Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-16

After conducting services before tmmense au-
diences at Swansea, Exeter, and Bristol, he
preached four times in Plymouth 10 the larg-
est religious gatherings ever witnessed In that
city. The sermon selected for to-day Is en-
titled The Kings Highway" the text chosen
being Isaiah "a: $40: "And a high way shall
be there, and way and 1t shall be called the
way OF holiness; the unclean shall not pass
over It. but it shall be for those: the wayfarlng
men, though fools shall not err therein No
lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast
shall 60 up thereon il shall not be found there;
but the redeemed shall walk there; ana
| the ranssmed OF the Lord shall return. ana
come to Zion with songs and everlasting JOY
upon their heads: they shall obtain Joy ana
gladness, and sorrow and signing shall fee
away.
There are thousands of people here
this morning who want to find the
right road. You sometimes see per-
son hating Mt crossroads, and you can
tell by his looks that he wishes to ask
a question as TO what direction he had
better take. And l stand in your pres
ence this morning conscious of the
fact that there are many OF you here
who realize that there are a
thousand wrong roads, but only
one right one; and take it for granted
it is. Here Is one road which opens
widely, but have not much faith in.
There are a great many expensive toll
gates scattered all along that way, In
deed at every rod you must pay in tears,
or pay in Negotiations. On that road,
if you get through it at all, you have to
pay your own way; and since this diff
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in regard to the right way, / believe it
is the wrong way.
Here is another road. On either side
of it are houses of sinful entertain
ment, and invitations TO come in and
dine and rest; but, from the looks of
! the people who stand on the piazza, /
am very certain that it is the wrong
house and the wrong way. Here is an
other road. 1t is very beautiful and
macadamized. The horses hoofs clat-
ter 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
| Gerry steed, and cry "IIo! ho!' But it
is too late, and-crash!-they go over
the embankment. We shall turn, this
morning, and see if we cannot find a
different kind of road.
You have heard of the Appian Way.
It was three hundred and fifty miles
long. 1t was twenty -four feet wide
and on either side the road was a path
for foot passengers. 1t was made out
; of rocks cut in hexagenal shape and
( fitted together. What road it must
/ have been! Made of smooth, hard
rock, three hundred and fifty miles
/ long. No wonder that in the construc-
ton of it the treasures of whole en-
! pire were exhausted. Because of in
vaders, 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 ruin.
But have this morning TO tell you of
a road built before the Appian Way,
and yet it is as good as when first con-
structed. 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
| sui Walk IN CnrlSt, inc BOOu Olu way
"a highway will 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
wayfaring men, though fools, shall not
err therein. No lion shall be there, nor
any ravenous beast shall go up thereon,
it shall not be found there; but the re-
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somed of the Lord shall return, aud
come to Zion with songs and everlast-
ing Joy upon their heads; they shall OBJ
tain Joy and gladness, and sorrow and
signing shall flee away"
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 Sc
much as a 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 tun-
nels adrip with the melting of the
glaciers; and. perhaps for the first
time, learn the majesty of a road built
dhu ouPpOl NNN " SCNSAhhhShS ouNhOii
ty. Well, my Lord the King decided to
build a highway from earth to
heaven. 1t should span all the chasms
of human wretchedness; it should tun.
mel all the mountains of earthly diff.
Guilty; it should be wide enough and
strong enough to hold fifty thousand
millions of the human race, If so many
of them should ever be born. II
should be blasted out of the Crock OF
Ages" and cemented with the blood
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 hand and heart
to it, and, after the road was com
pleted, waved his blistered hand over
the way, crying, at is fnishedp' Ma.
poleon paid fifteen million francs for the
building of the Simplon road, that his
cannon might go over for the devasta.
ton of Italy; but our King, at a
greater expense, has built road for a
different purpose, that the banners OF
heavenly dominion might come down