The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-09-16
THE KINGS HIGHWAY
THE SUBJECT OF DR.. TAlMAGE'S
DISCOURSE.

Good Advice to People who Ar. Seek
ing the Pathway to sslvation-Dr.
Talmage Visits the Spot Where the
Pilgrims Embarked for the New World.
LONDON, Sept. II. - Another busy
week Of DR.. Talmage's preaching tour
has just ended. After conducting serv-
ices before immense audiences at Swan
sea, 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 public meeting at which
many clergymen were present, thanked
the American preacher for the great
good his sermons had produced In
awakening the community. DR.. Tai
mage on the day Of his departure was
driven to the wharf and alighted at the
top of the fight of 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 xxxv, $40: Sand
an highway shall be there, and way,
and it shall be called the way of holt
ness; the unclean shall not pass over it;
but it shall be for those; the wayfaring
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 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 are thousands of people here
this morning who want to find the right
road. You sometimes see person halt
ing at crossroads, and you can tell by
his looks that he wishes to ask 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
tollgates scattered all along that way.
Indeed at every rod you must pay in
tears, or pay in fagellations. On that
road, if you get through it at all, you
have to pay your own way, and since
this differs so much from what / have
heard 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 the
wrong way. Here is another road. It
is very beautiful and macadamized. The
horses hoofs clatter and ring, 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 "Whoal
whoa" But it is too late, and-crash!-
they 60 over the embankment. We shall
turn this morning and see if we cannot
find different kind of road.
THE APPIAN WAY.
You have heard of the Appian Way.
1t was three hundred and fifty miles
long. 1t was twenty-four feet wide, and
on either side the road was path for
foot passengers It was made out Of
rocks cut in hexagonal shape and fitted
together. What road it must have
beenl 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 time-the old conqueror
who tears up road as he goes over it
there is nothing left of that structure
excepting a ruin. But l have this
morning to tell you of 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 unclean 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 highway from
earth to heaven. It should span all the
chasms of human wretchedness; 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 Crock of
Ages, and cemented with the blood of
the Cross, and be lifted amid the shout
ing of angels and the execration of dew
lis.
The King sent his Son to build that
road. He put head and hand and heart
to it, and after the road was completed,
waved his bli.tered hand over the way
crying, ut is fanished!' Napoleon paid
fifteen million francs for the building Of
the Simplon road, that his cannon nigh,
go over for the devastation of Italy, bu!
our King, at great expense, has built
a road for different purpose-that the
banners of heavenly dominion might