Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-09-22
TALMAGE IN EUROPE.
He DlscOuRsEs REGARDING THE
GREAT KINGS HIGHWAY.

the Wrong Road-The Christians Prog
ress Heayenward in the Path of Reeti-
tude.
LONDON, Sept l1.-Another busy week
of DR.. Talmage's preaching tour has just
ended. After conducting services before
immense audiences at Swansea. Exeter and
Bristol, he preached four times in Plym-
outh to the largest religious gatherings
ever witnessed in that city. Before leaving
Plymouth the mayor. at public meeting
at which many clergymen We're present,
thanked the American preacher for the
great good his sermons had produced in
awakening the community. DIR. Talmage
on the day Of his departure was driven to
the wharf and alighted at the top of the
flight of stone steps down which the pill
grim fathers went when they embarked
on the Mayhower to seek the New World.
The sermon selected for today is entitled
1.-The Kings Highway" the text chosen
being Isaiah xxxv, $40: And an highway
shall be there, and way. and it shall be
called the way of holiness; the unclean
shall not pass over it; but it shall be for
those; the wayfaring men, though fools,
shall not err therein. No hon shall be
there, nor any ravenous beast shall 20 mp
thereon. 1t shall not be found there, but
the redeemed shall walk there, and the
ransomed Of the Lord shall return and
come TO Zion with songs and everlasting
JOY upon their heads; they shall obtain joy
and gladness. and sorrow and signing shall
flee away"
81. a.
morning who want to find the right road.
You sometimes see a person hating at
crossroads, and you can tell by his looks
that he wishes to lsk question as to what
direction he had better take. And stand
in your presence this morning conscious of
the fact that there are many Of you here.
who realize that there are thousand
wrong roads. but only one right one, and
take it for granted that you have come In
to ask which one it is. Here Is one road
that opens widely, but | have not much
faith in 1t. There are "A great many ex-
pensive tollgates scattered all along that
way Indeed at every rod you must pay
in tears or pay in Negotiations. On that
road. If you get through il at ALL you have
to pay your own way, and since this differs
so much from what have heard in regard
to the right way believe it is the wrong
way.
TIE WRONG ROAD.
Here is another road On either side Of
il are houses of sinful entertainment and
invitations TO come in and dine and rest
but from the looks of the people who
stand on the piazza am very certain that
| il is the wrong house and the wrong way.
1 Here is another road. Ii is very beautiful
and macadamized The horses hoofs clat.
ter and ring, and they who ride over II
spin along the highway until suddenly
they find that the road breaks over an EN-
banknient, aud they try TO halt, and they
see the bit in the mouth Of the fiery steed
and cry, "Whoa whoaw But it is too late.
and-crashi-they 90 over the embank
ment. We shall tugl this morning and see
/ if we cannot find different kind of road
You have heard of the Appian Way Ii
was three hundred and fifty miles long Ii
was twenty-four feet wide aud on either
side the road was path for foot passen-
gers. twas made out of rocks cut in hex
agonal shape and fitted together What
road it must have been Made Of smooth,
( hard rock, three hundred and fifty miles
| long. No wonder that in the construction
Of II the treasures Of whole empire were
exhausted Because Of invaders, and the
elements and time-the old conqueror who
tears up road as he goes over it--there is
nothing left Of that structure except a
ruin. But have this morning to tell you
Of road built before the Appian Way,
and yet it is as good as when first con
structed. Millions Of souls have gone over
it. Millions more will come
The prophets and apostles, too.
Pursued this road while here below
We therefore will, without dismay,
Still walk in Christ, the good old way.
IAN highway shall be there, and a way.
and it shall be called the way Of holiness.
the unclean shall not pass over ii; but il
shall be for those the wayfaring men.
though fools, shall not err therein. No
lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast
shall 90 up thereon. It shah not be found
there, but the redeemed shall walk there.
and the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with songs and everlast-
ing joy upon their heads they shall obtain
joy and gladness, and sorrow and signing
shall flee away
HIGHWAY To HEAVEN.
First, this road Of the text is the kings
highway. In the diligence you dash over
the Bernard pass of the Alps, mile after
mile, and there is not so much as pebble
to jar the wheels You go over bridges
which cross chasms that make you hold
your breath. under projecting rock, along
by dangerous precipices, through tunnels
adrip with the MEETINGS of the glaciers.
and perhaps for the first time learn the
majesty of road built and supported by
government authority. Well, my Lord
the King decided to build highway from
earth to heaven. 1t should span all the
chasms of human wretchedness; it should
tunnel all the mountains of earthly diff
Guilty; it should be wide enough and strong
enough to hold fifty thousand millions of
the human race, if so many Of them should
ever be born. 1t should be blasted out Of
the Rock of Ages and cemented with
the blood Of the Cross and be lifted amid
the shouting of angels and the execration
of devils.