The Penn's Grove record., 1896-09-25
REV, DR. TALMAGE,
The Eminent Divine's Sunday
Discourse.
Subject: 1.-THE Coming Redemption"

TEXT: 'And the streets of the city shall be
full OF boys and girls playing in the streets
thereof. "-Ztohariah will, 5.
Glimpses OF our cities redeemed Now,
boys AMI girls h play in the streets run
such risks that multitG lss OF them end in
ruin. But. in the coming time spoken OF,
our cities will be so moral that lads and
lnsses shall be as safe iu the public thorough
far $ IA In the nursery.
Pulpit aud printing presses for the most
part IN our day are busy in discussing the
condition Of tue cities at this time; but would
it not be healthfuily encouraging to all
Christian workers. and to all who are toll
ing to make the world better, II we should
for n little white look forward to the time
when our cities shall be reyOlutionized by
the Gospel of the Son of God, and all the
darkness OF sin aud trouble and crime and
suffering shalt be gone from the world?
Every man has II pride In the city of his
nativity or residence. If 1t be a city distin-
guished for any dignity or prowess. Caesar
boosted Of his native Rome, Virgil OF Mautua,
LycurRus OF Sparta, Dsmosthsnes of Athens,
Arnhimedes OF Syracuse. and Il of Tarsus.
| should have suspicion Of base-heartednes
in u man who hat no espsGial interest in the
city Of h i birth or resi- ,ence-no exhiiara-
tion of the evidence Of its prosperity or Its
artistic establishment, or Its intellectual ad-
vancemsnt.
1 HHNb upttteu luNt a uihh hbNtt hhCS a
city where he has not behaved Welt People
who have had q free ride in the pris4h van
never like the city that furnishes the Vehicle.
When | ind Argos and RaOdes and Smyrna
trying to prove themselves the birthplace of
Homer | conclude at Ouce that Homer be-
haved we'll. He liked them and they liked
him. We must not war on laudlble city
pride. or, with the idea of bnilding ourselves
up ut any time, try to pull others Town.
Boston must continue 10 point to It's Faneuil
Hall and to its Common, an ! to Its superior
educational advantages. Philadelphia must
continue 10 point to its Independence Hall
and Its mint, aud its Girard College. Wash
ington must continue to point to its Won
drous Capitoline buildings. I'll should find
H man coming from any city, having no
pride In that city, that city having been the
place OF his nativity, OF now being the place
OF his residence. l would feel like asking:
"What mean thing ave you done thers2
What outrageous thing have you been guilty
of that you do not like the placer"
I think we ought-anl | take It for
granted you are interested in this great work
of eYangeliZing the cities and saving the
world-we ought to toll with the sunlight in
our faces. We are not fighting in a'miser-
able Bull Run Of defeat. We are on our way
to ilull victory. We are not following the
rider on the black horse, leading us dow to
death and darkness and doom, but the Rider
on the white horse, with the moon under
His feet and the stars of heaven for His tiara.
Hail, Conqueror. hail!
| know there ara sorrows, and ther3
are sins, and there are ~suffsrin all round
abnnt M. hut IA in some bitter. cold winter
dav wbau wa are hreshinp onr ,rms aroupd
nc +, Laan onr thumbs from freazin1 wa
think OF the warm spring day that will after
awhile comes; or In the dark winter night we
look up and see the northern lights, The win
dnws n b,,ynn Illuminated Nv anne preat
victory maj "a wa Iook nm from the nipht
~ an f.rlno ami sorrow and wretchedness
in onr lilies and W. sas a light STREAMING
throIyh from the nther IIde ant we know
w.. .rs ON The wav to morninV more than
that m, the way 10 "a morning without
cIn,ds 49,
7 want vnp to understand all van who ara
to;l;ng foT Chriat that ihe rustles al sin ara
III gn3ng 10 he cantnred The victorv Tar
0briat H. tbasa great tovna Ia gazing IN he an
eomn iat. thai nnt a man an earfh or an
angel in heaven or n ieyil In hen will dis
nnts il unU AZ I knnwp 7 rnow inst 40
e.rtainIv no DC i livss and this ia hoIv trnth
me ala gibIs ia tuIl nf II r. the Nstion ia
10 be ca vad Of conrss ali ibr cities NE Ia bs
800 Il M. tns +, 1raat di..ranca With vau
ond With ma whe,hsr we ara tojling On tn
va rd - dafant or toii,ng on toward "A viz
,orv
Now I'm This munieiosle elevation of which
snsat 7 hars "a ranark thar. will hs
,repter financial nrosnariIr han enr cities
ba ya ey,,r saen snne neo1le sesm tn have
a ,oorhid iIsa nj tha pn,IIsnninm and thav
,hinL wban the ba,tar time comes 10 onr
citiau and The world nennJe will piva their
Tim. M 70 ns,im.sinuing and ths r4isting ~
thar rsslty,aus exn]erlencs and IA aIi social
iis, IN T., nnriaad ,hara ,siiI he M h;la ritv
and .s ali business viii ma nnriaaj thsrs
vii ha M antsrnria. Thsra ia no ground
~ s,oh an absnrd antinination In the
,irna ~ which I snaat WHARF now nna Tor.
tnna % msda thar. will he a hundred for-
tsnes made We an know hnsiness nros-
naritv ,jsnands mon. coma ienna hefxean
80 "a nan Nnw yhan that tima comes
~ Mhioh sns.t md whan ali donhIa Jsai.
inc ali ~dishpnssiv ami ali frau1 are oons
ne ~ a. coniSnarciai circles thorongh cana
lance viii Ia sstahlishsd ana there viii he
hstt.r business done and larger fortunes
ootharad ana mighIjar su,cassss acbi.v.d
Mha as,.t h,sinsssd is.atars ~ tbis cnnntry
NV noms from the work ~ godisss snecn-
iators snd infamons s,oek Gamblers This
at t"a 70 hnsinsa. ia crime Whap ths
Tort shall have hnrIsd hsct ths wrong and
ittsIIit a,a nmr,eaa ths oommsrciaI co5a M nv
shaii hays numbered down randnIente stah-
Ishman,s and shau have nnt into tba hsnds
nshnnas. 80 tha Lavs ~ huainesS h,.ssaJ
80 90 ia ha rgs,n maLara I am moi toIL-
In. an abstraction I am not making a pness
rS ! taI';na 1on God's atarnaI trnth
II ,ha, ~ ~ wbioh 7 snaaL tayss will ha
nsrs n",bing Now onr I'm siness man ara
ta~.d Sor sSa,vtbtno civ taxes comfy
49, sta,s taxss Tn;,a5 siates taxas stam1
ta1Aees' Heanss ta~.s mennTsntnr;nH, taxssrp
80 tay.s taxasi' Oar bnsinass me" have
90 = sm..n sort,na sysrr ysar 70 CO.,
y u. 'arao Wat saetens on arr ,,rsa inv 4,
lneh ~" 10y crims ,n5ividrnl
nss.iaI NJ 49, 10 NJ tha bna,d 81
she n 9ihJ 10 tnos p rS IN onr III
.no W q mnt 80 80 ~ ~ - p %,
oh ms We nnso ~ M ~ ahei W ~ ~ - pha, ~
s no q iSdmisa9cias W.. have 10 snnnort
shn Tonrta' naf snrsronants wbioh srt yes,
s sn9 axnsnstSs inst IN nronortion ne the Grim.
49, Hrooijritiss orr 1ast ma tramandnna
WA wa nat H. a IOs u.s. = nnIfoa s,n-
M Sap5o III tSs manhioorS nf mnri,in"i
.ions, = M 80 na,a
po, in ,hs 9%larions tine Of which I sneak
grieyous taxation wiilall have ceased. There
willbe no need of supporting criminals there;
will be no criminals. Virtue will have taken
the place Of vlo-. There will no orphan asy-
lums, for parents will be ADle to leave u COM
potency to their children. There will be no
voting Of large Sums OF money for some
municipal Improvement, which moneys be-
/ Rnra thav Oaf m tina imnrOyampnts JrOD into