The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-04-27
AT THE TABERN ACLE.
Or TALMAGE DRAWS LESSONS FROM
THE WEDDING FEAST.


Every Proper Relntteu In Iir-.
BROOKLYN, April lG.--RCv, Dr.
Talmage II his sermon il the BroOkl>n
Taberpacle tins CrrcnOOu snread before
the great audience in eloquent words tn"
beauty and attrac,ivCn"as ot the q 'spcl
feast, the text chosen being G'0m Luxe
xiv, Is, And they ali witt one const mt
began to make excuse
Aher tie Invitations TO . levcc arc
sent out The regrets come III. One man
apologies for nonatten'larca CD Cr"
ground. another ON another ground. Tic
most of the regrets arc founded on prior
engagements. SO in my text great
banquet was srread. the invitations
were circulated, and now H." lc!r&;S
come in.
The one gives an agr,cutunal reason
the other stock dealers reason th"
other domestic reGSoN--a l00r rl!"E.
eons. The acrjcultura' rca.@N LEM
that the man had h".tht = 'arm asd
wanted TO sec il. Cou'l nc not g" Il
the next day? The stGcN ""A,cr'A !"1
son being that he had bought five ukr
OF oxen and he wanted 70 90 an' r'"Nc
them. lie had no business 10 hIy them
until he knew what they were. Beside"
that man who cap 0wn five yoke OF
oxen can command his own time. Be
sides that, be might have yOkcd tWo o.
them together and driven them on the
way to the rarqnct, for locomotlou was
not as rapid then as now. The man
who gave the domestic reason said lie
had got married. He oughttr Rave TAX
en- his wife with him.
The fact was, they did not wan! % 90
Aud they all with orc corscnt bean
to make excuse" SOuow God spreads
great banquet. IS the gospel lcas', Z,
and the table reaches across The hcmi.
spheres. and the invitations - out, and
multitudes cCmc and sit down and
drink out of the challccs OF GopS love.
while other multtulcs dcclluo coming -.
the one giving this apology and rAc 9th
or that apology. "-ipd tAcv Al
with one consent began to make cN.
cuse." / propose this morning. 50 far
as God may help me - examine tie
apologies which mCR make tur no. en-
terlng the Christian HE.
Apology the Firat--I am not sure
there is anythn" valuable iA tie Christ
ian religion. 1t is pleaded that there
are 80 many imrosilion& III this day
30 many thinga that seem to- be real are
sham. A gildcd outside may have a
hollow inside. There is 50 much Quacll
cry in physics. in ethics, III politics, tina
and after awhile they allow that iurrcd
ulitY TO collide with our holy religion.
but, my friends, ! think religion ha
mad: pretty good record in the wo:' ii
How many wounds il has saved; hul
many pillows Ct fire 1t las lifted IN th
midnight Wilderness; how many sjm0n
struck Saharas it hath turned into Tn
gardens of the Lord; how it hath stiltc
the chopped sea; what rosy light It hat
sent streaming through thc rift ut til
storm cloud wrack; what pools OF coo
water it hath gathered for thlra:v IIay,
and 1shmocl; manua whitcr than corr
ander seed it hath droppcdon around e.
camp of hardly bcstcad pilgrims; VIII.
promises it hath >cnt out Ike hol
watchers to keep the lamps hurnjn
around deathbcds; through the Garhncs
that lowers into the scpulChcr, whi
flashes OF resurrection morn!
Besides that this religion haa mad,
so many heroes. 1t brought Summer
field, The Methodist, across The AtlauV'
ocean with his silver trumpet 10 h.rN
the acceptable year of the Lord until ii
seemea as II all "or American t'H>S
would take thc kin'don oi heaven hY
Vloiehcc; IL sent Je@H". ANhhnan III e,
h'ca a'oho' III con- '''|hI "l haN.
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