Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-12
REV. DR.. 1gLuaGE.

The Eminent Divine's Sugda>
| Sermon.
subject:-"The Kings Highway"
1fxr: "And an highway shall be there
And way. and 1t shall be called, the way d
! holiness the unclean shall not pass over Il
but 1t shall be for those; the wayfaring men
though fools. shall not err therein. No liot
snaIi Do there, nor any ravenous beast shall
but the redeemed shall walk thera, and thi
fansomed Of the Lord shall return and com,
to Zion with songs and everlasting 10y upon
.. their heads. They shall obtain Joy and glad
nees. and sorrc " and signing shall dee away.s
Isaiah XIV, 8, 9. 10.
There are hundreds of people In this houA
who want to find the right road, You some
times see person halting at crossroads, and
ycu can toll by his looks that he wishes Il
ASK question as to what direction he hs<
better take. And I stand In your presenct
conscious OF the fact that there are many q
you here that realize that there arc thou
SAND wrong roads, but only one right ono
and take It for granted that you have CONT
In to ask which one It is. Here IL ono road
that opens widely, but have not much faith
IN II. There are great many expensive
tollgates scattered all along that way. In.
pay In genufexions, or pay in fagellations.
On that road, II you get through It at all,
you will have to pay your own way, and
since this diners 30 much from what have
heard in regard to the right way, believe n
, q the wrong way.
yo
Are houses Of sinful entertainment and invi
tations to come in and dine and rest, but
from the looks Of the people who stand on
the piazza. I am certain 1t Is the wrona
house and the wong way. Here Is another
road. 1t Is very beautiful and macadamized.
The horses hoofs c!atter and ring, and they
who ride over 1t spin along the highway un.
til 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: "Ho, Ho!' But II is too late,
and. crash! they go over the embankment.
we shall turn and see If we cannot find DIFF.
ferent kind Of road. You have heard OF tha
Appian way. 1t was $50 miles long. 1t was
twenty-four feet wide, and en- either side OF
the road was path for foot passengers. II
was made out of rocks cut In hexagonal shape
and fitted together. What a road 1t must
have been! Made OF smooth. hard rock, $50
miles long! No wonder that in the con-
Struction of 1t the treasures of a whole EN-.
Pfre were exhausted. Because of invaders
and the elements and time-the old con.
queror who tears up road as he goes over
k-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 1t. Millions moro will
some.
The prophets and apostles, too,
Pursued this road while here below,
We therefore will. without dlsmay,
Still walk in Christ. the good old way.
First, this road OF the text Is the Kingi
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
pross chasms that make you ho'd your
breath, under projecting rock, along by
dangerous precipice, through tunnels a-drip
With the MEETINGS OF the glaciers and per.
haps for the first time learn the majesty Of a
road built and supported by Governmental
authority. Well, my Lord the King decided
% build highway from earth to heaven. Il
Ihould span all the ehasms of human
Nretchedness; 1t should tunnel all the
mountains Of earthly difficulty; It should be
vide enough and strong enough to hold
lfty thousand millions Of the human race,
DO many Of them should ever be born; Il
hou!d be blasted out Of the "rock Of ages''
md cemented with the blood OF the
ross and be lifted amid the shout.
ing 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
he road was completed waved His blistered
hand over the way, crying, ut Il nnishedr'
Napoleon paid Is, ,0OO. 900 francs for the build
hg Of the Simplon road that his cannon
night go over for the devastation Of Italy.
but our King at great expense has built q
road for . different purpose, that the BAN
"A ~ hAn plxyA Aav p{vio doh -
over 1t. Being a Kings highway, Of course
is we'll built. Bridges splendidly arched
and buttreesed have given way and crushed
he passengers who attempted to crosS them-
But Christ the King would build NO such
hing as that. The work done, He mounts
The chariot Of His love, and multitudel
mount with Him, and He drives on and nm
he steep of heaven amid the plaudits of gaIl
ing worlda The work is done-well DONE
yloriously ydone-magnificently done.
Still further. this road spoken Of u cleai
.oad. Many q fine road has become mirJ
and foul be ause it has not been properly |
Jared for, but my text says the unclean shall |
not walk on this one. Room on either side |
20 throw away your sins. Indeed. If you
want to carry them along you are not on the |
hght road. That bridge will break, those |
overhanging rocks will fall, the night will
some down leaving you at the mercy of the |
mountain bandits, and at the very next turn |
,f the road you will perish. But II you arl 4
really on this clean road OF which I have /
been speaking, then you viii stop ever and
anon to wash In the water that stands In thI |
Sasin Of the eternal rock.
Aye. at almost every step OF the Journey
you will be crying out: "Create within ml |
i clean heart" II you have no such aspira.
Ations a. that. It proves that you have mis- |
taken your way, and II you will only iool /
up and see the fngerboard above your head |
you may read upon It the words, ''There isi |
Al-A.. -AA -S-AA l~.-A a Il.
end thereof is DEATH" Without holiness NJ
man shall see the Lord. and II you have an,
Idea that you can carry along your sins
your lusts your worldliness, and vet get q |
The end of the Christian race, you are 90 aw |
fully mistaken. that, In the name Of God, ,
Vhatter the deiusion.
Still further, the road spoken Of is plaif
road. ''The wayfariny men, though fooll
shall not err therein" That ID, II . man 1
an idiot, he can hnd thi /
road just as we'll az II he were Q philosopher |
The imbecile boy, the laughing stock OF thi |
street, and followed by mob hooting at him |
has only just to knock once ct the gate q |
heaven, and it swings open, while. there hs
been many q man who can lecture abou
pneumatics. and chemistry, and tell tn
1tory Of Faraday theory Of electrical polar
iSation and yet has been shut out OF heaven |
There has been many man who stood in a. |
observatory and swept the heavens with hi |
the morning star. Many man has been fa |
miliar with all the higher branches Of math |
smatics and vet could not do the simplI |
sum. "What shall it profit a man II he gail |
the whole world and lose his own soul2S |
Many man has been fine reader of TRACE
dies and poems and yet could not Tread ht |
title clear to mansions In the skies"
many d man mas 0otanized across the oon /
tinent, and yet not known the "Rose oi |
Sharon, and the Lily Of the Valley" But u |
ono shall come in the right spirit, asking the |
way to heaven, he will find 1t plain way !
Tho pardon is plain. The peace Il plain |
Everything ia plain. He who tries to get Oh |
the road to heaven through the New Testa |
msnt teaching will get on beautifully. HI
who goes through philosophical discussioi I
will not get on at all. Christ says "Come 4 |
Me. and will take all your sins away, and
will take all your troubles away" Nov |
what Is the use Of my discussing 1t any mors |
"a not that niain2 II YOU wanted to 20 B l