The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-23

"a arid deaer> Into = -
OF verdurA and coolneas and ffulS1Sk-
nee and even oeal the lkfsieeo 49,
OF the Deed 6ss, ho dWels upon ~
extraordinary fact that there Van 60
exceptions enc qualifying abQsn n ~
eseriptton cf pOwes 70 these watoRR
sat the tniry plaoss thereof aud ~
nsrsaso thereof shalt nas be hoaloi.o
All the power opf the river Of III
ssactnAry Inc ffsctlvs 70 heal mnyokl
Csuttoniog hts hearers 10 hold H.
their conception Of the literslness e
tse prophecy, the passor Asked then
oxies.
Indeed, thlsrivsr, which comes from
tho A.tr-the place OF sacsincs-and r
80 mishsy In bsninssnae, ftrss:stAblY
sug2esss that great river Of 0od6
rec grace which flows from tue crooo
OF Christ. 10 strong IL -
analogy that It Is itttle wonder
tneb expositors have made tho paSongo
20 be only spiritual and symboltoah
mere 10 sp'ri,usi river, bat are thego
SPIRITUAL NARsHHs
70 correspondY The preacner hrnt de-
ansd marsh to be place wnere 4
groat deA' OF wafer had already come
n vAin--it was march sllli. OF thio
sort are those who hear the Rospsl, bat
nelsher accept nor dofiuttelv rsjaos it,
lsstaguates II then. They hesr and
near, and nothing comss OF IL. II losoo
AL power even over thoir emotions.
they know IL all. Carists tuffsring1
haze been depicted before tnom 90
ofteh that they btAr the august spoo-
sAtle uumoved. They are gospel -aat-
urAssd human marsnes. He Q1otod
Spur9sou ~ saying; ~ bxvs more hono
VI an Av0wed Ii d tet than VI one of theoo
xospsl-pr0ot htareys,n and aaid th08
Two stroug tnAdeis had bssn c0nvsrtSd
under his preceding In Dallas, but NOT
one OF these spiritual mOIssses had
bson redeemed. Hs applied 10 them
the words OF Cnriss: "Ths thisves and
. nsrlsts 70 into the kingdom before
In the second place. he sald 4 marsh
was mixture OK water and earth
which made both valueloss. The
water was spelled and the earth VA
spoiled. You could neither drink the
ono TOR cultivate the other, and these
he esinpared to worldly boilavars.
Neither wholly worldly nor wholly
heavenly, the world sneers 1t their
Christianity and the church kutfovD
from their worldliness. The speaker
SAID ha had sseu marches whloh were
very dcsepsivs-resBmbltng vast, lsyet
prAirtss, they were really troa0h-
ernus quaxmires. The church u
nfillcted with some such prufebSoru
wno are ail professors aud no real tY--
nsrshral Some what akin to thnxs era
those whose religion runs to talk and
neiss. TAey pr0dueS great Drop, but
" ~ All marsh grass, COARSE and
wsedy.
Aas.nsr ohAractnrlssic OF = marsh Il
that II takes sll the water It can got
aud gives out ~ little AZ p0sslIlo.
bsnae people are always runuing 10
meetings, but are never seen In IL
quiet paths Of Christian service. Hven
tne gracs Or God stagnstss In sushs
luss as the mamma spciit under eertatn
conditions. Ss s
rns speaker clsimed that I'll maxnh.
ee--whssher natural or nplritual-sxo
|ttvuri0us, sud illustrated Tia propoei-
tt0n IN various ways. Laat,y, 10
dw0it upon th4 awful stAta OH such
persons. When tho ablest phyHICtana
usve applied thUtS last rsmad Y Ia vain
w0 despair cf the patient. raeso un-
moved hearers ct the gospel, ttiOo
worldly ana hypocrlticI professors
are 10 that CASE. Qod's lsst rainsdy
has bee d tried In vainl "Whst mora
| shall I do unlO thNe that have not
dons Hsith tho Llrd.n
Mr.. Sooneld closod With au earnest
appeal " his hearers to rouoivs the
Graea Of S1d IN truth. /. N