The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-04-01
1.-THE GOSPEL SHIP"
WAS THE SUBJECT SELECTED By DIR
TALMAGE LAST SUNDAY.
Once in Gods Ark and Thee Is No Fear.
of the Elements-The Fastening That
Kept N oah in Keeps Trouble Out.

Kept IN Oan IN heepS ITOuDlo Out'
New York March 31.-Although his ora
tory is at all times magnetic and eloque1t,
there is one theme with which, whenever
he makes it the groundwork of his sermon,
DR.. Talmage never fails to communicate
to his auditors the enthusiasm he himself
feels. That theme is the gospel invitation;
and when this afternoon, he took for his
subject 1.-The Gospel Ship the great au-
dience that crowded the academy was in
full sympathy. The text selected was
Genesis vi, IS: Thou shalt come into the
ark, thou and thy sons and thy wire ana
thy sons wives with thee
In this day of the steamships Lucania
and Majestic and the Paris, will show you
a ship that in some respects eclipsed them
all and which sailed out, an ocean under
MEATH and another ocean falling upon IL.
Infidel scientists ask us to believe that in
the formation of the earth there have been
a half dozen deluges, and yet they are not
willing to believe the Bible story of one
deluge.
In what way the catastrophe came we
know not-whether by the stroke of a COM
ct, or by flashes of lightning, changing the
air into water, or by stroke OF the mana
of God. like the stroke of the AK between
the horns of the OK, the earth staggered.
To meet the catastrophe God ordered
great ship built. 1t was to be without PROV,
fer it was to sail to no shore. 1t was 10 De
without helm, Tor no human hand should
guide it. 1t was a vast structure. proDapiy
as large as two or three modern steamers.
1t was the Great Eastern of olden time;
The ship is done. The door is OPEN Inc
lizards crawl in The cattle walk IA. d, ne
grass hoppers hop in The birds fly in. Inc
in citation goes forth to Noah: Come thou
and all thy house, into the ARK. Just one
human family embark on the strahse Ny. Wy
age and L hear the door slam shut Great
storm sweeps along the hills, ana DelldS tilc
cedars until all the branches snap III tne
gale There is moan in the wind IKE unto
me moan of a dying world The blacknts3
of the heavens is shattered by the hare VI
the lightninGs. that look down into the Wa
tiers, and throw a ghasthhess on thJ io dIC
of the mountains. How strange ~ ~, loo ~
How suffocating the air seems! Inc pls
drops of rain begin to plash upon the up
turned faces of those who are Watching tle
TEMPEST Crash! so the rocks In cohNul-
sion Boom, go the bursting heavens ihc
inhabitants of the earth, instead OF IiylnS
TO housetop and mountain top as men nave
fancied, sit down in dumb, white horror ~ ~
die. For, when God grinds mountains ~
pieces, and let's the ocean sup lIS c"o ~
there is no place for men to fly 10. see ti1e
ark pitch and tumble in the SURF, "hllc
from it's windows the passengers look ou'
upon the shipwreck of race, ana the car
cases of a dead world! woe 10 Ihe niOuii
tains! Woe to the sea oo.,- g
am no alarmist. When, on the 2oth Oh
September. after the wind mas LOT tnlee
DAYS been blowing from the northeast YOU
prophesy that the equinoctial storm IS com
ing YOU simply state fact not TO be dis
nIted Neither am | an alarmist when l
saw that a storm is coming, compared Win
which Noah's deluge was but an April SNOW
err and that ii is WiSest ana safest t To-
you and for me to be saltiy S,.oit fortb 70
Noah sounds in our ears; lone thou' anu
all thy house into the ark.
Well how did Noah and his famlly conhe
into the ark? Did they climb in at the
window, or come down the roof? No; they
went through the door. And Just 50, II W.
get into the ark of Gods mercy, II Will DC
through Christ, the door. Tne entrance 10
the ark Of old must have been very IL. Se
entrance. We know that II was, ILoi ON az
fact that there were monster ANIMALS IN 'ie
earlier ages; and in order to get thelh l4To
the ark, two and two, according 10 the ~,
bic statement. the door door must III hd door into
the mercy of God is a large door. we 80
in--not two and two-but 10y hundredS anu
10y thousands and by millions. "a al o.ie
nations of the earth may so H. ten iiiliiioii'
rsne doos of the ancient ark was IN the ne
.ita So now il is through the size u
tthr;e+ -tbe pierced side the wde-open side,
tbe heart side-that we enter Ana: the 10
man soldier, thrustinS his spear iill9 tll g
Savior's side, expected only TO ley the DIo S
ont but he opened the way to let al tuc
world IN. on, what a broad GoSpei "
preachi II a man is ABOUT TO give an - ~,
tertainment he issues two or three nun
dred invitations, carefully put up ana 81
rected to the particular persons Wnohl ne
wishes to entertain. But Gou, our + -" 100
makes a banquet and goes out 70 the troHt
door of heaven and stretches out his hanuS
over land and sea, and, with voice lhdI
penetrates the Hindoo Jungle ana the or, agd
land ice castle and BraZlllan grove an
English factory and American home, cries
ont "Come! for all things are now reauE.
II * a wide door! The old cross mas pceIl
49,, anart and it's two pieces are stood 4p
for the door posts. so far apart tnat an . ~
world can come in. Kings scatter Irc1a9
mos on DAYS of great rejoicing. 50 christ
our king, comes and scatters the JeWeia oi
heaven Rowland Hill said that ne hoPet
TO get into heaven through the cIeViceS ~ ~
the door But he was not oblSed mus 40
90 in After having preached the goSpel III
81 rrey chapel. going toward heitVen, Imo
gate keeper cried, Lift your neaus, ~
IN" The dying thief went in. Rlch&ru
Rgxter and Robert Newton went m hu-
rope. Asia. Africa, North ana Souih A I,it
"a NAV vet go through this wide door Win
ont cTowding. Ho! every one-all conal-
tions. all ranks all people! i4uther stu
that this truth was worth carrying on one
knees frcm Rome 70 Jerusalem; but
think 1t worth carrying all around the
globe and all around the heavens tnaI
Good so loved the world that He gave Ills
only begotten Son. that whatsoever believ-
eth in Him should not perlsh' puI NV
everlasting life" WhosoeVer VIII let nm nm
come through the large door. ArchlheucS
wanted a fulcrum on which to place ms
lever, and then he said that he could move
the world Calvary is the fulcruLn. and
the cross of Christ is the lever; and by that
power all nations shall yet be lifted.
Further, it is a door that swings notn
ways. / do not know whether the door OF
the ancient ark was lifted, or rolled on
hinges; but this door Of Christ opens both
ways 1t swings out toward all our woes;
In swings in toward the raptures OF heaven.
II swings in to let US in; it swings out to |
let our ministering ones come out. All are
one in Christ-Christians on earth and |
saints in heaven.
one army of the living God,
At his command we bow;
Part of the host have crossed the Hood,
And part are crossing now.
Swing in. o blessed door! until all the !
earth shall go in and i Swing ont until |
all the heavens come forth to celebrate the !
victory.
But further 1t is a door with fastenngs. |
SThe Rible saws of Noah 1.-THE Lord shut |