Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-08-11
THE GLORIOUS MARCH
TALMACE'S SERMON IN OLD
SUNDERLAND.
Fair as the Moon, Clear as the Sun
and Terrible as An Army with Ban
ners"--Mr. Taimage's Great Effort
Abroad.

and Terrible as An Army with Ban
ners''--Mr. Taimage's Great Effort
Abroad.
LONDON, August THE week, like Others
| that have preceded it since the beginning OF
! the Rev. DR.. Talmages foreign preaching tour,
has been very busy one. Indeed, since July
"a. when he preached in the English and Amer
lean church in Berlin. while en- route from Rus
STA TO Scotland DIR. Talmage can scarcely be
said to have had moments leisure. Services
have been held at Edinburgh, Inverness, Aber-
deem, Dundee, Glasgow, Newcastle, and Sun
: derland. The sermon for this week is entitled:
! 1.-The Glorious March, the text being from
Solomon's song g. 10; Fair as the moon, clear
/ as the sun, and terrible as an army with ban
hhers'
| The fragrance of spikenard, the flash
of jewels, the fruitfulness of orchards,
the luxuriance of gardens, the beauty
of Heshbon fsh-pools, the dew of the
night, and the splendor of the morn
! ing-all contribute to the richness of
Solomon's style when he comes to
speak of the glory of the church. In
contrast with his eulogium of the
church, look at the denunciatory things
that are said in our day in regard to it.
If one stakeholder become cheat,
does that destroy the whole company?
! II one soldier be coward, does that
coa,lemn the whole army? And
! yot there are many in this day so
unphiIosophic, SO illogical, so
| dishonest, and so unfair as to denounce
! the entire church of God because there
ava here and there bad men belonging
to Il. There are those who say that
the church of God is not up to the
! spirit of the day in which we live; but
have to tell you THAT, notwithstand-
Ing all the swift wheels, and the flying
shuttles, and the lightning commune
cations, the world has never yet been
able to keep up with the church. As
high as God is above man, so high is
! the church of God-higher than all
human institutions. From her lamp
the best discoveries of the world
! have been lighted. The best of our in
ventors have believed in the Christian
! religion-the Fultons, the Morses, the
/ Whitneys, the Perrys and the Living
/ stones. She has owned the best of the
telescopes and Leyden jars; and while
infidelity and atheism have gone blind
! folded among the most startling dis
covcrics that were about to be devel-
| oped, the earth and the air and the sea
have made quick and magnificent re-
spOnses To Christian philosophers
The world will not be up to the
church of Christ until the day when all
/ a..
chandisc. and all governments have
become free governments, and all
nations evangelical nations, and the
last deaf ear of spiritual death shall be
broken open by the million-voiced shout
of nations born in day. The
church that Nebuchadnezzar tried
to burn in the furnace, and
Darius to tear to pieces with the lions,
and Lord Claverhouse to cut with the
sword, has gone on, wading the floods
and enduring the fire, until the deepest
barbarism, and the hercest ctuelties,
and the blacklist superstitions have
been compelled to look to the East,
crying: ''Who is she that looketh
! forth as the morning fair as the moon,
clear as the sun, and terrible as an
army with banners?'
Yet there are people who are ashamed
to belong to the church of Christ, and
II you ask them whether they are in
such associations, they say, Eyes, |
sometimes attend the church," instead
of realizing the fact that there is no
honor compared with the honor of be-
ing member of the church of God. |
look back with JOY to the most honored
moment of my life, when in the old
country Westinghouse the minister of
Christ announced my name as a fol-
lower of the Lord. -
You who are floating about in the
world. seeking for better associations.
why do you not join yourself to some
of the churchesP An old sca-captain
was riding in the cars toward Philadel-
phia, and young man sat down beside
him. He said, Young man, where are
you going?" II am going to Philadel-
phia to live" replied the young man.
"IIave you letters of introduction?"
asked the old captain. Yes" said
the young man; and he pulled
some of them out. Well"
said the old sea-captain, haven you a
church certificate?' "Oh, yes" re-
piled the young man; II didn't sup
pose you would want to look at that"
Eyes said the sea-captain. Il want to
see that. AS soon as you get to Philadel-
phia, present it TO some Christian
church. | am an old sailor and have
been up and down in the world, and
its my rule. as soon as soon as | get into
port to fasten my ship fore and aft to
the wharf, although it may cost little
wharfage rather than have my ship out
in the stream floating hither and
thither with the tide"
o men and women, by the tides of
frivOlity and worldliness swept this
way and swept that way, seeking for
associations and for Satisfactions for
the immortal soul, come into the church
of Jesus Christ. Lash fast to her She
is the pillar and the ground of truUn. /
proIoie to spa; k of the thrcefold glory
of the church, as it is described in the
text.
First, Fair as the moon" God, who
has determined that everything shall
be beautiful in its season, has not left
the night without charm. The moon
rules the night The stars are only
set as gems in her tiara. Sometimes
before the sun has gone down the
moon mounts her throne, but it is after
nightfall that she sways her undis-
turbed scepter over island and CONT
nent, river and sea. Under her shining
the plainest maple leaves become shiv-
cring silver. the lakes from shore to
shore look like shining mirrors, and
the ocean under her glance with great
tides comes up painting upon the beach,
mingling as it were, foam and fire.
Under the witchery of the moon, the
awful sleeps loose their ruggedncss,
and the chasms their terror. The poor
man blesses God for throwing SO cheap
a light through the broken wipdoyy.