Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-29
|ISBAED AND WIFE.
III Question Of Who Shall
| Ia i Matters Of Religion Set
tIsd by Mr. Talmage'
!. welded 10 q Greed Let the
W s,,s = GO 10 the Same Church
~ 70 worship God.
=. uobcndipg, Let Each Attend
pc y. 49,, Of His Uboice and Both
4hs W" shall bs saved.

~ '. -, w. N. Y Nov. 2s.--The Rev.
w,, Talmage, d. D., preached In
s,,oslyu TABERNACLE this morning
'mniect: SIN Matters of Church
s' ~. should the Wife Go with the
.d ~ the Husband Go with the
u The tabernacle s,ill retains the
..,,on Of Thanksgiving day, being |
< ' NM, of American products from the |
X south, East and West, A vast
IlDD,,estlon sang the opening hymn, be-
hing .,n o,r ,r,onds ahovo
vvyeo have obtained The prize,
"a on the eagle wings OF love
ny ~ ioys celestial RISE
~ greater part, the hymns used IN
g@r.1, I'm church are old and famil-
4 "a wbeu the whole audience rise to
~ "a Nv Prof. All, the cornetist, and
"A Hepry Eyre Browne, the organist,
8 sesct il empowering.
A, Talmages text was from the thir-
+ ~ chapter OF Genesis, and rarts of
a v and ninth verses. "Let there
sa,ssirIi., | pray thee, between me and
ana between my herdmen and thy
sren Ia not the whole land before
~ Dr.. Talmage said;
,..le and nephew, Abram and Lot,
Mans. both milllonaires, and with
q sisrae Jocks of oleating sheep and
EiDo cattle, that their herdmen got
light, perhaps about the best pas
K, or about the
pEsT WATER PRIvILEGB,
A,csuse the COW of one got hooked by
borns Of the other. Not their poverty
,aaor,upIty, but their wealth, was the
n II controversy between these two
To Abram, the glorious old
&sou;n sheik, such controversy seemed
ma. II was like two ships quarrel
n n sea room in the middle of tn At
N ocean. There was q vast reach of
+ stry. corn. fields, vineyards, harvests,
q plsnty of room, in illimitaDle acreage.
- saws ADRIAN, "let us agree to
81 Here are the mountain districts,
n by the tonic sea breeze, and with
lseachiug prospect, or there is the
X sti the Jordan, with tropical luN3-
You may have either" Lot,
was not as rich as Abram, and might
tts been expected to take the second
te, made the first selection, and with
rodss,y that must have made Abram
kls, said to him: "You may have the
cks and the fine prospect; / will take
valley OF the Jordan, with all its luXu.
luce Of orn-tields, and the river t.
Her the 6ocks, and the genial climate,
d the wealth immeasurable.n So the
NahOyersY was forever settled, and great
saed Abram carried out the suggestion
the text; "Let there be no strife,
BIZ thee, between me and thee, and be.
eea my herdmen and thy herdmen. Is
y the whole land before thee?n
We'll, in this, the last quarter Of the
heteenth century, and In this beautiful
Nj, which was called America, after
hericus Vespuclus, but ought to have
sn
CALLED COLUMBIA,
~ Its discoverer, Columbus, we have {
ilth Of religious privilege aud oppor
Rg that is positively bewilderIng
8nches Of all styles Of creeds, and o.
styles Of government, and ell styles Of
8hing, and ali styles of architecture
psi opulence of ecclesiastical oppor
ilY Now, while in desolate region:
4e may be only one church, and 4
a be that or nothing, in the opulen
acts OF this country, there is such {
loslon that there ought to be no dim
w Ia making a selection. No tlgh
#lI yestments, or between liturgical o.
f'llurgcal adherents, or as TO baptls
nodes, or handful Of water, as com
sc With a rlver.full. II Abram pre-
4 70 dwell In tue heights, where he car
get a sprinkling from the clouds, lie
consent that Lot have all the Jordan
Balch to immense himself. "Let there
10 strife, pray thee, between the'
me, and between thy herdmen and m,
tmen. Is not the whole land befor,
Msin
Hapeclally is 1t unfortunate when fami
Nov, at the breakfast, or dining, o
Mole, angy discussion as to v a4ch /
H. oest church or denomination, one a
eng Of the table saying be could neye
uie the rigid doctrines OF Presbyte
asal, one at the other end responding
lsne never could stand the forms 0
eopncy, and one at one side OF tn
saying he did not understand hov
ooay could bear the noise In tn
4ualst church, and another declaring
" baptlsts bigots. There are hun
" y families hopeiessiy split on eccle
nelsm, and IN the middle of every di;
z'ion On such subjects, there is kind
q Indignation, and it reeds some oil
I 4Nl Aoram to come and put his foot o.
loaaed fuse before the explosion
{ Es pace, and say; "Let there be n
: II pray thee, between me and thee
sssween my herdmen and thy herd
I'm Is not the whole laLd befor
sluertake q subject never before III
s 9Aen IN any pulpit, for it is an eS
1Igy delicate subject, and
lsnuy handled milbt give st
s,'eglense, but l approach it withou
}, ,,sulest trepication, for am sure
Ms Divine direction in the matters
~" 70 present, II Is a
TREMENDOUS QUESTION
y ~ over Christendom, often aske
vars and sobs and heart-breaks, an
"a. 1nug me peace OF families, the eter
aspplhess Of many souls: In matter
! - al attendance should the wife z
ny ivy husband, or the husband go wit
} ~, remember that all the eyange
suuIches have enough truth in thel
TO SAVE THE SOUL,
s.epare US for happiness on earth an
ls .. viii so with you into an
sS.sctea theological library, and
on snon sermons from ministers in a
y, -. .l,ons that set forth man as
\, $50 sla Christ as a dellyerer from 81