Milford chronicle., 1895-07-19

His Opinion Of ''the objectionable Sin.
Not Possible Today to Commit It-son,
IrrevOcabIe Mistakes Enumerated-Th,
Signal Gun of the Gospel.
NEW YORK, July 14.-In his sermon fol
today Rov DIR. Talmage, who is still il
the west on his annual summer tour, ehos,
a subject which has been "a fruitful them,
Of theological disputatlon for ccntulie.
past-viz, 1.-THE objectionable Sim" Tho
texts selected Were; All manner Of sin
/ and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men,
/ but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost
shall not be forgiven unto men. And
whosoever speaketh word against the
Son Of man, it shall be forgiven him, but
whatsoever speaketh against the Holy
Ghost it shall not be forgiven him, neither
In this world, neither in the world to
come Matthew xii, 81, 80.
HE found no place OF repentance.
though he sought it carefully with tears"
Hebrews xii, II.
As sometimes you gather the whole fam
fly around the evening stand TO hear some
book read, so now we gather-a great
Christian family group-to study this text,
and now may one and the same lamp cast
its glow on all the circle
The objectionable Sin.
You see from the first passage that I
read that there is sin against the Holy
Ghost for which man is never pardoned.
Once having committed it, he is bound
hand and foot for the dungeons of despair.
Sermons may be preached to him, songs
may be sung to him, prayers may be Of
fered in his behalf, but all to no purpose.
He is captive for this world and "A cap
tive for the.world that is to come. Do you
suppose that there is any one here who
has committed that SIM All sins are
against the Holy Ghost, but my text speaks
of one especially. 1t is very clear to my
own mind that the sin against the Holy
Ghost was the ascribing of the works Of
the Spirit to the agency of the devil in the
time of the apostles Indeed the Bible |
tells us that. In other words, |
II man had sight given to him, or if an
other was raised from the dead, and some |
one standing there should say: This man |
got his sight by satanic power The Holy /
Spirit did not do this Bcelzcbub accom- Z
Dlished it." or, "This man raised from the /
lead was raised by satanic influence, " the
man who said that dropped down under
Inc curse Of the text and had committed
,he fatal sin against the Holy Ghost.
Now, do not think it is possible in this
lay to commit that sin. l think it was +
possible only in apostolic times. But it is
very terrible thing ever to say anything
igainst the Holy Ghost, and it is a marked
act that our race has been marvolOusly
,ept back from that profanity You hear
man swear by the name of the Eternal
Tod and by tho name of Jesus Christ, but
on never heard a man swear by the name
( the Holy Ghost. There are those here
oday who fear they are guilty Of the I'M
sin. Have you such anxiety?
hen have to tell you positively that you
ave not committed that sin, because the
cry anxiety is a result of the movement
the gracious spirit, and your anxiety is {
roof positive, as certainly as anything that
an be demonstrated in mathematics, that {
on have not committed the sin that {
ave been speaking of. I can look off upon s
lis audience and feel that there is saliva
on for all. 1t is not like when they put q
ut with those lifebOats from the Loeb
arm for the Vile du Havre. They knew {
lere was not room for all the passengers, c
ut they were going to do as well as they
luld. Bat TO-DAY we man the lifeboat Of {
le gospel, and we cry out over tt0 sea. a
Room for all!' Oh, that the Lord Jesus S
hrist would, this hour, bring you all out
the flood Of sin and plant you on the i
ok of the glorious old gospel craft S