The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-02-07
THE KINGS HIGHWAY.
DR.. Talmage Points Out the Only
Road to Eternal Life.
A Highway That Is Called the Way of
Holiness The Joys Tn At Await Those
Who Walk Notwithstanding to
Make Them Afraid.

The latest sermon preached by Rev.
T. Dewitt Talmage at Washington
wildly pictured the road that many
have travelled and many are trying to
get on. The text was from Isaiah
30:6:10: And highway shall be there,
aud way, and it shall be called, The
Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not
pass over it; 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 go up
thereon, it shall not be found there;
but the redeemed shall walk there;
and the ransomed of the Lord shall re-
turn, and come to Zion with songs and
everlasting joy and gladness. and sor-
row and signing shall flee away" DIR.
Talmage said:
There are hundreds of people in this
house who want to find the right road.
You sometimes see a person hating 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 l 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
that way. Indeed, at every rod you
must pay in tears, or pay in ge *uflex-
ions, 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 have
heard in regard to the right way. l be-
lieveit is the wrong way. Here is anoth-
err road. On either side of it are houses
of sinful entertainm ent, 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. 1t is very beauti-
full 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 ''hol
ho!' But it is too late, and-crash!-
they GO over the embankmeut We
shall turn and see if we cannot find
different kind of a road. You have
heard of the Appian war. 1t was $50
miles long. 1t was "a feet wide, and
on either side of the road was path
for foot passengers. 1t was made out
of rocks cut in hexagonai shape and
fitted together. What road it must
have beenl Made of smooth, hard
rock, $50 miles long. No wonder that
in the construction of it the treasures
of a whole empire were exhausted.
Because of invaders, and the elements,
aud time-the old conqueror who tears
up road as he goes over it--there is
nothing left of that structure but a
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.
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 go over bridges which cross
chasms that make you hold your
breath; under projectidg rock; along
by dangerous precipices; through tun-
nels adrip with the MEETINGS of the
glaciers, and, perhaps for the first
time, learn the majesty of a road built
and supported by governmental au-
thority. Well, my Lord the King de-
cided to build highway from earth to
Heaven. 1t should span all the chasms
of human wretchedness; it should tun-
mel all the mountains of earthly diff
Guilty; it should be wide enough and
strong enough to hold $4,000, 600, 900
of the human race, if so many of them
should ever be born. 1t should be blast
ed out of the Rock of Ages," and |
c,mented with the blood of the cross,
and be lifted amid the shouting of |
angels and the execration 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
com pleted waved his blistered hand |
over the way, crying: ut is finished?'
Napoleon paid 5000, 900 francs for the |
building of the Simplon road, that his |
cannon might GO over for the devasta-
ton 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 it. Being a kings highway, of |
course it is well built Bird res splen
didlv arched and buttressed have given /
away 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 love, and multitudes /
mount with Him, and He drives on and |
up the steep of Heaven amid plaudits |
of gazing worlds! The work is done
well done-gloriously done-magnif-
Gently done.
Still further: This road spoken of is
q clean road. Many a fine road has