The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-03-04
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
INTERESTING SERVICES HELD At
THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
" New Ground" was the Sub ject of His Dis
cOurse--A Great Crowd Assemblies
Hear the Eminent Divine.


mission is displayed. The usual immense
audience was present this afternoon 10
hear the famous preacher. DR.. Talmage's
subject was New Ground" and his text
Romans XIV; 20. Lest L should build upon
another mans foundation"
After, with the help of others, | had
built three churches in the same city, and
not feeling called upon to undertake the
superhuman toll of building fourth
church. providence seemed TO point to this
place as the field in which ! could enlarge
my work, and 1 feel sense or relief
amounting to eXultation. Whereunto this
work Will grow / cannot prophesy. ii is
inviting and promising beyond anything /
have ever touched. The churches are the
grandeSt institutions this world ever saw.
and their pastors have no SuperiOrs this
side of heaven; but there is Il work which
must be done outside the churches, and 10
that work l join myself for awhile, Lest
l build on another mans foundation"
The church is a fortress, diYinely built.
Now, a fortress is or for defense and for
drill, ana Tor storing ammunition. Uut an
army must sometimes be on the Eracn
Tar outside the fortress. In the campaign
time has come for an advance movement
for general engagement" for massinS
the troops for an invasion Of the enemies
country. Confident that the forts are
well manned 10y the ablest ministry that
ever blest the church, ! propose, with
others, for awhile, TO Join the cavalry. and
move out and on for service in the open
field.
In laying out the plan for his mission
airy tour, Paul, with more brain than any
of his contemporaries, on predecessors, OF
SUCCESSORS, sought out towns ami cities
which had not yet been preached 10. lie
goes to COr!nth city mentioned for SPLEEN
dor and vice, and Jerusalem. where the
priesthood and Sanhedrim were ready 10
leap with both feet upon the Christian
religion. lie feels he has special work
to do, and he means to 30 it. What was
lie RESULT The gIandost life of usefulness
that man ever lived. We modern Christian
workers are not apt 70 initiate Paul. We
build on other peoples foundations. II
We erect a church We prefer 10 have II
filled with families ali or whom have
been pious. Do we gather a Sunday school
class. we want good boys aud girls, hair
combcd, faces washed, manners attractive
So a church in this day is apt to bo
built out of other churches. some minis
tcrs spend all their time in fishing in
other peoples ponds and they throw the
line into the church pond ana JERK out
a Ne hodist, and throw the line into an
other church pond ANA bring out Prcsby-
terrain or there is a religious row in some
neiEhborirS church. and the whole school
of fish swim off from that pond ami we
take them all in with one sweep Of the
net. What is gained2 Absolutely nothing
for the general cause of Christ. 1t Is only
ass i'm an army. when q regiment is trans
ferrcd from one division to another, or
from the Fourteenth regiment 10 the Six
ty-nintn regiment. What strengthens the
army is new recruits.
The fact is. this is a big world. When
I'm our schooiboy DAYS we learned tho d.
ameter and circumference OF thls planet
we did not learn half 1t is the latitude
ana longitude and diameter and circumIer-
once Of want ana woe aud sin that no fig
mos can c9Icullte This one spirit1IaI con
tncnt of Wrctchcdncss reaches across al
zones. and if | were called 10 give It's geo
graphical boundary, would say IL is
bounded ON the north ana south ana east
and west by the great heart Of Gods sym
p@thy and love. on, 10 is 2 great world.
Since 6 O'Clock this morning at least $4,000
1avo boon born. ana nj these multiplied
r,,,rfstiops are TO Ec reached Dv the COS
M In I,nr.1n1 ar Inn eastern American
citics we are being fnJr, crowded ana
FL, ,n.a or ,rra,i,rd is If ,rrcat y4Iue but
-.,. ,,-...+ -oa g..r.s -e o. small f4rf, and
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BOARD cues ana not more li1H -,V''V III
lhe cnurchrSt Many OF ti.e C''ui '.'lt9 ,'te
IKE hoSpltal thtl shouis SINctHSv mar
lis patients must nave hothrS worse lith
toolhacte, or 'ruli-arouHlis, b"t no pro
ken heads, no crushed ankles, no ltatIufed
thighs. give uS Tor tiettmeht moderate
sinners, VelNot-Coated sinners, ana SINNERS
with Il gloss on. IT is as Though % man
had farm or 800 acres ana pat all MS
work ON one acre. lie may raise never 50
large ears Of corn, never SO bis heads ct
wheat-he would remain poor. The church
of God has bestowed it's chief care ON ono
acre and has raised splendid men and
women n that SNAIL enclosure. but the
field is the world. That means North and
South America, Europe, Asia and Africa,
and all the islands or the sea.
IT IS as though after Sreat halile
there We're lett 1OOJ wounded ana dying
on the field, ana three surgeons gave all
their time TO three patients under their
charge. The major general comes in and
says: come out here and look at
the nearly $1,000 dying Tor lack of surgical
attendance" No say the three doctors,
standing there and. tanning their patients,
we have three important cases here ana