Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-19
A DIRECT QUESTION.
REV. DR. TALMAGE PUTS IT POINT
BLANK TO sgfi AND WOMEN.

REV. DR.. TALMAGE PUTS IT POINT
BLANK TO Egii AND WOMEN.
He Speaks Directly to the Hearts of All
who Have Not Definitely accepted the
Free OFFER of Salvation In Christ Jesus.
ais Thine rscart Risht?r
NEW YORK, Oct G. I'm his sermon
for today Rev. DIR. Talmage speaks di-
rectly to the hearts Of all who have not
yet definitely accepted the free offer Of
salvation III Christ Jesus. The subject
was, "a Point Blank Question, the
text being II Kings K, 10, is thine heart
right?"
With melted horses at full speed, for
he was celebrated for fast driving, Je-
/ hu, the warrior and King, returns from
battle But seeing Jehonadab, an ac-
quaintance, by tie wayside, he shouts,
whoa Who's y to the lathered span.
Then leaning over to Jehonadab Jehu
salutes him in the words of the text
words not more appropriate for that
hear and that rl4ce than for this hour
ssl.tt plGNGs ie tA---t nCai4t ItSiits
] should Ike to hear of yenr physical
health Well myself, like to have ey-
erybody else well, and SO might ask, Is
your eyesight right, your hearing right,
your nerves right, your lungs right,
your entire body right: But / am busy
today taking diagnosis OF the more i'm
portant spiritual conditions. should
like to hear Of your financial welfare.
want everybody to have plenty of mon
ey, ample apparel, large storehouse and
/ comfortable residence, and might ask,
/ Is your business right, your income
right, your worldly surroundings right:
But what are these financial questions
compared with the inquiry as to wheth-
er you have been able to pay your debts
to God; as 10 whether you are insured
for eternity; as to whether you are
running yourself by the long credit sys-
tenn of the soul? have known men to
have no more than one loaf of bread at
time, and yet to own a government
bond Of heaven worth more than the
whole material universe.
Gospel Truth.
The question l ask you today is not
i'll regard TO your habits | make no in-
quiry about your integrity or your chas-
tity or your sobriety. | do not mean to
stand on the oatside CT the gate aud
ring the bell, but coming up the steps,
| open the door and come to the private
apartment Of the soul, and with the
earnestness Of q man tbat must give an
account for this days work 1 cry out,
Oh, man, oh, woman immortal, is thine
heart right!
! l will not insult you by an argument
to prove that we are by nature all
| wrong. III there be factory explosion
and the smolcstaelz be upset, and the
wheels be broken in two, and the engine
unjointed, and the ponderous bars be
twisted, and q man should lcol in and
say that nothing was the matter, you
would pronounce him fool. Well, it
moods no acumen 10 discover that our
nature is all atwist and agkew ana I'M
jointed. The thing doesn t work right.
Tic biggest trouble we have III the
world is with OR souls. Men sometimes
say that though their lives may not be
Just right, their heart is all right. I'M
possible. a farmer never puts the poor
est apples on top OF his barrel; nor does
the merchant place the meanest goods
in his show window. The best pant of
us is our outward life. do not stop to
discuss whether we all fell in Adam, for
we have been our own Adam, and have
| all eaten of fho forbidden fr1jt and
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