National Republican., 1888-01-02

BROOKLYN, Jan. lat the Tabernacle this
morning the Rev. 4. Dewitt Talmage. ID. D.,
announced that next Sabbath he will begin a
course Of sermons to the women of America,
with practical hints for men, tha following
subjects among others:
1.-THE women who have to fight the battle OF
life alone" Marriage for worldly success
without reference to moral character, ,""Is en-.
gagement as binding as marriage" women
who are already uncongenially married" "In.
fluence abroad for the destruction of women"
"wifely ambition right and wrong" "What
kind Of men women should avoid" "slmpllul
ity as opposed to afTectation," Reformation
In dress" "plain women,' the female skep-
tic," and "Christlan housewiiery."
This morning Dr. Talmage's subject was,
1.-THE Coming Glory" his text, / Corinthians,
ii: D-"Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man
the things which God hath prepared for them
that love Him." lie said
1888. How strange II looks, and how strange
y sounds Not only Is the past year dead, but
the century Is dying. Only twelve more long
breaths and the old giant will have expired.
None OF the past centuries will be present at
the obseQuiGs. Only the twentieth century
years are fastening past, and all our lives on
earth will sCon be ended. propose to cheer
myself and cheer you with the glories to come,
which shall utterly eclipse all tne & ories past;
car heard anything like the advancing splen.
dors.
The city of Corlnth has beeu called the Paris
Of nnli1ni!y. Indeed, ior splendor, the world
is,hmns washed by two seas the one sea bring.
ing the commerce OF Europe, the other STA
bringing the commerce of Asia. From her
wharve', in the construction of which whole
Kingdoms bad been absorbed, war ga leys.
with three banks of oars, pushed out and con-
founded the navy yards OF all the world. Huge.
handed machinery, such as modern invention
cannot equal, lifted ships from the sea on one
side and transported them on trucks across
the istbmus, and sat them down In the seq on
the other side. The revenue officers of the
city went down through the olive gcoves that
lined the beach TO collect the tarif from ali
nations. The ninth of all people sported In
her isthmian games, and the beauty of all
lands sat IN her theaters, walked her portico',
and threw Itself on the altar OF her stupendous
designations. Column and t,tue aud temple
bev ildereu the behOldtr. There were
white marble fountains into which, from aper.
lures at the side. there rushed waters every
where known for health.giving qualities
Around these basins, twisted into wTeaths OF
stone. there were all the beauties OF sculpture
and architecture; while standing. as If u
guard the costly display, was statue OF Her.
Cules OF Durnis he'd Corinthiau brass. Vases OF
tefra-cotta adorned the cemeteries of tae
dead-yases so costly that Julius Caesar was
Rome. Armed officials, the corintharii, paced
up and down TO see that no statue was dc.
faced no pedestal oyerthrown. no bas-rellel
touched; From the edge of the city a hill
arose, with its magnificent burden OF columns
and towers and temples lone thousand slaves
waiting at one shrine), and citadel so thor
oughly impregnable that Gibraltar is a heap
OF sand compared with II. Amid all that
strength and magniicence Corinth stood aud
defled the world.
oh, it was not to rustlcs who had never seen
ANYTHING grand that Paul uttered this tex;
They had heard the best music that had come
IRON the best instruments in all the world
they had heard songs floating from morning
porticos and melting in evening groves; they
had passed their whole lives among pictures
and sculpture and architecture and Corinthiau
brass, (which had been nodded and shaped
until there was no chariot wheel In which Il
had not sped and no tower In which 1t had moi
glltteIed and no gateway that II had moi
adorned. All, IL was bold thing for Paul tC
stand there amid all that and say, "All this Is
nothing. These sounds that come from the
with the harmonies Of which / speak. These
waters rushing In the basin OF Pyrene are no,
pure. These statues OF Bacchus and Mercury
are not exquisite. Your citadel OF Acrocorln
thus is not strong compared with that which
Offer 10 the poorest slave that puts down his
burden at that braZen gate. You Corinthians
think this Is splendid city;, you think you
have heard all sweet sounds and seen ali
beautiful sights; but tell you "eye hath not
seen nor ear heard. neither have entered into
the heart of man, the things which God hath
prepared for them that love Him."
You see my text sets forth the idea that, how
ever exalted our ideas may be of heaven, they
come tar short of the reality. Some wise men
have been calculating how many furlougs
long and wide is the New Jerusalem: and they
have calculated how many inhabitants there
are on the earth: how long the earth will
probably siand and then they come to this
estimate: That after all the nations have been
gathered TO heaven, there will be room fDr
pnph sonia rDpm sixtgnn feet lOup and Hffpnp
ieot vide. 1t would not be large enough foi
me. am glad to know that no human esti.
mate Is sufficient to take the dimensions
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard" nor arith.
mttics calculated.
first remark that We can in this world get
no idea OF the health of heaven. Wnen you
were child, and yon went out In the morn
ing, how you bounded along the ROAD or street
you bad never felt sorrow or sickness. or.
hlps later you felt q glow In your check, and
asprinH in your steT and an eXuberancc OF
hank God yon were permitted to live The
nerves were harp strings, and the sunligh,
was doNology, Snd the rustl!ng leaves were
the rustling OF the robes ofagreat crowd ris
ing mp to praise the Lord. You thought tn 1t
you knew what II was to be well. but there IS
no perfect health on earth. The diseases oi
past generations came down TO US. The airs
that toat now upon the earth are not like
those which iloaied above paradise They
nre charged with impurities and dstempcrs.
The most elastic and robust health of earth,
compared with that which those experience
before whom the gates have been opened, i
nothing but sickness and emaciation. Look
| at the soul standing before the throne. On
| earth she was Il lifelong invalid. See her
| you can, one. breath of that celestial air
| Health in all the pulses-health of vision
| health of spirits; immortal health. No hack
| ing cough, no sharp pleurlsies, no consuming
wounded men. Health swinging in the air
health flowing in all the streams; health
blooming Oh the banks. No headaches nc
sideaches, no backaches. That child that
now ringiLg IN the anthem. That old man
That went bowed down with the inIlfinites Of
nge, see him walk now with the step OF an
immortal athlete forever yonng again. That
night when the needle woman tainted away
IN the gaIret, a wave of the heavenly air
resuscitated her forever. For everlasting
years TO have neither ache, nor pain, nor
II, car hath not heard IT,"
! remark, further. that we can. in this
world, get no Just ideas of the splendoTs OF
heaven. John tries to describe them. He
says "the twelve gates are twelve pearls" and
that "tho foundations ofthe wall are garnished
with all manner OF precious stones.' AS we
stand looking through the telescope OF s.,
and emerald, and sardonyX, and chrysoprasus
and sapphire, n mountain of light, cataract
of color, a sea OF glass, and city like the sun
John bids us look again, and we see thrones
thrones Of the prophets thrones Of the patrl
aIchs, thrones of the angels, thrones o, thC
apostles, thrones Of the martyrs, throne o
Jesus, throne Of God. And we turn rIanl to
sec the glory aud 1t is thrones! Throne'
Thrones.
John bids us look again, and we see the
great procession OF the redeemed passing
Itsup, on white horse, leads the march, aud
dl the armits Of heaven following on whitt
noT,es. Infinite CnvalCade passing passing
empires pressing into line, ages followln-
nges DsponsGtion tramplng on after lispen
sallOn. Glory IN the track of glory. Europe
Asia, Africa North and South America press
ing into line. Islands of the sea shoulder /,
shoulder. Generations before the flood follow
lug generations after the Hood, sui rs Jesu
TitCs at the head OF that great host and wave
His sword IN signal OF victory all crowns art
liittd ana all cnsigns slung out, aud all chime
lung, and all hallelul lhs chanted, aud SOM,
"Ty, "GloTy to God most hlgh,n aud s)m'
"IOSannn TO the SON ut DAVID" aud sDmt
"WGIthY Is the Lamb that was slain" til AL
cNClamnllns of ondelrmcnt aud homage il
heyocabulaTy OF heaven arc exhausted, ant
There comes up surge after surge of "Ameu
mud Ampnl''