The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18
GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF GOD.
THOUSANDS FLOClS To HEAR tai
MAGE-s WEEKLY TALK.

The Gospel 80 Old That u l. NeN and
the Greatest novel;. 81 the Present
Dnv-A Christian Mother the
AbIest Theological Profc>~Or-The
GOSPEL Lantern 40 Light the
WEAR Traveller 20 the Realms Of
Everlasting BIessedness.
New york. Feb 17-Se veral thousand
persons were turned away this afternoon
from the doors Of the Academy Of Music.
after the huge building had been hlled 70
s,verAowing. the crowds having begun to
assemble fully two hours before the time
nxsd fer opening the services. Rev Dr.
Talmags took for his subject, The Clio
rIous GOSPEL the text chosen being, ''Ac-
eording 10 the glorious gospel OF the
blessed Cod, which was committed % my
trust" / Tim. III
The greatest novelty OF our time Is the
Gospel II Is SO old that it is new. As
potte-s and artists are now attempting to
fashion pitchers and cups, and curious
ware ike those Of nineteen hundred
years ago recently brought up from buried
Ponpe.i, and such cups, and pitchers, and
curious ware are universally admired, 80
anyone who can unsnovcl the real Cos
pei from the mountains of stuff under
which il has been buried. VIII be able TO
present something that viii attract the
gaze, ana admiration. and adoption Of all
the people. It IS amazing what substitutes
have been presented for what my text
calls, "The Glorious Gospel There has
been an hemisphere apostasv. There are
many people in this and all other large as
semblages who have no more idea of what
the Gospel really is than they have Of
what is contained in the fourteenth chap
yer Of Zend-Avesta. the Bible of the Hin
doc the first COPY Of which / ever saw
I purchased in Calcutta, India, last Sep
tAmber. The old Gospel is nifty feet under
and the work has been done by the shovels
Of those who have been trying to con-
1riVe the philosophy "a religion. There
IS no philosophy about 10. lt is
a PLAIN matter Of Bible statement
and Of child-like faith. some OF the theo-
logical seminaries have been nOtbeds OF in-
ddslity. because they have tried 90 teach
she PHILOSOPHY of Religion" BY the time
that many a young theological student
gets half through his preparatory course,
he IS so filled with doubts about plenary
inspiration, and the divinity OF Christ and
the questions Of eternal destiny, that he
IS more at for the lowest bench in the
snfant class Of q sunday school than TO
become a teacher and leader of the people.
The abest theological professor b.
Christian mother who out OF her own eX-
perience can tell the A-year-old how beau
fiful Christ was on earth, and how beau
Fiful he now is In heaven. and how dearly
ne loves little folks, ana then she kneels
nd "a VuFTUd fna
and with her somewhat faded cheek
against the roseate cheek Of the little
one, consecrates him for time and eter-
nifty to him vino said, Suffer them to
come unto me-" What an awful work
Paul made with the D. DIS, and the LII.
D s., and the i. r. 3 when he cleared the
decks OF the old Gospel ship by saying:
MOT many wise men, not many noble,
are called. but God hath chosen the weak
things OF the world TO confound the
mighty"
There sits the dear old theologian with
his table piled UP with all the great books
on Inspirs ton, and Exegesis, and Apollo
setics for the Almighty and writing
on his own elaborate work on the Phfloso- /
ply o. Religion, and his little grandchild
coming up 70 him Cor q goodnight kiss,
he accidentally knocks of the biggest
book from the table, and it falls on the
head OF the child, OF whom Christ has
5dll- Gut OF the mouths OF uaLeb anu
sucklings thou hast perfected praise"
All, my friends, the Bible wants no apol-
ogetics. The Throne OF the Last Judg-
ment wants no spologeucs. Eternity
wants no apologetics. Scientists may tell
US that natural light is the 'propa cation
Of undulations in an elastic medium,
and thus set in vibratory motion by the
action OF luminous bodies" but no one
knows what gospel light IS until his own
bhnd eyes by the touch OF the Divine
Spirit have opened to see the uoon-day
Of pardon and peace. Scientists may ten
Us thar natural sound is "the effect of an
impression made on the organs of hear
ing by an impulse OF the air caused by
a collision OF bodies. or by other means;''
but those only know what the gospel
sound is who have heard the voice OF
Christ directly, saying: Thy sins are
forgiven thee go in peace" The theo-
logical dude unrols upon the plush Of
The exouisitely carved pulpit a learned
discourse showing that the Garden of
Eden was an anegory, and Sol
onions song a rather indelicate love dittv
and the book of Job a drama in which Sa-
tan was the star actor, and that Renau
was three-quarters right about the mira
cles OF Jesus, and that the Bible was grad
uaily evoluted and the best thought of
the different ages, Moses. ana David. and
Paul doing the best they could under the
circumstances, and therefore to be en-
couraged. Lord Of heaven and earth. get
US out CT the London fog Of higher crit
scism.
The night is dsrk and the way is rough.
and we have lantern which God has but
IN our hands, but instead of employing
that lantern to show ourselves and Others
the right way, We are discussing lanterns.
their shape, their size, their material, and
which IS the better light-kerosene, lamp
oil, or candle; and while we discuss II. we
stand all around the lantern. 50 that We
shut out the light from the multitudes
who are stumbling on the dark mountains
or sin and death. Twelve hundred dead
birds were found one morning around Bar
tholdfs statue in New York harbor. They
had dashed their life out against the light
house the night before. Poor things!
And the great light house of the gospel
how many high soaring thinkers have
beaten all their religious life out against it,
while it was intended for only one thing,
and that 10 show all nations the way into
The harbor Of Gods mercy. and TO the
crystalline wharves of the heavenly city,
where the immortals are waiting for new
arrivals. Dead skylarks when they might
have been flying seraphs.
Here also come, covering up the old
Gospel, some who think they can By law
and exposure Of crime save the world
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