Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-02-08
THE ONE RIGHT ROAD
REV. Or. TALMAGE POINTS 1T OUT
TO LIES TRAVELLERS.

II HI OANIL It1N IL L. 1tOhD
REV. Or. TALMAGE POINTS IT OUT
TO LIES TRAVELLERS.
lie shows the Road Of Righteousness &c
and with n Glorious Terminus mt Last.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Rev. DIR. Tai.
IMAGES sermon for today was picture OF
the road that many have travelled and 9th
crs are trying To get ON and is no more up.
propriaie for the capital of the nation than
for all places The text chosen was Isaiah
xxxv. s. %, 10: And an highway shall
hc there, and way and it shall be called
the way Of holiness The unclean shall
not pass over it, but 1t shall BIO for those;
the wayfaring men, though fools, shall
not err therein. No lion shall be there,
nor any ravenous beast shall go up there
on, Il shall not he found there, but the re-
doomed shall walk there, and the ran.
somcd Of the Lord shall return and come
to Zion with songs and everlasting JOY up
ON their heads. They shall obtain joy and
gladness, and sorrow and signing shall flee
away.
There are hRndreds Of people in this
house who want 10 find the right road.
You sometimes see "a person hating nj
crossroads, and you can tell by his looks
that he wishes 10 ask n question as TO
what direction he had better take. And
stand In your presence conscious OF the
fact that there arc many of you here who
realize that there are a thousand wrong
l. ,1..r
II for granted that you have come in 10
ask which one 1t Is. Here Is one road that
opens widely. but have not much faith
In IL. There are great many expensive
tollgates scattered all along that way.
Indeed at every rod You must pay in tears,
or pay in gcnutlcxions, or pay in llagclla-
tons. On that road II you get through
Ii at all, You have TO pay your own way,
and since this differs so much from what
have heard In regard 10 the right way,
believe IL Is the wrong way.
Here Is another road. On either side OF
1t 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 IL Is the wrong
house and the wrong way. Here is an
other road. II Is very beautiful and ma
cadamized. The horses hoofs chatter and
ring, and they who ride over IL spin along
the highway, until suddenly they find that
tho road breaks over an cmbankment, and
they try TO halt, and they see the bit in
the mouth Of the fiery stccd and cry: "Hoi
Ho"' But IL Is too late, and. crash they
go over the embankmcnt. We shall turn
and see II we cannot find different kind
of road. You have heard of the Appian
way. II was $50 miles long. 1t was "a
feet wide, and on either side OF the road
was n path for foot passengers. II was
made out OF rocks cut In hcxagonal shape
and fitted together. What "a road IL must
have been! Made of smooth hard rock,
$50 miles long. No wonder that In the
construction of IL the treasures of n whole
empire We're exhausted. Because Of In
vaderS, and the elements, and time--the
old conqueror who tears up road as he
goes over it-therc is nothing left Of that
structure but ruin. But l have TO tell
you OF road built before the Appian
way, and yet it Is rs good us when first
constructed. Millions of souls have gona
over it. Millions more will come.
The prophets and apostles. too.
Pursued this road while here below.
We therefore will, without dismay.
Gun WIN iu NuflSts inc EpOu oil WAY.
The Kings Highway.
First, this road of the text is the kings
highway. In tho diligence you dash ON
over the Bernard pass Of the Alps, mile
after mile, and there Is not so much AS
pebble to jar the wheels. You go over
bridges which cross chasms that make you
hold your breath, under projecting rock,
along by dangerous prccipiccs, through
tunnels adrip with the MEETINGS of the
glaciers. and perhaps for the first time
learn the majesty of road built and sup
ported by governmental authority. Well,
my Lord the King decided to build high
way from earth To heaven. 1t should span
all the chasms of human wretchedness. 1t
should tunnel all the mountains of earthly
difficulty. II should be wide enough and
strong enough 10 hold 3d. 600, 900, 600, 600
of the human race. IL SO many of them
should ever he born. IL should be blasted
out Of the Rock of Ages, and cemcnted
with the blood Of the cross, and be lifted
amid the shouting nf angels and the cx-
ecration Of devils The King sent his Son
to build That road. He put head and hand
and heart TO ii, and after tho road was
completed waved his blistcrcd hand over
the way, crying, 'lt Is flnishcdw Napo-
leon paid II. 900. 900 francs for the build
ing of the Simplon road that his cannon
might go over for the devastation of Italy,
but our King at u greater expense has
built "a road for different purpose that
the banners uf heavenly dominion might
come down over IT, Being kings high
way, Of course IL Is well built Bridges
splcndidly arched and abuttrcsscd have
given way and crushed the passengers who
attempted To cross them. But Christ the
King would build no such thing rs 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 hcav-
en- amid the plaudits OF gazing worldsi
The work Is donc-well done-gloriously
done
A Clean Road.
still further, this road spoken of Is
clean road Many fine road has become
miry and foul because IL has not been prop
erly cared for. but my text says the I'M
clean shall not walk ON this one Room
on either side to throw away your sins
Indeed, IL you want to carry them along
you are not on the right road That
bridge will break. those overhanging rocks
will fall. the night will come down, lcav-
bandits, and at the very next turn Of the
road YOU will perish. But IL you are really
on this clean road of which have been
speaking, then you VIII stop ever and
anon To wash in the water that stands in
the basin of the eternal rock.
Aye, at almost every step Of the journey
you will be crying out, Create within
me a clean heart - II You have no such
aspirations rs that, it proves that you have
mistaken your way, and II you will only
look up and sce the finger board above your
head you may read upon it the words,
3" There Is way that sccmcth right unto u
man, but the end thereof Is death.
without holiness no man shall SEQ tho
Lord, and II you have any idea that you
can carry along your sins, your lusts, your
worldlinosS, and yet get at the end Of the
Christian race, you are so awfully mistak-
en-. that. in the name of God, shattcr tho
dclusion.
a Plain Road.
Still further, the road spoken Of is
plain ruad. The wayfaring men, though
f,.niS sball t,ut Observation-Disclosures Ia ~ "a