Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-09-29
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIyINE,s SUN
DAY SERMON.


Of holiness: the q.aclean sI,r,U not onss oyei.
~; out ii shall be for those: the wayfaring
men, though fools. shall not err therein
no ,on shuH be there, nor ann g'nveno,,s
Deost Shhn 90 ~, thereon. IL shan not be
JonNu there, but the redeemed shall ,coTh
shere, and The REASONED of the lord sboU
eec'ern and come to ZION NTH songs and
e9ertast''ig 10Y t.po1l their heads; then stall
ootGin Joy and GlGdaess, and soi'ro'r and
signing shdH flee dWoy-Isaiah xxxv $40.
mere are thousands Of people here this
morning who want to find The right road
Aou sometimes see a person hating at cross
roads. and You can tell by bis lookq that he
Wishes 70 ask question as to what direction
ne mad better take, And | stand in your
presence this morning conscious of the fact
Unere are many Of you here WAC realize that
oncto are thousand wrong roads. but onlv
vie right one, and | take it for granted that
you nave come in to ask which one il is
mere is one road that OPENS widely but |
have not much faith in it. There are a great
many expensive toligates scattered all along
mat way. lndeel at every rod you must
pay In tears Or pay in Negotiations. o.
snat road, If you get through it at all you
nave to pay your own way, and since this
others so much from what | have haarl in
regard to the right way, ! believe it is the
wrong way.
Here is another road On either side OF
10 are houses of sinful entertainment. AMI
invitations to come IN and dine and rest
but from the looks of the people who stan
on the piazza | am very certain that it is
the wrong house and the wrong wav. Here
vs. another road. 1t is very beautiful and
snacadamized. The horse 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! whoal" 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
was three hundred and fifty miles long. It
was twenty-four feet wide and on either side
The road was apath for foot passengers. But
have this morning to tell you of 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. 1t
should soan 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 80 many of
them should ever be born. 1t should be
blasted out OF the Rock of Ages and
cenented with the blooi 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 aud hand and heart to it, ami
after the road was completed, waved His
hlistered hand over the way crying, at is
finished"
Still further-this road spoken of is
clean road. Many a fine road has become
miry and foul because it has not been prom
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 Thatbridge will
break, those overnanging 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 l 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 hearth
ifyou have no such as oirations 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
StculeLn Tl,ub uutO u man, DuC the end
thereof is death.n Without holiness no man
shall see the Lord, and if you have any idea
that you can carry along your sins, your
lusts you worldlness and yet to the emf OF
the Christian race you are SO awfully mis-
taken that in the name of God, this morn
Ing shatter the delusion
Still further, the road spoken of is a plain
road. 1.-THE wayfaring men, though fools,
shall not err therein -that is, il man is
fl rtb ba Ind
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 shall it
profit man if he gain the whole world and
lose his own soul?' Many man has been a
fine reader of tragedies and poems and vet
could not ''read;his title clear to mansions in
the skies" Many man has botanized
across the continent and yet did not know
the Rose of Sharon and the Lily OF the
Valley" But it one shall come in the right
spirit asking the way to heaven, he will
fin 1t a plain way. The pardon is plain.
The peace is plain. Everything is plain.
He who tries to get on the road to heaven
through the New Testament teaching will
yet on beautifully. He who goes through
philosophical discussion will not get on at
all. Christ says, Gone to Me, and l will
fake all your sins away, and | viii take all
Your troubles away" Now. what is the
use of my discussing it any more? Is not
that plains After this Bible has pointed you
tbs 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
ntonsment 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 thnk himself perfect
ly secure, not knowing there Was ZION by
the way burying his head deep between his
paws, and then wien the right moment
eame, under the fearful spring, the mans
life was gone and there was a maued car.
cass by the roadside. But, says my text,
.sNo lion shall he there.o l wish / could
make you feel this morning your entire Sc
curity. | tell you plainly that one minute
after man has become child of God he is
Is safe Us though he had 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
~ sale.
The severest trial to which you can sub
5ect Christian man is to kill MIN, and that
Is glory. In other words, the worst thing
thar can happen a child of God is heaven.
The body Is only the old slippers that he
throws aside just before putting on the
sandals Of light His soul, you cannot hurt
IL No hres can consume it. No floods can
drown IL. No devils can capture it.
His soul Is safe. His reputation is safe.
Everything IL safe. 'sBut." you say, Sup
poee his store burns upr' WHY, then it
y viii only be change of invest