National Republican., 1888-02-11
no ROOM FOR BIGoTs.
Heaven the Eternal Resting Place of
the Liberal Minded,

the LlDerNl Mlnueu.
BRooKLYS, Feb. 10.-The Rev. +. De
Witt Talmage, d. d took as the subject
OF his talk onight, mo Room In Heaven
for Blgots." He said
A message by the "Union Terrestrial aud
Celestial telegraph" has Just come. 1t an-
nOunces the starting news that there is great
excitement in the celestial city. II seems that
in the blouse of Many Mansions" there was
great banquet, and all the princes Of heaven
were present. In some burglarous way as yet
0 n sbnn mere were Sur Sg sas g,
bigot, a Methodist bigot, an Episcopal bigot, a
Baptist bigot. They found their way to the
banquet hall, and pushed in upon the guest,
dropped on the golden platter, and hands up
lifttd in shock OF amazement. The Presby-
eTn 6S9 with an ar% Of o we
tribute them among the banqueters. "What
is that" cried one of the princes Of heaven,
who turned out to be Robert Hal, the immer;
cried out the Presbyterian blgot. 'Then l
move Robert Hall be expelled "No, no.
cried hundred voices. that great soul has
great many with him from Bristol and Leices-
ter" But the Presbyterian bigot said: "All
this matters not, If he does not adopt the West
that he must have been elected to De damned.
out with him from the gates Of heaven p At
this moment the Methodist bigot broke in
many of those at the table had ever sat upon
an "anxious seat declaring that those who
had not been converted In that way had no
business in heaven. he brought an "auxious
seat with him and Eat on 1t himself very near
the table, and rudely began to cot a cluster of
grapes, throwing the skins into the face OF a
John Knox. The bigot had hit the wrong
man, for John Knox, neither On earth nor in
heaven, was of temperament to take any
such look as be once did Queen Mary OF
Holyrood. The Methodist bigot moved that
all those bangueters who had not come into
put put out from the feast At this point the Epis:
sopa bieot MARCHES aim In with a E5emate 1o5d Of
down on the table OF the banquet, till all the
gobles Iattled. He said, II propose to hold
service, just here aud now Each one Of the
banquetels will take one of these prayer
books and keep wide awake, and respond at
the right PLACE. Good Lord, deliver u.s. ~
mo, no. said two of the best saints who
were found to be Albert Barnes and Alfred
| right place in the prayer book and we should
| even here make awkward work with the re-
| sponses." At this the Episcopal bigot seized
| Goldman and pulled them violently toward
| the cQQT' but lhgrg were 80 many who had
| been brought to heaven through the common
taries of the one and so many through the
| preaching of the other hat there was great
| rush of protectors around these great ones of
heaven and the bigot did no, succeed in the
i tNpuNlOus ~ lHlb Iblll bhpllsl ulkDL
| steppod into the excitement carrying ON his
shoulders burden that almost bent him dou-
| bic, so heavy was ". As he set down his load
he TOOK the lid OIL, and behold, 1t was q bap-
tislry. He said: at does not seem as If some
| of you have been properly washed and shall
proceed TO put under the water all those who
the first ono come to-" This turned out to
be Archbishop Leighton, who cried out: "Ex-
euse me- Ny parents had me sprinkled when
kled" cried the Baptist bigot, "sprinkled!
How dare you come here? spoonful of
water on & man man Of your size k is nothing at
attempted to put him under the water, and
in the resistance and struggle the Baptist got
sprinkled and the archbishop got immersed,
and both would have drowned but for kindly
interference on the part of bystanders. When
the struggle was over 1t was found that some
Of the white robes were as wet as though they
had been diving in the river of life for pearls.
Suddenly, from behind the curtains a clarion
blew, at which the banqueters laid hold ofthe
four blgots and rushed them to the door, and
rushed them through the street, and rushed
them up to the battlements, crying "These
Presbyterian, Methodist, Episcopalian, and Bap'
tlst bigots have no business In heaven. Throw
ments they were flung, now heads up, now
heels up, over and over, down, down, till they
came within sight Of the earth. As they fell
through among the stars one came near being
shoveled up by "the Dipper," and another Just
escaped being snatched by the paw of ''th c
bear" and another from being, stung by, ,"the
Scorpion" The Presbyterian bigot had his
bundle of Westminster catheehisms so tightly
fastened to shoulders and arms that he was
the more easily preeipitated; and he struck
ton; The Methodist bigot could not
s1Eao and it b@ beat him. and nd bruised him
till he landed head first in the graveyard back
OF Middletown, The Episcopal bigot cried
as he was precipitated 70 be delivered from the
Tor the first time prayed without his notes as
hewent tumblng down swifter and swifter
till be fell trapsixed on the spire 81. Al.
bans Cathedral. The Baptist bigot splashed
into the middle of the Atlantic ocean. Wnen
the expulsion was complete the banqueters
again took their places in the House OF Many
with water from under the throne, cried out:
"Drihk, one and all, to the communion OF
saints and the life everlasting"
Ny hearers, tonight let us rejoice that while
once in while there crops ont something
showing that the bigos are not all dead there
is abundant proof that the spirit OF cathollelty
Is taking possession Of all the denominatious
The great Christian alliance a few days ago nj
Washington aud the union revival meetings
now going on IN many Of the towns and cities
are proof that the boundary line between evan
gelieal denominations Is becoming Of less aud
lees Importance.
denominations Of Christians, the difference
between many OF them being only imaginary
or trivial. Hundreds of thousands of dollg r.
are annually expended in keeping up the
have It's secretaries, aud us church courts, and
It's newspaper organs aud It's ecclesiastical
machinery.
Unless you have investigated foryonrself you
have no idea into what u multitude of ffag
ments the church Is split, The Bap.ls,s are
divided into; First regular second. Camp
beliites; third, Dpnkers; fourth Free Will
hhh, Antt'MisNOn; sixth, Wiunehrennar!an;
seventh, Seventh Day; eighth SIX Principle
ninth, ;Generah tenth, MenuOnites. The
Methodist Church is divided into. First
Methodist Episcopal Church North: second
Methodist Episcopal ChurGn SOUTH third. Afrl.
can Methodist Episcopal Church: fourth
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, llflh, Col
ored Methodist Churchi sixth, African Metho.
dist Church, seventh, Union American Metho.
dist Episcopal Church; eighth, Congregational
Methodist; ninth, Primitive Methodists tenth,
Independent MethOdists; eleventh, Free Meth
odists twelfth, Welsh Cavinistic Methodist
thirteenth, Wesleyan Methodist Connection
fourteenth, Methodist Evangelical Associa-
ton; fifteenth, Methodist Protestant. six
teentb United Brethren in Christ The Ad.
venLisls arc divided into; First, Second Ad-
yeDtislti =, second, seventh Day Adyen-
tittsi third, Evangelical Adyentlsts
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