Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-09-29
FROM THE SOUTH SEA
DR.. TALksAGE SENDS A LESSON FROM
FAR AUSTRALIA.


FAR AUSTRALIA.
4 Tho Way OF Christ witt, Publican and
sinncr--Too Often Arc officials Tempt
cd Above What They Are Able to Bear.
BEooKLYN, Sept. 23.-Rov. DIR. Tai
mage, who il row preparing to leave
Australia for India Oh his round the
world tour, has selected az tho subject
for today's sermon through tho press
"Tho Tax Collectors Conversion, . the
text being taken from Luke xix, 8,
"This day is salvation come to this
house
Zaccheus was politician and tax
gatherer. He had an honest calling, hut
the opportunity for 'stealings'' was so
large tho temptation was too much for
him. The Bible says he was sinner"
that is, Ill the public sense. How
many fine men have been ruined by Off
cial positionl 1t is AN awful thing for
any man to seek Office under govern
ment unless his principles of integrity
are deeply fixed. Many man upright
in an insignificant position has made
shipwreck IN great one. AS 1ar as l
can teli' IN the city OF Jericho thls FAC
eheus belonged TO what might be called
the ring" They had things their own
way, successfully avoiding exposure, if
by no other way perhaps by hiring
somebody 10 break IN ana steal the
vouchers, notwithstanding MS pad rep
utation thore were stfeaKs OF good ABOUT
him' as there arc ABOUT almost every
man. uoia is FOUND IN quartz, ana
sometimes III u very small percentage
fhe rhrongins TO see Jesus.
Jesus was coming 10 Town. Inc peo-
PIE turned OUT en- masse 70 sec MN.
mere ne comes the LORD OF glory, on
foot, dust covered and road weary
limplng along the way, carrying tho
grlefs ana woes OF the world. He LOOKS
TO DC w years OF age, when ne Is only
about 30. Zaccheus was short man
ana could not see over the people heads
while standing on tho ground, so he got
up into sycamore tree that swung its
arm clear over the road. Jesus advanced
amid the wild excitement of the surging
crowd. The most honorable and popu-
lar men Of the city are looking on and
trying to gain his attention. Jesus, in
stead OF regarding them, looks up at the
little man III the tree and says: FAC
cheus, come down. | am going home
with you" Every body was Disguised to
I ST un homo
so dishonorable mau.
l sec Christ entering the front door of
] the house of Zaccheus. The king of
heaven ard earth sits down, and as he
looks around on the place and the fam
| lily he pronounces the benediction of the
text, ''This day is salvation come to this
house. "
Zaccheus had mounted the sycamore
tree out of mere inquisitiycness. He
wanted to see how this stranger looked
the color Of his eyes, the length Of his
hair, the contour CT his features, the
height Of his stature. Come down,
said Christ.
Idle Curiosity.
And so many people i'll this day get
/
ton to see Christ. They ask thousand
queer questions about his divinity,
about Gods sovereignty and the eternal
DEGREES. They speculate and criticise
and hang onto the outside limb of
great sycamore but they must como
down from that if they want to be
saved. We cannot be saved as philoso-
/ ,,hn I,t,f chi
not go to heaven by way of Athens, but
by way of Bethlehem.
Why be perplexed about the way sin
came into the world when the great
question is how we shall get sin driven
ont of our hearts. How many sDend
their time in criticism and religious
speculation! They take the rose of
Sharon or the lilly of the valley. pull
ont the auther. scatter the corolla and
saw, 'Is that the beautiful flower of re.
ligion that YOU are talking about?" No
flower is beautiful after YOU have torn
it all to pieces. The path to heaven is so
plain that fool need not make any
mistake about it, and yet men stop and
cavil. Suppose that, going toward the
Pacific slope, | had resolved that l
would stop until | could kill all the
grizzly bears and tho panthers on either
side of the way. | would never have
got to the Pacific coast. When went
out to hunt the grizzly bear, the grizzly
bear would have come out to hunt me
Here is plain road to heaven Men
say they will not take step on it until
they can make game of all the theories
that bark and growl at them from the
thickets They forget the fact that, as
they go out to hunt the theory, the the
DRY comes out to hunt them, and SO they
perish.
Must BECOME as Little Child.
We must receive the kingdom of
heaven in simplicity. William Penning-
ton was one of the wisest men of this
country-a governor of his own state
and afterward speaker of the house of
representatives-yet when God called
I