Grand Rapids herald., 1892-07-21
TALMAGE is A HERO
His Preaching Tour a Series OF
Great Successes.
SERMON ON OUR POSSESSIONS
Religion Does Not Put a M4n On Short
AIlo~4ncs-TheC Christians MAJ
a.hc<nt lnhentancs.

preaching tour IN England has been .
eoatinusd series Of unprecedented sue
eesses. The Engllsh psogis have as
embled By thousands % hear the Amer
lean preacher wherever be has preached.
La Manchester the great Free Trade hall
Was engaged for hIrn- Ii holds seven
thousand persons. bat II would not con
tam third of the people vino tried 70
get IN. The streets leading 10 the hall
were janned with dense. sursing
mass Of humanity. After the service
DIR. Talmags preached in the street 10
Ne crowd, which numbered fully ifteen
thousand The sermon selected for this
week Ia entitled ..Our Possessions. from
Corinthians III. %, '.AI are yours"
The impression ID abroad that religion
puts = man On short allowances; that
vhsn the ship sailing heavenward comes
- tho shining wharf IL viii be found
out that all the passengers had the hard
est kind Of sea fare; that the soldiers in
Christ's army march most Of the time
with an empty havsrsack; in a word.
shAt only those people have good time
in tins world who take upon themselves
no religious obligation.
want today TO find ont whether this
y %. and | am going to take account Of
stock: | am gong % show what are the
Christians liabilities, and what is his
income, and what are bis warrancee
seeds. and what are MS bonds and mort
ages, and shall find out before fin
sh just how much he Is worth, and l
shall spread before you the balance
sheet In time 10 warn you all against
the religion. ot ,Jesps CHRIST il indeed
it be failure, aud II tips for you all to
accept it IL indeed it be . success. i
turn first To tho assets. and find thers
what seems to be . roll Of government
secuxitles-the empire Of heaven prom
izing AL things 10 the possessor The
three small words Of my text are . war
rantee deed to she whole universe when
it says .Au are yours"
In making An inventory Of the Chris
tame possessions / remark in the first
place that ne owns this world NV text
implies ir and the preceding verse asserts
it-''whether Paul or Apolios or Cephas
Or the wozid-" Now it wouid b An ab-
surd thing to suppose that God would
give TO strangers privileges and sdvan-
tages which he wound deny his own chill
dssn- Ii you have . large park. q grand
mausion. besnsiful fountains, stalking
deer and ssatusry. TO whom viii you
ave the hrst right TO all these possess
Gnns? To outsiders, No. so your own
children. You viii say, 1T viii BE-
very well for outsiders to come in and
walk these paths and enjoy this land
scape. bss the first night 10 my house,
and tho frss right ~ my statuAry, the
Arst righs 70 my gardens shah bs In the
possession Of my own childreo."
ooOS PARK.
Now this world IA Gods park, and
while b allows those Who arc not his
ehi1dTen. md VIM refuse his authority,
tAs pgivosUp q v.aktng shr0nsh the
gnrdsas. tie pusssnaoa of an this
randsW a park sDd manson u In the
Fighs a sse Chsissisn-Shs flowers. the
aiAnsods. the dlva. sAe gold. ths morn
ing brig gatns8 and - evening shadow.
The ChriSetsn may not have The title
deed 10 ons acrs Of land % rscorded In
tho ekrk's once. he may nevcx have
pad ono dollar q tAxes, but hs can 20
up on a mountain and look of upon
afty miles OF gram held and ay. "All
thb n mine; my father gave 1t to me. I"
IAN are yours
A lawyer - sometimes required to
search tf-i-s. and the client who thinks
N has n good right TO an estste puts tho
papers in his haSb. and thelsWyer goes
into the pnblic records and finds every
thing right for three or four or five
years back: but after awhile he COMES
to break in the titley to . de6cit, to .
divsrion of the property; 80 he finds
esys that the man who supposed he owned
- 0wns not an acre Of the ground. while
smRbo-iy else has che fall right TO the
entire estate. Now I examine the titls
10 sil EARTHLY possessions. 60 baci q
ljttae way. and find that men Of the
vp<1d- bad mon. selfish men. wicked
Den--think rney have . right to all
fhrse possesrrens: but go further bach,
md trsce ths title from year ~ year
end from century 10 century. until I
end the whole right vewted in God.
Now % whom did he give 1t, To his
own childrsnl "Ali ars yours
TIE simple fact is. thst in the last
day. Of the world all the architecture.
ssl the CITIES. all the mountains. all the
villages viii bs in the possession Of the
church ~ Christ The meek shall IN
h~rit the earth" Ships ef Tarshish
shall bring presents. The earth Is the
Lcrti's aud the f,lilnsss thereof" "All
sre yours But" yoa say. What sst-
infacsien. is there in that when haven't
pcssassion of them These things will
ecrne before The Supreme Judge Of the
universe and be viii rsxulsts the title.
snd hs win eiecs these sguafsers upon
the property that dos net belong ts
them. and * shall he found that "All
are yours"
THE rKyfvyNrSrs oF IIrE
Sc. - 81. h- r~sn-ments of life are
Me ca s right. Hs has right to
q gocd asrel. - a. b~saiifni sdorn-
nenfs. - as comrnosiioas q residence as
She wording Show me any passage in
The Eioie that tells the people of the
wurid they have privileges. they have
eiifterinx spscres. they have hedttins
apparsl that are dsni>d ths Christian.
The-s II uc enc who hs. 80 much ria III
tr laugh. neue S. much . right ~ every.
thing thar = beautiful and grand and
snbiins in life A. the Christian. AL
sr- vours- Can it be po~~ibIe that ous