The Odessa leader. (Odessa, Del.) 1892-18??, 1892-09-21
REV: DR.. TALMAGE.
The Eminent Brooklyn DiVinss Sun.
day Sermon.
subiectr "KinE's Highway"

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Ii, but it snail be for those, the teanfarinq
men, though fools. shall not err therein.
No lion shall be there, nor any rduenotts
beast shall 90 up thereon. 10 shall not Dc
found there, but the redeemed shall audfb
there and the rGasomed of the Lord shdts
return and come TO Zion Nth songs and
euer dstiig Joy qtDon their heads; they shall
obtain jon and qladness, and sorroiu and
s Ching shall flee atoaB. Isaiah Sxxg, s-lO,
There are thousands of people here this
who want to find the right road; Z
You sometimes see person hating at cross"
roads, an | YOU can tell by bis looks that he
wishes to ask question as to what direction
he had better take, And stand in your
presence this morning conscious OF the fact
there are many of you here who realize that
there are thousand wrong roads, but only
cne right one, and 1 take it for granted that
you have come in to ask which one it is.
Here is one road that opens widely, but l
have not much faith in it. There are great
many expensive tollgates scattered all along
that way. Indeei at every rod you must
pay in fears, Or pay in Negotiations. On
that road, il you get through it at all, you
have topay your own way, and since this
diff Ars so much from what have heard IN
regard to the right way, l believe 1t is tho
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
en- the piazza / am very certain that it is
the wrong house ani the wrong way. Here
il another road. It is very beautiful and
macadamized. The horses hoofs clattev
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 ths fiery steed and cry
lrHTt- F1..k - t. 4Ds, lotn mr. -
crashl--they go over the enoankment. We
shall turn this morning and see il we cannot
find different kind Of aroad.
You have heard OF tho Appian Way. 1t
was three hundred and fifty miles long. II
was twenty-four feet wide. and on either side
the road was path for foot passengers. bug
have this morning to tell you Of road
built before the Appian Way,and yet 1t los
good as when first construct. Millions OF
souls have gone over 10. Millions more will
come.
First, this road of the text Is tne Kings
highway. Well, my LORD the King decided
to build a highway from earth to heaven. IL
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 enough to hold fifty thousand
millions OF the human race, il so MANY OF
them should ever be born, IL should be
blasted out o. the 'Roclk OF Ages" aud
cementad with the b.ool 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 and han and heart TO it, an
after the road was completed, waved Hi;
blistered hand over tbs way crying, ut Il
finished :"
Sti.i iurther-this road spoken of is q
clean road. Many fine road has beeons
miry and foul bscaus, it has nos been prop
=, a : srH 4ys..
clean shall not walk on this one. Room on
either side to throw away your sins. In.
dee l.. il you want to carry them along, you
are not on the ri .ht road. That bridge will
break, those overhanging ROCKS will fall, tbs
night will come down, leaving you at tbs
mercy Of tho mountain bandits, anil at the
very next turn of the road you VIII perish.
Bus IL roe are really on this clean roa1 oi
which / have been speaking, then you will
stop ever and anon to wash ia the water
that stands in the basin of the eternal rock,
Ave at almost every step OF the journey
you will be crying out "Create within ms
a clean hearth
Ifyoa have no such as irations as that II
proves that you have mistaken your way,
and il you will only look up AMI sea the
finge-board above your heal you may real
upon it the words, "rhere is a way that
seemeth right unto a man, but the en-
thereof is deathn Without holiness no man
shall see the Lord, an If you have any idea
that you can carry along your sing, youI
lus;s you worldliness and yet to the ent OF
ths Christian race you are so awfully mis-
taken that in the name of God, this morn
| ing shattsr the de,usion.
Still further, the road spoken OF is plair
road. "rhe wayfaring men, though fools
/ shall not err therein"-that is, il man il
threa.fourth an IDIOT he Gun find this road
Just as well as if he were a philosopher.
MANY a man has been familiar with all til
higher branches of mathematics and ye
| could not do the simple sum, "Wnat shall il
proflt a man if he gain the whole world ant
lose his own soulg' Many man has been g
fine reader OF tragedies and poems and ye
| could not ''readhis title clear to mansions il
the skiesn Many man has botanize
across the continent anl yet did not kndN
the "Rose of Sharon and the Lilly of tn
Vailey,n But il one shall come in tGe righ
spirit, asking the way to heaven, he vii
fin 1t q plain way, The pardon is PLAIN
The pace Is plain. Everything is plain.
He who tries to get on the road to HEAVIER
through the New Testament teaching viii
ret on beautifully. He who goes througf
philosophical discussion VIII not get on a
all, Christ says, "Cone to Me, and viii
Take al. your sins away, and will take al
your troubles away.h Now, what is tn
use of my discussing it any noreS Is no
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the way to heaven, is it wise for ms to de
tain you with any discussion about tn
nature of the human will, or whether tn
atonement is limited or unlimited? There
the road--go on it. 1t is plain way.
Still further this road to heaven is a safe
road. Sometimes the traveller in those an
cient highways would think himself perfect
ly secure, not knowing there was lion bl
the way burying his head deep between hi
paws. and then when the right momen
came, under the fearful spring, the mani
life was gone and there was mauled car
cass by the roadside. But says my text
stNo lion shall he there" | wish j ooul
make you feel this morning your entire SC
curity. tall you plainly that one riinut
after man has become a child OF God he
as safe as though he had been ten thousant
years in heaven. He may slip, he ma,
Slide, he may stumble, but he cannot be de
stroyed. Kept by the power Of tfod throus
faith unto complete salvation. Everlasting
ly safe.
The severest trial to which you can sub
ject a Christian man is to kill him, and tina
, is glory. In other words, the worst thin,
that can happen a child of God is heaven
The hody is only the old slippers that b
-hrows aside just before pptting on tb
sandals Of light. His soul, you cannot lur
1t. No fires can consume it. No floods Ca
! arown it. No devils can capture it.
, Ms soul is safe. His rapntation js saf'
Everything is safe. "But.n you say, sup
pose his store burns upg Why, then j
will ouly be change Yof invest
nnents from earthly to heavenly securi
ties. ''But,n you say, suppose HI
name goes down under the hooe @
.corn and contemrtT The name will bs S
much brighter in glory. Suppose his phys
lcal health failsg' God will pour into hin
the floods of everlasting health. and it wi
not make any difference. Earthly suhtrat
tion is heavenly addition. The tears {
earth are the CRYSTALS of heaven. As the
fake rags and tatters an1 put them throug
the paper mill and they cnme out beautlt'
white sheets of paper, so often the rags
earthly destitution, under the cviiEders
death, come out white scroll upon whie
shall be written etsrnal emancipation.
still further, the road spoken Of is a plea
ant road. God gives bond of indemnit
against all evil to every man that treads
"All things work together for gool to tho
who love God" No weapon formed again
them can prosper. That is the bond, signe
sealed and delivered by the President OF ii
universe. What is the use of your frettin
% child of God, about fooi2 "Behold I'll
fowls of the air. for they sow not, neith
:. do they reap. nor gather into bands, yet 20
heavenly Father feeaeth them" And will