Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-09-16
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
The Eminent Brooklyn Divine's Sun.
day Sermon.
Subject. "Hine's Highway"

Tiki: "An6 on high'coy shall be there,
and n igail and it shall be called the lrdy
of holiness: the uncleGR shall not pass ouer
1t: but IL shall be for those, the t7oufdrinq
men, though fools shall not err therein.
No lion shall be there ncr any rarenolts
beast shalt 20 l,p thereon. 10 shall not De
found there. bit the redeemed Shdu max
there, and the REASONED of the Lord shall
return and come TO Zion lCith songs and
Uer'dstinq iou anon their heads, they Shdu
obtain jOg and qlddaeSS, and S0rTo'v dnd
Ching shall fee array. Isaiah XIV, e-lO.
There are thousands of people here this
morning who want to fad the right road.
You sometimes see a person hating at cross
roads, and You can tell by bis looks that he
wishes to ask question as to what direction
he had better taSe, Aud l stand IN your
presence this morning conscious OF the Iact
there are many of you here who realize tnst
there are a thousand wrong roads, but only
one right one, and [ take it for granted that
YOU have come in to ask which one 1t IL.
Here is one road that opens widely, but
have not mucl faith in it. There are great
many expensive tollgates scattered all along
that way. Indeei at every rod you must
pay in tears, Or pay in lagellatiOns. On
that road, if you get through 1t at all, you
have to pay your own way, AMI slnse this
differs so much from what | have heard IN
regard to the right way, l believe 1t IS tae
wrong way.
it are houses of sinful entertainment, and
invitations tO come IN and dine and rest,
but from the loo;s Of the people who stand
on the piazza | am very certain that IL Is
the wrong house AMI the wrong way. Here
is another road. It is very beautiful and
macadamized. Toe hors IS hoofs chatter
and wiring. and they who ride over it spin
along the highway Satil suddenly they find
that the road breaks over an embankment,
and they try to halt, and they saw the bit IN
the mouth of tho fiery steed and cry
whoa! whoam But 1t is too late, and
crash they 90 over tue em0aukment. We
shall turn this morning and see II we cannog
find different kind Of aroad.
You have heard Of the Appian Way. 1t
was three hundred and fifty miles long. 1t
vas 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, aud yet it Is as
good as when first construed. Millions OF
souls have gone over it. Millions mora Will
come.
First, this roai of the text is the Kings
highway. Well, my Lord the King decided
to build 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 enough to hold fifty thousand
millions of the human race, # so many or
them should ever be born. 1t should be
blasted out O. the "Rock OF Ages" aud
cenentsd with the blool 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
blistered hand over the way crying, 1T Is
finished"
Still turther-this road spoken OF is
clean road. Many a fine road has become
mjry and foul bscauss it has no. been prop
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
deei. if you want to carry them along. you
are not on the right road. That bridge will
hoax. those overhanging ROCKS will fall th5
night will come down, leaving you at the
mercy of the mountain bandits, and at tha
very next turn of the road you will perish.
BrE if YOU are really on this clean road OF
which / have been speaking, then you will
stoo ever and anon TO wash in the water
that stands in the basin of the eternal rock.
Ave at almost every step OF the journey
Won will be crying out, Create within me
a clean heart"
Ifyou have no SUCH as }irations as that it
proves that you have mistaken your way,
and if you will only look up and sea the
fipgerboard above your head you may real
upon it the words. There is a way that
seemeth right unto a man, but ohe en1
thereof is death" Without holiness no man
shall see the Lord, AMI if you have any idea
that YOU eau carry along your sins, your
lus,s YOU wOrldliless and yet 70 the ent 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 plain
road. "The wayfariny men, though fools
shall not err therein is, il man is
three fourth an idot he can fini this road
lust as we'll as if he were philosopher.
Many a man has been familiar with all the
hicaer branches OF mathematics and yet
could not do the simple sum, What shall it
profit A mau If he gain the whole world and
lose his own souly' Many a man has been a
fine reader of tragedies and poems and yet
could not read his title clear 70 mansions in
the skies" Many man has botanical
across the continent AMI yet did not know
the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the
Valley" But if one shall come in the right
spirit, asking the way to heaven, he will
fin 1t a plain way. The pardon is plain.
The pace IS plain. Everything is plain.
He who tries TO get on the road to heaven
through the New Testament teaching will
get on beautifully. He who goes through
philosophical discussion VIII not get on at
all. Christ says Come to Me- and l will
take all your sins away, and | will take all
your troubles away" Now. what is the
use of my discussing it any more: Is not
that plain? After this Bible has pontedy you
the way to heaven, is it wise for me to de-
tain you with auy discussion about the
nature Of the human will, or whether the
atonement is limited or unlimited? There is
the road-go on il. 1t is plain way.
Still further, this road to heaven is safe
read. Sometimes the traveller in those ar
Gent highways would think himself perfect
lv secure, not knowing there was ZION by
the way burying his head deep between his
paws, and then when the right moment
came, under the fearful spring, the mans
life was gone and there was mauled car
cass by the roadside. But, says my text,
mo lion shall he there" / wish | could
make you feel this morning your entire Sc
ourity. l tell you plainly that one minute
after a man has become a child of God he is
as safe as though he had been ten thousand
years in heaven. He may slip, he may
slide, he may stumble, but he cannot be de-
ufroval K ont nv fha r,ouar- of God forour',