Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-07
COST FOR THE WORLD
pR IALNAGhS TABERNACLE SERMON
LAST SUNDAY.
tie Sells His SUl hr tho Wr'i-Ths Losses
aud Cams O.: an Eternal Liio--Wll
"a The Eli" The Great
Question 90 Evaryna.
Special T.lca-an 10 ,,r R,ofso

Nl'sriGL 7,iSgrG7 Ia tir R.gis'sr.
REooELYN, May G-The Rev. T. De
Witt TalmHge, ID. D., told the congrega
tion at the Tabernacle to day that ma.
licious talsehOOd had gone through the
country, saying that at recent meeting OF
the officers OF the Thrteent Regiment at
his house, he had set before them four
kinds OF wine. lie said 81 will pay a
thousand dollars to any charitable iustitu.
tion II 1t can he proved tha. one drop OF
wine or any other Intoxicating liquor was
offered in my house that evening. The
twenty-five gentlemen present may be
called upon tor testimony. Any three re-
spectacle clergymen. or lawyers or detect
ives may he selected; they also TO decide
what charity shall have the money. ask
the newspapers all over the land, which
have been misled by the Etlsenood to cor
rect it,"
The opening hymn Of the service begins
salvation q. thr joyful ,nuul,
lls pleas re- 10 our eur,.
DR.. Talmagc announced as the subject
OF the sermon Loss aud Gain, " and his
text was: What shall it profit man, if
he gain the whole world and lose his own
soul,'-NIark viii, &G
am accustomed sabbath after Sabbath
tn stand before an audience OF bargain
makers. There may be men in all Occu-
h.N - h..
iority OF them, am very we'll aware, are
engaged from Monday morning to Satur-
day night in the store. In many of the
fAmilly' OF my congregation, across the
breakfast table AID the tea table are dis
cussed questions OF loss and gain. You
are every day asking yourself: What is the
value of this What is the value of that
NOu would not think OF giving something
OF greater value for that which tx OF lesser
value. I0u would not think Ol selling
that which costs you SO tor -. Ii You
had property that wa1 worth Sl5. uOO
you would not sell 1t for ! 900. You are
intelligent in all matters of bargain max.
iug Are you as wise in the things that
pertain To the matters Of tn" SOU Chri-t
adapted his Instructions 10 the Circum
stances OF those to whom lie spoke When
lie spoke to fishermen, tie spoke ot the
gospel net. When II" talked to the farm
era, lie sud "A sOwcr went forth to SOW. "
When lie talked to the shepherds, lie told
the
= rNENELE Ou THE Last SHEEP.
And am not right when speaking this
morning to an audience made mp oi bar
gain-maker1, TINT | address them in the
words OF my text, asking. What shall 1t
profit man, il he shall gain the whole
world and lose his own SOU
propose, as tar ~ possible, to estimate
and compare the value at two properties.
First, have to SAY that the world il a
very grand property. llS flowers rrr
Gods thoughts in bloom. It's rocks are
Gods Thoughts in atone ltS drw-dr0p'
are Gods thoughts in pearl. Thin world
is Gods chld--a wtywari child indeed =.
IL Ina. wandered OF through the heavens
But about eighteen hundred and eighty
eight years ago, one ChrlStmIs night Npd
sent ont sister world To call that wan
dcrer back, and 1t hung over bethlehem
only long enough To get the promise OF the
Wanderers return, aud new that lost
world, with sOlC feet Of light, comes tread
ing back through the heavens. The hills,
how beautiful they bllluw up the
pdrp of the wave white with the foam
of crocu-r.I How beautiful the rain
bow, the arched bridge on which heaven
and earth come aud talk To each other in
tears, after the storm Is over, How MIN
bc the rcet ui the lamp-lighter7 that in a
few minutes set al the dome oi th" night
ahlale with brackets a. lire, How bright
the oar Of the saffron cloud that rows
aross the deep aea OF heaven How beau.
tirul the spriu", with bridal blossoms IN
her hair ! wonder who il il that heats
time on a Juno morning for the bird OF
rhcstra How gently the hirehcll tolls
its fragrance on the airl There may he
grandrr worlds, larger worlds than this
hut think that this il a most exquisite
world a miguonr;te on the bosom Of
immensity2 oh" you say take my
soul, give me that world, lam willing to
take it in exchnge. am ready now for
the bargain II Is ~ beautiful world,
80 sweet "a world, sn grand world
But let us look more minutely into
THE VALUE or THIS WORLD.
You will not buy property unless you can
get good title to it. After you have
looked at the property aud found ont that
it suits voH, you send an attorney to In"
public office, and be ,Nlmincs the book oI
deeds, aud the book or mortgages, and the
book ul judgments, md the book OF liens,
and he decades whether the title is good
before you will have anything to do with
it, There might be splendid property
and in every way exactly suited to your
want; hut # you can not get a good title,
Won will not take IT, Now, am here this
morning to say that il il impossible t0 get
a good tltie ~ this world. II settle down
upon IL, in the very year 81 settle down
upon il a5 a permanent possession, | may
he driven away from II. Ay, in live min-
uteS after give mp my soul for the world
[ NAV have to part with the world; aud
what kind at title do yOu call that!
can hold IN earthly po'stss on, and that
il through the senses. All beautiful sights
through the eye, hut the eye may hr
blutted out; NIL captivating sounds through
the ear, hut mv car may he draiened; All
lusciOusnesa Of fruits and yIand| through
NV TASTE" but nv taste my be destroyed;
all appreciation OF culture and q! ant
through nay mind hut may lose my mind.
What trail hold, then, have upon any
earthly possession.
In courts of law, if yOu wlutt0 gets man
on property, you mast serve upon hun a
writ Ot ei-ctment giving him certain
time to vaGltr the premises; hut when
Death comes to uS and serves a writ oi
eicctmrut, he does no. give n one second
of fnrewarniug lie says. "On Of this
place, You have no right any longer in
the possession. " We might cry ont: Il
gave you hundred thousand dollars for
that. property the plea would he of no
avail. We might say. Eve have war
rantee deed for that property the plea
Would hE uF Nu AVAIL.
We might say: eve have q lien on
that store house" that would DO u7 no
good. Death is blind aud he can not see
a seal, aud can not read an iudentUrs. So
that, first and last, want to tell you
that when you propose thai give mp my
sDul for the world, you can nOt give me
the frat item ot title.
Having examined thetitle of a property,
your next question il about Insurance
You would no. he silly enough to buy a
large warehouse that cuuld no. possibly he
insured. Nou would not have any thing
1 ). .l, Nan alE