Kansas City daily journal., 1896-02-03
BY The KINGS HIGHWAY.
DIR. TAIMAGn POINTS our THE ONLY
ROAD TO ETERNAL LIFE.
II You Have Any idea That you Can
Garry Along Your Load of sin
and Reach II "you Arc
Awfurly Mistaken"

Was hincon, Fen. :, lh3ts-ReNs Dr. TAI
mare's sermon for to-day was a picture
Of the Road that many have travelled and
| others are trying to get on and is no more
! al Pre- pirate for the capital OF the nation
4 than for all places. The text chosen was
! Isaiah. Xxx $40 "And highway snali
/ be there, and way. and it shall be called,
/ The way of holiness: the unclean shall
/ not pass over it; but It shall be for those
] the wayfarlng men, though fools shall
not err therein. No lion shall be there,
nor any raNeuous beast shall 70 up there
on. IL shall not be found there: but the
redeemed shall walk there. and the ran
I somei OF the Lord shall return and come
to Zion with songs and everlasting joy
/ upon their heads; they shall obtain JOY
! anu giadntss and sorrow and signing
! There are hundreds OF people in this
| house who want to find the right road
You sometimes see person halting at
/ cross roads, and you can tell by his looks
] that he wishes TO ask a question as to
/ what direction he had better take. And
! stand in your presence conscious OF the
/ TACT that there are many OF YOU here who
feahze .ail tnat here are q thousand wrong
/ ipals, but only one right one; and | take
| IL Tor granted that YOU have come In t.
| ask which one il IS Here is one road that
| olt ms widely, but L have not much faNl
| In ii There are n great many expensive
| toi-gates scattered all along that way.
| 1nGeed. at every rod you must nav i'm
| tears, or pay IN genuneNions. or pay in
! hagolations. on that road, 1t you get
through it at all, YOU have to pay your
J. ONfA Nte Nlli SlllIt iIllS dliltlS 50 nut n
from what | have heard in regard TO the
rirht way. ! believe it is the wrong way.
Htre Is another road. on either side OF 1t
are houses OF sinful entertainment, and in
Nitauons TO come in and dine and rest;
but from the looks of the people who stand
on the piazza. | am certain 1t is the wrong
house and the wrong way. Here Is am
other road. II is very beautiful and mac
| adamized. The horses hoofs catter and
ring, and they who ride over 1t spin along
tho highway. until suddenly they find that
the road breaks over an embankment,
ana they try to, halt, and they saw the
bit m the mouth Of the fiery steed, and
crs no, ho" But It is too late. and
crash they 70 over the embankment We
shall turn and see II we cannot find a dlf-
ferent kind % road You have heard OF
the Appian Way. II was go miles long
n was twcnty.four feat vide and on
either side Of the road was "A path for
foot passengers. Ii was made out OF rocks
cut IN heNagonal shape and fitted to-
Eether What "A road II must have been!
Mad, Of smooth. hard rock. $50 miles long
No wonder that in the construction OF il
The treasures OF a whole empire were cN-
haustei. Because Of invaders, and the
elements, and Time--the old conqueror who
tears up a road as he goes over it-therc Is
nothing left Of that structure but ruin
lSut have to tell YOU of road built be-
fore the Appian Way. and yet Il is as
good as when first constructed. Millions
OF souls have gone over 1t. Millions more
viii come.
The prophets and apostles. too.
Pursued this road while here below:
We therefore Will. without dismly.
First this road OF tho 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 az a
pobble TO jar the wheels. You 20 over
bridges which cross chasms that make you
hOli your breath; under projecting rock:
aluIE, pE uAhs'toUs pfttlp,t@st thIouEn
tunnels aIrip with the MEETINGS OF the
glaciers, and. perhaps for the first time.
learn the majesty OF road built and sup
ported hy governmental authority Well
my Lord the King decided TO build n high-
way from earth 10 heaven. IL should span
all the chasms OF human wretchcln"ss. 1t
difficulty; st. should be wide enough and
strong enough To hold nifty thousand mil
lions OF tho human race. II so many ot
blasted out Of the Rock OF Asas," and
c,meuiei with the blood OF the cross aud
d" lifted amid the shouting OF angels and
his Son TO build that road. lie pat heal.
and hand. and heart to IT.. AMI at,er the
hand over the way, crying; IT h. hnt-hed.
Napoleon paid l'Uunorh francs for the
building OF the Smplon road, that his
cannon mah' go over for the devastation
of Italy; but our King a. a greater eN-
pensc, has built "a road for a different par
pose that the banners Of heavenly donin-
ION might romo down over tt. Being q
Kings highWly, OF course 80 Is We'll hdil',
Bridges splarsIly arehol and buttrcssai
have given way ana crushed IN, passengers
who attempted % cross them. but Christ,
the King. would build no such thing as
fhlf. The work done. ht mounts the char
ia. .f hi- love. and multitrld.~ mount with
him .nl b.. grIv.s hT and IN tho seen OF
b,.iy.n .iTil I'M. plaii'lIts 81 glz.ug worlds!
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ou either siIe 20 throw away your sins.
Indeed if y1I want 20 carry them along
Won ar, not. uu fhe right road. That bridge
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