Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-12
THE GLORIOUS MARCH
SERMON IN OLD
SUNDERLAND.
Fair as the Moon, Clear rs the sun
and Terrible as An Army with Ban
ners"-Mr. Talmago's Great Effort
Abroad

LONDON, August THE week, like others
that have preceded it since the beginning OF
the Rev. Dr. Talmage's 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. Dr. Talmage can scarcely be
said TO have had q moments leisure. services
have been held at Edinburgh. Inverness, Aber-
deem. Dundee, Glasgow Newcastle, ana sun
derland The sermon for this week is entitled;
1.-THE Glorious March," the text being from
Solomons song g; TO- "Fair as the moon, ciear
as the sum- and terrible as an army Wild pan
nnCrs."
The fragrance of spilSenard, the fash
of jewels, the fruitfulness of orchards,
The luXuriance OF gardens, the beauty
of Ueshbon fish-pools, the dew OF the
night, and the sp!endOr of the morn
ing-all contribute to the richness OF
Solomon's style wheL 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 10 it.
If one stockholder become a cheat,
does that destroy the whole company?
If one soldier be coward, does that
condemn the whole army? And
vet there are many in this day sc
unphilosophic, so illogical, so
dishonest, and so unfair as to denounce
the entire church of God because there
are here and there bad men belonging
TO it. There are those who say that
the church of God is not up TO the
spirit of the day in which we live; but
i have to tell You that, notwithstand-
ing all the swift wheels, and the flying
shuttles, and the lightning communi-
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 heA 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 Norses, 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
coveries that were about 20 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
merchandise has become honest mer-
chandise, and all governments have
, become free governments, and all
nations evangelical nations, and the
: last deaf ear OF spiritual death shall be
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Of nations born in a 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
bnrbarism, and the fiercest cruelties,
; and the blacklist superstitions have
been compelled to look TO the East,
crying: "Who is she that loolSeth
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
if 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 churches? An old sea-captain
was riding in the cars toward Philadel-
phia, and young man sat down beside
him. He said, "Young man, where are
you going?" 81 am going TO Philadel.
phia to live" replied the young man.
"Have 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't you a
church certifcate?'' "Oh, yes" re-
piled the young man; 81 didn't sup
pose you would want to look at that. "
eyes" said the sea-captain, 81 want 10
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, las soon as soon as / get into
port to fasten my ship fore and aft tc
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 fol-
associations and for satisfactions fol
the immortal soul, come into the church
of Jesus Christ. Lash fast TO her. She
is the pillar and the ground of truth.
propose to speak of the threefold 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 lef
. the night without charm. The moor
rules the night. The stars are only
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