The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-09-22
KINGS T[IGHW AY.
The Road in Which All Should Trav-
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The Terminus Is Heaven, the Great
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ing tour mas Just ended. The sermon
selected is entitled "rhe Kings High
way" the text chosen being Isaiah
xxxv,ss-1O: "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 wayfarimg 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 everlasting Joy upon
their heads; they shall obtain Joy and
gladness, 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 per-
son halting at cross roads, and YOU
can tell by his looks that he wishes to
ask a question as to what direc
he had better take. And I stand in
your presence this morning consci-
Gus of the fact that there are
many of you here who realize
that there are q thousand wrong
roads, but only one right one; and I
take it for granted that you have
come in to ask which one it is. Here
is one road that opens widely, but 1
have not much faith in it. There are
great many expensive toll gates
scattered all along that way. Indeed
at every rod you must pay in tears,
or payin fagellations. On that road,
if you get through it at all, you have
to pay your own way; and since this
differs so much from what I have
heard in regard to the right way, I be-
lieve it is the wrong way.
Here is another road. On either
side of it are houses of sinful enter
tainment. 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 it is the wrong
house and the wrong way. Here is
another road. It is very beautiful
and macadamized. The horses hoofs
CHATTER and ring, and they who ride
over it spin along the highway, until
suddenly they find that the road
breaks over an embankment, and
they try to halt, and they saw the bit
in the mouth OF the fiery steed, and
cry "Ho! hol" But 1T is too late, and
-crash!-they go over the embank-
ment. We shall turn, this morning,
and see if we cannot find a different
kind OF road.
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 q pebble to jar the wheels.
You 60 over bridges which cross
chasms that
MAKE YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH;
under projecting rock; along by dam
gerous precipices; Through tunnels
and, perhaps for the first time, learn
the majesty OF a road built and sup
ported by government authority.
Well, my Lord, the King, decided to
build highway from earth to heaven.
1t should span all the chasms of hu-
man Indebtedness; it should tunnel all
the mountains of earthly difficulty; it
should be wide enough and strong
enough to hold 100000, 900 OF the
human race, if so many of them
should ever be born. 1t should be
blasted out of the Crock of Ages"
and cemented with the blood of the
Cross, and be lifted amid the shouting
of angels and the execration of devils.
Being a Kings highway, of course it
is we'll built. Bridges splendidly arch
ed and buttressed have given way and
crushed the passengers who attempt
ed 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 up
the steep OF heaven, amid the plaudits
OF gazing worlds The work is done
well done-glorlously done-magnif-
Gently done!
Still further: The road spoken of is
a clean road. Many fine road has
become miry and foul because it has
not been properly cared for; but my
text says the uncean 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 right road.
Still further, the road spoken of is a
plain road. "rhe wayfaring men,
though fools, shall not err therein
That is, If man is three-fourths an
idiot, he can find his road just as we'll
as though he were q philosopher.
The imbecile boy, the laughing stocks
OF the street followed by mob boot
ing at him, has only
JUST TO KNOCK ONCE
at the gate OF heaven and it swings
open: while there has been many q
man who con lecture about pneu-
MATES, and chemistry, and tells the
! story of Faraday's theory of the cleo
trical polarization, and yet has been
shut out of heaven.
He who tries to get on the road to
heaven through the New Testament
teaching will get on beautifully: He
who goes through philosophical dis
cussion will not get on at all.
Still further; this road to heaven is
safe road. Sometimes the traveller
in those ancient highways would think
himself perfectly secure, not knowing
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