The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-09-15
REV, DR.. TALMAGt'S SERMON
THE WAY OF HOLINESS.
.rbe su nday Sermon as Delivered by the
Brooklyn Divine.

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.obfair jou and oiudness, and SorroC aud
. ghing shoU fec dICdN--lsaiah xxxv.. s'lO
There are thousands OF people here this
morning who want TO find the right road.
Won sometimes see a person haltng at cross
roads and YOU can tell by bis looks that no
wishes to ask question as to what direction
he had better take Aud | stand IN your
rressucs this morning conscious OF the TACT
there are many of you here who realizs that
there are a thousand wrong ro1is, but only
one right one and take IL for granted that
Won have come in to ask which one u ".
Here is one road that opens widely, but l
have not much faith in It. Thcre are great
many expensive tollgates scattered all along
that way Indeed Mt every rod you must
nav in tears, or pay in Negotiations. On
tnat road. Il you get through It at all, you
have 20 nav your own way, and since this
diff srs 40 much from what | have heard ia
regard TO the right way, | believe 1t is the
wrong way.
4, are houses OF sinful entertainment, and
invitations to come IN and dine aud rest.
but from the looks OF the people who stand
ON the piazza I am very certain that ~ IL
tie wrong house and the wrong way. Here
IL
macadamizsd The horsss' hoofs clatter
and wiring aud they who ride over 1t spin
aIonc the highway until suddenly they find
that the road breaks over an embaukment.
aud they try to halt, and they saw the bit in
the mouth OF ths fiery steed AMI cry
"Whonl whoaw But 1t is too late, md.
crash they 20 over the embankment. Ws
shall turn this morning and see II we cannot
find a different kind OF road.
You have heard OF the Appian Way. IL
was three hundred and fifty miles long. IL
was tweuty-four feet wide. and on either side
the road was apath for foo. passengers. But
have this morning 90 tell you of road
built before the Appian Way. and yet it Is rs
good MS when first construed. Millions of
souls have gone over Il. Millions more will
come
First. this road Of the text is the Kings
highway. Wen. my Lord the King decided
70 build highway from earth to heaven. 1t
should span all the chasms OF human wretch
edness il should tunnel all tho mountains of
earthly difficulty 1t should be wide enough
and strong enough to hold fifty thousand
millions OF tho human race, IL so many of
them should ever be born. 1t should be
blasted out OF the "RocS OF Ages aud
ceueutei'with the blood of the Gross, and
b. lifted amid the shouting OF angels and the
sxecration OF devils.
The King sent His Son TO build that road
He nut head and hand and heart 60 IL, AMI
after the road was completed, waved His
E,i.tered hand over the way crying, at is
finished
still further-this road spoken of is
clean road. Many fine road has become
mirv and foul becaus, il has not been prop
crly cared for; but my text says the un.
clean shall not walk on this one. Room on
either side to throw away your sins. In.
deei, II YOU want TO carry them along. you
are not on tho right road. That bridge will
break, those overhanging rocks will fall, tho
night will come down, leaving you at the
mercy OF the mountain bandits and at the
very next turn of the road you will perish.
But it you are really on this clean road OF
which have been speaking, then you will
stop ever and anon TO wash i'm the water
that stands in tho basin of the eternal rock.
l .sys al. almcss .eyter,yf,tep tH, Of. Journey
YOU will be crj-As 80, N1I5ate within me
clean hearth
II YOU have no such aspirations as that it
proves that you have mistaken your way.
and # YOU will only look up and see the
tingerbOari above your head You may read
upon u the words, There is way that
seempth right unto "A mau, but tue eni
thereof ~ DEATH Without holiness no man
shall sec the Lord, and if you have any idea
that YOU eau carry along your sins, your
m,t., you worldliness aud yet 70 the end of
fh Christian race you are 80 awfully mis-.
taSen that, in the namo OF God, this mora
ing / shatter tho delusion.
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roa'. The wayfarng men, though fools.
shall not err therpin''-that Is, il a man is
three.fourth a. IDIOT he can find this road
just as well rs il he were philosopher
Many man has been familiar with all the
higher branches OF mathematics and vet
ooId not do the simple sum, "What shall it
profit n man il h. gain the whole world and
lose his own soul.' Many a man has been a
fine reader OF tragedies aud poems aud yet
could not "reldlhis title clear 70 mansions in
the skies Many man has botanized
ncross the continent ami yet did not know
ths Rose OF Sharon and the Lily of the
Valley But il one shall come in the right
sprf, asking the way TO heaven, he will
In It plain way the pardon is plain.
Inc p-acs IL plain. Everything is plain.
He who tries to get on tne road 10 heaven
through the New Testament teaching will
j get on beautifully. lie who goes through
4 philosophical dscusSioa Will not get on as
y al. Christ says, "Cone TO Me- and | viii
tGSe all your sins away, and will take all
4 your troubles away" Now, what is tho
a luse OF my discussing it any more? Is not
x tha; plain: After this Blh.e has pointed you
q the way 70 heaven, is it wise for ms TO de-
4 tain You with any discussion about the
nature Of the human will or whether the
4 ntonement is limited or unlimited? There Is
f-tGe road-go on IL. II is plain way.
M Ntlll further, this road TO heaven is a safe
-road. Sometimes the Traveller in those ar
iy secure, not knowing there was a lion by
tine way buryiug his head deep between his
E paws, and then when the right moment
,f Game. under the fearful spring. tha mans
life was gone aud there was n maued car.
%cass by the roadside. But, says my text.
mo lion snail ho there" / wish [ could
moke you feel this morning your entire Sc.
fcurty. ! tell you plainly that one minute
niter man has b come Il child of God lac is
AAs safe rs though he had been ten thousand
Years IN heaven. He may slip, he NAV
asl!de, he may stumble but he cannot be de-
stroyed, Kept by the power OF tod through
fath unto complete salvation. Everlasting.
rly sate.
The severest trial TO which you can sub
Dec Christian man is 10 kill nim. and that
IS glory. In other words. the worst thine
ID ahAt can heppen chlld of God is heaven.
Inc body Is only the old slippers that he
tnrows aside Just before putting on the
sandals OF light. His soul. you cannot hurt
no hres can consume It. No floois can
,aiown it. No devils can capture It.
Als soul Is safe. His reputation is safe
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