West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-12-02
DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
THE ORCHARD ON THE HILL

60 ne@uu, anu tue otner ON the let. -
Just outside OF Jerusalem Is a swell NJ
ground, toward which n crowd are ascend.
lngi Tor II is the day OF exc utiou What a
mighty 0Ssemblage. Some for curiosity Ia
near what the malefactors will say, AMI r.
see how they Will act. The three persons 10
Do executed arc already there. Some OF the
spectators are vileof ipand bloats OF cheek.
sIoine iS-os up With revenge, hardly able to
keep their hands oil the sufferers Some tear
their own hair in frenzy of grief Some
stand I'M silent borrow. Some break out int
Hncontrollable weeping. Some clap their
hands IN delight that the offenders are TO lse
punished at last. no soldiers, with drawn
swords, drive back the mob, which press ON
so hard There Is fear that the proceedings
my oe interrupted. Let the German
legion, now stationed at Jerusalem, on
horseback, da-h along tho limo, aud force
BACK the Sui ging multitude. "Back with
your Is the cry; "H0ve you never seen a
man die befOreF
Three crosses in row. An upright pie .
ana TWO transverse pieces-one on the ton
on which the hands are nailed, and one az the
middle, on which the victim sat. Three trees
lust planted, Yet bearing fruit-the ono at
! the right bearing poisoi, aud the one at the
lett bitter aloes. the one IN the middle apples
OF love Norway pine, and tropical orange
ana Lebanon cedar, would not maze
so strange "rovo as this or
chard on the hin Stand, and give
look at the three croscS Just look at the
me on the right Its victim dies scoiIing
Store tremendous than his physical anguisi
~ MS scorn and hatred of Him on the IN ddle
cross. This one on the right twists half
around ON the spikes TO hiss at the One on tn Il
middle. III the scoiier could get one hand
loose, and He were within reach ho yyould
smite the middle sufferer in the face. He
nates HIM with a perfect hatred. tthink he
wishes he were down on the ground, that he
might sp sar Him. He envies the me ,hanics
who, with tn eir nails, have naiied Him Ia 4
Amid the settling darkness. aud loude- than
IN crash OF the rocks, hear him icer out
these words: "Ahl ahl youspoor wretch. 4
know you were an impostorl You pretended
70 oe God, aud yet you let these arme
legions master YOU" lt was in some surlh
nate that Noltaire, in lis death hour. becau,s
no thought he saw On iSt in his bedroom got
up on his elbow and cried outs Crush thnt
wretch"
What had the middle cross done 90 srou q
mp this righthand croSsl Nothing oh, the
snmity OF the natural heart against Christi
The Forid likes a sentimental Christ or a
phi lArthropic Christ: but a Christ who
comes " snatch men from their sins AWAY
with Kim On this right.hand cross, to-
night, See typified the unbelief OF the world
Men say; Back with Him from the heart
1 viii no let Him take my sins N He will
die let Him die for Himself. not for me.
. here mas always been a war between
this r1ghthand cross aud tho mid
die cross, and wherever there Is IAN
unbelioving heart, there the fight goes
on. y, II, when that ling malcfa tor per-
lshed, tho faithleSsnees Of man had perished,
then that tree which Yields poi.on would
have budded and blossoned with lie for All
the world Look up into that disturbed
countenance of tho sufferer and see what a
ghaS,ly thing 10 Is 20 reject Christ Behold
IN that awful face, in that pit,ful lot.k. I'm
that unblesSed death hour, the stings of the
sinners departure What a plunge into
dnrkneSsl Standing high upon the cross on
sne top OF the hill, 50 that all the world may
looG at hin, he says: "Here 4 20 out
r. Ia int lr.l
eternity Onei Two. Threel Listen
10 the crash OF the fall, all We
agesl SO Hobbies, dying after he had seventy
yS9Is IN which to prepare for eternity, said:
Were l master OF all the world, would
give IT all to live one day longer" Sir Fran.
CHS Newport. lowering over the brink, cried
out; wv etch that am, whittier shall fly
rom this breast. What will beco ne Of me
" mat were 70 lilo upon the fire that never
IS quenched. a thousand years, TO purchase
Tho favor OF God aud be reconciled to Him
9,gainl o, eterDityl y, etarnityi Whocau
discover the abyss Of eternity Who can
Tor everi'
That .right-hand cross, thousands have
Perlsted on 1T, yea, in worse agon.es
For what IS physical pain com.
that life had been wasted, and only fieeting
moment stands between the soul and its eveIs
lasting overthrow o God, let me die any
where rather than at the foot OF that right
1880 Leu uOt OuB ufuD OF LNHb DlUOU
isll upon my cheek. Rend not my ear with
that cry. SEQ it now as never before-the
loathsomeneSs and horror OF my unbelief.
hhat dying mRlefactor was not so much 10
Diane as L Christianity was not established
and perhaps not until that day had that man
heard the Christ. But after Christ has stool
eLmoSt nineteen centuries working thc won
usrs OF Ills grace, you reject Him. That
Illsht-nand Cross, with its long beam, over.
shadows all the earth. It IS planted in the
neart ~ tue race. When will the time come
that the Spirit OF God shall, with It's axe.
new down that right-hand cross, until IL . AL
al az tne loot OF that middle cross, and un-
1enei, the railing malefactor OF the world
snail perish from all our hearts. AWAY From
ne! tnou spirit OF unbeliefl / hate theel
win this sword OF God / thrust the hacs
and thrust thee through. Down 80 hell
ocWn, most accursed monster OF tho earth
ana talk 20 tho millions thou hast alread :
canned. Talk no longer 20 these sons ~ f;od
these heirs OF heaven. -
~ thon DO the Son Of God.p Was tbsr.
sny N about it, Tell Inc. thou star fbat
IN robe Of lightdid run topoint ont His birth
ple 1ell me, thou son TINT dds,
Hs Lhy hand over thy lip wher
IT, ne Dld thee be still Tell RE. We
cead Wto got M TO sac Him die Toll ma
th99 Gun in mid-heayen, who for Hin didsI
HL,t uown over thy face the veil Of dsrkness
81 me, ye levers who were cleansod vr
Iead VINO were raisei, is He the Son OF Cod
aye, aysl responds the uuiverse tfbo fo,r
ers breathe It: the STAR chime IL. a. -
sSeetned celebrate it, the angels rise up on
uoT thrones % announce it. And vet on
snaT miserable maferactors "ifn how mons
s Ss,5 Ds wrecked for all eternity That Ifti,
"a ~ he insect which has enough venom h
ss 80 lug 70 cause the death Of The soul ~
4Oout u know IL Ecce Deusf TO-
y. ughly-through every INNS he ~ 49,
N9y aud thr0ug n every faculty 81 INV mira,
ehd tnr0ugh every energy Of nv souI Tfv.
ing, a viii preach 10: dying, win piIlovz ~
uosd upon It, cons latiOns. Jesus ne CA ?
way, then. FROM this rlght-haud cross
Ahs red b<rriss 81 the forest are az ~ h.
POlspng Gus, and around this tree ~ "a y,egg
80" lhe rod, poisonous herria4 az vrbi@b
many nave tasted an del can see r,,,,e.
tor tnis righthau cross. excsr,t hi H. SO = ~
ever with WI ch 20 uufurn Inc ,inbeIief -
re No5lo Here from the r N. -baud cross
80 20 ths ie r. raee clear 10 the other 4. do
nay victim ole tvists himself moon fbe
paiss % look At ths centre cross vet not ~
oI. t d p worship o.. to1. sgouId liks
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cries % the rsi'sr RI tfr 1tbsr sfIa.
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anl Ilio ~ thy 1aL Ihs Ief-iand cro-s a
t1fsutth- tft - men VINO have beer.
nearly drowned D us that In one ro,rrert.
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