The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-12
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN pIvINE's SUM-
DAY SERMON.
Subject "Strangers Within ths
Gates"

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tn.'-Maithew XIV, IS.
II is moral disaster that jocosity has de.
spoiled SO many passages Of Scripture. and
my text Is one that has suffered from irrever-
ent and misapplied quotation. II shows
great poverty OF wit and humor when people
take the sword OF divine truth for n game nj
tencing or chip on from the Kohinoor dia.
mond OF inspiration u sparkle to decorate n
iools cap. My text Is the salutntion in the
last Judgment TO be given to those who have
shown hospitality and kindness and Chris.
ian helpiulness TO strangers. BY railroad
/ anh steamboat the population of the earth
are all the time in motion. and from one
year end 10 another our cities are crowded
| with visitors.
Every morning on the tracks OF the Hud-
| son River. the Pennsylvania. the Erie. the
Long Island Railroads there come passenger
| rains more than | can number so that all
| me depots and the wharyes nrn a-rumblo
ana a-clang with the coming in OF great
Immigration OF strangers. Some OF them
'ome Tor purposes OF barter. some for mech
.nisin. some for artistic qualification some
Tor Sightseeing. A great many OF them 90
lut on the evening trains. and consequently
| ne city makes but little imnresslon utonI
/! 'hem, but there are multitudes who in the
| hoteis and boarding houses make Temporary
.esidence They tarry here for three or four
| lays, or as many weeks. They spend the
'eelhg. Their temporary stay will either
make or break them not only financially but
morally. for this world and the world TINT is
come. Multitudes OF them come into our
| morning and evening services [ am con.
/ 'cious that stand In the presence OF many
MS moment. j desire more especially to
! peak TO them. May God give me the right
word and help me to utter IL In the right
/ way.
! There have glided into this house those
| 1nEnow2 TO others whose history II told
would :" more thrilling than the deepest
.ragedy, more exciting than PATHS song.
/ more bright than u spring morning moro
iwIul than wintry midnight. IL they
/ 'ould stand up here and tell the story OF
| heir escapes. and their temptations. and
heir bereavenents. and their disasters. aud
heir victories. and their defeats. there would
'e IN this house such commingling Of
/ ,roans and acclama.ions rs wouli make the
| place unendurable
| There is man WHO. in infancy. lay In a
! 'radle satin lined. Out yonder is n man
Nho was picked up a foundling on Boston
/ common. Hero Is n man who Is coolly OBJ
| serving this religious service expecting no
/ llNantage and caring tor no advantage for
llmsel, while yondcr Is n man who has been
/ 'or ten years in an awful conflagation OF evil
lhbns, and he is n mere c,nder OF DESTROYED
| nature. and he Is wondering II there shall be
/ II TINS service amy escape or help for his i'm
mortal soul Meeting you only once per-
| maps face TO fnce. ] strike hands with Won in
III earnest TAX about your present condition
/ ind Your eternal we'll being. st. pauls shin
AZ Melita went to pieces where two seas
neet. but we stand to-day Mt u point where
ithousand seas converge. and eternity alone
'an tell the issue OF the hour
The hotels o ( this country for beauty and
elegance. are not surpassed by the hotels in
any other land but those that are most cele-
U GRATED ~ IN
| ,annot give TO ths CUES. any costly apart
nent unless he can afforl parlor In iddi-
ion TO his lodging. The stranger, therefore,
will generally find assigned 10 him a room
without any pictures and perhaps any rock
ng chair He will iind u box OF matches ON
bureau and mn old newspaper left BY the
! previous occupant, and that will be nbou, all
The ornap%.'ulon. Af.7.G GS,ascg mia
.iig. after having taken his repast he will
ook over his memorandum book OF the day' ,
work, he will write u letter 10 his home. an
hen desperation will seize upon him 10 get
out: You hear the great city laundering
AMER your windows. and YOU say, II must
DIN that procession" and In ten minutes YOU
nave Joined II. Where are YOU going? "Oh, "
you say, II haven't made w my mind get -
bfter make up your mind before you start
trrGaps the very way YOU go now you will
always go. Twenty years ago there were two
young men who came down the Astor HOUSE
VI.
where they have been eoingev since.
"Nell. where are you goingI' says one
man. ~ am going TO the academy TO hear
some music. Good. | would like TO join
you NJ the door. AZ the tap OF the orchestral
baton all the gates Of harmony and beauty
VIII open before my soul | congratulate
Nou. where are you goingy Well YOU
'ay, II am going up 10 see some advertised
pictures Good. / should like to 20 along
with you and look over the same catalogue
and study with you kensett and Bierstadt
and Church and Moran. Nothing more
"levat'ng than good pictures. Where are
sou goingy well" YOU say. IL am going
up 10 the Young Mems Chrisiian Association
rooms. Good. You will find there
gymnastics TO strengthen the muscles and
books 10 improve the mind. and Christian
influence TO save the soul. Wish every city
IN the United States had ~ fine paiace Tor
its Young Mems Christian Association
rs New York has. Where are you goingy
Well, you say, Il am going to take long
walk up Broadway and 30 turn around into
the Bowery. / am going 20 study human
life. Good. A walk through Broadway NJ
O'Clock at night is Interesting, educating,
fascinating, appalling, eShilarating to the
lhst degree. stop in front OF thar theatre
ana see who goes in. Stop nj that saloon
and see who comes out. See the great tides
OF life surging backward and forward and
beating against the marble Of the curbstone
ini eddyins down into the slloons. Wnat
IS that mark on the face OF thar debau chee?
II is the hectic flesh OF eternal DEATH What
is that woman's laughterI II is tue Shrek
oia lost soul
Who is that Christian man going along
with vial of anodyne 10 the dying paupei
On Elm street, Who Is that belatei man
on the way 10 prayer me"ting? Who Is
that city missionary going 20 take box In
which to bury u cnildg VINO are all rhes,
busters OF bright ana beautiful iacesf They
are going TO some interesting place OF amuse
ment
Vino Is that man going into the drug siorei
That u the mnu VINO yesterday lost all his
fortune on Wall street. He is going In for d
dose OF belladonnH. and before morning Il
will make no difference TO him whether
stocks are up or down. tell you that Broad
way, between and IL o'clock at night be
tween the Battery and Central Park, is ar
Austerlitz. u Gettysburg. u Waterloo, wher,
kingdoms are lost or won and three woridi
mingle in the strife.
met another coming down of the hote
steps, and say, Where are you goingY
You say III am going with merchant o
New Yor.. who has pro missed 10 show me the