Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-05-15
REV. DR.. TALMAGE
The Eminent Washington nivine's
Sunday Sermon.
Subject: "The Division OF spoiis..''

az INC COlSeum at Rome, Wnefe perSecu
t0fs used to let out the half starved lions t.
M up Christians, thore is now planted thu
Ngure OF q cross. And rejoice to know thai
the upright piece Of wood nailed to q trans
verse piece has become the symbol hot more
Of suffering than of victory. II Is OF Christ
tne conqueror TINT my text speaks. AS d
kingly warrior, having Subdued an empire
might divide the palaces and mansions and
cities and valleys Ard mountains among his
officers, 30 Christ is going to divide up all
the earth and all the heavens among His
people, and you and will have to take our
share ii we are strong in faith and strong In
our Christian loyalty, for my text declares
1t, HE shall divide the spoil with the
strong"
The capture Of this round planet for Christ
Is not so much of a job as you might imagine,
when the church takes off its coat and rol s
up it, sleeves for tho work, as 1t will fhore
are 1900, 600 OF people now III the world
and 100000 are Christians. Subtract
45b0O0,Q0 who are Christians from the
1,6OO 200, 000 and there are 1;150, 90 200 left:
Divide the 1.t50, 900 900 who are not Chris
tians by the 45O, 900 who are Christians
and you will find that we shall have to aver
age less than three souls each, brought by
us into the kingdom of God, to have the
whole world redeemed. Certainly With the
church rising up to its full duty, no Chris
tlan will be willing to bring less than three
souls into the kingdom OF God.
l hope and pray Aim ghty God that may
bring more than three. I know evangelists
who have already brought $4,000 each for
the kingdom OF God: There are 200, 900 peo-
pie whose one and only aud absorbing busi-
ness III the world is to save souls. When
you take these things into consideration,
and that the Christians will have to average
the bringing OF only three souls each into
the kingdom OF our Lord, all impossibility
vanishe3 from this omnipotent crusade.
Why, know Sabbath.school teacher who
for many years has been engaged In train
Ing the young, and she has had five differ
INT classes, AMI they averaged seven TO O
class, and they were ell converted, and five
times seven arg tGirty-flve as near as can
calculate So that she brought her three
into the kingdom Of God and had thirty-tw5
to spare. grandmother prayed her chill
dren into the kingdom of Christ, and her
grandchildren, and I hope all her great
grandchildren, for God remembers prayer
seyenty-hve years old as though it were
only minute cd, and 50 she brought her
three into the kingdom OF God and had moro
than 100 TO spare: Besides that, through the
telephone and the telegraph, this whole
world, within d few years; will be brought
Within compass Of ten minutes. Besides
that, ornnipotence; omnipresence and omnis-
ctence are presiding in this matter OF the
worlds betterment, and takes the question
of the worlds salvation out Of the impossi.
biltieS into the possibilities, and then out Of
the possibilities into the probabilities, and
then out of the probabilities into the certain
ties. The building of the Union Pacific
Railroad from ocean to ocean was greater
than the glrdling of the earth
with the Gospel, for one enterprise depended
upon the human arm, while the other de-
ponds upon almightiness,
Do really mean all tho earth will SUR
render to Christi Yes. How about the I'M
inviting portions2 Will Greenland be evan
gelized2 The possibility is that after few
more hundred brave lives are dashed out
among the icebergs that great refrigerator
the Polar region, will be given up to the
walrus and bear, and that the Inhabitants
will come down by invitation into tolerable
climates, or those climates may soften; and;
rs 1t has been positively demonstrated that
the arctic region was once q blooming gar
den and fruitful field, those regions may
change climate and again be blooming
garden and fruitful field. 1t is proved be-
yond controversy, by German and American
that the arctic regions were the
first portions OF this world inhabitable; the
world hot beyond human endurance. those
regions we're, of course, the first to be cool
enough for human foot and human lung. 1t
was positively proved that the arctic region
was tropical climate Professor Her, of
Zurich, says the remains Of flowers have been
found in the arctic region, showing 1t was
like Mexico for climate, and it Is found that
the arctic was the mother region from which
all the flowers descended. Professor Wal
lace says the remains of all styles of animal
life are found In the arctic regions, including
those animals that can live only in warm
climates. Now that arctic region, which has
been demonstrate by fora AMI fauna and
geological argument to have been as full OF
vegetation aud life as our Florida, may be
turned back TO its original bloom and glory,
Or 1t will be shut up as museum Of crystals
Tor curiosity seekers once in a while to visit
But arctic and antarctic in some shape will |
belong to the Reieemer's realm.
What about other unproductive or repul-
;ive regionsI All the deserts will be irriga-
ed, the waters will be forced up to the great |
American desert between here and the Pacific |
BY machinery now known or yet to be in |
vented, and as Great Salt Lake City has no |
-aln and could not raise an apple or bushel |
If wheat In hundred years without artif-
,ial help, but is now through such means one
great garden, so all the unproductive parts
If ali the continents will be turned into har-
-ost fields and orchards. A half dozen Dc |
Iesseps will furnish the world with all the
annals needed and will change the course OF
vers aud open new lakes, and the great
sahara desert will be cut Mp into farms with
N astounding yield of bushels TO the acre.
The marsh will be drained Of its waters aud
ured of its malaria. L saw what was for
many years called the Black Swamp Of Ohio,
Is chief crop chills and fevers, but now, by
he tiles put into the ground to carry off the
urplus moisture, transformed into the richest
nj healthest OF regions. The God who
wastes nothing, l think, means that this
World, from pole to pole, has cometo perfec-
ion of foliage and fruitage. Forthas reason
o keeps the earth running through space,
hough so many fires are blazing down inits
mbers and so many meteoric terrors have
to dasa it to pieces AS soon as
be earth is completed Christ will divide 1t
n among the good. The reason He does not
wide it now is because it is not done. A
ind father will not divide the apple among
is children until the apple is ripe. In full
llment OF the New Testament promise,
rhe meek shall inherit the earth" and the
romise of the Old Testament. "He shall
wide the spoil with the strong, the world
,ill be apportioned to those worthy to pos
ass it.
1t is not 50 now. In this country capable
{ holding, feeling, clothing and sheltering
2 COCO, O0J people, aud where we have
0 900, 900 inhabitants, we have 100000
rho cannot get honest work. and with their
antilles an aggregation Of so 0,00O that are
n the verge of starvation. Something
Trong. most certainly. In some way there
Yill be new apportionment. Many OF the
Millionaire estates will crack pieces onthe
issipations OF the grandchildren ard then
issolye into the possession OF the masses
'ho now have an insuficiency.
What you say, will become OF the eXpeIi-