The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-02-21
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
SERMON IN THE NEW
work. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
subject, "The Glorious Gospel"

The greatest novelty OF our time is the gos-
ri II Is so old that IL is new. As potters
IA artists are now attempting to fashion
'i,sbnrs aud cups and curious ware like
hoae OF 1900 years ago recently brought up
IrSu buried Pompeii. aud such cups and
,,tohers and curious ware are universally
iimired, 80 anyone who can unshovel the
,eal gospel from the mountains Of stuff un-
ser which IL has been buried will be able TO
r-esent something that will attract the gaze
a. admiration and adoption Of all the peo-
,ia II Is amazing wha, substitutes have
lsln presented for what my text calls "the
cl,-,6us gospel" There hos been a hemi-
spheric apostasy.
There are many people in this and all other
,orre assemblages who have no more idea OF
,yha. the gospel really Is than they have Of
WAT is contained in the fourteenth chapter
XVI lnd-Aycsta. the Bible Of the Hindoo, the
ri copy oi which | ever saw purchased In
ralruttn last September. The old gospel
l. gfty feet under. and the work hes been
Il5pe 6y the shoyels Of those who have been
4 irving TO contrive the philosophy OF religion.
Frbere Is no philosophy about II. IL Is plain
Inat,er Of Bible statement anl OF childlike
EaNhl Some Of the theological sefninaries
ave been hotbeds OF inndclity because they
ave tried 10 teach the philosophy of rcli-
Eion.' BY the time that many a young
geological student gets half through his
eruaratory course he Is 80 filed with
4 I5ub;s about plenaty inspection. and
H. divinity OF Christ. anu the questions
II eternal destiny, that he Is more ht
IT, the lowest bench in the infant class
Lda Sunday-school than TO become teacher
ksd leader OF the people. The ablest theo-
4 1,.cal professor Is n Christian mother, who
&ut OF her own experience can tell the four
fs--old how beautiful Christ was on earth,
! flad how beautiful He now is in heaven, and
ow dearly He loves little folks, and then she
Bneels down and puts one arm around the
bow anl with her somewhat faded cheek
ga / the roseate cheek OF the little one
65nsecratos him for time and eternity 20 Him
krho said, "Sutfer them to come unto Me-"
k,hat an awful work Paul made with the ID.
b.. and the LIDS. and the L. Il. SIS.
kghen he cleared the DECKS OF the old gospel
Min by saying. Not many wise men. not
krany noble. are called. but God hath chosen
khe weak things of the world to con-ound the
aaghty."
There sits thu dear old thaologian with his
aable piled up with all the great books on In
&plra.ion and eXegesis and apologptics for
he Almighty and writing out his own eal
! trate work on tho philosophy Of religion. and
b. little crau1child coming up TO him for
Rood night kiss he accidentally knocks OF
HE biggest book from the table. and il falls
4 q the head of the child. Of whom Christ Him
3gcktngs thou hast perfected praise" Al.
5ny friends. the Bible wants no apol9gctics.
fhe throne OF the last judgment wants no
tpologetics. Eternity wunts,ro .apolog.tics.
! 'ient.sts may tell Us that Ss6tl lral light is
he propagation Of unduiati6hS in an elastic
3nelium, and thus set in yibratory motion by
be action Of luminous bodies" but
one knows what gospel light Is
3lntil his own blind eyes by the touch
y the Divine Spirit have opened to
ee the MONDAY OF pardon and peace. Sccn-
sts may tell us that natural sound Is "ihe
(fect OF an impression made On the organs
= ihearing by an impulse Of the air. caused
y collision of bodies, or by other means"
|ut those only know what the gospel sound
who have heard the voice Of Christ direct
saying: "Thy sins are forgiven thee.
20 In peace" TIE theological dude unrolls
pon the plush of the eXluisitely carved pull
learned discourse showing thct tne
arien OF Eden vas an allesory. and Sole
IONS Song n rather indicate love ditty,
|nd the book Of job Il drama in which satan
a. the staractor, and that Renan was three
lauers right about miracles OF Jesus, and
bat the Bible was gradually ovclutod and
b. best thought OF the different ages. Noses
ln1 David and Paul doing the best they
1uld under the circumstances. and therefore
be encouraged. Lord o! heaven and
!rth. get us out OF the London fog ofhighcr
criticism,
The night is dark. and the way il rough,
~ We have lgu.ern which God has put IN
lr hands, but instead Ot employing that
Bn,en 10 show ourselves and others the
j sat way we are discussing lanterns. thor
ape, their SIZE, their material. ant which Is
e better iight-S"roseHg. lamp oil or can
e-and while W. discuss il we stand all
Found the lantern. 80 tnat we shut out the
ght from the multitudas who are stumbling
the daSk mountains Of siu and death
Twelve hund-ed dead birds were found one
orninS around Darthold's statue in New
ork Harbor. They had dashed their life
u against the lighthouse the night before.
opr things And the great lighthouse of
e Sospel-how many high soaring thinkers
ave beaten all their religious lie out
tAnst 1t, while ii was intended for only one
ing anu that to show all Nations the way
70 the har5or OF Gods mercy and to th)
ysiaiiine wharves of the heavenly city,
mere the INN 5rt lis are waiting for new
ny9s. Deaf s<ylarks, VIXEN they might
I'VE been dying seraphs.
heEe also come. covering up the old Goa
some who think they car by law and ex-
sure OF crimes save the world. and from
1land, Ne, across to san Francisco, and
TX again 70 New Orleans anl Savannah,
1ny OF the ministers have gone into the de-
live business. Worldly reform by all
ans, but unless it be also gospel reform
VIII be dead failure. la New York its chief
* ha' been to give Us change OF bosses.
M Democratic boss, and now Il Is 70
Republican boss, but the quarrel is.
20 shall be tho Republican? Politics wilt
'he cites the same day that satan evan
l2es pcrdition.
ne glorious gospel 1.-THE blessed God rs
Ken Of in my text will have more drawing
@s,, ana when thai gospel gets iull swing