The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-09-23
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
The Brooklyn Preacher Discourses
on "lhe Kings Highway"
A Royal Road with No QuaElnfres 60 stay
the Feet of the Wayfarer, q
whose Terminus Il Eter-
nal Life.


following discourse for this weeks
perusal by his American readers. 1t is
based on the text: ter.o
And an highway shall be there. and way.
and il shall be called the way OF holiness; the
unclean shall not pass over IL: but il shall be
Tor those: the wayfaring men, though fools,
shall not ther1n- No lion shall be there,
nor any ravenous beast shall 60 up thereon;
40 shall not be found there; and the ransomed
OF the Lord shall return. and come to Zipn
with songs and everlasting Joy upon their
heads: they shall obtain Joy and gladness, and
sorrow and signing shall fee away.-Isaiah
XIV. $40.
There are thousands of people here
this morning who want to find the
right road. You sometimes see per-
son hating at crossroads, and you can
tell by his looks that he wishes to ask
aquestion as to what direction he had
better take. And / stand in your pres
ence this morning conscious of the fact
that there are many of you here who
realize that there are a thousand wrong
roads, but only one right one; and
take IL 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 It. There are a great
many expensive toll-gates scattered all
along that way. Indeed, at every rod
you must pay in tears, or pay in fagel-
lations. On that road, If you get
through it all, you have to pay your
OWN way; and since this differs so
much from what have heard in regard
70 the right way, 1 believe IL Is the
wrong way.
Here is another road On either side
nf - nfW frx1 -&as
ment, and invitations TO come in and
dine and rest; but from the looks of
the people who stand on the piazza 1
am very certain that it is the wrong
house and the wrong way. Here is
another road 1t is very beautiful and
macadamized. The horses hoofs clat-
ter and ring, and they who ride over it
spin along the highway, until suddenly
they find that the road breaks over an
embanlment, and they try to halt, and
they saw the bit in the mouth of the
steed, and cry, "Hol hoT' But it is too
late, and-crash!-theyg go over the en-
banlment We shall turn this morn
ing and see if we can not find a differ
ent kind of road.
You have heard of the Appian Way.
II was three hundred and fifty miles
long. 1t was twenty-four feet wide,
and on either side of the road was a
path for foot passengers 1t was made
out of rocks 'cut in hexagonal shape
and fitted together. What a road it
must have been! Made of smooth, hard
rock, three hundred and fifty miles
long. No wonder that in the construc-
ton of it the treasures of a whole en-
pire were exhausted. Because of in
vaders, and the elements, and time
the old conqueror who tears up a road
as he goes over it-there is nothing left
of that structure excepting ruin. But
] have this morning to tell you of a
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, VIII. without dismay.f
Still walk in Christ. the good Did way.
Gan highway shall be there, and a
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 lion shall be there,
nor any ravenous beast shall 60 up
thereon; it 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 everlast-
ing Joy upon their heads; they shall
obtain Joy and gladness, and sorrow
and signing shall flee awayif 7 2, y
First, this road of the text is the
Kings highway. In the diligence you
dash over the Bernard passed. the-Alps,
mile after mile, and there is not so
much as a pebble to jar the wheels.
You go over bridges which cross chasms
that make you hold your breath, I'M
der projecting rock, along by danger
Gus precipices, through tunnels adrip
with the MEETINGS of the glaciers, and
perhaps for the first time learn the mai
esty of a road built and supported by
government authority. Well, my Lord
the King decided to build a highway
from earth TO Heaven. 1t should span
all the chasms of human wretchedness;
it should tunnel all the mountains of
earthly difficulty; 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. Ii should be blasted out of the
Rock of Ages and eemented with the
blood of the cross, and be lifted amid
the shouting of angels and the execra-
tion of devils. .-r. 5t .A
The King sent His Son to build that
road. He put head and hand and heart
20 it, and, after the road was COM
pleted, waved His blistered hand over
the way, crying: at is finishedr' Ma
poleon paid fifteen million francs for
the building of the Simplon road that
his cannon might go over for the de-
vastation of Italy; but our King, at a
greater expense, has built road for a
different purpose, that the banners of
heavenly dominion might come down
over il and all redeemed of earth travel
up over it.
Being n Kings highway, of course it
is well built Bridges splendidly arched
and buttressed have given way and
crushed the passengers who attempted
TO cross them. But Christ, the King,
would build no such thing as that. The
work done, He mounts the chariot of His
love, and multitudes mount with Him,
and He drives on and up the steep of
Heaven amid the plaudits of gazing
worldsi The work is done-weli DONE
gloriously done-magnifcent done.
Still further: this road spoken of is a
clean road Many.a fine road has-be-
come miry and foul because it has not
been properly cared for; but my text
saws the unclean shall not walk on
this one Room on either side TO throw
away your sins. Indeed, if you want
TO carry them along you are not on the
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