Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-02-06
DEMOCRATIC NORTHWEST NAPOLEON O. FEBRUARY g. 1896
THE ONE RIGHT ROAD
REV. DR.. TALAAeE POINTS IT OUT
TO LIFE's TRAVELLERS.


for all places. The text chosen was Isaiah
xxxv, 8, 8, 10: "And an highway shall
be there, and a way. and 1t shall be called
the way Of holiness. The Hnclean shall
not pass over 1t, but it shall be for those;
the wayfaring men, though fools, shall
not err therein. No lion shall be there,
nor any ravenous beast shall 60 up there
on, 1t shall not be found there, but the re-
deemed shall walk there, and the ran
somed Of the Lord shall return and come
to Zion with songs and everlasting joy up
on their heads. They shall obtain Joy and
gladness, and sorrow and signing shall fee
away"
There are hundreds of people in this
house who want to find the right road.
You sometimes see q person halting at
crossroads, and you can tell by his looks
that he wishes to ask a question as to
what direction he had better take. And I
stand In your presence conscious of the
fact that there are many of you here who
realize that there are q thousand wrong
roads, but only one right one, and take
1t for granted that you have come In to
ask which one it Is. Here is one road that
opens widely, but have not much faith
in 1t. There are great many expensive
tollgates scattered all along that way.
Indeed at every rod you must pay in tears,
or pay In genufexions, or pay In nagella-
tions. 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
have heard In regard to the right way,
believe 1t Is the wrong way.
q. a. a Il. "a
1t are houses of sinful entertainment and
invitations 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 an
other road. 1t Is very beautiful and ma
cadamized. The horses hoofs clatter and
ring, and they who ride over 1t spin along
the highway, until suddenly they find that
the road breaks over an embankment, and
they try to halt, and they see the bit in
the mouth Of the fiery steed and cry: "Hol
Ho!' But it is too late, and, crashI they
go over the embankment. We shall turn
and see If we cannot find different kind
Of road. You have heard of the Appian
way. II was $50 miles long. 1t was "a
feet wide, and on either side Of the road
was path for foot passengers. It was
made out Of rocks cut in hexagonal shape
and fitted together. What a road 1t must
have beeni Made Of smooth, hard rock,
$50 miles long. No wonder that in the
construction of 1t the treasures of q whole
empire were exhausted. Because Of in
vaders, and the elements, and time-the
old conqueror who tears up a road as he
goes over it-there is nothing left Of that
structure but ruin. But have to tell
you of road built before the Appian
way, and yet it is as good as when first
constructed. Millions of souls have gone
over it. Millions more will 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.
The Kings Highway.
First, this road of the 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 as a
pebble to jar the wheels. You go over
bridges which cross chasms that make you
hold your breath, under projecting rock,
along by dangerous precipices, through
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glaciers, and perhaps for the first time
learn the majesty of q road built and sup
ported by governmental authority. Well,
my Lord the King decided to build high
way from earth to heaven. It should span
all the chasms of human wretchedness. It
should tunnel all the mountains of earthly
difficulty. 1t should be wide enough and
strong enough to hold $4,000, 900, 600, 900
of the human race, If SO many of them
should ever be born. 1t should be blasted
out Of the Crock of Ages" and cemented
with the blood of the cross, and be lifted
amid the shouting of angels and the ex-
ecration Of devils. The King sent his Son
to build that road. He put head and hand
and heart to it, and after the road was
completed waved his blistered hand over
the way, crying, "It is flnishedr' Napo-
leon paid 5000, 900 francs for the build
ing of the Simplon road that his cannon
might go over for the devastation of Italy,
but our King at greater expense has
built a road for different purpose that
the banners of heavenly dominion might
come down over 1t. Being kings high
way, Of course 1t Is well built Bridges
splendidly arched and abuttressed have
given way and crushed the passengers who
attempted to cross them. But Christ the
King would build no such thing as that.
The work done, he mounts the chariot Of
his love and multitudes mount with him,
and he drives on and up the steep of heav-
en- amid the plaudits Of gazing worldsl
The work is done-well done-gloriously
done-magnifcently done.
A Clean Road.
Still further, this road spoken of is q
clean road. Many fine road has become
miry and foul because 1t has not been prop
erly cared for, but my text says the un-
clean shall not walk on this one. Room
on either side to throw away your sins.
Indeed, If you want to carry them along,
you are not on the right road. That
bridge will break, those cverhanging rocks
will fall, the night will come down, leav-
ing you at the mercy Of the mountain
bandits, and at the very next turn of the
road you will perish. But If you are really
on this clean road Of which / have been
speaking, then yen will stop ever and
anon to wash in the water that stands in
the basin of the eternal rock
Aye, at almost every step of tho journey
you will be crying out, Create within
me clean hearth Ii you have no such
aspirations as that, it proves thatyo have
mistaken your way, and IL you will only
look up and see the finger board above your
head you may read upon it the words,
There is way that seemeth right unto a
man, but the end thereof is death"
Without holiness no man shall see the
Lord, and if you have any idea that you
can carry along your sins, your lusts, your
worldliness, and yet get at the end Of the
Christian race, you are SO awfully mistak-
en-, that, in the name Of God, Ishatter the
delusion.
A Plain Road.
Still further, the road spoken Of is .
plain road. "The wayfaring men, though
foole shalt MT ayr tharoiu,s-that 10 n q