The Penn's Grove record., 1895-04-05
KEW. DR. TALMAGR
rHE RRooRLYN pIvyys,s sUs-
DAY sERMCS.


euat IA some respects eclipsed them all, az
which sailed out, an ocean underneath al
another ocean falling upon it. Infldel seie,
lists ask us to believe that in the formatiC
OF the earth there lave been a half dozen d
iuges. and yet they are not willing to b
ueye the Bible story of one deIuge,
In what way the catastrophe came we kno
aot-whether by the stroke of q comet. or
flashes Of lightning, changing the air I'M
water, or by a stroke of the hand of God, lii
the stroke OF the AK between the horns Of I'll
OK, the earth staggered. To meet the cata
trophe God ordered n great ship built,
was to be without PROV, for it was TO sail I
no shore. 1t was to be without helm. for n
human hand should guide it. 1t was a yn,
structure, probably as large as two or thre
modern steamers. 1t was the Great Easter
Of olden time.
The ship is done. The door is open. TIL
lizards crawl in. The cattle walk in. Tn
grasshoppers hop in. The birds fy in. IN
invitation goes forth to Noah, "Come tho
and all thy house into the ark" just on
human family mbark on the strange WOW
age, and l hear the door slam shut. A grea
storm sweeps along the hills and bend
the cedars until all the branches snap in tn
gale. There is a moan in the wind Xix
unto the moan of a dying world. m
biaekness of the heavens Is shattered b,
the flare of lightnings, that look down int,
the waters and throw a ghastliness on tn,
race OF t~hemountains. How strange IL looks
HOW suffoeating tho air gems! Thu hi,
drops OF ain begin to plash upon the up
turned faces of those who are watching til,
tempest. Crash! 40 the rocks in ~conyulsjon
Boom! go the bursting heavens. The inhabi
tants OF n earth, instead Of flying to HOUSE
sop and mountain top, as men have fancied
SIT down In dumb, white horror to die. Fol
when God grlnds mountains to pieces and
lets the ocean slip its cable there Is no place
for men to ny to. Sec the ark pitch andtum.
bic In the surf, while from its windows thu
passengers look out upon the shipwreck of a
race and the carcasses OF a dead world. Woe
to the mountains! Woe to the seal
I I'm no alarmist. When on the 20th q,
September, after the wind has for three days
been blowing from the northeast, you proph-
esy that the equinoctial storm Is comlng. YOU
simply state a fact not to be disputed,
Neither am I an alarmist when I say that a
storm ia coming, compared with which Noah's
deluge was but an April shower, and that 1t Is
wisest and safest for you and for ne to get
safely housed for eternity. The invitation
that went forth to Noah sounds in our ears.
"Come thou and all thy house into the ark
Well, how did Noah and his fam lily come
INTO the ark2 Did they climb In N the win.
Cow, or come down the roof No; they went
through the door. And just so, If we get in
to the ark Of Gods mercy, it will be through
Christ, The door. The entrance to the ark Of
old must have been a very large entrance.
We know that it was from the fact that there
were monster animals in the earlier ages.
in order to get them into the ark, two
and two, according to the Bible statement,
the door must have been very wide and yery
high. So therdeor into the mercy of God ia a
large door. We go in. not two and two. hut
by hundreds, and by thousands and by mill.
Yea, all the Nations Of the earth may
go in, 10000, 900 abreast!
The door OF the ancient ark was In the
ude. SO now it is through the side of Christ
the pierced side, the wide open side. the
heart side-that we enter. Aha, the Roman
soldier, thrusting his spear into the Sayiour's
side, expected only to let the blood out. but
no opened the way to let all the world In
Dbl, what a bread gospel to preach II a
nan is about to give an entertainment, he
ssues 200 or 800 invitations, carefully put up
md directed to the particular persons whom
10 wishes to entertain. But God, u Rather,
makes a banquet and goes out to the front
,oor Of heaven n stretches out His hands
'yer land and sea, and with a voice that
generates the indoojungle, and the Green |
and ice castle, and Brazilian grove, and |
ish factory, and American home, cries out, |
Come, Tor all things are now ready! I" It
8 a VIDE door: The old cross has been
apart, and its two pieces are stood up |
- NHD tONAR Cotat ~ Ia apart EIltt I'LL lub |
Torld can come in. Kings scatter treasures
n days Of great rejoicing. So Christ, our |
ing, comes and scatters the Jewels of heayen. |
Rowland Hill said that he hoped to get ,
ito heaven through the crevices of the |
DOR. But he was not obliged thus to go in. |
fter having preached the gospel in Surrey
going up toward heaven, the gate
eepor cried, Lift up your heads, ye ever
sting gates, and let this man come in!"
he dying thief went in. Richard Baxter
Robert Newton went in. Europe, Asia,
frica, North and South America may yet
through this wide door without crowd
g. Ho! every one-all conditions. all
INKS, all peoplel Luther said that this
nth was worth carrying on ones knees
ON Rome to Jerusalem, but I think it worth
al around the globe and all around
g heavens, that "God so loved the world
at He gave His only begotten Son, that
hosoever believeth in Him should not
irish, but have everlasting life" Whosoeyer
let him come through the large door.
wanted a fulcrum on which to
ace his lever, and then he said he could
owe the world. Calvary is the fulcrum,
i'd the cross of Christ is the lever. and by
at power all Nations snail yet be lifted.
Further. it Is a door that swings both
iys. do not know whether the door Of
9 ancient ark was lifted or rolled on
nges, but this door Of Christ opens both !
.ys. II swings out toward all our woes; IL
lngs in toward the raptures of heaven. It
1ngs in to let us in; 1t swings out to let our
nistering ones comes out. All are one In |
rist-Chrlstians on earth and saints in I
aven. c
One army OF the living God, y
AT His command we bow, .
Part Of the host have crossed the food, :
And part are crossing now. \
in, o blessed door, until all tn, n
tn shall go in and live. Swing out until r
the heavens come forth to celebrate the +
:
,ut, further, it is a door with fa~stenings i
. Bible says o fNoah, ''The Lord shut him +
> A vessel without bulwarks or doors n
lld not be a safe vessel to go in. When Ii
and his family heard the fastening of h
door OF the ark, they were very glad. Il
these doors were fastened the first f.
Wy surge of the sea would have whelmed i,
N, Il they might as well have per- h,
ID outside the ark as inside the ark. +,
Lord shut him in." Oh, the per- =,
safety Of tho ark! The surf Of the h,
and the hghtnings of the sky may be Il
sted into a garland of snow and fire -
P to deep, storm to storm, darkness to
kness-but once in the ark all Is we'll. o'
ID shut him In" There comes upon the -
d man q deluge Of financial trouble. He ~
his thousands to lend. Now he cannot u
a dollar. He once owned a store in yt
7 York and had branch houses in Boston, Al
Iadelphia and New Orleans. He owned al
horses and employed q man to keep the W
OF his coach, phaeton, carriage and cur rs
u now he has hard work to get shoes in 20
Oh to walk. The great deep of commercial h,
ster was b~rokenup, and fore and aft and
Vss the hurricane deck the waves struck Br
But he was safely sheltered from the CHI.
n. 1.-THE Lord shut him inI'' A food OF gu
aetlc troubles fell on him." Sickness tbs
bereavement came. The rain pelted; a S
winds blew. The heavens are aaame. sol
he gardens OF earthly delight are washed flu
y. The mountains of joy arc buried If chi
cubits deep. But, standing by the rot
ty crib and in the desolsted nursery and bat
doleful hall. once airing with merry ou'
g, now silent forever, he cried, "The Tn
gave, the Lord hath taken away clio
be the name of the Lord" 1The to
shut him In" ito
the sins OF q lifetime elamored for his dol
hrow. Tho broken VOWS, the dis. yor
red Sabbaths, the outrageous profani- ant
the misdemeanors of twenty years. 30
ed up their hands to the door Of the zoe
D pull him out. The boundless ocean OF DIRE
n surrounded his soul, bowling Ike a yel
'm, raving like an euroclydon. But, tiol
ng out of tho window, he saw his sin wei
Ike lead into the DEPTHS Qf the sea. The tax