The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-29
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE's sun
DAY SERMON.
Subject: The Kings Highway.

TrxT. "And an hiqhirru shall be there,
and q re0y and n shall be called the ran
ofhoiiness. the r,7,c'eGa sirU not pass oreT
II hut n shall be for those. ne lcGUfd5Tnq
men. thottqh fools shall not err therein.
No lion shall be there. nor d7tg rdcenous
beast shoA 10 M thereon. II sfaH not Da
fouad theye. brit The redeemed sh0H 7edts
fAere and tbe rdnsOHed of the Lord SH'Ll
s.stuYgi az ~r4,e TO lion NTH son9s 1ad
e1sriGs-inq Jon uDJu their he1ds, h9Dshnu
obtnin f0u and qiadaegs, and soTrop rad
signing shall fee dJC0y-lsalah xxxV.' e-lV.
There are thousands Of people here this
morning who want to find the right road.
You sometimes see q person hating AT cross
roads, ami you can tell by his looks that he
wishes to ask question as 10 what direction
he had better take. And / sand in your
presence this morning conscious OF the IacD
there are many Of you mere VINO realizs that
there are a thousand wrong roads, but only
one right one, and [ tase It for GRANTED that
YOU have come in % ask which one 1t ls.
Here is one road that opens widely, but
have not much faith in it.. There are great
many expensive tollgates scattered ali along
that way. lnjeei at every rod you rnust
paw in tears, Or pay in Negotiations. On
that road If you get through il ct all, you
have to nav your own way, and since this
differs 50 much from what | have heard 10
regard to the right way | believe 1t IS the
wrong way.
Here Is another road. On either side of
Il are houses OF sinful entertainment, and
invitations to come In and dine and rest.
but from the looks Of the people who stan!
on the piazza | au very certain that 1t Is
the wrong house AMI The wrong way. Here
is another road Il is very beautiful and
inacadamizsI The hors.s' hoois ciatter
and wring. and they who ride over it SPIN
along the highway until suddenly they ind
L.. l4t1 .urtLr
and they try TO halt, and they saw the bit in
the mouth OF the fiery steed and cry
.sWhoa! whoaw But 1t is too late, and
crash they 90 over the embankment. we
shall turn this morning and see II we cannot
find different kind Of road.
You have heard OF the Appian Way. Ii
was 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 tel you OF road
built before the ApDi4n " ay, and Yet 1t IS as
good as when first construct Millions OF
souls have gons over it. Millions more will
come.
First. this road of the text is the Kings
highway. Well my Lord the King decided
to build a highway from earth to heaven. 1t
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 enou IA 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 b.Ooi OF the Cross, and
be lifted amid the shouting Of angels aud the
execration Of devils.
The King sent His Son to build that road
He put mead and hand aud heart to it, and
after the road was completed, waved His
biistered hand over the way crying, ut is
finished
clean road. Many n fine road has become
miry and foul bacauss it has moi been prop
erly cared for; hut my text says the un-
clean shall not walk on this one. Room on
either side to throw away your sins. In
deel, 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.
Aye at almost every step OF the Journey
you will be crying OUT, "Create within me
a clean heart"
IL you have no such as9irations as that it
proves that you have mistaken your way,
and il you will only look up and see the
fingerboari above your head you may read
upon it tine words, There is q way that
seemeth right unto a 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 eni 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 a plain
road. THE wayiaring men, though fools.
shall not err theren'-that is, if a man is
three-fourth an IDIOT he can find this road
just as well as if he were philosopher.
Many man has been familiar with all the
higher branches OF mathematics and vet
could not do the simple sum, "What shalt &c
profit man If lie gain the whole world and
lose his own souT Many a man mas been a
fine reader OF tragedies and poems and vet
could not ''read.his title clear 10 mansions in
the skies" Many a man has botanized
across the continent ant yet did not know
the Rose OF sharon and the Lily OF the
Valley" But il one shall como in the right
spirit, asking the way to heaven, he will
bnd 1t plain way. the pardon is planl
The peace is plain. Everything Is plain.
He who tries to get on the road t. heaven
through the New Testament teaching will
get on beautifully. He who goes through
philosophical discussion will not get on at
all. Curist says, Gone to Me, and | will
y
your troubles away" Now. what IS the
use Of my discussing it any more? Is not
that plains After This Bible has pointed you
the way 70 heaven, is il wise for me 70 de-
tain you with any discussion about the
nature Of tine human will or whether the
atongment is limited or unlintedy There is
the road-go on it. 1t is a plain way.
still further, this road to heaven IS a SHE
road. Sometimes thu traveller in those an
Gent highways would tniub himself perfect
ly secure, not knowing there was a lion by
the way burying mis- mead deep between his
paws, and then wien the right moment
eane, under the fearful spring, the mans
life was gone aud there was a maued car.
cass by the roadside. But, says my text.
''No lion shall he there / wish | could
make you feel this morning your entire Sc
curity. / tell you plainly that one minute
after man has become "A child of God he is
as safe as though he hal been ten thousand
years IN heaven. He may slip, he may
slide he may stumble, but he cannot be de-
stroyed. Kept by the power OF God through
faith unto complete salvation. Everlasting
ly sale.
The severest trial TO which YOU can sub.
ject Christian man is to kill hin, and that
IS glory. In other words the worst thing
that can happen child OF God is heaven.
The body Is only the old slippers that he
throws aside just before putting on the
sandals Of hight. His soul, you cannot hurt