Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-11-24
AN ENDLESS HEAVEN.
Sec.s on Earth Lost in One Fam
lily
IN THE GREAT HEREAFTER
No Cceed So Good But That II May Have
It's Errors, None
So Bad.
BUT HEAVEN HAS A PART IN 1T.
Special 20 ne Register.

opening HYMN in the Brooklyn Tabernacle
this morning was;
''How pleasant thus TO dwell below,
In fellowship OF love"
Before the sermon DR.. Talmage expouud.
ed the story of David and Jonathan. The
subject of his discourse was Religious In
tolerance," and the text was Judges xii; 6;
Then said they unto him, Say now Shib'
boletb,' and he said Sibboleth, for he could
not frame to pronounce it right. Then they
took him and slew him st the passages Of
Jordan" Following is the sermon in full:
Doyou notice the difference in these pro-
nunciations: Shibboletb and Sibboleth
Very slight and unimportant difference you
say, but the difference Of pronunciation was
the difference between the life and
death of many people. Two Of
the Lords tribes, Gilead and
Ephraim got into fight. The Ephraimites
were worsted aud in their retreat came TO
the lords of the Jordan to cross. Orders
we're given to destroy all the Ephraimites
who attempted to cross, but how should it
be known who were Ephraimites? They
we're detected by their pronunciation
Sb;bboIetb was the word for river 1t
seemed that the EpI-aimites had peculiar
brogue and that in pronounjing t!ha word
shibboleth they always left out the sound Of
the h" AS the troops on retreat came to
the Jordan they we're asked to pronounce
the word shibboleth and if they said 'sibbo-
leth they were known Immediately as
Ephraimites and were destroyed. Then
said they unto him say now shibboleth' and
he said isibboleth for he could not frame to
pronounce it right Then they took him
and slew him at
The Passages of Jordan.
shall this morning advocate the largest
liberty in all religious belief and discussion.
In art in social life, in politics, in religion
let there be no moving of the previous
question no intolerance, no thumbscrew
no gag law, no persecution. You all know
that the air and the water are kept pure by
constant circulation, and believe that there
is tendency in religious discussion to puri-
Gcation and moral health. Between the 4th
century and the 18th century the church Of
God proposed to keep out error by prohibit
ing all religious discussion and by strong
censorship Of the press and rack and gibbet
and hot lead poured dovrthe thront to make
people orthodox but the world found out
that you cannot change mems beliefs by
twisting their heads, 0r make them see
things differently by putting an awl through
their eyes. There is something IN every
man s conscience to up heave the mountain
that you would throw upon it, and unsinged
Of the fire out of the flame to make red
wings on which the martyr shall
Mount to Glory.
Ipropose this morning to speak TO- you Of
sectarianism, its origin, its evils and IT'S
cures. There are those who would nekeus
think that this monster with horns and hoofs
is religion. ! shall chase it to its hiding
place and drag il out of the caverns'of
darkness and rip oasSts hide. But l want
TO make a distinction between bigotry and
the lawful fondness for peculiar religious
beliefs and, forms of worship. have no
admiration for nothmgarian. In world
of such tremendous vicissitudes and .tempta-
ton, and with soul that must after
while stand before throne Of insufferable
brightness in day when the wrecking ofthe
mountains and the flaming of the heavens
and the upheaval Of the sea shall be among
the least ofthe exoitements, to give account
for every thought, word and action. But
our earthly education; our physical temper
ament our mental constituten will very
much decide our form OF worship. A style
of psalmody that may pleaseme may
Displease'Iou..
Some would like to have a. minister in
gown and bands and surpHce; and others
prefer 10 have a, minister in PLAIN citizens
apparel. Some are most impressed when
little child is presented at the altar and
sprinklCd of the waters of holy benedic,
lion in the name of the Father and OF the
ucn OF the Holy Ghost, and others are more
impressed when the penitent comes up out
of the river, his garments drpppine: with the
waters Of baptism, which. signifies the
washing away of sin. Either is right in
my judgment; so either have his. own way
One man likes no noise in prayer, not
word, not whisper Another man,
Just as good prefers by gestscuia-
ton and exclamation to- express his
devotional aspirations. One is justas good
as the other. every menis fully persuad.
edin his own mind" Now in ourneighbor-
hood on Oxford street we have quiet Every
neiehbor prefers his own home to any other
home and yet he is peace with alllthe. neigh-
bo.hood. / have no idea that Iwilb pro-
mote the prosperity of my household by up
setting somebody else's home nor has my
neighbOr any idea that he will benefit bis
home by ipjuring my home. Each one pre-,
fering bis own homo the better, yet kind
and good nsighborhood. Now, soit ought
10 be in the kingdom of Christ. Preference
fes religious homes but lsrge-heATSed chris-
tan neighborhood Peace on earth good
will 10 men" George White6eb was geing
over Quaker rather roughly tor some OF
his religious sentiments and the Quaker
said, George, | ON. asthou art; Gn Tor
bringing all men to the hope of the gospel;
therefore if ,hoa will not quarrel with me
absat my broad brin, / Will not quarrel
with thee about thy black gown. George,
Give Ne Thy HAnd."'
Bigotry is often the chsld Of ignorance.
You seldom find q man with large intellect
who is a bigot. 1t is the man who thinks
he knows a great deal but does not. That
man is almost always bigoa. The whole
tendency Of education and civilization Is
is to bring man ont OF that kind OF
state Of mind and heart, There was in
The far East great obelisk, and one side
of The obelisk was white, another side OF
the obelisi was green, another side OF the
obslisk was blue. And travellers went and
looked at that obehsk, but they did not
walk around it. One man looked at one
side, another at another side, and they
ceme home each ono having looked at
only one side. And they happened to
meet the story says, and they got into
rank quarrel about the color Of the
obelisk. One man said it white,
another nan said it was green,
another man said it was blue, and when
they were in the very heat Of controversy
a more intelligent traveller came and said