Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-12
THU KINGS HIGHWAY.
UASD IT SHALL BE CALLED THE WAY OF
HOLINESS"
Dr.. Talmags in Eloquent Language Points Ont tho
Road gor Erring Humanity to Follow
A Remarkable Ovation in
Plymouth.


sour has juSt.ended. Alter conducting
services before immense audiences ~
Swansea, Exeter aud Bristol, he preach
ed four times in Plymouth To the largest
religions gatherings ever witnessed In
that city. Before leaving Plymouth,
the Mayor, at a public meeting at
which many clergymen were present.
thanked the American preacher Tor the
great good his sermons had produced In
awakening the community. DR.. TAI
mage, on the day Of his departure, was
driven TO the wharf and alighted at the
top of the flight Of stone steps down
which the Pilgrim Fathers went when
they embarked on the Maynower to
seek the New World. The SER
mon selected for to-day is en-
titled 1.-The Kings Highway" the text
chosen being Isaiah 30: $40: "And
q highway shall be there, and way,
and il shall be called the way OF holt
ness; the unClean shall not pass over
IL, but it shall be for those, the wayfar-
ing men, though fools, shall not err
therein. No lion shall be there, nor any
ravenous beast shall 20 up thereon, il
shall not be found there; but the re-
deemed shall walk there; and the ran
somed OF the Lord shall return, aud
come 70 Zion with songs and everlaSt-
ing jOp upon their heads; they shall OBJ
tain Joy and Rladness, aud sorrow and
signing shall flee away"
There are thousands OF people here
this morning who want 70 find the right
road. You sometimes see a person
hating at the crossroads, and you can
tell by mis- looks that he wishes TO ask
question as 70 what direction he had
better take. And I stand in your pres
ence this morning conscious Of the fact
that there are many Of you here who
realize that there are a thousand wrong
roads, but only one right one; and l
take it for granted that you have come
In TO ask which one 10 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 fagella-
lions. On that road, II you Z ct through
il az all, you have 20 pay your own way;
and since this differs so much from
what l have heard in regard TO the right
way, l believe 10 is the wrong way.
Here is another road. On either side
Of it are houses OF sinful entertainment,
and invitations to come in, to dine and
rest; but, from the looks OF the people
who stand on the piazza I am very GER
tain that It is the wrong house and the
wrong way. Here is another road. II
Is very beautiful and maCadamized.
The horses hOOfs clatter and ring, and
they who ride over it spin along the
ighWaY, until suddenly they find that
the road breaks over an embankment,
and they try TO halt 10, and they saw the
bit in the mouth of the fiery Steed, and
cry "HO! hO!" But it is too late, and
Crash!-they go over the embankment.
We shall turn, this morning, and see If
we cannot find different kind Of a
road.
You have heard OF the Appian Way.
1t was $50 miles long. 1t was 24 feet
wide and on either side the road was a
path for foot passengers. 10 was made
out of rocks cut in heXagOnal shape and
fitted together. What a road it must
have beenl Made OF smooth, hard rock,
$50 miles long. No wonder that in in
construction Of 10 the treasures Of q
whole empire were exhausted. 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 a ruin. But
/ have this mOrning 70 tell you OF a
road built before the Appian Way, and
yet il is as good as when first con-
StruCted Millions Of souls have gone
over it. Millions more will come.
The prophets and apostles too,
Pursued this road while here below;
We therefore will without dismay
stu walk In Christ, the good old way.
GAN HIGHWAY SHALL BE THERE,
and way, and it shall be called the
way Of holiness; the Unclean shall not
pass over it; out it shall be for those:
the wayiaring men, though fools, shall
not err therein. No lion shall be there,
nor any ravenous beast shall 90 up
thereon, it shall not be found there; but
she redeemed shall walk there; and the
ransomed Of the Lord shall return, ana
come to Zion with songs and everlasting
JOY upon their heads; they shall obtain
Joy and gladness, aud sorrow and sigh
ing shall flee away
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 50
much as a pebble to jar the wheels.
You go over bridges which cross chaSms
that make you hold your breath; under
projecting rock. along by dangerous
precipiceS, through tunnels adrip with
the MEETINGS OF the glaciers; and, per-
haDS for the first time, learn the majeS-
" of a road built and supported by gov
eminent authority. Well, my Lord the
King decided 10 build a highway from
earth 10 heaven. IL should span all
the chaSms OF human wretchedneSs; il
should tunnel all the mountains OF
earthly difficulty; 10 should be wide
enough aud strong enough 10 hold fifty
thousand millions OF the human race, II
so 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, aud 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
70 it, and after the road was completed,
waved his blistered hand over the way,
CRYING, 1T is inishedr' Napoleon paid
fifteen million francs for the building
of the SimplOn road, that his cannon
might 90 over for the devastation Of
Italy; but our King, at a great expense,
has built a road for q different pur-
pose, that the banners OF heavenly
dominion might come down over it,
and NIL the redeemed Of earth travel
up over It.
BEING A KING's HIGHWAY,
OF course it is well built. Bridges splen-