Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-06-02
REV. DR. TALMAGE.
rHE BROOKLYE OIVIERw sCE
DAY >,.k4SsN.

E~lHtiC. tuDI All EalI, my .OVa.
-SoiomtoAS Song iy..l.
Higher criticism saws that this hook of
SoANmon's song ia = love Scene. a :or:erh
maiden signing for her heaH. II -, Il is an
unc,.an AMI debau-hei sttIanca insare,
u thn pure wori OF Ga AMI /. not At for
ron mon reaiinc Ny opinion is that 4, is an
Inspired Ole Netting forth tho feeling q
Christ to~ar the church AMI Of the chue.l,
toward Thirst. CHRIS. is tho heitActodr~
AMI the church is the hri.iA. fra ar
words wer.n utfee TO-DAY tea.tfrfv. Whether
IN reear1 10 the church ~ 90 In general or,
THE church IN oa1ica!ar. "Beho.j. thou art
"a r. ny owe
Tn" rn~t week has been On, o. nro,onp.l
cnngrslu'stton for that we have for twenty
III" Years been psrmittei to s&so,i,ta %i.p
each other in the relation ~ nes.os a. ga.
d.. When | arr"' Brooklyn. I Edn al
small hand ~ Christian dMAinTes wbo fro,d
various "auses hal creofne less an ! less until
'n-r stool "pca The very varSa OF extinction
asn cr",cn, and the question was being
a2fa'" TON time TO tim. Whittier II woul!
'@ Iosslid- 10 maintain = c':urca life Ion IA.
II '"'''. hat not ihos" ircu m | Women been
cons" .ra'" AMI "eInas'. thnv xonli hav..
a'-'rh serei - che adverse cir"uns;an..s
l'"y mr. lab | = Congregational mae;in-.
an 'ftb"r.n9 hp All the forces possible they
+. y .'-Sren votes FOR a pastor, all o; whicl
! 2 y happy To nav. r-ceivei.
u vas MOI through any spirit OF persona
rourag. or r"cn less p adventure that | was 10 !.
non one . the wArna-t An | most con ,enia!
yas'orates in Ph'i. l-iphia that a MN ever
enlov- n 'hN then most uninviting fell.
tn' i waSthe feeling that GoIh1i cal1e | M
t. The. WORK, and was sure He would SEQ me
throU.1.
! have thought that it might ha profitable.
70 rs 70 state briefly VIVA. KIM OF a church
W. have been trvi:e 10 establish.
In the first l,:ace. I remark that We have
been trying to tuili here a Christian church
let'n"tiVrly aucf-n other words, a
rfurch where we shout preach the Lori
Jesus Christ AMI Him rrnciaed. MYTHOLOGY
Is all -ona into Ave lr,tars-Jesus. Jesu-.
the parton OF all o1-nsas. Jesus. IN.
f"un ATTIC for nil stru turrs. Jesus. tha
balm Tor all wounls. Jesus. the eye tsalva
Tor all bin mess. Jesus. the guide through
all p"rp.xties. Jesus, the hope for all dis
conraE"menis. Jesus. the reform for all
wronys.
| hive faith 10 helievn that tNera is NOR.
power IN one drop % the bloc L Of Jesu.
ftrtSt 10 cure the woes OF the world than
IL an OCEAN .ull OF hui nan quackery. jesus
: IN" gran lest not. in any minstrelsv. Y"
i IN" trl'hi"st gen In any crown height
nv-rtorping All height the centre OF every
c'r'nnt"r"n". The circumference to every
centre the parifler OF all turbulence III.
umpir" OF all disputes. Jesus. Jesus, At
HIS table All nations are to sit. Around His
ihron" all worl IS are to ~revo've. He is to
!" the Irraiiation OF the universe. Jesus.
JESUS. 1t is that truth that w. have tried
10 rr 'ach in this Tabernacle.
Do YOU nsk more mimi ely what we be-
li"H"! l can tell YOU. We have 20 dry,
wthrr-d, iuice'ess theology. We believe in
Cot, the Father Almighty, maker OF heaven
AMI earth. the neliverer Of the distress 81.
the nome 1or the homeless, the friend for the
frttnitess. We believe in Jesus Christ. able
TO save TO the utt@rrnost. pardoning the
guilty., imprt'ng HIS righteousness to the
| believer. We believe in the Holy Ghost.
the comforter, the slnctiner. cheering up
the heart in lites ills and kindling bright
lights in every dark Ian ling place. We be-
Hevr mat the whole race is SO sunken in sin
that nothing hut the omnipOtent arm Of God
can ever lift it out. We believe In grace
Tree grace, sovereign grace, triumphant
graz, eternal grace. We believe in a Bible
-iUttrntir i'll its statements, immaculate
in lt~le,chinss. glorious in Its promises.
W. believe III heaven. the abe lie Of the
risnttous. an in hell. the residence OF those
wlo are soul suicides-ot their W free
c1ocr r. u-in, the divine mercy. We be.
ley" III tn- salvation of all men who accept
Christ iy faith. be th"y sprinklel or i'm
,Her,ci. they IN cathedral or in los
ca.rn. h-,ievA they in Presbyterianism O.
Ep ecOpacy. dwell they uul Ter Italian skie,
or III Slh- rian snow-torms. be they Ethiopian
or American. All one IN Christ. One Lord
one. faith. one baptism. on the way to heaven
We built this Taoernrcle for the purpose o
setting forth thes" great theories OF the 90,
pei Of the Son ot God. Would that we ha,
been more iaitntul IN the pulpit Woul,
that we hat been more faithful in the pew
| remars, further. that We have tried her,
to uuild Il church distinctiye,y unconven
tonti. Instead OF asking, as some pcopl,
ar disposed to do, how other people DO it
W ilayr asked the question how people d.
not 10 It. Inpprious custom has decided
that churches shalt be- angular. cherries
g.oony. unsympathetir. forgetting that wha
inen call a pious gloom is impious. and tina
that church has the best architecture wher
the people are the most comfortable, an
that that is the most efficient Christian ser
wee where IN" people are made most sick o
Gin IN / most anxious after CprIst and heaven
And 20 We called IN. architects together 10
our first church building and said Give IL
an Hnphithea,-r"-that is. "A large fanil
circle, gathered around a fireplace.
For many years We ina | te.t that an amph
theater was the only proper shape for a
audience room. The prominent archi, eel
oftne country SUI i, cannot ~. don,
You need n church Guiding An so ",
hal plan after plan o: churchly butldiny
presented. but in due;ime Go sen, a mn,
VINO -raspet our ikea an executed Il, S,
lar IRON teinc a failure. II satisfied our want
anu all ourthree churcnes were built on tn
amphitneatrical plan. an scores OF churche
all over the country have adopted the sam
plan.
AMI, my brethren AMI sisters. We fail |
our work just in proportion rs We try 10 b
Ike other churches. We believe that Go liz
tended every church. like every man. 10 b
Individual. gathering mp all its peculiaritie
and ldiosyneracies and hurting them all tc
warf some good and grand OBJECT. In oth-
words, no two churches ought ever TO ba iu.
alike. Here Is Il church. for instance, who's
object Is 10 prepare philosophers and arts,
and critics for heaven Col speed them i
IN. difficult WORK. Here Is n cnurcb. on III
other hant. iha, proposes 10 bring oniyt IN
poor into the Kingdom OF Jesus Christ. lool
In not after the rich. God speed SUN
church III lis undertaking. But there i
Larger iira that > church may taA-hriucin
In n. rich ana the poor. the WIS., ani II
ignorant, the high ani thu low. othai KNEE
Ing beside zach oih.rshAIiG be the man farm
sun P;uou>y every lay AMI the man wt
eauHi hot ~; his breakfast. Col sna-isue
a rMurrht