Milford chronicle., 1889-02-01

mics Of Evangelism NlAs
belief That Is Now Rampant in tAs
Worlh-Doctrines Of the seets'
BROOKLYN. Jan s7.-The Rev pF. J.
De Witt Talmage's sermon tins morning We
on ISLANDERS against Religion Ahs"eiep,
His text was. And took the little pook
o,,+ ~ the angels hand, and ate 1t up; and 1t
[yns IN my mouth sweet as money! anu es
soon as had eaten it my belly was bitter.
And he said unto ms, 4hqr must propnesy
again before many peoples, and nations, an
tongnes and kings. REV. x, lui H. lbs
reverend gentleman said;
Domitian, the Roman emperor, had IN ms
realm q Troublesome evangelist VINO "ouiu
1 Jee, nreacbing. ana 81 he exiled him to q |
( hspren island rs now the Russians exile e9t-
I giots 10 Siberia, OF Rs sometimes inc hlglAsn
yovernment used 20 send prisoners 70 aus,
fralia The island ! speak Of Is no" ohlisa
Patmos. and is so barren and unprohucu'e
tbat its inhabitants live by fishing. :,
But one day the evangelist OF "hom l
sneak. sitting at the mouth OF a cavern On .,lo
hin side, and perhaps half asleep under inc
drone Of the sea, has supernatural ars.9l.i
and before him pass, ns In panorama ttpe
and eternity. Among the strange things that
be saw was an angel with little book IN his
Sand. and in his dream the evangelist asked
Tor this little book, and tho aagel gave " 10
him and told him to eat it up. Asin a dream
tbFnqs are sometimes incongrnous, the evan
s-eIisf took the little book and ate it up Inc
eo,,,-ol told him beforehand that 1t would be
,,arv sweet in the mouth, but aftePward he
,voTld be troubled with indigestion. True
onongb +he evangelist devours the book, and
Il becomes to him sweetness during tne mas
tication. but afterward physical bitterness
Who the angel was and what tne DooA was
no one can tell. The commentators 40 hos
agree. and / shall take no responsloiii1y ol
ff9ternretation. but viii tell you that u sng-
,-as.s to mo tbe little book Of creeds which
skeptics take and chew up and tna very
inseious morsel to their wittielsm, but Rl1eg
while IL is to them a great distress. lhs
o1cel of the church hands out this little Dook
of evanqelism, and the antagonists OF tne
Christian church take it and eat 1t up ana u
makes them smile at first, but atterWaru AZ -
70 them a dire dyspepsia.
THE REASONS WHY cREEDs ARE NECEssAisf'
All intelligent people have creedS-~that IS
favorite theories which they nave !iuoPyey,
Political creeds - that is, theories aDouV
tapifF about finance, about civil service
obont government, Social creeds-that Is,
theories about manners and customs and
,-ood neighborhood. Esthetical creeds-that
s theories about tapestry, about prle=95p.ac
about STYLES of ornamentgtion' henglou'
creeds-that is, theories about the pslLy
about the SOUL about the great luture' tu'
only being who has no creed about any U1iis
q fbe idiot. This soothing against creeds L
aIuavs a sign of profound ignorance on th'
oart Of the scoffer, for he has himself nun
sred ereeds in regard to other things In ou
fine tho beliefs Of evangelistic churches ar
;1nder a fasillade Of caricature and mlsrepre
=. sentation. Men set up what they call oftne
y dox faith, and then they rake u VAT
C the musketry Of their denunciation. me
i falsifv whnt tho Christian churches be
e Heve They take evangelical doctrines an
II set them in a harsh and TepulsiYe way
and mt them out of the association WI
. other truths They are like a mad anatonliS
) who. desiring to tell what man Is alssec
a human body and hangs up IN one place u
heart, and in another place the Two lung
and ln another place an ankle bone, and say
that is n man. They are only fragments OF
> man wrenched out OF their God-aPPointe
places. ,..o,4,,,. s,,,,,,,,e
Ill rical, well jointed, roseate, bounding me- an
n, tbe scalpel and the dissecting knife OF the J
fdel or the atheist cannot tell you what "
Fvangelical religion is as different from wh
a. ;e rentesented to be by these enemies as u
scarecrow which farmer puts in the cor
held to keep OF the ravens is different Iro
! the farmer himself
For instance, these enemies OF eVangens
\ u saw that the Presbyterian church DeheV
that God Is a savaSo sovereign, ana liiaU
made some men just to damn therl' anu ~
N tberc are infants in hell a span long, Ihe
n old SANDERS come down from generation
generation. The Presbyterian church
iieves no such thing. The Presbyterl
cburcl, believes that God is loving and j
. sovereien. and that we are free agents. IN
n moi tbof cannot be, say these men who ha
cheyed up the creed and have the eonseqne
embittered stomachs That IS mposslD
d If God sa sovereign, VIC can't be tree agent
7, W1v my, friends we admit this in eve
Il other direction. !, De Witt Talmage, an
free citizen Of Brooklyn. go when pie
Nm and 1 come when 1 please, but ! nave
e least four sovereigns. The church co
t. Of our denomination; that Is
y ecclesiastical sovereign. The mayor
,nN nN this city; he is my municipal soVerel
s, 81 Tho governor Of New York; be IS
u n etate sovereiqn. The president Of the Uni
LIE states. he is my national sovereign. IL
RS sovereiens have l. and yet in every Iact
~ of body. mind and soul l am tree NJ
re W So. vou see. it is possible that the two
trines 20 side by side, and there is a conn
RsNl sense way of presenting 1t, and there
nd yvav that is repulsive. II you have the
nd doctrines in a worldly direction, why no
lii roligiot,s direction? II I choose to'mor
RS morning to walk into tho Mercantile hor
10 X and improve my mind, or TO go through
d. Ell conservatory Of my friend at Jamaica,
~ has flowers from all lands growing under
nd arches Of glass, and who has an aquarium
ell osouirrn with trout and gold fish, and {
IL IL ~ are trees bearing oranges and bananas
ishedf want to 90 there, I could. am
2 OO1 70 90 II l want to go over to Hob
and lean into q furnace of an oil factory
-CC want to lump from the platform OF the 4
-OS delphia express train, If / want to leap
ES Brooslyn bridge, 1 may. But supPo
=. shoull 90 tomorrow and leap into the
,yery. ,,oce ~ Hoboken. who would be to bli
equal THAT is all there is about sovereignty and
49, ,;sos agency. God rules and reigns, and he
aie bY eonservatories and he has blast furnaces
vou want to walk in the gardens, walk {
- IL YOU want to leap in the furnaces you
SOME MISCONCEPTIONS THAT FILL
A MINDS.
Suppose now a man had charmed
With which he could open oil the jails, al
should open Raymond Street jail anc
New York Tombs and all the prisons ol
continent In three weeks what kind
country would this BET all the inmates Il
out of those prisons and penitentiaries:
nose all the reprobates, the bad spirin
JINE Outrageous spirits, should be turned inl
..xy New Jerusalem Why, the next mo
1lSJ' the gates of pearl would be found of !
.tiOn. the iinchpin would be gone out OF the ci
abel " SnIS burrlaTued SaT % Assault and battery
Pearl ensm and assassnAtiOn HO0Is %OTld o9 oS TfS
lney. be- bo insaited on the streets Heaven wO'
ay say a dead failure, If there were no greatlO,
le has If all people, without regard to their q
good ter, when they leave tins ms *orlo t ~ % g n,