The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-16
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
TIE SROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "The Glorious Gospel"

TEXT: According to the glorious gospel
OF the blessed God. which was committed to
my rust."-I Timothy l., II.
The greatest novelty Of our tine is the eos-
pei It is so old that IL Is new. As potters
and artists are now attempting to fashion
:hose Of 1900 years ago recently brought up
from buried Pompeii, and such cups ana
pitchers and curious ware are universally
admired, 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 tha: will attract the gaze
and admiration and adoption OF all the peo-
pie. 1t is snazing what substitutes have
been presented for what my text calls "the
glorious gospel. There has been hem1-
spherc apostesy.
There are many people in this and all othe.
large assenblages who, have no more idea OF
what the gospel really IS than they have OF
what is contained in the fourteenth chapter
OF Zen6-Avesta, the Bible Of the Hindoo, the
first copy Of which ever saw purchased in
Calcutta last September. The old gospel
Is fifty feet under, and the work has been
done by the shovels o. those who have been
tying to oontriye the philosophy Of religion.
There is no philosophy aboutit. It is plain
matter Of Bible statement and Of childike
taithI Some Of the theological seminaries
have heen hoebeds Of infdelity because they
have tried to teach the PHILOSOPHY Of reli-
gion" By the time that many young
theological student gets half through his
preparatory course he Is so filed with
doubts sbout plenary inspection. and
tho divinity Of Christ, and the questions
OF eternal destiny, that he is more fl
for tho lowest bench in the infant class
Of Sunday-sehool than to become teacher
and leader Of the people. The ablest theo-
logical professor Is a Christian mother, who
ont Of her own experience can tell the four
year-old 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 one arm around the
boy, a1d with her somewhat faded cheek
against the roseate cheek Of the little one
eoosecra:es him for time and eternity to Him
who said, "Sufer them to come unto Me"
What an awful work Paul made with the D.
D.'s. and the LIDS, and the F. r. SIS,
when he cleared tho decks Of the old gospel
ship BY saying, ''Not 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 theoloSieo with his
taole piled up with all the great books on in
spirstion and exegesis and apologetics for
she Almighty and writing out his own elab-
orats work on the philosophy Of religion, and
good night Kiss he accidentally knocks on
the biggest book from the table, aud it falls
on the head of the child, of whom Christ Him
self said, "Out OF the mouths Of babes and
sucShnss thou hast perfected praise" All,
my friends, the Bible wants no apoloSet!cs.
Tie throne Of the last judgment wants no
a9olocetics. Eternity wants no apologsSicS.
Scientists may tell Us that natural light is
the 'ipropaSation OF undulations IN an elastic
medium, and thus set ip vibratory motion by
the action OF luminous bodies. but
No one 6%H bind eyes sosbBst bs The touch
OF the Divine Spirit have opened to
sec the MONDAY of pardon and peace. Scien-
lists may tell US that natural sound Is 'the
e1feot OF an impression made on the organs
OF hearing by an impulse Of the air, caused
by collision OF bodies, or by other means,
but those only know what the gospel sound
is who have heard the voice OF Chrlst olrect-
". saving: ''Thy sins are forgiven thee.
Go in peace" The theological dude unroiis
upon the plush Of the exquisitely carved pull
pit learned discourse showing that the
rarden of Eden was an allegory, and Solo
mons ong O rather indelieate love dItty,
and tho book OF Joba drama in which satan
was Is star actor, dthat Renan was three.
ouarters night about miracles Of Jesus, and
that the Bible was gradually evoluted and
the best thought Of the different ages, Moses
and David aud Paul doing the best they
could under the circumstances, and therefore
to be encouraged. e.Lord OF heaven ana
esrth, get Us out Of the London log OF hlSner
criticism
The night is da-k, and the way is rough,
and we have a lantern which God has put III
our hands. but instead of employing that
lantern to show ourselves and Others tue
rioht way we are discussing lanterns, their
shane. their size, their material, and which IS
the better light-kerosene. lamp Oil or can,
6le-apd while We discuss it We stand all
around the lantern, SO that we shut out the
HIGHT from the multitudes who are stampIln3
on the dark mountains OF sin and deatn.
Twelve hun ired dead birds were found one
morning around Bartholdi's statue IN New
York Harbor. They had dashed their he
out against the lighthouse the night before.
poor 4hingsI And the great lighthouse OF
the eosoel-how many high soaring thinkers
have beaten all their religious life out
against il. while it was intended for only ono
tbiny and that to show al Nations the WaJ
Into the h1rbor Of GODS mercy and 10 tn9
crystalline wharves of the heavenly CITY,
where the immorta!s ara waiting Tor ne"
arrivals. Dead skylarks, when they m1Sht
have been flying seraphs-
Here also come. covering up the OLD gos-
sci. some who think they can by law ard eN-
oosure Of crimes save the world, and IRON
Portland, Me-, across to San francesca, ana
bsss acain to New Orleans and Savannah,
many Of the ministers have gone into the dc,
kectiYe business. Worldly reform by. all
means, but unless it be also gospel reform
X will be dead failure. In New York its chief
work has been to give US change OF bosses.
We had Democratic boss, and now 1t IS to
ha a Republican boss, but the quarrel IS
Who shall be the Republican? Politics will
save the cities the same day that satan evan
gelizes perdition.
Tho glorious gospel Of the blessed God as
spoken of in my text will have more drawing
power, and when that gospel gets 1uil SWING
it will have momentum and powel
nightier than that of the Atlantic Oceat
Then under the force of the September eQui
nox it strikes the Highlands Of the Naveslnk
The meaning Of the word "gospel' is "Sooc
news" and my text says it is glorious gooe
news' and We must tell it in our churches
and over our dry goods counters, and IN ou
factories. and over our thresh1ng machines
and behind our plows, and on our shlps
Eecks, and in our parlors, our nurseries an'
kitchens, as thought were glorious Sood news
and not with dismal drawl In our voice
and dismal looS On our faces, as thougn re
tigion was rheumatic twinge, or dyspep
80 pang, or malarial chill, or an attack
nervous prostrasson. With nine &C 'blesseds'
Or '.haoays," Christ began His sermon OF
The mount-blesseG the poor; blessed tn
mourner: blessed the meek; blessed the hun
rrv. blessed the nerciful; blessed the pure
Blessed the peacemakers; blessed the perse
nuted: blessed the re1iled; blessed, blessed
blessed; happy, happy, happy. Glorlou
rood news for the young as through Chris
they may have their coming years ennobled
and for 3 lifetime all the angels Of God thei
coadjutors, and all the armies Of heavel
the,r. allies Glorious good news Tor tn
middle aged as through Christ they ma
have their perplexities disentangled, and tnel
courage rallied, and their victory over a
Obstacles and hinirances made forever sure
Glorious good news for the aged as they ma
have the sympathy OF Him OF whom st. Jon
wrote. "His lead and His hairs were whit