West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-25
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
BOWER OF TREE branches.
A Discourse Delivered at Hampton,
long Island.

A. TEXT; go forth unto The mount mn
yefch otire branches, and pine 6ranches. a,,l
myrtle branches, and palm branches. ant
ordnches Of thick trees, 10 make boofhs.n-
Nehemiah viii, IS.
1t seems as IL Mount Oliyot were nm
moorcd, Tho people have gone into th,
mountain, and have cut Off freo branches
nnd put them ON their shoulders and tho,
como forth now into tho streets o.
sbsv S'i twi.. ana sho ON tho .honso tops ant
srbsrs or booths. Thon tho people com,
forth from their comfortable homes
ana dwell for seven days In those booth,
a. aroors' Why do they do thatS Wen
IS great festal time IL Is Tho
teast OF tabcrnacles; and these people ar,
going to celebrate tho dcsort travel OF Their
Iathers and their dcliveranco from thoir
Ioupies, tho experience of their father,
~nen travelling In the desert, they lived ia
poo,ns on their way 20 tho land OF Canaan.
ANA 50 thesc booths also become highly sue.
gestive-I win not say they arc necoSsariIr
Typical, but highly suggestive-of our march
toward heaven, and OF tho fact that wo arc
only living temporarily here, as it were, In
oooths or arbors, on our way TO tho Canaan
OF eternal rest.
And what was said to tho Jews Hterollv
may today be said figuratively TO oil this au.
aience. TO forth into the mountain. md
tetcn oilvo branches, and pine branches and
myrtle branches, and palm branches. and
pranches OF thick trees tomake booths. Yes,
we are only hcre in a temporary residence
we are marching on. The merchant prince
VINO used TO live in Bowling Green. Now
2ork, have passed away, and their residences
are now tho fields of cheap merchants.
nore are the men who fifty years ago owned
new York; Pissed on.
There Is no use in our driving our stalros
700 deep INTO tho earth; wo nro on the
march. The generations that hayo proceeded
US nave gone so far on that we cannot oven
near inc sound OF their footsteps. They have
Eono over the hills, and we nre TO follow
them. But, blessed be God. wo aro NOT in
Ibis world left out of doors and unsheltcrel.
1nere are gospel booths OF gospel nrbors in
which our souls are TO be comforted. Go
forth unto tho mountain, and fetch olive
prancne5, and pine branches, and myrtle
branches, and palm branches, and branches
OF thick trees, and build booths.
wen, now wo arc to-day TO construct a
Bospci arbor, or gospel booth; and how gball
we construct it, Well, wo must get ali tho
tree branches and build. According TO my
tex5 VIC must go up into tho mount and brinS,
olive branches What does that meanS
:. Inc olive tree grows in warm climates. and
u reaches the height of twenty or twonty.two
teet, a straight stem, and then AN ofYshoot from
.nse stem; And then people como, and thoy
81 OH tneso branches sometimes, and when
IN Time or war the General of ono army takes
one OF those olive branches and goes ont to
tne General OF another army, what docs that
meanf Why it means unsaddle the war
chargers. lt means hing up tho war KNAPP
sacks. 1t is but beautiful way of saying
Now, IL wo are to-day going to succeed in
0ohdlng this gospel arbor, we must 90 into
the Mount OF Gods blessing and fetch the
pave branches and whatever else we must
nave. We must have at least two Olive
. ~,saicneesS-peace with God and pcace with
mal When l say peace with God. do not
mean TO represent God as bloody chieftain.
aaslng grudge againstus but do mean 10
e1urm there Is no more antagonism between n
mound and hare, between hawk and n mil
so,s between elephant and swine, than there
- hosuiity between holiness and sin. And II
Tod Is all holiness, and wo arc ali sin thor
must be q REIMBURSEMENT, there must bc re-
construction, there must be a treaty there
must 90 q stretching forth OF olive branches.
q. ihoTc Is great lawsuit going on now. and
tt ISL lawsuit which man is bringing aoainSt
his Maker; that lawsuit is now On the -,
endAr. 1t Is the human versus tha M v;, ~.
~ Is inlquity versus the imI.lSonlsts. ;t %
y, wo.1heSs versus oEnnipotence. Man heoan
~; God did not begin the Iawsnit Vc In
gan IL; wo ussauIeod our Maker, and tho
sooner We end this part OF tho STRUGGLE in
which the finite attempts to overthrow the
lnh9ite and oinnipotent the sooner we end It
the better.
Travellers toll us there is no such placo NO
Mount Calvary, that it is only a lin. only
t.tN.ehuSailk IlAui Dub persist III calling
u tho mount OF Gods divine mercy and love-
lar grander than any other place ON Garth
grander than the Alps or IIimalavas AMI
there are no other hills as compared with it.
and have noticed in every sect where tho
cToss o, Christ Is set forth, it is planted with
ohVc branches. And all we have to do rs
20 got rid of this war between God md
ourselves, OF which we arc all tired.
we want to back out of tho war Voc
want TO get rid OF this hostility. All wa
nave 70 do Is just TO get up on the mount of
s LOIS blessing, and pluck these olive
Drenches and wave them before the throne
= feace through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Oh, II don't make much differences what
INC World thinks OF you-What this Kinr-
that Queen, that Senator thinksof Won. DStt
co1ne INTO the warm, intimate, glowing and
everlasting relationship with tho God 81 tba
round universe; that is the joy that makes n
nalielu1ah seoTn stupid. All, why do we want
70 nave peace through our lord Jesus ChristS
why, IL we had gonc on in ron thnrea-,.i
ss>~-~ 81 war against God, we could not hava
chpturcd 50 much as sword or cavalry stir.
fuIl, or twisted OFF one Of tho wheels or fh.
chariot OF bis omnipotence. But thopomen,
VIC bring this olive branch God and eli bonver
como ON our side. Peace through our lori
Jesus Christ; and no other kind Of peace q
worth anything.
But then we must have TINT otbor ol,,,,
brauch, peace with man. Now IL a verv
easy 70 get up quarrel. There arc gun
Powoery Christians oil around us. and ono
.naltch or proYocatiOn will set them Off. II
- easy enough 20 get up quarrel. But nv
HOthcfs don't you think you had better have
your horns saved or? Had you not boster
make an Apology Had Won NOT bettcr al,
Hit 70 little humiliation On vou eo,,
s.i'li Shat man takes tho first step will neve,
~ az peace with him; nothing viii be-
ooho until no Is ready TO take On
~, ~, Sep You are a pretty Chrigtian
non would this world b. saved II Chris
t nad not taken tho 1rst step9 We were ir
tho wrong, Christ was in tho ri9ht-oll riol,f
nslo forever right. And yet He took tho frsi
seep. ana instead Of going and erotfino- I
knotsY scourgo with which b. Uhip ro1, ~
N,eoiilst your enemy, You had better GET tir
On E.o radiant mount whero Cqtriqf srtiTorll
lor as enemies md just take an olive branch
not stripping OF tho soft. cool fragrani
,otxeA Dut leaving them al on. and thcn trv
on thum that gospel switch. he WOMB hrr,
sl'oul' AMI it viii savo you. Peace with God.
49, NlM man. IL you cannot folge thcea
W. oOctrine5 you are no Christian.
Blest b. the tie that binds
DiT hearts GA Christian love,
atc IriioTfhfp ~ mildred rrinfr
~ Ike 20 that above.
Prom sorrow. to'l and pain,
And SIN We shall he fraa.
Aul perfect love ana frirtidalfr refs,
through ail eternity.
But my text goes furtho- n eavs. IL
mp into tho mountain aud fetch olive I,r4r,obs.
ena pine branches Now what g. su1g.gfeI
~ tho Pine branches Tho nino -. (.
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