The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
AVER OF TREE BRANCHES.
o,.course Delivered ct Hsmptons
Long Island.

L,,r,Is branches, and palm branches, and
,,neh,s of thick trees, TO make booths."--
Esheniah viii, 15
:, seems as II Mount Olivot were un.
kocred. Tho people have gone into the
scnntain. and have cut of tree branches,
rJ mt them on their shoulders, and they
{ome forth now into the streets OF
sruSalcm and ON tho house tops, and
k.v twist these tree branches into
krS,-s or booths. Then the people como
IN from their comfortable homes,
I'll dwell for seven days in those booths
arbors. Why do they do that? Well,
ia great fcstal time. IL Is tho
81 Of tabornacles; and these people are
k.in, IN celebrate tho desert travel of their
I,hsrs and their dclivcrancc from their
knnbl,s tho experience OF their fathers
Sb.n travelling in the desert, they lived In
ke,ths on their way 10 tho land of Canaan.
mi % these booths also become highly sug-
~tiyc-I will not say they arc necessarily
rical. but highly suggestivo--of our march
r,rl heaven, and OF tho fact that we arc
IN living temporarily here, as IL were, In
,,hs or arbors ON our way 10 the Canaan
sernal rest
Asl what was said 20 tho Jews literally
M today be said ngurativcly TO all this at-
Ince. Go forth into tho mountain, and
I'm olive branches, and pine branches, and
,rtle branches, and palm branches, and
nnchcs Of thick trees TO make booths. Yes,
are only here in temporary residence.
are marching on. The merchant princes
fo used TO live in Bowling Green, Now
|crk, have passed away, and their residences
n now tho fields Of cheap merchants.
here are the men who fifty years ago owned
tw York; Passed on
IThere is no use in our driving our stakes
y deep into tho Garth; we arc on tho
arch. The generations that have preceded
have gone so far on that we cannot even
kar the sound Of their footstep- They hRvo
he over the hills, and wo % 30 follow
fm But, blessed be God, We nro not in
Is world left out OF doors and uusheltercd.
kerr are gospel booths or gospel nrbors, in
ch our souls arc 20 bo comforted. Go
fth unto the mountain, and fctch olive
hnchcs, and pino branches, and myrtle
hnchcs, and palm branches, and branches
thick trees, and build booths.
We'll, now We arc to-day TO construct n
kpel arbor, or gospel booth: and how shall
construct it2 Well, We must get all tho
D. branches and build. According 20 my
b we must go up into the mount and bring
ne branches. What docs that mean?
he olive trec grows in warm climates, and
Breaches the height of twenty or twenty-five
kta straight stem, and then an ofrshoot from
t stem. And then people come, and thcy
tp OIL these branches sometimes, and when
time Of war the General of ono army takes
y Of these olive branches and goes out TO
General Of another army, what does that
knni Why, it means unsaddlo tho war
Dryers. 1t means hang up tho war KNAPP
fks. 1t Is but q beautiful way Of saying
low, IL we are to-day going TO succeed in
lding this gospel arbor, we must 90 into
Mount OF Gods blessing, and fetch ths
70 branches and whatever else wo must
r.. Wo must have at least two olive
Dnches-peace with God and peace with
y. When | say peace with God, / do not
hn to represent God as bloody cbieftain,
ng grudge againstus, but do mean TO
pm there Is no more antagonism between
pnd and hare between n hawk aud pull
between elephant and swine, than there
ostility between holiness and sin. And if
Is all holiness, and we arc all sin, thcro
~ be readjustment, there must be re-
struction there must be treaty, there
81 be stretching forth OF olive branches.
hero is a great lawsuit going on now, and
lawsuit which man is bringing against
llaker; that lawsuit Is now on tho cal
ar. 10 is the human versus tho divine;
inlqulty versus the immaculate; IL Is
nkneSS versus omnipotencc. Man began
God did not begin tho lawsuit. We be-
1t; we assaulted our Maker, aud tho
Pner we end this part of the struggle In
lch the finite attempts 10 overthrow tho
nlte and omnipotent, the sooner we ondit
better.
favelers tell us there is no such place as
punt Calvary, that IL is only n hill. only
inAgniticant hill; but | persist in calling
Pc mount Of Gods divine mercy and love
grander than any other place on earth,
hder than the Alps or Ilimalayas, and
are no other hills as compared with il:
nave noticed in every sect where tho
p OF Christ Is set forth, il is planted with
Ee branches. And all we have TO do Ia
kget rid Of this war between God and
selVeS, OF which wo aro all tired.
want to back out Of tho war, wo
pt TO got rid Of this hostility. All wo
q 10 do Is just 10 get up ON the mount of
blessing, and pluck these olive
ilches and wave them before the throne.
&c through our Lord Jesus Christ.
N, IT don't make much difference whnt
world thinks OF you-what this King,
queen, that Senator thinks Of you. But
~ lnto the warm, intimate, glowing and
astng relationship with the God of tho
hn universe; that is tho JOY that makes n
eluJah seem stupid. All, why do we want
h'e peace through our Lord Jesus Christi
We had gone on in ten thousand
oi war against God we could not have
uIeI so much as sword or cavalry STIR
or twisted or one of the wheels of the
Tt OF hlS omnlpotence. But tho moment
aInB TINS olive branch God and all heaven
on our side: Peace through our Lord
OhIlst; and no other kind of peace il
ih anything.
Then We must have TINT other olive
N'u, peace with a l..
70 get up quarrel. There arc gun
uery Christians all around us, and ono
vi prOYocation will set them Off. IL
enough 10 get up quarrel. But, my
uoht You think You had better have
norns sawed or Had you not better
~, apology Had you not better sub
a httle humiliation Oh. you sny
h man takes the first step will never
pSgs p,'sS with him; nothing will be
stsn Nh no Is ready 10 take tho
bn wnr,, ipn lou arc a pretty Christian.
not vu,u ,ai tils world bs saved IL Christ
ksrono, s'Sgn S the lrst step1 Wo were In
foreysn,r ShrLst ri was In the right-all right
Ssgr Sl right And yet He took the first
ana instead of going and gettinn !"
s0ourge with which 10 whip your an.
. ~ your enemy, you had better gat up
Il ona nt mount whero Christ suffered
strinuIlcs ana Just take an oliyo branch.
hphB on the soft, cool fragrant
e,r o.t leaving them all on, and tben trv
and iuat gospel switch. IL won't hurt
will ~ Wlil save you. Peace with God.
loc,ri,nan h man. II you cannot take those
you are no Christian.
'iest be the tic that binds
I,, nearts In Christian love.
Ia nowship OF kindred minds
FROM sorrow, toll and pain,