Telegram-herald., 1888-05-14
TALMAGE'S SERMON
4 DISCOURSE on "osscuaArIoNs
Shs Bfbl~ ths o1lz Ksssr~ins Azs1.ss tas
xsa f.ssssas 81 tAs ws<ios-Afhsisn "
saa lasl1slsf 4rF.ssd Azslass
Ehzkssi@alsy.


suooxrx.. HaF Is-rhls morning shs
xss T % w1t rslnag-. D. p.. pr--aosd 1s
sas Ta1sr1..cl~ - aA ossrf0sia,g coaxrsgsr
49, Ths aEa-a beginning.
ssA8d ~. n.y soni; snake "a my t.@rs.
A-d zpEa lil1 6o~pei >rnaor on.
49, sang vim naznsf5rent sff.et Or. Tai
nsxsls ssbiset .as ~ObseuTafion,1 and his
tsxt. sTks sua stali De turned n - darknesss
--Aass n. % hs aald.
solAr soflxss - acre prophessed 70 take
plzrs lboas tss z1as az tts destTuctsan o<
2nnaszss Jerusalem. Jassphns. ths historian,
says shas s1e zrophsry was tissFaIfy fulfilled,
znd tla6 4.oas th..1 slEne thers we're strange
sppaax4ns~s IA ths hnsssnk TIE s1n 49,
nos destroyed. bus for ht<ss while h1aLsn-
Christianity = the rfsinz zia 0f our tSms,
and ma<I have trhsd with TIA npfoL1nx "a
pors " skeptlciEa 4ad ths smoke Of thar
b.asDhsray - tara sss sun in1o caFkness
suppose tls archanxsis of 1afcs and horror
shoslf 10 irt loass llstie whlls and be a.
io.sd tsf szringuish and destroy ths szn In
tls natural heavens They would t4ks ths
oceans from othsr ~orlzis and pour thstn on
~ hlsBsnsry ef tss plaastery systern, 2nd
Ebs waters 20 hLsanZ down AMID Tie rssfnes
snd tha ozVsrns, aAd there Is explosion AFTER
explosion aatll there ars ogly fev peaks Of
ars lsft in To a1n. aud thess urs coohng
dauxn and zoka< out unBii ths va< cortinsnts
of saras ars reduced ~ . snail acreage of
ars. and that uhsssns and soots or until
there ara onlY a few eoals ieft. and these are
wnitealng and going cat until there b not =
spark LETS IN al the mountains q Ashes ant
ths valleys u ashes and tle chasr1s OF ashes.
An exninxuished sun. A dead sun ourled
sun Let AL woriels wall ~ tho ssupend0cs
otsequles.
OF course fhis withdrawal q the solar heat
snd h<ab throws our earth into universal
chiu, and the tropics become the temperate
aud the tf-rnperzts beeomes the Arctic, and
shsre ars frossn rivers and fro1sn lakes and
frozen oceans FROM Arctic and Antarctic
re,.ioEls TIE Inhabitants gather Ia toward ths
center and 1i,ld the equAt0r as he poies. The
slain forests ara piled up into a great bonfire,
and around snen gather the shivering VII
lscrss and eIries The wealth OF she coal mines
h hastily poured into the furnaces and
stirred into rage q combustion. but soon tho
bonfires begin - iower and the furnaces be-
Kin % 20 cut and the nations bsgia 70 dia
C;0tcpaxi, Fesaylas. Esns. Strouboh, Cali
fornian geyssFs cease 70 smoke. and the ice
of hail storms rsrnains unrDeited IA thefr
eraterS. An the flowers have breathed their
lass breath. Ships with sailors frozen
&C the mast and belnsnaen frossn ~ ne
wheel. and Passengers frozen m the cabin;
al nafions dying. first at the norrh and then
az the south Chil1 frosted snd dead Ia tho
cradle. Oct0gsnarlan frosted and dad as
ne hearth. Workarlsn ssth frozen hand ON
ths hammer and frozan footon the srnsfie-
winher from rna to ssa. al ecnge.ling WIN
ter Perr-o Al winter Globe Of frigsd1fy-
Hemisphere snackiod - hsrnisrhere by
chains q ice. Universal Nova Zerabls-
TIE earth an ics Sc grinding against other
too 1oes The archazgsls Of uzAlce and hor-
ror h.vs done shsir work, and DOW thsy may
take thefr thrune>s of glacier and look down
upon the ruin shsy have wrought.
Whas sbs destruction OK the sun tn ths
natural heavens would b TO our phyzi-
cal sartn. the destruction Of Christianity
would be % the neral world Ths sun
tarnsl into darknszs. InGdelsty in our time
A. corsbisred a great Joke. There 10 people
Who rejoice 70 hear Christianity caricafnred,
snd e. hsar Christ aasafiest with gEn5ble and
auirk ard Misrepresentation ana bandiass
knd harle<xuinada
propsss this morning % take infidehfy
and sthcisra crrt Of The realm of jocularity
-
propose. and whaf, II they are successful.
s,sv WI accomplish. Ths~s ars those IN all
onr crrnuunlties Who would Ike TO ses the
Christian relixion ovsrthrown. and who say
TIE world world b. better without ik want
% show ynu whzs = the end of this road,
anf ~has = the tsr uinus q this crusade,
and what tsds world vii be whsn atheism
ana = aslelity hsuss triamped over n, Il they
can. say. II sheT can rsitera.e II, "
thar csn.
Ia the frzs place. is Win - tho enrnplsts
s1a urrutf-rs.lsio ess<rsiatlonof OF wOuazahOod.
I viii prove e BY facts and arguments which
NJ honest rnn VIII dispute In al com
u,,rnitics and citias and states and natsons
where the Christian religion has bssn dorni-
naus. -urusns condision has been anleIi-
crst.,f and szlUroved. and sbs il deferred 70
sna honorvd IN a thousand things. and svsry
reutlsuiaa takes ~ his bat before her II
your sssociatio-s have been good. yo1 know
thar the name u wife. mother. ds'l0herr,
nirxcst xracicvs Surroundings. You know
thsre arano 1etssr Schools and ssr1ioaries IA
Brooklyn or IN suv city of elats country than
the schoais and suEnirarios Cor young ladies'.
Ycu know t.iat vhiis woman rsav suffer IN
jnstfce n Fo<iand snd TIE United States.
soe kas nsor~ ~ hsr rights tn Christandom
than shs has szEy,vhereelse-
Wv. cox-zpare tAis with wvrnznS cundf-
tion IN lands whers Christianity has uls4is
fttle or "a aEirpacs--in China. IN Bzrbary,
in Bornec. IN Ta~tarY. in Eryps, IN Hsndo-
s...n. The Burnuess scfi tfsir wives ard
danCh,srs - - unny sheep. The Hindoo
Bible makes q sis-rsceful and an outrs-s
fcr -urnan 81 l<5sn ~ unusic Or hook GA. OK
fhs ~insisw IN Ia sfzeoce - her husband.
AMI gives ~ lsvfnI E-ouud for divorce
wousn's be~illrrinx tsgat befcTs her husband
has filiisns-i BIS =,eaI Wl-t nnsan thoss
white bau,sstrs On tiie pands ard rfvs-s
IN China io re mornin<f TnfRnficfss fol-
t,urinx frfanfir.6e Fsznnie children de-
<frsrrei zsr-tv beesuss they are fsrnsie.
W.n,an harressesf ~ rf0-r IS an II 70
nsan vsise.i su,l k.rrpcssie-i ari ia Sd styles
81 e.r-s-l sar-iusicn Fser bfrta = risfc -tune.
Esr lie a eortnre Fer dea1h
h.-r~~r 70 missionary - kas cruss
ariav IN heatken lssris preaches gpner-
air - sw0 x-UEus-a <ruup = men
-no - - thev risase ard sc where shev
plasse. he ether rroap vrucen hisigien AMI
s.refnliv sscitrsei Ia = siEie ilpsrtznent. ~hers
th.sy nay hsar she vsscs ~ ne pr-acher ous
n.sr ne ~ -sa. No ralineznens No Fb-
49, r., h.--e f,r ti s Efa Ne hcpe fo~ she
he to crure Rlner<l ncss. Craupsi aoos-
r.sa,r,lrs,f fsre Ernhrreesf eruf Ecw ecs1-
psre thcse t~o contHactsS Eow fsr cward
as esssr ccnziition ehat I speak = Would
sornsa r. = csarfslian l,fnencas w-rs VIA
erswn ard f-trfssssnitv were dezrCycdf ls
3 snir srie<tscn n fyl,er,sz. Il AZ objecs
= iifee4 ~ cerssin pcint ard nos fsstei1ed