Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-02-08
THEKING'S HIGHWAY
REV. DR.. TALMAGE POINTS OUT THE
RIGHT ROAD.

REV. DR.. TALMAcE POINTS OUT THE
RIGHT ROAD.
There Are Many and Devious ways In the
! journey Through Life, bnt One Only
Leads to eternal Happiness-A Clean
/ Heart Makes Vision Clear.
WASHINGTON, Feb 2.--Rey. DR.. Tai
mage's sermon for today was picture
Of the road that many have travelled and
others are trying to get ON and is no
more appropriate for the capital Of the
nation than for all places. The text
chosen was Isaiah xxxv, 3, 8, 10: And
an highway shall be there, and way.
and it shall be called, the way Of holi-
ness; the unclean shall not pass over il,
hut it shall be for those; the wayfaring
men, though fools, shall not err therein.
No lion shall be there. nor any rayenous
beast ghallg go up thereon, it shall not be
found there, but the redeemed shall
walk there, and the ransomed Of the
Lord shall return and come TO Zion with
songs and everlasting JOY upon their
heads. They shall obtain JOY and glad
ness 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 person hating 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
] stand in your presence conscious Of the
/ fact that there are many of you here
who realize that there are a thousand
wrong roads, but only one right one,
and take it 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 it There are great
many expensive tollgates scattered all
along that way. Indeed at every rod You
must pay in tears, or pay in genufiex-
ions, or pay in fagellations. 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, be-
lieve it is the wrong way.
Here is another road. On either side
of it are houses Of sinful entertainment
and invitations 70 come in aud dine and
rest, but from the looks Of the people
who stand on the piazza. lam certain it
/ is the wrong house and the wrong way.
/ Hero is another road. 1t is very beauti-
full and macadamized. The horses hoofs
/ chatter and ring, and they who ride over
it spin along the highway until sudden
" they find that the road breaks over
an embankment, and they try to halt,
and they see the bit in the mouth of
I the fiery steed and cry: "sHol ,Hor'
T But it is too late, and, crash they 60
over the embankment. We shall turn
and see if we cannot find a different
kind of road. You have heard of the
Appian way. + Twas $50 niles long. 1t
was "a feet wide, and on either side Of
1 the road was path for foot passengers.
I 1t was made out of rocks cut III hexag-
4 onal shape and fitted together. What a
{ road it must have beeni Made Of
! smooth, hard rock, $50 miles longl No
! wonder that in the construction of il
/ the treasures of a whole empire were
/ exhausted. Because of invaders and the
elements and time-the old conqueror
! who tears up road as he goes over it,
/ there is nothing left of that structure
! but ruin. But l have to tell you Of a
road built before the Appian way, and
yet it is as good as when first construct
ed Millions of souls have gone over it.
Millions more will come.
The prophets and apostles, too,
I Pursued this road while here below.
We therefore WILL without dismay,
4 Still walk in Christ, the good old way.
From Earth to Heaven.
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 pebble to jar the wheels.
You 20 over bridges which cross chasms
that make you hold your breath, under
projecting rock, along by dangerous
precipice, through tunnels a-drip with
the MEETINGS of the glaciers and perhaps
for the first time learn the majesty of a
road built and supported by govern
mental authority. Well, my Lord the
King decided to build a highway from
earth to heaven. 1t should span all the
chasms Of human wretchednegs; it
should tunnel all the mountains of
earthly difficulty; it should be wide
enough and strong enough to hold fifty
thousand millions of the human race, if
so many of them should ever be born; it
should be blasted out of the trock of
ages" and cemented with the blood Of
the cross and be lifted amid the shout
ing of angels and the execration of dew
lis. 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 finished ~ Napoleon paid
5000, 600 francs for the building of
the Simplon road that his cannon might
60 over for the devastation of Italy, but
our King at a greater expense has built
road for a different purpose, that the
banners Of heavenly dominion might
come down over 1T. Being kings high
way, Of course it is we'll built. Bridges
splendidly arched and buttressed 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 Wit; him, and he drives ON and
up the steep of heaven amid the plaudits
of gazing worlds The work is done
well done-gloriously done-magnifi-
Gently done.
Still further, this road spoken of is a
clean road. Many fine road has become
miry and foul because it has not been
properly cared for, but my text says the
unclean 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 overhang-
ing rocks viii fall, the night will come
down leaving you at the mercy Of the
mountain bandits and at the very next
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