Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-08-18
DIR. TALMAGE'S TOUR.
A BUSY WEEK IN SCOTLAND AND
NORTHERN ENGLAND.

Text Taken from SolomoH's Song
"Fair as the Moon, Clear as the Sun
and Terrible as an Army with Ban
ners"-The Glorious March.
LONDON, Aug. THE week, Ike others
that have preceded it since the beginning
OF Rev. DR.. Talmage's foreign preaching
tour, has been a very busy one. Indeed
since July "a, when he preached in the
English and American church in Berlin.
while en- route from Russia to Scotland,
DIR. Talmage can scarcely be said to have
had moments leisure. Services have
been held at Edinburgh, Inverness, Aber-
deem, Dundee, Glasgow, Newcastle and
Sunderland. The sermon for this week is
entitled THE Glorious March," the text
being from Solomon's Song vi, 10, Fair as
the moon, clear as the sun and terrible as
an army with banners"
The fragrance of spikenard, the flash Of
jewels, the fruitfulness of orchards, the
luxuriance of gardens, the beauty of Hesh-
bon fish pools, the dew of the night and
the splendor of the morning-all contrib
ute to the richness of Solomon's style
when he comes to speak of the glory of the
church. In contrast with his eulogium of
the church, look at the denunciatory
things that are said in our day in regard
to it. II one stockholder become a cheat,
does that destroy the whole company? If
one soldier be coward, does that con-
denim the whole army2 And yet there are
many in this day so unphilosophic, so illog-
ical, so dishonest and SO unfair as to de-
nounce the entire church of God because
there are here and there bad men belonging
to it.
There are those who say that the church
of God is not up to the spirit of the day in
which we live, but have to tell you that
Notwithstanding all the swift wheels. and
the flying shuttles, and the lightning COM
munications, the world has never yet been
able to keep up with the church. AS high
as God is above man, so high is the church
of God-higher than all human institu-
tions. From her lamp the best discoveries
of the world have been lighted. The best
OF our inventors have believed in the Chris
tian religion-the Fultons, the Morses, the
Whitneys, the Perrys and the Living
stones. She has owned the best of the tel
escopes and Leyden jars, and while infidel-
ity and atheism have gone blindfolded
among the most startling discoveries that
were about to be developed, the earth, and
the air, and the sea have made quick and
p': 5nificent responses to Christian philos-
opners.
CHRIsT's STANDARD.
The world will not be up to the church
Of Christ until the day when all merchan-
disc has become honest merchandise, and
all governments have become free govern
ments. and all nations evangelical ma
tions, and the last deaf ear of spiritual
death shall be broken open by the million
voiced shout of nations born in day. The
church that Nebuchadnezzar tried to burn
in the furnace, and Darius to tear to pieces
with the lions. and Lord Claverhouse to
cut with the sword has gone on wading
the floods and enduring the fire until the
deepest barbarism, and the flercest cruel
ties, and the blacklist superstitions have
been compelled to look to the east, crying.
who is she that looketh forth as the
morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun
and terrible as an army with banners?"
Yet there are people who are ashamed to
belong to the church of Christ, and if you
ask them whether they are in such associ-
ations they say, "Yes, sometimes attend
the church" instead of realizing the fact
that there is no honor compared with the
honor of being member of the church of
God. look back with joy to the most
honored moment of my life, when in the
old country meeting house the minister of
Christ announced my name as follower
Of the Lord.
You who are floating about in the world
seeking for better associations, why do you
not join yourself to some of the churches?
An old sea captain was riding in the cars
toward Philadelphia, and young man sat
down beside him. He said, young man, |
where are you going?" II am going to |
Philadelphia to live" replied the young
man. Have you letters of introduc-
tion?" asked the old captain. "Yes,"
said the young man, and he pulled
some of them out. "Well," said
the old sea captain, haven't you a |
church certificate?" ooh, yes," replied |
the young man; II didn't suppose yor
would want to look at that" "Yes," said |
the sea captain, II want to see that. As |
soon as you get to Philadelphia present it |
to some Christian church. am an old |
sailor, and have been up and down in the |
world, and it's my rule as soon as get |
into port to fasten my ship fore and aft to
the wharf, although it may cost little |
wharfage, rather than have my ship out
in the stream floating hither and thither
with the tide"
SAFE REFUGE
Oh, men and women, by the tides of frivol-
ity and worldliness swept this way and
swept that way, seeking for associations
and for satisfaction for the immortal soul,
come into the church of Jesus Christ
Lash fast to her. She is the pillar and the
ground of truth. Ipropose to speak of the
threefold glory of the church. as it is de-
scribed in the text:
First-"Fair as the moon" God, who
has determined that everything shall be
beautiful in its season, has not left the
night without charm. The moon rules
the night. The stars are only set as gems
in her tiara. Sometimes before the sun
has gone down the moon mounts her
throne, but it is after nightfall that she
sways her undisputed scepter over island
and continent, river and sea. Under her
shining the plainest maple leaves become
silver, the lakes from shore to
shore look like shining mirrors, and the
ocean under her glance with great tides
comes up painting upon the beach, min
CLING, as it were, foam and fire.
Under the witchery of the moon the aw-
full sleeps lose their ruggedness and the
chasms their terror. The poor man blesses
God for throwing SO cheap light through
the broken window pane of his cabin, and
to the sick it seems like light from the
other shore that bounds this great deep of
human pain and woe. If the sun be like
song, full and loud and poured forth from
hrazen instruments that fill heaven and
earth with harmony, the moon is plaintive
and sad, standing beneath the throne of
God, sending up her soft, sweet voice of
praise while the stars listen and the seal
No mother ever more lovingly watched
sick cradle than this pale watcher of the