Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-18
RATTLE OF CREEDS.
Rev. DR.. TaImage on This Ex-
haustively Discussed Theme.
ECCLESIASTICAL QUARRELS.
.Fre;h and Original Contribution Made to the
Recent Assembly Controversy.
,Es That Passeth BY and Meddleth With
strife Belonging Not to Him is
Like One That Taketh Dog
BY the Ears"
ECCLESIASTICAL QUARRELS.
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sreoKIrH. y. Y, June 14-Dr. Talmage
..sH In his sermon this morning with the
,sr,. timely topic, the Battle of the Creeds.
,f,a- SO long and exhaustive a discussion
har,crf,al circles and in the secular press
.Isra seemed nothing more to be said on
~ subject. DR. Talmage, however, has his
avn way Of looking at all subjects, and even
yo,rle who thought they knew all that
ttori5 b. said on both sides. received light
IN .He fresh and original contribution
rSfrb be made to the controversy. His
,eyt was taken from Prov, XVI, II: ''He
IA: uasseth by and meddleth with strife
toIog,iur not TO him is like one that taketh
st0z bg he ears"
81. mon here deplores the habit of rush
,-y in between contestants, of taking
NJ IA the artagonisms of others, of join
hin fights which they ought TO shun.
me- do no good TO others and get damage
t1-fbenselves. He compares it TO the ex-
rs~5ncl- Of taking a Dig by the ears.
Er1iGg so irTitates the CANNES as to be
e,-'.hcG by the Tugs. Take them by the
5.al.0f the neck and lift them and it does
mi seem 10 hurt or offend, but you take
n, jog BY the ear, and he will take you
win fiz teeth. In all the history of ken
ra.s no intelligent or spirited dog will stand
th4, .'Eow," says Solomon, you go into
rri YOU sill get lacerated and torn. and
bitten He that passeth by and meddleth
with strife belonging net to him is like one
that takctn dog by the ears"
ECCLESIASTICAL QUARREL.
This Is = time OF reSounding ecclesiastical
nDsrrel Never within your memory or
r.ae has the AIR been so full of missiles.
The Presbyterian church has on hand a
controversy so great that it finds it prudent
10 postpone its settlement for at least one
more year hoping that something will turn
I'D. Somebody might die or new general
assembly may have grace to handle the
exciting questions. The Episcopal church
las east out some recalcitrants, and its
digestive ORGANS are taxed to the utmost in
tr,.rr 10 dssimilate others. ''Shall women
ureaga2 'Or be sent as delegates to con-
ierancei" are questions that have put many
Of our Methodist brethren on the anxious
seat" And the waters ia some of the great
TAPESTRIES are troubled waters. Because
pitleconroversies throughoutCh
the air is now like an August afternoon
about o'clock, when it has been steaming
hJ al day, and clouds are gathering, and
there Ore lions of thunder with grum bling
voices and flashing eyes coming forth from
their cloudy ldirs, and people are waiting
for the full burst of the tempest. | am not
much of 4 weather prophet, but the clouds
look TO me mostly like wind clouds. 1t may
baa big blow, but hope it will soon be
over. In regard TO the battle of the creeds,
lam every day asked what l think about it.
Iwaut 10 make it so plain this morning
what think that no one
WILL EVER ASK AGAIN.
Let those who are jurymen in the case, l
mem those who in the different ecclesiasti-
"a. courts have the questions put directly
before them. weigh and decide Let the
nest Of us keep out. The most damaging
thing on ear,h is religious controversy. No
one ever comes out of it as good man as he
F0ts N. Some of the ministers, in all de-
nominations, who, before the present
acarbitv were good and kind and useful,
now seem almost swearing mad. These
brethren l notice always open their violent
meetings with prayer before devouring
each other, thus saying grace before meat.
They have moral hydrophObla that makes
Us think they have taken dog by the ears.
They never read the imprecatory psalms of
David with such zest as since the Briggs
ana Newton and MacQueary and Bridgman
and Brooks questions got into full swing
May the rams of the sheepfold soon have
their horns sawed of. Before the contro-
verslcS are settled, a good many ministers
vii, through what they call liberalism, be
landed into practical infidelity, and others
v
Shrink up into bigots tight and hard as the
1lmmez of Egypt, which got through
their controversies
THREE THOUSAND TEARS AGO
This trouble throughout Christendom,
FaS directly inspired Of Satan. He saw
th-, TOO much good was being done. Re
fruits We're being gathered by hundreds of
thousands TO the gospel standard. The VIZ
lores Tor God and the truth were too near
near together. Too many churches were be-
Eg dedicated. Too many ministers were
beng ordained. Too many philanthropies
were beng -OSterei. Too many souls were
teeng saved. 1t had been a dull time in the
Neither World, and the arrivals were too
lew. So Satan one day roGe upon his
.A.one, and said. "Ye powers of darkness,
LgAT And all up and down the caverns
I-a cry was: Hear! hear.'' Satan said: |
l--le is hat American board of commits |
s''.rlN Tor foreign miss 'OnS. 1t must either |
. demolished or crippled. or the first thing |
you haow they will have all nations brought |
10 God Apollyon tie Younger! You go |
" 10 Andover and get the professors dis |
.-S>Ilg whether the heather can be saved |
without the gospel Divert them from the |
NO.A OF missions, ana get them in angry |
..VH'yA'lon in i room at Young's hotel, Bos- |
..-, and by the time they adjourn, the cause |
U l-.e.En missions viii be gloriously and |
4 I.-s1-heoutly injured Diabolus5 TIE |
!, iyinSer. You go up and get Union theo-
|s.s-l seminary Of New York and the |
y assembly of the Presbyterian |
.--.t1 Al Detroit a swords points and d.
'ss'el from the work of making
HARVEST MINISTER'S OF RELIGION,
aal urn that old Presbyterian church,
w-cn has been keeping US out of Gus
.sslelS FOR hundreds of years, into splin-
~ p4laemanium on small scale. Abad-
w NE Third! You go up and assault that
va Episcopal church, which has been
corning the heavens for centuries with
-, - s-O.iLeSt prayers that were ever u
of Bishop Leighton, Bishop
;s,-..e and Bishop Mcllvaine, and get that
.sDoH. nation discussing men instead of
rr.Sl~NN.ug the C1ernities Abaddon the |
.,va',h, You 90 up to that old Methodist
,--.lA, which has, through her revivals,
- millions TO heaven which we would
..-e.%iSe have added to our population,
'-s church Of Wesley and Matthew Simp-
w. dsa.E-t which we have an especial
! -I-e, ana get them SO absorbed in dis
.-sS.ag whether women shall take part in
81 conference that they shall not have so I
:; IN TINE to discuss how many sons and
. ~; ;Silt trs She will take to glory"
"Aa' amazeS me most is that all people
y LJt see that the entire movement at
Is tine all over Christendom is satanic.
't774y Of the Internal attacks are sly and
;s-len and strategic and so ingenious that
S5y are not easily discovered. But here
: -, d bold and uncovered attempt of the
S"erS Of darkness TO split up the churches,
! get ministers TO take each other by the
.e'Ia', 10 make religion laughing-stock
:. earth and hell, to leave the Bible with no
-'se respect or authenticity than
~, AN OLD ALMANAC OF 1872,
n -l,.,- 4 lNsa he oh -
,s4'Aer six months ahead, and in what
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