The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-12-02
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON
T THE TABeRNAcLE-"A FAMILY
DIFFICULTY SETTLED"

Ia Matter. of church Attendance should
the Wife Go with the Husband or the
Husband with the wIfea-The Gospel
Alphabet.
BRooKLYN. Nov. 2s.-The Rev. r. DoWitt
almase, D. d., preached I'm the Brooklyn
iberDaele this morning ON the subject: ''In
alters cf Church Attendance Should tho
ife 10 Fith the Husband or tho Husband
with she Wifegp Tue tabernacle still re-
ins the decoration OF Thanksgiving day,
ing specimens Of American products from
north, south, east aud west. A vast cDn-
egation sang the opening hymn, beginning:
Come, let us join our fri.n'Is above,
Who have obtained the priNr,
And on the cagse wings OF iove
To joys celestial riss'.
For tho greater part, tbn byolus used in
3. Talu1age's church are old and familiar,
a when the whole audience rises 10 siug,
J by Professor Ali, the cornetist, and Pro
ssor Henry Eyre Browne, the organist, the
{ !ect is overpoweiinE.
DE-. 1almages text was from Genesis xiii.
.. "Ie.t thero be no strife, L pay thee, he
.een me ard thee, and betsgeen my bcr4men
ID thy herdmen. Is not tho whole land be-
re theel7 DR.. Talniage said:
Uncle and nephew, Abram and Lot, both
0us, both mllionaires, and with snch large
lclls of ble,iting sheep and lowing cattlo
at their herslmen got into a fight, perhaps
Jout the best pasture, or about the best
ater privilege, or because the COW Of one
% hooked by the horns of the other Not
,air poverty of opportunity, hut their
ealth, was the cause of controversy between
ESQ two men. To Abram, the glorious old
edouin sheik, such controversy seemed alb
rd It was like two ships qulrreling for
a room in the middle of the Atlantic ocean.
here was vast reach of country, corn
ids, vineyards, harvests and plenty of
lom in illimitable acreage. "Now," says
BRAN: "Let us agree to differ. Here are
o mountain districts, swept by the tonic
I'd sea breeze and with wide reaching pros
ct, or there is the plain of the Jordan, with
opical luXuriance. You may have either"
OF, who was not as rich as Abraln, and
light have been expected to take the second
hoice, made the first selection, and with
odesty that must have made Abram smile,
Id to him: "You may have the rocks and
&c fine prospect; VIII take the valley of
- Jordan, with all its luxuriance of corn
dds, and the river to water the focl1s, and
nc genial climate and the wealth iInmeasur-
De" So the controversy was forever
tiled, and great souled Abram carried out
ie suggestion of the text: "Let there be no
rife. | pray three, between me and thee,
I'd between my berdmen and thy herdmen.
not the whole land before theeg"
Well, in this, the last quarter Of the Nine
enth century, and in this beautiful land,
hich was called America, after Americas
espucius, but ought to have been been
llled Columbia, after its discoverer, Colun-
IS, we have wealth of religious privilege
nd opportunity that is positively bewilder-
1g Churches of all styles Of creeds, and of
n styles of governments, and all styles of
orship, and all styles of architecture. What
pulence of ecclesiaStical opportunity Now,
bile in desolate regions there may be only
ne church, and it must be that or nothing,
the opuIent districts of this country, there
such profusion that there ought to be no
dlcnlty in making a selection. No fight
bout vestments or between liturgical or
5on-liturgical adherents, or as to baptismal
odes. or a handful of water as compared
it'll riverful If Abram prefers to dwell
the heights, where he can only get
1rinlling from the clouds, let him consent
aat Lot have all the Jordan in which to inn
nerse himself. "Let there be no strife,
ray thee, between thee and me, and between
rhole land before theel"
Especially is it unfortunate when families
low, at the breakfast, or dining, OF tea ta-
ie, angry discussion as to which is the best
hurch or denomination, one at one end OF
no table saying he could not endure the
-iCid doctrines of Presbyterianism, one at
10 other end responding that she never
1uld stand the forms of Episcopacy, and one
one side of the table saying he did not
nderstand how anybody could bear the
oise in the Methodist church, and another
sclaring all the Baptists bigots. There are
1udreds of families hopelessly split on eccle-
asticisrn, and in the middle of every discus
On on such subjects there is l1indling of
ldignation, and it needs some old father
BRAN to come and put his foot on the load
fuse before tho explosion takes place, and
~: sLet there be no strife, pray thee, be-
veen me and thee. and between my herd
ION and thy herdmen. Is not the whole
nd before theeT"
undertake subject never before under
ken in any pulpit, for it is an exceedingly
elicate subject, and If not rightly handled
hight give serious ofense; but approach it
,ithout the slightest trepidation, for am
ire 1 have the Divine direction in the
latters propose 70 present. 1t is tremen-
ten asked with tears and sobs and heart
reaks. and involving tho peace Of families,
he eternal happiness Of many souls: In
matters of church attendance should the
life 90 with the husband, or the husband go
nth the wiiei
Firsb. remember that all the evangelical
l1urches have enough truth in them to save
,e soul and prepare US for happiness on earth
nd in heaven / will go with you into any
ell selected theological library, and I will
r,oyy YOU sermons from ministers in all de-
ominntions that set forth man as a sinner
IA Christ as a deliverer from sin and sorrow.
hat is the whole gospel Get that into your
MI and Won are fitted for the here and the
sreaftsr The world has twenty-six letters
i its alphabet, and there arc only two letters
= the gospel alphabet-S and c; S standing for
lr sin, c standing for Christ, our rescue,
,essed be His glorious name foreverl An any
aurch where you can thoroughly learn these
,vo letters. and all they stand for, you ought
/, be edited and happy. There are differ
noes. we admit, and some denomnations we
il,a better than others. But suppcee three
=, four OF US make solemn agree
nent TO meet each other week
rom now in Chicago on important business,
nd one goes by the New York Central rail-
.oad another by the Erie railroad, another
" the Pennsylvania railroad, another by the
(altimore and Ohio railroad. Ono goes this
rav. because the mountains are granderi
mother takes this, because the cars are more
Injurious. another that, because tue speed
3 greater; another takes the other, because
% has long been accustomed to thnt route,
nd all the employees are familiar. So far as
mr. engagement to meet Is concerned, it
makes no difference if we only get there.
low. any one of the innumerable evangel-
cal denominations, il you practice its teach
some of their trains run on
road gauge, and some on a narrow gauge
viii bring you out at the city Of the New
Jerusalem.