G sns s
affections change; but '.Cnrist Is the same
ysssfaay to-day and ass ,a He I, = m 1ss
common sense to believe christ when He says
whether he e Coo or ~, nGi Ought not no &c TO
Abraham a had been dead 2,oas years. Was Christ
ana oa II S ss
letter Of the Greek alphabet, il was as much TO
81 sa the s9 sss e lest ING
think, les: we snould think o snss this power
Christ inf!imassd thai ae going 20 Keep on,
and that on the day before the world
places at once. for He declares in 80 many WORDS,
"L0 am with you always, even unto the end OF
the sorss Of the land aud Of the sea- de PROCESSES
to be vast IN hts possessions L. he IN tue posses
sion OF all those thtngsS DOCS He own them allf
II He does not, what Is HeY An impostor man
with venerable aspect and fray beard comes into
President Il am King William. OF Germany. 4
recreation and amusement l gained the victory
dent dnds out 'r that he is not Kinp-wSas
them An impostor. Now, the Lord Jesus Christ
proiessed to be KING. eternal immortal. tnvisi.
Christ is Coo, from what inspired men have said
OF BIN and from what lie said OF Himself; now
want to show you that He Is God from His won.
the Bible. II You DO not. what do you do In tho
Brooklyn tabernacle Why 40 you not 60 over
JOIN THs INFrpEL CLUB ON BROADWAY
Why DO you not help them on the new statue OF
Tom Paine they are rearing 10 Boston Why DO
Soo nos axe y oua IN na ana stealing the nyn
DO not believe IN the Word OF GodS
Mr.. Talmage then proceeded to discuss 'rhe
marine and @ortuary" He never S made pasien:
squirm under cauterizattoa; Re never tied an
artery, and yet with one word he stuck fast
drum OF the dead ears He made man who had
no use OF his limbs Tor thlrty.eighr years shoulder
his mattress and walk OF. THIS Doctor of om-
inc and 10 says e
him, "Stretch forth thy hand" The man stretched
IL It., forth Just as good as thc other. He
or the 0aves and fishes, the turning OF the water
into wine at tire wedding feast to the haul Of fishes
which He youchsaied the luckless fishermen. and to
He concluded his discourse by drawing q vivid
picture OF the resurrection and the Judgment He
by all the dominions OF the saved we VIII see what
an awful libel IT was when men said that Christ
was only man."