The Penn's Grove record., 1895-02-22

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and cups and curious ware Ike
hose of 1900 years ago recently brought up
rom buried Pompeii, and such cups and
and curious ware are universally
SO anyone who can unshovel the
real gospel from the mountains of stuff un-
der which It has been buried will be able to
present something that will attract the gaze
admiration and adoption Of all the peo-
pie. 1t is amazing what substitutes v
been presented for what my text calls "the
gospel" There has been q henri
apostasy.
There are many people in this and all other
assemblages who have nc more idea OF
what the gospel really is than they have OF
what Is contained in the fourteenth chapter
II Zend-Avesta, the Bible OF the Hindoo, the
drst copy Of which I ever saw l purchased in
Calcutta last September. The old gospel
% fifty feet under, and the work has been
done by the shovels Of those who have been
trying to contrive the philosophy Of religion.
There is no philosophy aboutit. 1t is plain
of Bible statement and OF childlike
Some of the theological ~seminaries
nave been hotbeds Of inlielity because they
have tried to teach the philosophy Of reli1
BY the time that many q young
theological student gets hale through his
preparatory course he 80 filled with
divinity Of Christ nd the questions
81 eternal destiny, that he is more fit
for the lowest bench in the infant class
Of a Sunday-school than to become a teacher
and leader Of the people. The ablest theo-
professor Is a Christian mother, who
out Of her WI experience can tell the four
how beautiful Christ was on earth,
and how beautiful He now is In heaven, and
how dearly He loves little folks, and then she
kneels down and puts n arm around the
boy, and with her somewhat faded cheek
the roseate cheek Of b little n
him for time and eternity to Him
who said, sSuffer them to come unto Me-"
What an awful work Paul made with the d.
DIS, and the LIDS, and the F. r. SIS,
when he cleared the decks OF the old gospel
by saying, SHOT many wise men, not
many noble, are called, butiGod hath chosen
the weak things of the World to confound the
There sits the dear id theoIog;an with his
table piled up with aNthe great books on In
SEPARATION and exe<bsis and ~apologetios for
the Almightxaa n writing out bis own elab-
x&u the philosophy Of religion. and
r&1sachid coming up to him for a
4itds be accidentally knocks off
st1bo1E from the table, and 1t falls
IDIOT tAs child, ofwhom Christ Him
tOH*1k the mouths OF babes and
<theu hast perfected praise" All,
~ the Bible wants no apologetics.
2 Ahrone Of the last judgment wants no
logetics. Eternity wants no ..apologetics.
entists may tell US that natural light is
a-apropagation Of fluctuations In IN elastic
Hum, and thus set in vibratory motion by
action OF luminous bodies" but
one knows what gospel light Is
u his own blind eyes by the touch
Divine Spirit have opened to
oonday of pardon and peace. Scien-
4Iay tell US that natural sound Is 'the
st OF an impression made on the organs
49, -sl ~ H. "A. na,.1nI
a collision Of bodies, or by other means, y
those only know what tho gospel sound
Tho have heard the voice Of Christ directI
saying: 'sThy sins are forgiven theei
in peace" The theological dude unroild
the plush Of the exquisitely carved pull
a learned discourse showing that the
len OF Eden was an allegory, and Solo
'sSong a rather tndelcate love ditty,
the book Of Job q drama In which satan
the star actor, andthat Renan was three
lrters right about miracles Of Jesus, and
t the Bible was gradually evoluted and
best thought of the different ages, Moses
david and Paul doing the best they
I'D under the circumstances, md therefore
be encouraged. Lord OF heaven and
til. get US out OF the London fog 0 fhigher
fticism!
The night is dark. and the way Is rough,
/ we have a lantern which God has put in
hands, but instead Of employing that
tern to show ourselves and others the
hit way VIE are discussing lanterns, their
lpe, their |slze, their material, and which is
better li8ht-kerosene, lamp oil or can
and while, we discuss it We stand all
md, the lantern, so that we shut o u the
I'M the m~ultitudes who are stumbling
dard mountains Of sin and death.
hundred dead birds were found one
arbund Bartholdi's statue In New
arbdr, They had dashed their life
The lighthouse the night before.
And the great lighthouse of
aw many high soaring thinkers
all their religious life out
sl t, while it was intended for only one
G, and this to chow all Nations the way
the harhs)r OF Gods mercy and to the
lalline Eharves of the heavenly city,
% the ffamortals are waiting for new
ais. DeAd skylarks, when they might
been flying seraphs.
90 also cbme, covering up the old gos-
ONE whb think they can by law and ex-
eof cr5mes save the world, and from
and, NJ, across to San francisco, and
again 10 New Orleans and Savannah,
rot the3ministers have gone into t. de-
70 business. Worldly reform by all
IS, but unless 1t be also gospel reform
lbe deAd failure. In New York its chief
has been to give Us . change Of bosses.
da Dsmocrtaic boss, and now 1t Is to
hepunAfcan Doss, pus me quarrel Is,
hall BID the Republican? Politics will
he CITIES the same day that satan evan
's perdition.
gioriols gospel Of the blessed God as,
OF in my text Will have more drawing
and when that gospel gets full swing
have q momentum and o power
r than that Of the Atlantic Ocean
1def the force Of the September equi-
trikks the Highlands Of the Navesink.
ianing Of the word gospel" Is s'good
aad my text says 1t is glorious good
ID we must tell 1t in our churches,
.our dry goods counters, and in our
and over our thresbing machines.
ind our plows, and on our ships
I'D in our parlors, u nurseries and
,asthoughit were glorious good news,
with a dismal drawl in our voice,
mai look on our faces, as though re-
as q rheumatic twinge, or a dyspep-
or a malarial chill, or an attack Of
prostration. With nine ablesseds'
pys," Christ began His sermon on
mt-blessed the poor; blessed the
blessed the meek; blessed the hum
.4ssed the merciful: blessed the pure;
he peacemakers; pleased the perse-
lessed the reyiled; blessed, blessed,
happy, happy, happy. Glorious