New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-15
THE BATTLE OF CREEDS.
DIR. TALMAGE TAKES NO PART IN 1T.
HIS ADVICE TO LAYMEN AND PREACHERS Is
STICK TO THE UNADULTERATED RE-

LIGIoN OF JESUS CHRIST"
Tho Rev. DR.. Talmage dealt in his sermon yesterday
morning in Brooklyn with the timely Topic i.c
Battle of Creeds" His text taken from Proverbs
o. xviii q" 10 that passeth by and meddicth WIN
strife belonging not him Is like one that taketh dog
by the ears lie said in part as follows
Solomon deporcs the habit OF rushing In between
contestants OF taking part antagonisms OF others
of Joining in fights which they ought TO shun ihey 40
no good to others and get damage for themselves hc
compares It experiment OF taking dog by the ears
Nothing rtates the CANNES as 10 be clucheo Dy INC
Inc. Take them by the back Of neck and lift them
and it does not seem offend. but you take the
dog by the ear and he will take you Win MS Ne'h "
all the history Of kennels intelligent or spritea ooS
will stand that Now" Solomon. 'you 20 into
,aIs 90 contro1 ersie, that are not yours and will
Get laceraed and torn and bitten He that passeth by
and meddleth with strife belonging not 70 MN Is he o
that takcCh q dog by the ears "
Tbi. I. time OF resoundng ecclesiastical quarrel
Never within your memory mine has the air been 30
full OF missiles. The Presbyterian Church mas on manu-
controversy so great 1t finds 1t prudent 70 pospon
It's settlement for at least one more year. hOpihs nav
something will or new General Assembly MAJ
have grace handle the exciting auesuohs' %
Episcopal Church out some recalcirant anu N
digestive organs are taxed the utmost In tryhg 70
assrnate others. "Shall women preachf" or DC seh'
as delegates Conference questions tha' nave pu
many OF our Methodist brethren the anxious seat
And the waters In some oil inc grea' Osp'"' "
troubled waters.
Because Of the controversies throughout Cnfis'enaon
the air is now like August afternoon ABOUT ooi0A.
when IL has been steamng hot all day. and CLOUDS arc
gahering and lions OF thunder Win Rrumons
ocas and flashing eyes coming forth from their eiouoy
airs and people are watAg for the full burst OIL inc
temnest am not much OF a weather Drophee ouo w
clouds look 10 me mostly like wind clouo' ~ ''
ho h,ovy hut hope it will be over In REGARD 70
the Battle OF the Creeds. 1 every day asked "has
think about 1t. want to make 1t so pam 'iS H''''
what 1 think that one will ever ask again
Let those who jurymen in the case, mean H''o
who in the different ecclesiastical courts nave ehe
nut directly before them weigh and decide Let e resi-
OF us keep ou:. The most damaging thing on eaFsh 10
religious controversy. No comes out OF IL 90
good man as he goes in. Some OF the mihs'ef' :" az
who before the present acero "efs goou
and Kind and useful now almost swearing mad lhese
brethren notice always open their violent lLeetnes WIN
prayer before devourng each other thus saying grace De-
fore meat They have a moral hydrophobia that makes
us think they have taken a dog by the ears
They never read the imprecaory psalms OF Dawn WIN
such zest as since the Briggs and Newton ana Mscueay
d prdoman and Brooks questions got into full swing
MAY the rams the sheepod soon have her hos sa"u
off, Before the controversies are settled sOou many
ministers WILL through what they call Liberalism Dc lahuu
into practical nAdety and others, through what they can
onseryatm will shrink up into bgots tight and hard as
the mummies of Egypt which got through their eoh'ro
versies three thousand years ago.
This trouble throughout Chrstendom was Directly IN
spired OF Satan lie that too much good was oe'hs
done Recruits were being gathered by hundreds OF
thousands to the Gospel standard The victories Tor Goa
and the together 100 many churches
were being dedicated Too many ministers were oehg or
dained. Too many philanthropes were oehg lCS'erea
Too many souls were being saved 1t ma been Gull
tle I'm the Neither World and the arrivals were too few
So Satan one day rose upon his throne and SAID fe
nowers Of darkness heart" And all up ana down INC
caverns cry was: Hear! Hear"
Satan said: is that American Board OF Commls-
sioners for FOREIGN Missions. 1t must either be demo
Ished or crippled or the first thing you know they Will
have all nations brought to God Apoyon the younger
You 20 up TO and get the professors discussing
whether the be saved without the gospel
Divert them from work OF missions and get them In
angry convention in at Young's Hotel Boston, ana
by the time tey adjourn tho OF foreign missions WI"
be gloriously and magnincently injured
"Dabolus the Younger! You go up anu ee' ohiOn
Theological Seminary Of NewYork and the General AS
sabv ~ the Presbyterian Church at Detroit at swords
polns and diverted the work OF making earnest MIN
listers of religion and that old Presbyterian ohrcn
which been keeping us out OF customers ior nun
OF years. splendid pandemonium OH snau sea'e,
Abaddon :he Third You go up and assault that old
Episcopal Church, which has been sormng the heavens
for centuries with the sublmest prayers that were ever
manufacturer OF Bishop leighton Bishop "hie anu
Bishop McIlyaine-and get that denomination oscusss
men instead Of discussing the eterniAes'
Abaddon the Fourth You go up TO that ola Methooiss
Church which has through her revlyals sent mohs 10
Heaven which we would otherwise have added to our popu
oon the Church OF Wesley and Matthew Simpson, against
which we have an especial grudge and get them so 40
sorbed in discussing whether women shall take part III
her conference that they shall not have so much Time "
discuss how many and daughters she Will take !"
glory" . -. A..
What amazes me most is all people do not see tae
the entire movement this time all over Chrisendom Is
Satanic Many OF the internal attacks are sly ana hidden
and Strategic ingenious that they are not easily
discovered But here is bold and uncovered attempt
OF the powers darkness split up the churches, to
get ministers to each other by the throat to make
religion laughing stock OF earth and he'll 10 leave the
Bible with respect or authenticity tnan an ola
almanac Of 1922 which told what would be the change Oh
weather six months and in what quarter OF the moon
1t is best 10 plant turnips In word the eHort Is 70
stop the eyangelizaton OF the world
IL seems to me very much like this: There has been
railroad accident and many wounded and dying There
are several drug stores near casualty All the
doctors druggists needed and needed right away
Bandagos stnuants anaeshetcs, medicines OF all sorts
the doctors and the druggists dongf Discussing
the contents old bottles the top shelf bottles OF
which doctors and druggists mixed TWO or
hundred years ago
Come doctors :" Come druggists 20 cry the people,
land help these wounded and dying that are being
brought from beneath the nmbers Of the crushed
rail train. In little while it will be too
late Come for Gods sake Come right away %
mop saws doctor mot until we settled whether the
medicine on that top shelf was rightly mixed say
there many drops Of launanum IN 1t, and this
other man says there too many drops OF eamphor
and we get this question settled before we can
attend TO the railroad accident"
And one doctor takes another doctor by the collar and
nushes him back against the counter. and one OF the
druggists says 'f you will not admit that am right
about that one bottle will smash every bottle In your
anothecary store" and he proceeds TO smash Mean
while on the lower shelf plainly marked and within easy
reach are all the medicines needed for the helping OF
the sufferers by the accident and In that drawer easily
opened are bandaEes and sDns for The lack OF "hieh
ATTY peopls are dying outside the drugstore.
Before apply this thought every one sees It's appca
,, Ue,a "a this old wor d. and It is OF track. Sin
and sorow have coded with It. The groan OF agony
IL fourteen characterization God has opeheu ior
relief and a cure sanitarium great House Oh
Mercy and all its shelves are filled with basaus WIN
a,boIicons with help glorious help, tremendous hep
49,, 40 oosllv Administered that you need not get upon
any stepladder to reach IL. You can reach IL Oh your
Knees and then hand 1t to all the suffering Suu 'ae
shining and the dying. Comfort Tor all .he 'ouo''1
Pardon for all the guilty Peace Tor al tne ustns
III IN. world s needing the relief and perishing
~ -. - chnrcha WHY Il Is full Of