The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-03-23
A GLORIOUS GROWTH
REV. DR.. rALMaeE SHOWS HOW
CHRISTIANITY MOVES FORWARD.

Good TO Live by and ConsolinE TO Die
By-An Encouraging Discourse by the
Eloquent Pastor
BROOKLYN, March 1S.-In the Taber-
nacle today Rev. DR.. Talmage preached
q most eloquent and Enthusiastically
vigorous sermon in refutation of the oft
renewed assertion Of the enemies of ret-
gion that Christianity is retrograding
and the Bible losing its hold upon the
hearts and consciences of men. Thesub-
ject of the discourse as announced was
From Conquest to Conquest" the text
being taken from Amos tx, 1S, Behold
the days come, saith the Lord, that the
plowman shall overtake the reaper
Picture of tropical cline. with sea-
son so prosperous that the harvest reach
es clear over to the planting time, and the
swarthy husbandman swinging the sickle
in the thick grain almost feels the breath
of the horses ON his shoulders, the horses
hitched to the plow preparing for a new
crop. Behold the days come, saith the
Lord, that the plowman shall overtake
the reaper" When is that; That is now.
lnae rs suis uas' "neh nAruiy nave you
done reaping one harvest before the plow-
man is getting ready for another.
! know that many declare that Chris
a. ~ ~
usnity mas collapsed; tnat the blnie is an
obsolete Dook; tnat tne onristlan cnurch
Is ON .ne fetreat' ! VIII mere ana now
snow tnat the opposite OF tnat Is true
An Arao guide was ieadlng a French
inndei !. across 2 desert, ana ever ana anon
the ARAB guiae wouid get down IN tne
SAND and pray 70 tne LORD IL dissnsted
tne rrencn mnaei' ana si.er awhie as
tne Arap got up from one OF MS prayers
tne inndel saia, how 40 you know there
Is any .fod, ana the Arap guide said:
now 10 ! Know tnat 2 man ana 2 camel
passed along our tent ias' nisnt' lknow
II py tne too1prm's m tne sand ana You
want 10 know now Know whether there
Is any Goo' LOOK at tnst sunset. is tnat
tne tootslep Oh mani ana by the same
process You ana ! nave come 70 under
stand 'nat TINS pook Is tne footstep OF
TOD
hAALlhh esomrA' 49,
Du. ~, ~" =. us = Mno'ne, t,ie Dipie
~ iaha yea, as0' Ae' us ses
Mne'ner ahe ciiurcn VI uou Is IN = pun
run ,e'lsal' nusAv's, can1eens "a anu nav
$500 $3.50. seewins All sne mss. Ine great
ins Asn nlotoi ''A' Aai1alon Auln1i iiah
VI Sa'' istliils auu VI great acoufacy'
no, ois man pul az attorney as
wen y : nistollan' s.ses 1nis soserwneinl,
.ns s.asissio ~ ieaiu NailS'iain.s u, y anu
n iesasu y siis numnei ~ Snris'ians .sa IN
sne uems rae GU Sen.ueS' ~ 'ns iilst cen,
sui OOo.vOO ~ Ill III iSsi1.s: IN .ne secon1
osn.tlry' N,'uo,oo0 ~, Snr,s'.aii' III 'ns eniiu
century, o,OOo'vuo ~ 0ar,SslSnsi oas ian IN tne
oon. iv'voV,o0U ~ ooo 1lii,s1lalis' IN
.ne ni'n cen'u Io,VVo.VVv Os, Cnlis.llis' a1n ~
- 1le So sns NV'uOo'OO'. enaas- nan
VA sl.,i', ~ sno sesen'h senAuly, @7'oVV'-
w oarisslano, ~ ooa aoo ~ Ine eiSn.n cen
'aly, oo'Vvo'VOV SnSo,ahs, nan ena IN tne
.in.n oen.', ao,oOv,OOV ~ ooo OnrlssaAlsi ona y,
y ING lenln uen'ui !, oV'vVo'vvV on[ls, ~.
S,Slln, - s.ie o'esen.n a.s euns, .V'VoO,OVo
Sl,ssars' M n"a ~, y sno .ssAsa oeuIu oo,-
ooo'VvO Ctissiahs, aa oao u .iie tiil cen
'''OOv'OVO ~ 0ia an lssialS AN - ~ Tue Aou
oens os,oOVvoo w Ssl,ss,al,a oon ~ ~ u
.le n'eentn censufy, luV,OVV,OVv On.ls- nal
VA alans, y, ~ .ue siAsentn eeutu A@o'vov'-
wy N.,,s.iaaS, asa ~ ~ sae oesenleenen gen
su ioo,vOoO'V oo St ne lasia,s oa ~ sne eil-
eea1h sen'uis, -Oo'ocu'VOV onrlstlaiif--
. ' uecauencs' = ~ opSel'e, III oniy one
.onau anu iioie ''itan ,naue W y 'lis
lono".Hs Ne, -. ~, "N1iO :. =, y sii' u1usi
Souputa.,on .l .la' snsle mm ", ven
1li0 1917 u ~ aoa ie..n ~ osn Tensuiy ~
ln1eo ", .. isaat o.V,vyv'VVo ollls.lslis'
~ au, In.ist,al's lam "nas . plly !. nas
nv Hs,, 1liennn' .,I no .on'soas AZ must pe.
y NJ WV .aAe = our Tr y lug pvorlouss' !,
roof 10, onlis'iaiasl. . iMee lunurea mn
nOlis ~ oee ,ae, 1en. .oo soo in ~ weess Ol
a nne y IA 20 I,9vO,vVe coprss VI .lb New
ie5saen. ,:.a ,a u,'sl,Da ,s ", mny od inc ea5'n
Z =, laAe ~ Uiu cassie WIN - sa.es anu q
psalk " ar'il9ry iealy :" .nlnuer aown
essIy sa's. Las asiue an onrls'ehuoin
anu ses nov nea.nenuom y 1elns sur,
r touneeu anu noney oonDsu anI a'sachea
y .niS az oonquerlns BOSpe,' a. sns
Deginnlhs VI thls century Inefe we're