West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-12-16
TALMAGE.
THIS BIooKLYN DIvtNEs sun.
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "AFamiiy Quarrel Settled. =

Subject: "AFamily Quarrel Settled
TEXr; Let there De no STRIFE, Trray th,e.
oetteeen me da 4 the. dad bet,Vccn nv herds,
men ond thy herdSmeR. Is not the trhols
land before thces GeReSiS .riiL s.a
Uncle and nephew-Abralam and Lot
both pious, 'th millionaircs; with focls sc
lafge that the her,lsnen got into a fight
pe haps aeous eiter paStnrage, or about
Settsr WAR priv lsge, n tho COW OF cne
he IL h oksd the COW OF another herd II
was not their poverty OF opportunity that
Drought These two m N lat a difference but
- Was thfir wealth of olpo, tunitr. Abra.
nam, the gloriou' old Bedouin sheik, saw
thSt the controversy wa. absurd and he said
- Lot--for II really zee @ like two ships i'm
tno middle OF the A,leut c - een quetreling
s.S aoout sea room-A bratsm said 90 Lot;
WOW, lot Us n rec To dileG Hero is tho
mountain district swept OF tbs tonic sea
breeze, and with a far-reaching proSre 4.
and out yonder is the Valley OF the Jordan.
win cornheids and vineyards and tropicnl
Insurance md mmeasurabls acreage ~
wealth and the great river I'm which e. water
The ho, * on CDn have eithefn ot who hal
not as much wealth ns Abraham and might
nave been expected 10 make the second
choice, made the first section, aud with A
modesty that must have brought n sinilo TO
Abrahans face, said: Abraham you can
nave TIC rocky di tIict aid the fine proc
pects, and ll take th3 valley of the Jordan
with the cornHelis and the great river In
which To water the flociIs, aud all the tropi-
cal iuSuriance OF tue vineyards. Ill take
that" 80 the controversy was forever set.
tied, and Abraham, great-souled Abraham,
carried out the suggestion of the toxt: "let
there lie no strife pray thec between me
and thee anl between my herlsmen aud thy
n h'rdsmen. Is not tho whole land before
! theeH
Wen, ia this hast quarter OF the nineteenth
| century, and i'm this beautiful land call,I
! America, a ter Americas Nospucins Int
which ought 70 have been called Columbus
aibeg IT'S d'scovercr Columbus, we have
| wealth OF religious OPP rtunity aud of eccle
siastlcai advantage that is positively bowl.
s',.iS, ue,iLnS, 30 many styles of crocd, so many
styles OF woiNh p, 50 many styles OF church
government. so many style OF nrchitectu,e
Mhat opulcnce OF ecclesiastical opporttnlIty
me In desolate regions there may 10 ouly
one chutch. aud ~ Is that or nothing I'm ouf
thlCkly scttlcd districts OF country there is
sucn vast variety or churches and such yast
variety OF creedS. one would think a man
wouiu nave no di'sculty in making a se:oc-
Coh. Let there lie no war OF veStnents no
contest as between litm ri al and non -liturgi-
Cal adhoTonce, no strife about baptisniAl
modes, no quarrel as ~ whether a handful
93t water or riverluil OF water is the better
IL Abraham on the heights gets only the
sprlnkiing OF the clouds. let hun not bsgrudge
Lot who has the whole river Jordan
| In winch 70 inmerSe himself. Let there be
| no strife | pray thee between ne and thee
| ana between my herdsmeu and thy herJsmen
- not the Whole lanl before theeW Espe.
! clally Is ~ unlort Inato when In the homa cir
Sie there Is an angry controversy across the
breakfast, the dining or tie tea t,hla
and on tho one side OF the t1nle some ons
| says: II mover could bear the rigid do .trines
| on tresbyterianism,n and the answer comes
from the other end OF the table saying: "I
| never could endure the conventfonalities
| OF Episcopacy,n aud from ono side of
| the table comes: II can't SEQ how thew
| stand the noise in the Metho list Church,
| anu from tho other side there come back tho
| responso; "An the Beptists are bigot,lr
| hundreds of fainil es have been split of &C.
Dissatisfaction, and as the discussion goes or
l there Is kiDdlng of ndignation, and IL e,Cz
some Aoraham TO come out aud put his foot
| on the lighted fuse before the erllos!on takes
| place, and say: Let tn sre be no strife be-
| tween me ana thee aud between m herdsmen
| aud thy herisInen. Is not tho whole land
99e.ore iheef undertake this morning
| discussion mover bsfore undcrtaken in
0e pulpit, because IL Is very deli
cate subte;t Anl IL not rightly
banded might produce great oTense bat I
approach The question without the slightest
| trepidat on because feel have the divine
direction in tho matter 10 b. proposed IL il
| tremendous question, often a ,ked with
tears and sos ami beartbreaks-a question
involving sometimes the peace OF families
/ and the salvation Of immortal soulSs "In
matters OF church att 'ndance and in matter,
OF religion. should the wife go with tile hus.
oand or the honsbaud 20 with the wife;' I
Iay tie foundation for my remarks IN the
/ tact tnaC all denominations OF Christians
/ have in them enough truth 10 save the
l soul and fit us for happiness and for heaven
20 20 Win me INTO any well selected theological
Library, and will show you sermons from
| AL denominations of Christians setting forth
the idea that man is sinner and that Christ
Us The deliyeer from sin and sorrow. Well,
4 shaC ls the Whoio gospel. Gctthat into your
heart aud Your life anl You nre nt for the
I here and the hereafter The world bos
4 twenty six letters Ia its alphabet but there
| are only two letters in the Gospel alphabet. S
| and 4, > standing for man, the sinner
Il - thrfq
| erer. Blessed be His glorious name
| forever. Now, In any church where Won can
learn these two lettors and appreciate all thew
| stand for you ought tO be cdiiIed and W.,
| ought 20 be happy. Then there Is n differ
ence between denominations OF Christians
and SONS we like botter than others. But
l suppose TOUR or i've OF ms should agree TO
meet each other one week from now in Chi
| cago on some very important business. and
ono man should take the n. v. Cen
trail *. r., and another man should
take the Eric, and another man
should take the Pennsylvania r. r.,
% anI anoyneT man should take the Baltimore
1 and Ohio r. X. One because he h'Ses tho
scenery on this route the bstteT, an other be-
ca;i ne likes the cars,as they are more Iux-
uriant on tbisroute than the others, another
man takes this rOue 1 q muse the train is
swifter, another man takes nnother route be-
cause he knows Rll the emplOyes on that
road 10 makes no difference so far as Our
engagement is concerned IL we only get there.
come n wo come 20 the terminus and meet
| ou- engagement. Now, In every denomina-
| 10 on evangelical Christinns, there Is
enough tru h TO take you 20 heaven AZ
JhouSh some denominations may run train
! on bro1d guage and others may run trains
on narrow guago stll you follow the
teachings OF any ON n tho evan gelical de
| nominations II Christians and you VIII
| come OFT at The Grand entral DepOt of the
| uuiye ss-Heaveu. the gfeat metropolis Of
! God on high. Now, having understood THE
that a man IS safe in any evangelical de.
nomination, ] proceed % remark,
flfst-lt In the MARI ed couple one be
n Chrl tan aud the other not n Caristian
then 10 is the duty Of The one who is a Chris
tan 70 go with the one who Is not Christian
70 any church preferred ~ he or she will go
70 no other You ~ tho cOnnubial rartpor-
ship ere Christian. You are safe for tho
skies and your first duty then Is 20 secufe the
eternal salvatiVn Of your hfetiuIa partner
The snlvation Of the wife impenifent, or the
falvatton u the husband impeniteat. Is ~
more inuOrtan-e than your church ,ror.hip
Tho residence % your companies for
quadrillion of years Is miRhtier conV,dorA-
tion than the Qualification Of your oscie4iss-
ticoi taste Tor forty or fifty years ia man
OF woman halt one half n nfuuta befora
surrenderiug church preference when the
question of the eternal salvation Of a mariner
~ lnVOlved-I say IN snrh person haitq Tor
DALI n minute in the consideration before
making the surrender, such person has no ro.
hgion at all, never has had. and 4 Pear ne,gc-
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