The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-02-14
THE KINGS HIGHWAY.
Eev. DR.. Talmage Talks Upon the
Heavenly Road.
rhe Way Is Straight, Clean and Wall
faVed' and Humanity Should
Make Sure that 1t Is
Started Right.

The following discourse on 9Th,
Kings Highway" was delivered h,
Rev. I. Dewitt Talmage before hi
washington congregation. It is baset
on the text:
AND an highway shall be there, and a wav
ana IL shall be called the way of holiness: Tn,
unciean shall not pass over it; but it shall b,
lor those: the wayfaring men, though fools
enai noS CIT thereln. No lion shall be there
noi any raVenous beast sha II go up thereon, Il
snail not be found there; but the redeemed
snail walk there; and the ransomed OF thu
Lord snail return, and come to Zion with
songs ana everlasting joy upon their heads:
Ihey snail OBTAIN Joy and gladness, and sor-
row and signing shall flee awoy.-Isaiah xxxv
1879, TO- ~
| There are hundreds OF people in this
house who want to find the right road.
you sometimes see person hating at
cross roads, and you can tell by his
looks that he wishes to ask question
as to what directioa 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 thousand wrong roads, but
only one right one; and l take it for
granted that you have come in to ask
which one it is. Here is one road
that opens widely, but 1 have
not much faith in it. There
are great many expensive
toll-gates scattered all along the way.
Indeed, at every rod you must pay in
tears, orpay in genufections, or pay in
Negotiations On that road, if you get
through it at all, you have to pay your
own way; and since this differs so
much from what 1 have heard in re-
gard to the right way, believe it is
the wrong way. Herei is another road
On either side of it are houses of sim
full 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 is another road. It is very
beautiful and macadamized. 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 saw the
bit in the mouth of the fiery steed, and
cry: "Ho! ho!" But it is too late,
and-crash!-they go over the embank-
ment. We shall turn and see if we can
not find different kind of road. You
have heard of the Appian Way. 1t was
$50 miles long. 1t was "a feet wide,
and on either side of the road was
q path for four passengers. 1t was
made out of rocks cut in hexagonal |
shape and fitted together. What a
road it must have been! Made of |
hard rock, $50 miles long. No
wonder that in the construction of it
he treasures of whole empire were
exhausted. Because of invaders, and
he elements, and Time-the old con-
Iueror who tears up read as he goes
,ver it-there is nothing left of that
structure but ruin. But have to
ell you of a road built before the APP
,ian Way, and yet it is as good as when
irst constructed. Millions of souls
AVE gone over it. Millions more will
ONE.
First, this road of the text is the
ling's highway. In the diligence you
ash on over the Bernard pass of the
lips, mile after mile, and there is not
o much as pebble to jar, the wheels.
vou go over bridges which cross
hasms that make you hold your
reath; under projecting rock; along
y dangerous precipice; through tun-
els adrip with the MEETINGS Of the
laciers, and, perhaps, for the first
me, learn the majesty of a road built
nd supported by governmental au-
lority. Well, my Lord the King de-
ded to build highway from earth to
eaven. Itshould span all the chasms
| human wretchedness; it should tun-
Ell all the mountains of earthly diff !
,lty; it should be wide enough and
rong enough to hold $4,000, 900, 900 of 8
lie human race, if so many of them
lould ever be born. 1t should be q
asted out of the Brock of Ages" and
mented with the blood of the cross, 4
i'd be lifted amid the shouting of an
lis and the execration of devils. The c
ing sent his son to build that road.
e put head, and hand, and heart to S
and after the road was completed s
aved his blistered hand over the way, '
ying: sit is finished!" Napoleon IL
id Is, 600, 900 francs for the building s.
the Simplon road, that his can h
N might go over for the devasta- 81
IN of Italy; but our King, at great S.
expense, has built road for a diff p
rent purpose, that the banners OF II
avenly dominion might come down n
err it. Being kings highway, OF 1e
urse it is well built. Bridges splen- n
lily arched and buttressed have Civ al
way and crushed the passengers "a
10 attempted to cross them But u