Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-11-02
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE'S sun
DAY ERHON.
Subject: "The Looking Glass"

TFxr And he made the LAYER OF bras'.
md the foot OF IL was Of brass, OF the look
inr glasses o. the women assembling. -
Exc iu- NNNvii.. :.
We often halr about the gospel In John'
and the GOSPEL in Luke, and tn" gospel IN
Matthew. hlt tn"r" is just as surely Eo>'e'
Of Moses aud q gospel Of Jeremiah. anu
gospel Of David. In other WORKS. Christ Is
as certainly to be found in the Old les'a-
! mont rs in the New. -
When the Tsrlrlites were marchlhE
through the wilderness they carried thelr
church with them. They en-. u tIe ~. -.
naclp. Ii was nit he'll tent, verY costIV'
very beautiful The framework was made
of fnrtv-pil,rt Nnarls Of acacia wood set IN
sockets o silver The curtains % the place
were purple and scarlet and blue and
fine linen and wcr" hung with most
artistic loops. Tn" canilesticks 81
that tabprnurIo hai shaft AMI
branch and bowl Of solid gold. and the
figures OF cheIuhim that stood thcro had
wings OF co1. ant there were lamps Of gold,
and snuffers Of rold. and tonGS of gold, and
rings OF gold. so that skenticlsm has some
times asked. W ere dii all that precious ma
terial come from? It IS not my place to fur
nish the precious stones. tits only TO tell
that they were there.
laver that was built In the midst OF that
ancient tabernacle. II was a great basin from
which the priests washed their hands and
feet. The water came down from the basin
in spouts and passed away after the
cleansing. This LAYER or basin was made
out OF the looking glasses OF the women
who had freuuentci the tabernacle and
who had made these their contributions to
the furniture These looking glasses were
not made Of glass. but they wers hrazen.
The brass was 81 very superior quality and
polished until il reflected easily the features
OF those VINO looked into it, so that this
LAYER of looking glasses spoken % In my text
did double work. 1t not only furnished the
water in which tn" priests WASHED them
salves. but 1t also. on its shining, polished
surface, pointed out the spots of pollution
on the face which needed ablution.
! have to say that this is the only looking
glass in which man can see himself as he
Is. There are some mirrors that hattcr the
features and make YOU look better than YOU
are. Thcnthere are other mirrors that dis
tort your features and make you look wCrsS
than YOU are but l want to tell you that
this looklug-glass OF the gospel shows man
just AS he Is. When the priests entered the
ancient tabernacle one glance at the
FURNISHED side 81 this lavcr showed
them their need OF cleansing. SO this
gospel shows the soul its need OF divine
washing. "All have sinned and come short
OF the glory OF God" That is one showing.
That ia onothnr showing From ihe
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nouncementis that W. are lost.
Glory be to God. | find that this LAYER OF
| LOOKING rluSsrg was uIIel with frrsh wot,,,