Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-09-15
THE KINGS HIGHWAY
THE SUBJECT OF DR.. TALMAeE's'
DISCOURSE.

ne SO6JCSi VI lNie ~
DISCOURSE.
Good Advice to People Who Ar Seek
ing the Pathway to Salva.'on-Dr.
Talmage Visits the Spot Where the
Pilgrims Embarked for the New World.
LONDON, Sept. Il. Another busy
week of DR.. Talnage's preaching tour
has Just ended. After conducting sery-
ices before immense audiences at Swan
sea, Exeter and Bristol, he preached
four times in Plymouth to the largest
religious gatherings ever witnessed IN
that city. Before leaving Plymouth the
mayor, at a public meeting at which
many clergymen We're present, thanked
the American preacher for the great
good his sermons had produced IN
awake~ing the community. DR.. Tai
the day OF his departure was
80 yehe wharf and alighted at the
!. Toy W me fight Of stone steps down
which the, pilgrim fathers went when
they embarked.on the MayAower to seek
the New World.
The sermon selected for today is en-
titled, ''The Kings Highway" the text
chosen being Isaiah xxxv, $40: "And
an highway shall be there, and a way,
and it shall be called the way of holi-
ness; the unciean shall not pass over 1t;
but it shall be for those; the wavfaring
men, though fools, shall not err therein.
No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous
beast shall 60 up thereon. 1t shall not
be found there, but the redeemed shall
walk there, and the ransomed Of the
Lord shall return and come toZion with
songs and everlasting Joy upon Their
heads; they shall obtain Joy and glad
ness, and sorrow and signing shall flee
away"
There are thousands of people here
this morning who want TO find the right
road You sometimes see a person halt
ing at crossroads, and you can tell by
his looks that he wishes to ask ques-
ton 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 l 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 It. There are great many expensive
tollgates scattered all along that way.
Indeed at every rod you must pay III
tears, or pay in fagellations. On that
road, If You get through it at al, You
have to pay Your own way. and since
this differs so much from what l have
heard in regard to the right way, be-
Eeve it is the wrong way.
Here is another road On either side
of it arf,-7oss of sil entertainment,
and ms TO come IN and dine and
1m the looks of the people
u on the piazza l am very GER
tt it is the wrong house and the
way. Here is another road. 1t
VERY beautiful and ,nacadamized. The
horses hoofs clatter and ring, and they
:-.o rlde o, cr 1t spin along the highway
until suddenly they tird that the road
breaks over an embsnkment, and they
try to halt, and they saw the bit in the
mouth of the fiery steed and cry Whoa.
whoa" But it is too late. and-s-e=,see =
>they go over the elabarkment. We shaH
~sprn this morning ed see if we cannot
find different kind of road
THE APPIAN WAY.
You have heard Of the Appian Way.
Il was three hundred and fifty miles
long. II was twenty-four feet wide, and
on either side the road was a path for
foot passengers. Il was made ont Of
rocks cut in hexagonal shape and fitted
tcsether. What road it must have
been! Made of smooth, hard rock
three hundred and fifty miles long. NJ
wonder that in the construction Of it the
treasures of whole empire We're ex
hausted. 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
excepting ruin But have this
morning to tell You Of a road built be.
fore tie Appian Way, and yet 1t is as
good as when first constructed. Millions
of souls have gone over it, Millions
more will come.
The prophets and apostles. too.
Pursued this road Sb3S h-r. 1ciow;
we therefore VIII, without disnay.
Still walk in Christ the good old way.
"An highway shall be there, and a
way, and it shall be called the way of
holiness; the unclean shall not pass over
it; buc 1t shall be for those The way way
faring men, though fools, shall not err
therein. No lion shall be there, nor any
ravenous beast shall go up thereon. Ii
shall not be found there, but the re-
deemed shall walk there. and the ran
somed of the Lord shall return, and
come to Z.on with sorgs and everlasting
Joy upon their heads; they shall obtain
Joy and eladness, and sorrow and sigh
ing shall fly away
First, this road of the text is the
kings highway. In the diligence you
dasl over the Bernard pass Of the Alps,
mile after mile and there is not 50
much as pebble to jar the wheels.
You go over bridges VIII ross chasms
that make yen hold ya,sI- s::,c';t.s;; under
projecting rock; along by danger .us
precipices; through tunnels adrip with
the MEETINGS of the glaciers, and, per
haps for the first time, learn the majesty
of a road built and supported by govern
meut authority. Well, my Lord the
king decided 20 build highway from
earth to heaven. 1t should span all the
chaslns of human wTetchedness; it
should tunnel al TIE mountains of
earthly difficulty; ii should be wide
enough and strong enough to hold fifty
thousand millions of the human race, if
50 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 shout
ing Of angels and the execration of dev-
lis.
Tae King cent his Son to build that
road. He put head and hand and heart
to it, and after the road was completed,
waved his bhstered hand over the way
crying, 1T is finished" Napoleon paid
Sfteen million francs Cor the building Of
the Simplon road, that his cannon might
go over for the devastation of Italy, but
car King, at a great expense, has built
a road for different pupose-tiat the
banners Of heavenly dominion might
come down over it and all the redeemed
Of earth travel up over 1t.