Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-01
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REV. DR.. TALMAGE. 5
His SUNDAY SERMON IN THE METROPOLITAN Pull
PIT.


New York, March 31.-Although his
of@1ory is ct all times magnetic and
eloquent there is one theme with
winch whenever he makes it the
groundwork Of his sermon. DR.. Tai
mage never fails to communicate to
MS auditors the enthusiasm he him
ser FEELS. That theme is the Gospel
invitation; and when. this afternoon.
ne took for his subject THE Gospel
snip the great aDdience that crowded
the Academy was in fun sympathy.
Inc text selected was Genesis 6I3:
Ihou shalt come into the ark. thou
and thy sons and thy wife and thy
sons wives with thee"
In this day Of the Steamships "Lu-
CANA ana Majestic" ana the Par
Is l will show you a ship that in
some respects eclipsed them an, and
which sailed out. an ocean. underneath,
and another ocean falling upon it. In
hdel scientists ask us to believe that in
tne formation of the earth there have
been half-Gozen deluges. and yet
'Hey are not willing TO believe the Bible
story OF one deluga.
IN what way the catastrophe came,
we know not; whether by the stroke OF
2 comet. Or by flashes of lightning,
changing the air into water. or By q
stroke OF the hand Of God. like the
stroke OF the axe between the horns Of
t1e OK, the earth staggered. To meet
the catastrophe. God ordered a great
snip built IL was to be without prov,
Iof II was TO sail to no shore. IL was
ID De without helm, for no human
hand should guide it. IL was a vast
structure. probably as large as two or
three modern steamers. TO was the
Great Eastern" Of Olden time.
TIE SHIP Is DONE.
The door is open. The cattle walk in.
The grasshOppers hop in. The birds
fly in The invitation goes forth TO
Noah: Come thou and all thy house
into the ark just one human family
embark on the strange voyage, and I
hear the doors slam shut a great
storm sweeps along the hills. and bends
the cedars until all the branches snap
IL the gale. There is q moan in the
wind like unto the moan of q dying
world. The blackness of the heavens
is shattered by the flare of the light
nings, that look down into the waters.
and throw q ghaStlineSs on the face Of
the mountains. How strange il looks,
How suncating the air seemsi The
big drops of rain begin to splash upon
the upturned faces OF those who are
watching the tempest. Crash, go the
rocks in cOnvulsiOn. Boom, so the
bursting heavens. The inhabitants OF
the earth. instead OF flying TO house
top and mOuutain-top. as me1 have
fancied. sat down i'm dumb. white hOr-
rCr 90 die For when God grinds
mountains to pieces, and les the ocean
slip its cable. there is no place for men,
TO fly to. See the ark q. Jch and tumble
i'm the surf; while f,om it's windows
the passengers lookout upon the ship
wreck OF q race, gnd the CGrC3sses Of s.
q II y>efl d1~~Woe Co the mountains.
Woe to the sea!
Wen. how did Noah and mis- family
come into the ark? Did they climb in
at the window. or como down the
roof? No; they went through the
door And just SO, If we get into the
ark OF Gods mercy, it viii be
THROUGH CHRIST THE DOOR.
The entrance to the ark Of old mus,
have been @ very large entrance. We
know that il was. from the fact that
there were monster animals in the
4 lou fr.
into the ark. two and two. according
to the Bible statement, the door must
have been very wide and very high.
So the door into the mercy Of God is
large door. We so In, not two and two.
but by hundreds, and by thousands
ard by millions. Yea. all the nations
OF the earth may so. in, ten millions
abreast
Tho door Of the ancient ark was i'm
the side. So now it is through the side
of Christine pierced side. the wide
omen side. che hc3rt-sidc-that we en-
Ter Aha, the Roman soldier. thrust
ing his spear into the SaviOr's side. eE-
pected only TO lot the blood out, but he
oDened the way TO iet AN the world in.
Further. &c is q door that swings
both ways L do not know whether
the door OF the ancient ark was lifted
or rolled on hinges; but this door or
Christ opens both ways. 10 swings
ont toward all our woes; it swings in
toward
THE RAPTURES or HEAVEN
II swings in to let AS in; it swings out
ia let our ministering ones come in.
All are one in Christ-Chrisuans on
earth and saints in heaven.
One army Of the living God,
AT his command we bow;
part of the host have crossed the food
And part are crossing now.
Swing in. o blessed door. until all the
earfh shall 20 in and live Swing out
until AN the heavens come forth to
celebrate the victory.
Buf further. IT, is "a door with fas-
Jennings. The Bible SAYS or Mean.
'.Tbe Lord shut him in. a vessel
without bulwarks or doors would not
no a safe vessel 10 so IN. When Noah
and his family heard the fastening OF
tbo door of the ark. they were very
dad Unless those doors were fas-
fo,el the first heavy surge or the sea
~~oYid have whelmed them; and they
-,,i~bt MS we'll have persisted outside
60 ert as inside the ark. The Lord
Sbrt him in" on. the perfect safety
octbeorl-t The surf OF the sea and the
Iiebtnines Of the sky may be twisted
jcto garland of snow and hre-oeep
- dee1 storm TO storm. darkness TO
S.rI,D6es. brt once in the ark. all is
~ cod enuf him IN.
rho same door fastenings that kept
Noah in keep the troubles out / am
cad TO know that when q man reaches