Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-09-23
REY. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVTNE'S sun
DAY SERMON.
Subject: The Kings Highway.

u, OUC ~ SRCtb Oe Tor those; the 1CdUfnTtnQ
men. though fools. shall not err therein
No lion shall be there nor anu r1reno1s
beast shall go up thereon. 1t shall not be
found there, but the redeemed shall 1cnlk
there, and the rGnSOnIed Of the Lord shall
return and come to Zion Nth sonos and
ecer' dsting jog upon their heads: thea shall
obtain joy and gtodness, and sorrot1 and
signing shall flee oaeay.-Isaiah XIV, $40.
There are thousands of people here this
morning who want to find the right road
You sometimes see person hating at cross
roads, and you can tell by his looks that he
wishes to ask question to what direction
he had better take. And 1 stand in your
presence this morning conscious of the fact
there are many of you here who realize that
there are thousand wrong roads, but only
one right one, and 1 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 in tears, or pay in 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 / have heard in
regard to the right way, believe it is the
wrong way.
Here is another road. On either side of
1t are houses of sinful entertainment 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. 1t is very beautiful and
macadamized. The horses hoofs clatter
and wiring, 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
whoa! whoaw But 1t is too late, and
crash!-they go over the embankment We
shall turn this morning and see If we cannot
find different kind of road.
You have heard of the Appian Way. 1t
three hundred and fifty miles long. 1t
was twenty-fOur feet wide, and on either side
the road was path for foot passengers. But
| have this morning to tell you of a road
built before the Appian Way. and yet it is as
good as when first construed. Millions of
souls have gone over it. Millions more will
come.
First, this road of the text is the Kings
highway. Well, my Lord the King decided
to build highway from earth to heaven. It
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 fifty thousand
millions of the human race, if so many of
them should ever be born. It 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.
The King sent His Son to build that road
He put head and hand and heart to it, and
after the road was completed, waved His
blistered hand over the way crying, sit is
finished"
Still further-this road spoken of is a
clean road. Many a fine road has become
miry and foul because it has not been prop
erly 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
deed, if you want to carry them along. you
are not on the right road. That bridge will
break, those overhanging rocks will fall, the
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 if you are really on this clean road of
which have been speaking, then you will
stop ever and anon to wash in the water
that stands in the basin of the eternal rock.
Ave, at almost every step of the Journey
you will be crying out, Create within me
q clean hearth
Ifyou have no such aspiratlons as that it
proves that you have mistaken your way.
and if you will only look up and see the
fingerboard above your head you may read
.upon it the words There is way that
seemeth right unto man, but the end
thereof is death" Without holiness no man
shall see the Lord, and if you have any idea
that you can carry along your sins. your
lusts, you worldliness and yet to the end of
the Christian race you are SO awfully mis-
taken that, in the name OF GOD, this morn
ing shatter the deusion.
Still further the road spoken of is plain
road. sThe wayfaring men, though fools,
shall not err therein'-that is, if a man is
-three-fourth an IDIOT he find this road
lust as we'll as if he were philosopher.
MANY q man has been familiar with all the
higher branches of mathematics and yet
could not do the simple sum, What shall it
nrofit a man if he gain the whole world and
lose his own souls" Many man has been
fine reader of tragedies and poems and yet
could not ssreadIhis title clear to mansions in
%ho a DOG6nlZ6d
across the continent and yet did not know
the "Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the
Valley" But if one shall come IN the right
spirit, asking the way to heaven, he will
find 1t plain way; the pardon 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
philosophical discussion will not get on at
all Christ says, 'Cone to Me, and | will
take all your sins away, and will take all
your troubles away" Now. what is the
use of my discussing it any more? Is not
that plain? After this Bible has pointed you
the way to heaven, is it wise for me to de-
tain you with any discussion about the
nature of the human will, or whether the
atonement is limited or unlimited? There is
the road-go on it. 1t is plain way.
Still further this road to heaven is safe
road. Sometimes the traveller in those an
Gent highways would think himself perfect
" secure not knowing there wasa lion by
the way burying his head deep between his
naws and then when the right moment
came under the fearful spring, the mans
life was gone and there was maued car
cass by the roadside. But, says my text,
ttNo lion shall he there" L wish / could
make you feel this morning your entire Sc
curity | tell you plainly that one minute
after a man has become child of God he is
as safe as though he had been ten thousand