Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-09-17
TIE KINGS HIGHWAY

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AEsyBJEcT OF DR.. TALMAeE's
DISCOURSE.
sood advice to Peaple Who Ar. Seek.
llBs tile Pathway to snlvution-Dr.
Taimaee Visits tho Spot Where tho
Pilgrims Embarked for the New World.
| LONDON, Sept. II. Another busy
week Of Dr. Talmage's preaching tour
hasIinst ended After conducting serv-
icesSbefore immense audiences at Swan
seas, Exeter and Bristol, he preached
four times in Plymouth to the largest
religious gatherings ever witnessed in
that!city. Before leaving Plymouth the
mayor, at q public meeting at which
many clergymeu were present, thanked
the sAmerican preacher for the great
good his sermons had produced in
awakening the community, DR.. Tai
mag ii b. def rfnre; was
driYeaato 8 the ghtedsa the
Etop 81 SEs 1T 81 stone steps down
which the pilgrim fathers went when
they embarked on the Mayfower to seek
the New World.
The sermon selected for today is en-
Titled, THE Kings Highway the text
chosen being Isaiah XIV, $40: "And
an highway shall be there, and way,
and it shall be called the way Of hoi-
ness: the unclean shall not pass over it;
but it shall be for those; the wayfarins
men, though fools, shall not err therein.
No lion shall be there, nor any rlvenous
beast shall go up thereon. 1t 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 glad
ness. and sorrow and signing shall flee
away"
There arc thousands of people here
this morning who want to find the right
road. You sometimes see u person halt
| ing at crossroads, and you can tell by
his looks that he wishes to ask n ques-
ton as to what direction he had better
take. And stand in your presence this
morning conscious of the fact that there
are many of you here who realize that
there are thousand wrong roads, but
only one right one, and | 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
ftollgates scattered all along that way.
Indeed at every rod you must pay in
tears. or pay in fiagellations. On that
road. if you get through it ct all. you
have to pay your own way, and since
this differs SO much from what have
hear, in regard to the right way. be-
lieve it is the wrong way.
Here is another road On either side
of it 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 GER
tain that it is the wrong house and tho
wrong way. Here is another road. 1t
is very beautiful and macadainized. The
horses hoofs clatter and ring, and y
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 Lit in the
mouth of the fiery steed and cry Whoa!
whoa" But it is too late, and-crashl-
they 60 over the cmbankment. We shall
turn this morning and see if we cannot
find different kind of n road.
THE ApPIAN WAY.
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 Il path for
foot passengers. It was made out Of
rocks cut in hexagonal shape and fitted
together. What a road it must have
been! Made of smooth, hard rock.
three hundred and fifty miles long. No
wonder that in the construction of it the
treasures of whole empire were ex-
hausted. Because of invaders, and the
elements, and tilne-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 to tell you of a road built be-
fore the Appian Way, and yet it is as
good as when first constructed. 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,
Still walk in Christ the good old way.
IAN highway shall be there, and a
way, and it shall be called the way of
holiness; the unclcan shall not pass over
it; but it shall be for those; the way
faring men, though fools, shall not err
therein. No lion shall be there, nor any
ravenous beast shall go up thereon. 1t
shall not be found there, but the re-
deemed shall walk there, and the ran
somed 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 sigh
ing shall fly awayr'
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 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-
haps for the first time, learn the majesty
of road built and supported by govern
ment authority. Well, my Lord the
king decided to build a highway from
earth to heaven It should span all the
chasms of human Indebtedness: it