The Penn's Grove record., 1896-01-03
Rel. DR.. TaLuAGE.
The Eminent Divine's Sunday
Sermon.
Subject, ..rne r~huippian Jallsr.-
Tsrr, ..sIrs. what must I do to be savedYs

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isxf; .,si5s, Wnas musti 40 10 Do saveaf-
Acts XVI, w.
Inosrcerated IN a phtlipptan penitentiar,
a place coid m dark ana damn and IoatR.
some and bideons nnijlumfned save nv IN
torch If the of6eial who comes TO see III they
ara alive vet ara two Ministers Of Christ
fheir feat fad n Instrument al torture. theii
shoulders Dripping from the stroke o
Ieathern thongs. their mouths hot with In.
aammafion Of thirst. their bssda faint be.
cause they NAV NOT lie down. In . ION.
Portable room u that same building and
an,fd nIaasanf anrrnnndinos Il 4 MAID once,
Of The Government whose business II Is ID
supervise the prison. II Is night. and all d
stiiI In the Corridor of the dungeon save a
dream. or 4 rufiap turns over in his chains,
or Tiers il the cough Of a diving consumptiy;
amidths dampness. but suddenly. crashi "a
the walls, The two cIergymen pass out
frea. Ths fall keener. although familiar with
ths darkness and the horrors hoyerinQ
around fhe Dungeon. Is startled beyond All
bounds. and fanbeau In hand he rushes
through, amid the falling walls, shouting at
the toD ofhiy voice. s.5irs, what must I do II
b savedYn
stand o those who are asking
the same Question with more or less earnest.
ness. and 1 accost YOU In this crisis OF Won,
eoui with 4 MESSAGE from heaven. There are
those in this audience who might be- more
| skillful in argument thar / am; there are
those here who can dive into deeper depths
Of science or haye larger knowledge; there
are IN this audience those before whom j
would willingly bow as the inferior to the
superior. but L Weld 10 no one in this assem-.
| hiage IN 4 deaIrs "a have ali the pe0ple saved
nv fha mower Of an omnipotept gospel.
Il shalt proceed to characterize the dues-
| ton Of tns aaItated iaii keeper. And irst
| characterize the question as courteous. HI
| might have rushed in and said, paul and
| silas. vow yagabonds. are YOU tearing down
this prison? AREN'T you satisfied with dis.
| turbinQ fhe peace Of the city by your In.
ssmons doctrIaasS Ard ara Won now roina
| to DESTROY public properly? Back with YOU
| TO YOUR places. you y~sRabonds!" He said no
| such thing. The word Of four letters. sssin.'
equivalent to s%sioris," recognised the maj.
! esty and the honor Of their mission. sirsi Ii
| 4 man with A cautious spjrit tries 70 And The
| way to heayen. he Will miss it. II q mar
| comas mt and n-ronoupces all Christians AZ
| hvnocrites and fhe rtiIgfon Of Jesus Cbrist rs
| 4 frnud and asks irritafing Questions about
| INA mvstsrious and inscrutable saving
HCome. nv wise man, explain this and OK.
| Main that. n fhis be trne, how can that bs
trna9,s M snch m.n ands ina wav Ia heaven
Tbs nuestion 81 the text was decent. cours
tanus' vantismauly. dsfsrsntial. Sirsf
Acain Tcheracterize this anestion Of thc
aojfstsd All Feensr bv saving MAT IL was 4
nractical nuesfion. Ia did NOT ASH why
| 5od lef ain come into the world, he ala NOT
ask how Christ could be God and man in the
| same person; he did not ask the doctrine 81
the DEGREES explained or want to know whom
| Cain married or what was the cause Of the
| earthquake. His present and everlasting
\ welfare was involved In the question, and
! was not that practical? But I know multi
| tudes Of people who are bothering them
| selves about the nonessentiais Of religion.
| What would You think Of man who should,
| while discussing the question Of the light
| and heat Of the sun. spend his time down IN
a coal cellar when he might come out and
| see the one and feel the other? Yetthere are
| multitudes Of men who. in Discussing the
| Chemistry Of the gospel. spend their time
| down IA the dungeon Of their unbelief when
| God an the whIis stands telling them to come
| out into the MONDAY light and warmth d
the sun Of r-ighteousness. The question fol-
yon. my brother, to discuss y NOT whether
CALVIN Or Arminius va ragnts nos wnetnei
= nandlui OF wafer IN noiy paptisn orc pap-
tis.sry IL the better, not Whistler foreordi-
I nation and fr88 AGENCY CXH ne HITmOnIX6u.