The Monitor-register., 1896-02-07
THEKING'S HIGHWAY
REV. DR.. TALMAGE POINTS OUT THE
RIGHT ROAD.

mage's sermon for today was plctur
of the road that many have travelled ant
others are trying to get on and is nj
more appropriate for the capital of thu
nation than for all places. The tex
chosen was Isaiah xxxv, s, 9, 10: "Ant
an highway shall be there, and way
and it shall be called, the way OF holi
ness; the unclean shall not pass over it
but it shall be for those; the wayfarins
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 return and come to Zion with
songs and everlasting joy upon thell
heads. They shall obtain joy and glad
ness and sorrow and signing shall f1ee
away"
There are hundreds of people in this
hoRse who want to find the rlght road
You sometimes see person hating at
crossroads, and you can tell by his looks
that he wishes to ask 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 | 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 i'll 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-
leve it is the wrong way.
Here is another road. On either side
of it 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. l 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 sudden
ly 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 HoW
But it is too late, and, crash they go
over the embankment. We shall turn
and see if we cannot find a different
kind of road. You have heard of the
Appian way. 1t was $50 miles long. 1t
was "a feet wide, and on either side of
the road was "A path for foot passengers
1t was made out of rocks cut in hexag-
onal shape and fitted together. What a
road it must have been! Made of
smooth, hard rock, $50 miles long! No
wonder that in the construction of it
the treasures of whole empire We're
exhausted. Because of invaders 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
bat a ruin. But | have to tell you of q
road built before the Appian way, and
yet it is as good as when first construct
ed. Millions of souls have gone over 1T.
AllliOub more Will GCll6.
The prophets and apostles, hoo,
Pursued this road while here below.
We therefore will without dismay,
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 go 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 highway from
earth to heaven. 1t should span all the
chasms of human wretchedness; 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, il
so many of them should ever be born; it
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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. sit is tinished!' Napoleon paid
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the Simplon road that his cannon might
go over for the devastation of Italy, but
oar King at a greater expense has bui It
road for a different purpose, that fhe
banners of heavenly dominion might
some down over it. Being kings hight
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 10 such
thing as that. The work done, he mounts
the chariot of his love, and multitlulcs
mount with him, and he drives on and
mp the steep of heaven amid the plaudits
of gazing worlds. The work is done
we'll done-gloriously done-maeniti-
Gently done.
Still further, this road spoken of is a
clean road. Many a fine road has become
niry and foul because it has not been
properly cared for, but my text says the
anolean shall not walk OIL 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 oyerhang-
ing rocks will fall the night will come
down leaving 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 teen speaking, then you
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 the jour-
ney you will be crying out, Create
within me clean heart" If you have
no such aspirations as that, it proves
that you have mistaken your way, and
if you will only look up and see the
finger board above your head, you may
read upon it the words, "There is a
way that seemeth right unto a man, but
the end thereof is death. - Without holi-
ness no man shall see the Lord, and if
you have any idea that you can carry
along your sins, your lusts, your world
illness, and yet get at the end of the
Christian race, you are so>awfully mis-
taken, that, in the name of God, I shat
ter the delusion.
How to Find the Right Way.
Still further, Tie road spoken Of is a
plain road. "The wayfaring men, though
fools, shall not err therein" That is, if
man is three-fourths an idiot, he can