Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-08-20
TALMAGE'S SER MON.
Whosocver Hath Anything to Offer in
this Great Trial
or Conscience Let Him Step Forth and
Civ" I"stimony-God il Ilaintin aud
tn" Soui Il Defendant--The Issues
ut Stake Tremendous.

Z lar when hc Was stud wing law, before
h" studied for the ministry. The text
Is. |. John H., /: We have an advocate
with the Father, Jesus christ the
/ righteous"
Standing in a courtroom, You say to
/ yourself. AT this bar crime has often
! been arrai"ucI; at this witncs, stand
4 the "a;h has often been taken; at this
. jurors rucl the verdict has been rem
7 Gcrrt; AT tins Judges desk sentence has
been pronounced" But | have to tell
You to-day Of a ,rial higher than any
OYER an.l tcrmincr ar circuit or supreme
I az chaucrrr. II is the trial Of every
/ { hr.>;iLn man for the life ni his soul.
! ! al. tr.ai H. different from any other
/ az ihc fact that it is both civil and
/ criminal
/ The issues AT stake are tremendous,
ami shall in nv sermon show you,
/ first. VIVA; are the grounds of com
/ plant; then. who are the witnesses in
| the = rS,', and lastly, who are the adj
| va"At.S
| VI hen Il trial is called ON the first
/ thing l. To have the indictment read.
/ : an up then. q christian man. and
/ hear the indictment of the Court of
high Heaven against thy soul. 1t is
, AN ~ iictmclt of ten counts, for thou
: hast directly or indirectly broken all
/ the ten 4, amendments. Non know
how /. thu drrri on Sinai, and when
/ God cam Gown how the mountain
/ rrci,"d and the smoke aScculrd aS
rom a srn"licrinr furnace, and the
Al.
/ deep trumpet uttered the words: The
s.'ui that sinnrth il shall die Are
I yea guilty -" not guilty? Do not put
in a negative plea too qui *, for have
/ To- announce that al have sinucd and
csI!c short cf the glory of G,d. Thrrc
j, hone that docth good; no. not one.
d WHO ",vcr shall keen the who.e law.
yet offend in one point, he i, guilty Of
AL" DO ret, therefore, lc to- hasty
in pronuuncing yours 'if not guilty.
Ih'S law suit before us also ch.rscs
yoa with the breaking of Il solemn con-
tract. Many til, iii We pr mise To
ic III Lords. We GOT dowa on orr
ka', g, and >'JiI4- ,-,i.~Iord. am Thine
non and forever" Iii you Ike p the
20. ;s,? Lave yen stool up 10
IA contract? | go back to your
fist CO. .rninn. You remember
i, as we, as . i were yesterday You
ll"uw .ar" sic vision az the cross ~osr
bci ..r lou rem rmbrr how from
III i,.t and the hands an tn i L.
n. Hoe i"ct n ~ cam Elnc ling forth
II , i,vu words: "Rcmcinbcr No"
. lu.. ~ "A how ne cup o! communion
t-rmhl - t. ...aJ han w.lcn You first
took l.; II: q, 90 Il Srashclr YOU may
her. or tn r.i hear, TIA roar.nr of
~ surf - 3, .,r the shell has been
trl.'a :rom 60. hr. ch. So you lifted IT,
cup o cnH.~,s.r ~ an yoI hca'l
Il it TIL ,u@gnr of the or
ocean of r.riJar's aCoay; La4
IA came forth ( oG that .r~
mnu on service with face sn..Inr
q, th..ugh rou Ind been ol the " ,.l;
of Tran~ii@d alton; and the ,,s. r,rN
seemed trcmu.ous with the lu,, 6.
Jesus and the wao Is ami ia. leaves
AMI thn gras, and the b.rlS were
lri liter and swecter-voicr thll ever
before. and ynu sid down in the vcry<
Depths of your soul: Lori, ThJc
know 1 all things: Thou lnoweS
'..., .nyS The" Have goa 80. -
u...air. O Chr sii.. ...a' i'',t yGG''
40, : ,metimos + !.r' ,v',-a voI ought
10 have beea<Dn " =. wa not haen
srpui when you oa ,ht to have bo,n
Emhle? Have yoa not played
a. coward whcn you ought To h,r-
cen hero? l charge it upon ia
AID | charge it upon myse.f-wc have
broken the contract
81 II further: this lawsuit claimS
Images at yoar hands. The greatest
.,llndcr on the Christian religion is an
.nco~ sistcnt profes ,or I he Bible says
.'r.ig.on is one III ny: we, by our incoa-
, stcncy, say rcliyi m is some other
hing. and what i, more doplorahlc
ABOUT II is that p''pl, can see faults
II other, while lhry can not see
my in themselves II you shall
At any time iiad some ~ SCRABBLE
pll gossip. with mperf. ctions from
he crown of her head "a the sole of
ser foot. p rect blotch q sin herself,
she will 90 tattling, tattling, tattlin%,
; i III, years OF her life about the in
.pH,i,tcucics of others, having no idea
Ia t She is inconsistent herself. Go |
save the world from the gossip female
inI male. think the males are the
worst. Now the chariot of ChriSt's
,Ilyatioa GOES Oh through the world,
but It i or incOnsiStcnc es my broth
CA. that block up the wheels, while all
Il ny the Inc there ought To have been
asst nothing Int palm branches, and
ne shout should have beeI lifted!
"liosanHa Ia the Son ~ David.
Now, YOU have hoard tha ind:ct meat
cad Are yon ready to plead guilty or
aot guilty? Perhaps you are not ready
vet To plead Then the trial will 81
III. The witnesses will be called and
.yc shall have he matter dcci lei. In
The name Of God now make praclpma-
lion: Oyrz. Oycz, Oyczi whosorycr
hath anything to ofFsr in this trial in
which God j. the plnintiff AMI the
'hrisiian soul the defendant, let him
,ow step forth and give testimony in
ais solemn trial.
The first witness ] call upon the
,tand in behalf of the prosecution is
he World all cri teal and observant
! , Christi,n character You know that
here are people around you who per-
,c;raliy banquet on the frailtics of
iods children. You may know, if
GU have lived N the country, that
row cares for nothing so much as
,arrion
There are those who imagine that
out of the f-r:,, of Christians they can
make bri ige of boats across the
stream of death, and they are going to
try it: but. alas for the mistake. When
.hey get midstream away will go the
bridge and down will go their souls
to pcrditioa. O World of the greedy
eye and the hard heart, come ON the
stand now ami testify in behalf of the
prosecution against this Christian soul
on trial.
What do you know about this Chris
tian man? Oh" says the World, Il
know a great deal about him lie
tn ks about putting his treasures in
| Heaven. but he is the sharpest man in
a trade | ever knew. lie seems to want