Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-10
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Some Day All of Lies Sorrows viii
Be Explained.
Aud the Sa, our Of Men VIII Tell IL. As We
Are An Gathered Around the Throne
That lie Only Chastened Because
lie Loved Us.

Dr. Talmagc's text Sunday was: l.
Cor Xiii. T.: For now we See through
a glass. darl,ly; hut then face To face
The Bible il the most forcihlc and
pungcnt of books. While it has the
| sweetness of a mothers hush for hu-
man trouble. il has all the kcenness al
n scimcter. and the crushing power of
"A lightning bolt 1t portrays with
more than "a painters power at one
stroke picturing heavenly throne
and Judgment contlagration. The
| strings of this great harp are fingered
10y all the splendorS of the future.
aow sounding with the cracklc
Of consuming worlds, now thrill
ing with the joy of the ever
lasting cmancipatcd. 1t tells how one
forbidden tree in the garden blasted
the earth with sickness and death.
| and how another tree, though lcaficss
and bare, vet planted on Calvary. snail
Weld fruit which shall more than an
tidote the poison of the other. 1t tells
| how the rcd-ripe clusters of Tod =
wrath was brought to the wine press,
and Jesus trod them out, and how, at
last all the golden chalices of Heaven
shall glow with the wine of that awful
| vintage II dazzles the eye with an
Ezekicrs vision Of wheel, and wing
and fire. and whirlwind, and stoops
down 50 low that it can put its lips to
the ear of dying child, and say,
Come up higher"
And yet Paul in my text, takes the
responsibility of saying that 1t is only
an indistinct mirror. and that its mis-
sion shall he suspended. think there
may be one Bible in Heaven fastened
| to the throne. just a. now, in a
mucseum. we have lamp exhumed
from Herculancum and Nineveh, and
we look ut it with great interest and
say, How poor light it must have
given compared with our modern
lamps So | think that this Bible,
which was a lamp To our feet in this
world, may lie near the throne of God,
exciting our interest To all eternity by
the contrast between its comparative
| ~ feeble light and the illumination of
| Heaven The Bible now is the scat
folding of the rising temple, but when
|
use for the scaffolding.
The idea | shall develop to-day is.
that in this world our knowledge is
comparatively dim and unsatisfactory
but nevertheless is Introductory to
grander and more complete vision.
This is emincntly true in regard to
our view of God. We hear SO much
about God that we conclude that we
understand Him. lie is represented
as having the tenderness of father,
the firmness of a judge, the majesty of
a king and the love of "A mother. We
hear about Him, talk about Him, write
about Him. We lisp His name in in
fancy, and it trembles on the tongue
of the dying octogenarian. We think
that we know very much about Him.
Take the attribute of mercy.
The Bible blossoms all over with that
word-mercy. 1t speaks again and
again of the tender mercies of God; of
the sure mcrcies; of the great mercies;
of the mercy that endureth forever; of
the multitude of His mercics. And yet
/ know that the views we have of this
great Being are most indefinite, one
sided, and incomplete. When, at death,
the gates shall fly open, and
we shall look directly upon
Him, how new and surprising!
We see upon canvas a picture of the
morning. We study the cloud in the
sky, the dew upon the grass and the
husbandman on the way to the field.
beautiful picture of the morning! But
| ,iS Mt
hill to see for ourselves that which
was represented to us. While we look
the mountains are TRANSPORTED. The
Furnished gates of Heaven swing open
and shut to let past a host of fiery SPLEEN
| doris. The clouds are abloom and hang
pendent from arbors of alabaster and
amethyst. The waters make a path
way of inlaid pearl for the light to
walk upon, and there is morning on
the sea.
The crags uncover their SCARED Wis
age, and there is morning among the
mountains. Now you go home, and
how tame your picture of the morning
seems in contrast! Greater than that
shall he the contrast between this
Scriptural view of God and that which
! we shall have when standing face TO
face. This is picture of the morning,
that will be the morning itself.
Again: My text is true of the
Saviour's excellency. BY image and
sweet rhythm of expression and start.
ling antithesis Christ is set forth-His
love, His compassion, His work, His
life. His death, His resurrection. We
are challenged to measure it, to COM
pute it, to weigh it, In the hour OF
our broken enthrallment we mount up
: into high experience of his love, and
| shout until the countenance glows and
the blood bounds and the whole ma
ture is exhilarated. II have found
Him." And yet it is through a glass,
darkly. We see not half of that com
passionate face. We feel not half the
warmth of that loving heart. We
wait for death To let us rush into His
outspread arms. Then we shall be
face to fac c. Not shadow then, but the
fulfilling of all prefgurement. That
will be a magnificent unfolding. The
rushing out in view of all hidden ex.
cellency, the coming again of long
absent Jesus, to meet us-not in rags