Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-03
At THE TABERNACLE,
aHE LESSON OF THE PHARIsEE
AND TIL PU .lICAN.
rpae Repentance is Cody Sorrow
For Shiny the Deeds of the Law
No Flesh Can be Justified, So the
self Satisfied Are Condemned.

BRooKIrS July 2-Rev DIR. Talmage
had selected as his subject for today PIC
turc of contrast. Arrogance end Humil-
ity,"the text being Luke xviii, iS, "God be
merciful to me, sinner"
No mountain ever had a more brilliant
eoronct thanNiount Moriah. The giories
of tho anclcfS temple blazed there. The
mountain top was not originally large
enough to hold the temple, and so wall
600 feet high was erected, and the mountain
wns built out into that wall 1t was at TINT
point that satan met Christ and tried to
persuade hin. to cast himself down tho 600
feet. The nine gates OF the temple flashed
the light OF silver and gold and Corinthian
brass, which Corinthian brass was mere
precious stones melted and mixed and crys-
tallized The temple itself was not so very
large n structure, but tho courts md the
adjuncts OF the architecture mnde IL half a
mile in circumference.
We stand and look OF upon that won
drous structure. What's the matterf What
strange appearance In the templeY Is IL
FREE why, IL sesms as II II were a man
sion all kindled into flame. What's the
matter Why, it's the hour OF morning
sacrifice, and the smoke on the altar rises
and bursts out OF the crcYices and out Of
the door and wreethes the mountain top
with folds OF smoke through which glitter
precious stones gathered and FURNISHED by
royal muniflcence.
sec two men mounting the steps OF the
building They Cos side by side; they are very
unlike; no sympathy between thcm-the
ono tho pharisee proud, arrogant, pom
pous, he goes up the steps Of the building.
lie seems by his manner to say. "Clear the
l,.e
such goodness and conservation"
THE REPENrANT SINNER.
Beside him was the publican, bowed
down seemingly with load on his heart.
They rcnch tho incosure for worship IN the
midst OF the temple. Tho pharisee gocs
close up TO the gate OF the holy of holies
He feels he IL worthy 10 stand there. He
says practically; ~ am 30 holy want 10
20 into the holy OF holies, o Lord, nm
very good man. I'm II remarkably good
man. Why, two days IN the week | cat nh
solutely nothing I'm so good I'm very
generous In my conduct towurd the poor,
have no sympathy with the common rab-
BILE; especially have none with this poor,
miserable, commonplace, wretched publ.
can who happened TO come up the stairs
beside me-
The publican went clear 20 the other side
Of the Enclosure, Us fur away from the gate
OF the holy Of holies as be could get. for he
f1lt unworthy to stand near the sacred
place. Aud the Bible sAys he stood afRr off.
Standing on the opposite side Of this in
closure he bows his head, and ns orlentals
when they have any trouble beat their
breasts, no he begins to pound his brcnst as
he cries, God be mercihl 10 me, sinner'
Oh, was there ever II greater continst2
The incense that waited that morning from
the priests censor was not so sweet a. the
publican's prayer floating into the opening
heavens, while the prayer OF the pharlsco
died on his contemptuous lips and rolled
down into his arrogant heart. Worshiping
there they join eacl other md go side by
side down the steps, the pharisee cross,
wrctchcd, acrid, saturiine; the publican
with his face shining with the very joys Of
heaven. for II tell you that this man went
down to his house Justified rather thnn the
other"
Now, put this publionn's prayer under
analysis, and discover in the ilrst place
that he was persuaded OF his sinfnlness.
He WIS nn honest man, he was tnxgnth.
ercr, he was an oilcrr vi the government.
epublicnns neutrality-suspicious., and Cicero
says they were the Hdorumcnt Of the state.
- NNAA'N AAA'f WHY ANAAANNA AAl hllInNlAlNI,
because people then did not like to nay
their taxes any better than ptoplc now like
~ pay their taxes, and thcta were many
who disliked them. Still, suppose this
publican, this taSgnthervr, was an honor.
able man. lie had au Office Ut trust. There
were many hard things auid about him
and yet standing there Ia that inclusurc of
lhc temple amid the demonstrations OF
Coda holiness and power he cries ont from
the very depths OF his stricken soul, God
be mcrcliul to me u slnncrl" by what
process shall | prove that | am sinnerf
BY what process shall prove that you are
asinncry Shall ! ask You to weigh your
motives, 10 scan your actions, to cstlnmtc
your behavior win do nothing of the
kind. ! will draw my Argument rather
from the plan of the work that God has
achieved for your salvation.
THE lNrERlLHD SOUL.
You 10 down ina storm TO the beach.
and you see wrcolters put on their rough
jackets nnd launch the lifrbout and then
shoot the rockets To show that help ~ com
Ing ont into The breakers, und you imme-
diately cry, "A shipwreol,' And when |
see the Lord Jesus Christ putting aside
robe and crown and launuh out ON the toss.
ing sea of human suffering and satanic
hate, going out into the laundering surge
OF death, cry, "a shipwreckr
know that our souls are drcadfully lost
by the work that God has done to save
them. Are you sinnerp Suppose you
had commercial agent In Charleston OF
san Francisco or Chicago, and you were
paying him promptly his ,ilary,, and YOU
found out, after awhile, That notwith.
standing he had drawn the salary he Ind
given ninc-tenths OF all the time to some
other commercial establishment. Why.
your Indignation would know no bounds
And yet that Is just the way we have
treated the Lord,
He sent VA out into this world TO serve
him. He has taken good care OF us--he has
clothed us, he has sheltered ny, and he has
surrounded us with 10000 benefactlons.
anu yet many OF W have given nineteenth,
OF our lives TO the service 81 the world. tbe
nesh aud the devil Why, my friend. tl,q
Bible is full Of confession, and do not flnJ
anybody is pardoned until he has confessed
What did David sayf II will confess my
trnnsgrossions unto the Lord.n What aid
Isaiah sayf Woe is me, because am \
man OF urcles.n lips,n What did Kara saw
Our iniquiti'ss are increased over our head
and our trespass Is grown up into heaven. ]
And among the millions before the throp,
OF God tonight not one got there until h,
confessed. The coast OF eternal sorrow /,
strown with the wreck Of those who. mo-
NNI In H.. -. 4.