The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-06
DR.. 1AlMAGES SUNDAY SERMON.
A GOSPEL MESSAGE.
Subject: "rhe Kings Highway"

TEXT: "And an highway shall be there.
and way, and II shall be called. the way OF
holiness tho unclean shall not pass over Il,
but II shall be for those; the wayfaring men,
though fools. shall not err therein. No lion
shall be there. nor any ravenous beast shall
go up thereon, IL shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there. AMI the
ransomed Of the Lord shall return and come
to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon
their heals. They shall obtain Joy and glad
ness.and sorrow and signing shall fee away"
Isaiah xxxv., 8. Q. 10.
There are hundreds OF people In this house
who want to find the right road. You some
times see person halting at crossroads, and
you can tell by his looks that he wishes TO
ask question ne to what direction l,e had
better take. And I stand In your presence
conscious OF the fact that there are many OF
you here that realize that there are thou
sand wrong rords, but only one right one,
and take II for granted that you have come
In to nsk which one II Is. Here Is one raad
thnt opens widely, but I have not much faith
in II. There are q great kmany expensive
tollgatos scattered ali along that way. In
deed at every rod you must pay In tears. or
pay in genuiiexions, or pay In flngelations.
On that road II you get through IL Mt all.
you will have to pay your own way. and
| since this differs so much from what have
heard In regard to the right way, believe IL
| Is the wrong way.
Here is another road. On either side OF Il
are houses of sinful entertainment and invi-
tntions to come in and dine and rest, but
from the looks Of the people who stand on
the piazza. / am certain Il IL the wrong
house and the wrong way Here Is another
/ road. IL is very beautiful and macadamizcd.
| The horses hoofs c!atter and ring, and they
| who ride over II spin along the highway un.
oil suddenly they find that the road breaks
over an cmbankment, and they try tr halt
and they see the bit In the mouth OF the fiery
steed and cry: "Hoi Ho!" But II is too late
and. crash! they go over the embankment
| We shall turn and see II we cannot find n diff
| forent kind OF road. You have heard OF tn,
Appian way. 1t was $50 miles long. II wa
twcnty-four feet wide. and On either side o
the road was n path for foot passengers. II
was made out OF rocks cut in hexagonal SHAPE
and fitted together. What a road It mus
| have beenl Made Of smooth. hard rock. 3j(
/ miles long! No wonder that in the con
struction OF IL the treasures Of q whole en-
I pire were exhausted. Because OF invaders
and the elements and tme--;he old con
queror who toars up a rond as he goes ovei
| it--ihere is nothing left OF that structure but
ruin. But | have 10 tell you OF road
built before the Appian way, and yet it IS ~
good as when first constructed. Millions %
souls have gone over it. Millions moro viii
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.
First this road Of the toxt il tho King
/ highway In the diligence you dash on ovei
tho Bernard pass OF the Alps, milo aftel
mile, and there is not so much IA q pebble I,
jar the wheels. You 90 over bridges which
cross chasms that make you hold YOU
breath, under projecting rock. glong by
dangerous precipice, through tunnFl a-driI
with the MEETINGS of the glaciers sud per
haps for the first time learn the ms fsty of {
road built and supported by Goyt pmcnta
authority. Well, my Lord tho KIM decided
! to build a highway from earth to hi lven. II
should span all the chasms o huu N
wretchedness; II should tunnel all th,
mountains of earthly difficulty; Il lould b,
( wide enough and strong enough to hole
fifty thousand millions Of the hu ln race
II 80 many of them should ever b aborn, Il
should be blasted out OF the 'rock )i Az .
! end ceuen'ed with the blood ~ th,
cross and be lifted ,.a..d tne - ~
ing OF angels and the execraDion of usGils
The King sent His Son TO build that roat III
put head and hand and heart to IL, and efte
the road was completed waved His blistere
hand over the way, crying, ''lt Is fnished!
Napoleon paid 10 900 600 francs forthe build
ing OF the Simplon road that his cann0
might go over for the devastation OF ltnll
but our King at great expense has built
road for q different purpose, that the DGt
ners Of heavenly dominion might come dow
over IL. Being Kings highway, of cours
IL is well built. Bridges splendidly archie
and buttressed have given way ami crushc
the passengers who attempted to eros then
But Christ the King would build no sue
thing ~ that. TIE work done, Ho mount
the chariot of His love, and multitude
,rt, IVivga ON md n
the steep Of heaven amid the plaudits Of ga,
ing worlds. The work is done-Tell done
glorlously donc-magnitlcentl done.
Still further, this road spoken OF is \ clea
road. Many fine road has become mir
and foul be ause it has not been properl
cared for, but my text says the unclean sha
not walk on this one. Room on either sii
TO throw away your sins. Indeed, II yo
want.to carry them along you are not on th
right road. That bridge will break, thos
overhanging rocks will fall the night wi
come down leaving you at the mercy of I'll
mountain bandits, and at the very next tur
OF the road you will perish. But II you M
really on this clean road OF which l hav
been speaking, then you will stop ever an
anon 10 wash in the water that stands in III
basin Of the eternal rock.
Ave, at almost every step OF the journe
you will be crying outs "Create within n
a clean heart" II you have no such asprt
ations rs that, II proves that you have mi
taken your way, and II you will only loo
up ana see the ilngerboard above your hea'
you may read upon IL the words, There Is
way that seemeth right unto man, but Il
end thereof Is death" without holiness L
man shall see the Lord. and II you have al
idea that you can carry along your sin
your lusts your worldlineSs, and vet get
the end of the Christian race, you are so aN
fully mistaken, that, in the name OF God,
shatter the deusion.
Still further. the road spoken OF is pla
road. "The wayfaring men, though foo
shall not err therein" That's, IL a man
three-fourihs an idiot, he can find III
road Just as we'll as II he were Il philosopht
The imbecile hoy, the laughing stock Of q
street, and followedby amob hootlug at hll
has only Just TO knock once at the gate
heaven. and 1t swings open, while. there h
- been many man who can lecture abo
pneumatics. and chemistry, and tell {
9 story of Faraday's theory Of electrical polt