Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12

Azos ssfla essL81EltSd vita the ossAOd or
the Crcas. and be- lifted AMID the shout
iIg II angels aud the exeerauoa % deF-
lis.
Tho King sent his Son 10 build that
rad he pot head and hand and heart
% il, aud after sie road was completed.
waved ais bllstersd hand over the way
CRYING, III Is nnishedl' Napoleon paid
nftesn million francs for the building u
the SUMPTION road, that his Cannon might
70 over for the devastation Of Italy, but
our King, az a great expense, has built
a road for dltfsEeat parpess-that the
banners or heayelsly dominion might
come down over It and al the redeemed
II earth travel up over IL
PINE THoROtGHFARE.
Being Kings highway, Of course 1t
is wei built. Bridges splendidly archsd
and buttressed have given way and
crushed rhe passengers who attempted
a. cross them. But Christ, the King
would build no such thing as that. The
work done. no mounts the chariot Of his
love, and multitnies mount with him,
and he drives on and up the steep OF
heaven amid tho plaudits OF gazing
worlds! The work isdone-well done
glori0asly done-nagnifscently donel
Still further-this road spoken OF Is a
clean road. Many fine road has be-
come miry and foul because IL has not
been properly cared for; but my text
says the unclean shall not walk on this
one. Room on either slde.to throw away
your sins. Indeed, III you want 10 carry
them along. you are not ON the right
road That bridge viii break, those
cverhanging rocks viii fall, the night
will come down, leaving you at the
mercy Of the mountain bandits, and at
the very next turn Of the road you viii
perish. But If you are really ON this
clean road of which have been speak
ing. then you will stop ever and anon to
wash in the water that stands in the
basin Of the eternal rock. Aye, at al
most every step OF the journey you viii
Dc CRYING out, Create within me clean
heart"
Ii you have no such aspirations as
that it proves that you have mistaken
your way. and II you Will only look Up
and see the hngerboard above your head
yOn may read upon it the words, There
Is way that seemeth right unto man,
but the end thereof is death" Without
holiness no man shall SEQ the Lord, and
If you have any idea that you can carry
along your sins, Your lusts, your world
hness and Yet get 10 the end OF the
Christian race you are so awfully mis-
takcn that, in the name of God, this
morning shatter the delusion.
Still further, the road spoken of is
a plain road. The wayfaring men.
though fools, shall not err therein
that Is, If man is three-fourths an
idiot he can find this road just as we'll
as if he were philosopher. The i'm
beetle boy. the laughingstock of the
street, and followed by mob hooting
at him, has only just to knock once at
the gate of heaven and it swings open,
while there has been many man who
can lecture about pneumatics and chem
istry, and tell the story of Faraday's
theory Of electrical polarization, and yet
has been shut ont of heaven. There has
been many a man who stood in an OBJ
servatory and swept the heavens with
his telescope. and yet he has not been
able TO see the Morning Star.
Many a man has been familiar with
all the higher branches of mathematics
and yet could not do the simple sum,
What shall il profit a man if he gain
the whole world and lose his own soul:'
Many a man has been fine reader of
tragedies and poems and yet could not
''read his title clear 10 mansions in the
skies Many q man has botanized
across the continent and 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, be VIII find it plain way. The
pardon is plain. The peace is plain.
Everything is plain.
Re who tries 70 get ON the road to
heaven through the New Testament
teaching viii get on beautifully. He
who goes through philosophical discus
sion viii not get ON az all. Christ says.
Come To me, and will take all your
sins away, and | viii take all your
troubles away" Now. what is the use
of my discussing II any morer Is not
that plains If you wanted TO 80 to Lon
don. aud pointed you out highway
thoroughly laid out, would be wise in
OBTAINING you by a geological discussion
about the gravel you will pass over, or
a physiological discussion about the
muscles YOU will have to bring into playl
no After this Bible has pointed You
Tho way 20 heaven. Is il wise for me 70
jetain you with any discussion about the
nature Of the human viii, or whether
she atonement il limited or unlimited
There Is the road-go on IL. II Is plain
way.
This is a faithful saying. and worthy
If al scceptation, that Christ Jesus
came into the world TO save sinners. -"
And taat Is You. and that is ne ANY
little child here can understand this a.
well as I can Unless you become as
q little child. You cannot see The king
dom II God II You are saved, It viii
not be a. a philosopher, It viii be as a
little child "Of such Is the kingdom
of heaven" Unless you get the spirit
Of little children. You will never come
out AZ their glorious destiny.
TIE sAFE ROAD
Still further. this road 70 heaven Il a
safe road Sometimes the traveller IN
those ancisnt highways would think
himself perfectly secure, not knowing
there was lion by the way buTying his
bead deep between his paws. AMI then