The Penn's Grove record., 1892-09-16
RN. DR.. lAlAAGES sERHON.
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Subject . ..The Kings Highway"

It.. but 10 shall be for those, the sroufurtnQ
men, though fools. shall not err therein.
No lion shall be there, nor any ropenous
beast shall 90 zap thereon. IL shaH not b
found there, but the redsemed shall tgatb
there, and the rans0med Of the Lord shall
yeturn and COM to Zion tefth songs n
everlasting joy aDoa their heads: they SHAH
Obtain joy and ai0dness, and SORROW and
sighting shall fee asuay.-Isaiah XIV. s-l0.
There are Thousands Of people here this
uorninE who want TO find the right road
You sometimes see . person hating at cross
roads and you can tell by bis looks that he
be had better take, And / stand in your
presence this morning conscious of the fact
there are many OF you here who realize that
there are o thousand wrong roads, but only
one right one, and I take It for granted that
you have come In to ask which q It u.
Here Il one road that opens widely. but !
have not much faith In 1t. There are : great
many expensive tollgatss scattered all along
that way. Indeed at every rod you must
pay In tears, or pay in 1agellatious. On
that road, ii you get through II At all. you
have to pay your own way. and dnce this
differs 20 much from what l have heard in
regard to the right way. I believe II u tho
wrong way.
II are houses Of sinful entertafnmsnt and
invitations. to come IN and dine . rest
but from the looks Of the people who stand
on the piazza / am very certain that It is
the wrong house and the wrong way. Here
IL another road 1t 10 very beautiful and
~macadamixed, The horsss hoofs chatter
and wiring, and they who ride over 1t spin
along the highway until suddenly they lind
that the road breaks over an embankment
and they try to halt, and they sawt the bit In
the mouth Of the fiery stsed and cry
crashl-they 60 over the e~mbankment. We
shall turn this morning and see II we cannot
fiud q different kind Of . road.
You have heard Of the Appian Way. II
three hundred and fifty miles long. II
was twenty-four feet wide. and on either side
the road wa path for foot passengers. But
I nave this morning TO tell You Of 2 road
good as when first construed. Millions OF
souls have gone over it. Millions more will
come.
First, this road Of the text IL the Kings
highway. Well, my Lord the King decided
to build q highway from earth to heaven. 1t
should span all the chasms Of human wretch
edness; it should tunnel all the mountains OF
earthly difficulty; it should be wide enough
and strong enough to hold nifty thousand
millions OF the human raca II 90 many Of
them should ever be born. Il 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
exscration of devils.
The King sent His Son to build that road.
He put head and hand and heart to it AMI
after the road was completed, waved His
blistered hand over the VI crying, 1T Is
finished
Still ~further-this road spoken OF Is d
clean road. Many = ine road has become
miry and foul because It has not been prop
eriy cared for; but my text says the un-
clean siall mot walk on this oue. Room ON
either aide to throw away your sins. In.
deed, II You want to carry thsm along. you
break, those overhanging rocks will fall, the
night will come down, leaving you At ths
mercy OF the mountain bandits, and at ths
very next turmoil the road you will perish.
But II you are really N this clean road Of
which / have been speaksnl then you will
stop ever and amor to wash In the water
that stands In the basin Of the eternal rock.
Aye, at almost every step Of the journey
you viii be crying out, Create within me
II you have no such aspirations a. that II
proves that you have mistaken your way,
and IL you will only look up and see the
furerboard above your bead you may read
upon il the words, "fhere is = way that
seemeth right unto . man, but the end
thereof 10 DEATH Without holiness no man
shall sse the Lord, and II you have any ides
lus,s, you worldliness and yet to the nj OF
the ChristiAu racs you are 80 awfuliy mis-
taken that In the mann OF God, this morn.
ing / ahsttsr the deluscn.
Still further, the road spoken OF Is q plain
road. The wayfsring men, though fools,
shall not err t~herein"-that Ia, IL 4 man il
th~rss-fourth an IDIOT be can dnd this road
just as well ash he were . philosopher.
Many q man has been familiar with all the
higher branches Of mathematics and vet
could not do the simple sum, "What shall it
profit q man il he gain the whole world and
lose his own souif' Many . man has been q
zine reader Of tragedies and poems and yet
could not s'readihis title clear to mansions 10
the skiss.n Many . man has botanized
across the continent and yet did not know
the aRose of Sharon and the Lily Of the
Valley" But Y one shall eoms in the right
spirit. asking the way to heaven, he will
fni 1t . plain way. Tn pardon Is plain.
The peace Is plain. Everything is plain.
He who tries to get on the road to heaven
through the New Testament teaching will
get on beautifully. He who goes through
philosophicsl discussion will not get on AZ
I'll. Christ says, Gone TO Me, and l will
AXE all your sins away, and I will take all
your troubles away Nov. what iskhs
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