Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-08
THE ONE RIGHT ROAD
REV. DR.. TALMAGE POINTS 1T
OUT TO liFE'S TRAVELLERS.
He Shows the Road OF righteousness
to BE Safe, Plain, Pleasant, Broad,
Smooth, ana with a Glorious Ter
minus at Last.
Sermon at the Capital.

are trying to get on and Is no more appro-
pirate for the capital of the nation than
for all places. The text chosen was Isaiah
xxXv.. =. o. 10: And an highway shall be
there, and Il way. and il shall be called the
way OF holiness. The unclean shall not
pass over il. but it shall lie for those; the
wayfaring men. though fools, shall not
err therein. No lion shall be there. nor
any ravenous beast shall go up thereon.
1t shall not be found there. but the re
deemed shall walk there. and the ran
somed of the Lord shall return and come
TO Zion with songs and everlasting JOY
upon their heads. They shall obtain JOY
and gladness. and sorrow and signing
shall flee away"
There are hundreds OF people in this
house who want to find the right road.
You sometimes see Il person halting at
cross reads. and you can tell by his looks
that he wishes To ask Il question as To
what direction he had better take. And
! stand in your presence conscious OF the
fact that there are many Of you here who
realize that there are a thousand wrong
roads. but only one right one, and take
1t for granted that yoa AVE come III 10
ask which one it is. Here is one road
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faith in it.. There are Il great many cX-
pcnsivc tollg&tcs scattered all along that
way. Indeed at every rod you must pay
in tears. or pay in g~cnuileNions. or pay in
Negotiations. On that road, if You get
through it ut all. YOU have to pay your
own way. and since this differs 50 much
from what | have heard i'll regard TO the
right way. | believe il is the wrong way.
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II are houses of sinful entertainment and
invitations To come in and dine and rest.
but from the looks Of the people who stand
on the piazza | am certain it Is the wrong
house and the wrong way. Here il an
other road. 1t is very beautiful and mac
adamizcd. The horses hoofs clatter and
ring. and they who ride over it spin along
the highway. until suddenly they find that
the road breaks over an embankment. and
they try To halt. and they seize the hit in
the mouth Of the fiery steed and cry:"Iio.
lIo"' But it is too late. and. crash. they
go over the embankmcnt. We shall turn
and see if we cannot find n different kind
of road. You have beard of the Appia!i
way. 1t was 3JO miles long. 1t was 24
feet wide. and on either side of the road
was a path for foot passengers. 1t was
made out of rocks cut in he%Xagonical
shape and fitted together. What Il road
it must have been! Made of smooth. hard
rock. 800 miles long. No wonder that in
the construction of it the treasures of Il
whole empire were exhausted. Because of
invaders, and the clements, and timc-the
old %conqucror who tears up n road as he
goes over it-;here is nothing left of that
structure but a ruin. But l have to tell
you of a road built before the Appian
way, and yet it is as good as when first
constructed. Millions of souls have gone
over il. Millions more will come.
The prophets and apostles. too.
Pursued this road while here below.
We therefore will. without dismay.
Still walk in Christ, the good old way.
The Kings Highway.
First, this road of the text is the kings
highway. In the diligence you dash on
over the Bernard pass of the Alps, mile
after mile, and there is not SO much as n
pebble to jar the wheels. You go over
bridges which cross chasms that make
you hold your breath, under projecting
rock, along by dangerous precipices,
through tunnels adrip with the MEETINGS
of the glaciers. and perhaps for the first
time learn the majesty of n road built and
supported by governmental authority.
Well, my Lord and King decided To build
n highway from earth to heaven. 1t
should span all the chasms of human
wretchedness. 1t shoild tunnel all the
mountains of earthly difficulty. II should
be wide enough and strong enough TO hold
10000, 0OO. 100000 of the human race. if
SO many of them should ever be born. Ii
should be blasted out of the Rock of
Ages" and cemented with the blood of
the cross, and be lifted amid the shout
ing of angels and the eAcrration OF devils.
The King sent his Son to build that road.
He put head and hand and heart to it.
and after the road was completed waved
his blistered hand over the way, crying,
ut is iinishcd.' Napoleon paid 5000.
GOO franc for the building of the Sim
plon road that his cannon might go over
for the devastation of Italy, but our King
ut a greater expense has built a road for
a different purpose that the banners of
heavenly dominion might come down over
it. Being a kings highway, Of course il
is well built. Bridges splcndidly archcd
and abuttrcsscd have given way and
crushed the passengers who attempted Ia
cross them. But Christ the King would
build no such thing as that. The work
done, he mounts the chariot of his love
and multitudes mount with him. and he
drives on and up the steep of heaven
amid the plaudits Of gazing worlds. The
work is done@well done-gloriously done
-magnificently done.
a Clean Road.
Still further. this road spoken Of is n
clean road. Many Il fine road has become
miry and foul because it has not been
properly cared for, but my text saws tn,
~unclean shall not walk on this one. Room
on either side to throw away your sins
Indeed. if you want TO carry them along
you are not on the right road. That
bridge will break, those overhangina
rocks will fall, the night will come down
leaving You at the mercy Of the mountain
bandits, and ut the very next turn of the
road You will perish. But if you are
really on this clean road of which | have
been speaking. then you will stop ever
and anon to wash in the water that stand.
in the basin of the eternal rock.
Aye, at almost every step of the jour
ncy YOU will be crying out, Create with