The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-16
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject Choice of Beiiefs-RellGlous Ioi-
GRANGE Advocated An EvangeIi'ai
Churches Are Good and Are seeking
the Same P~raisewOrthy End.

EF.1
'he same rr"'se"o''"'
rc,,, rigbt Toui. EIopsch. 1891
w,svr-oS n r-In This sermon Dr.
roInHoaa 5isonssas , tonic which will in
'erost 71on,estis cjrnIes everywhere, Tn,
.oxt "a Canests VII 3. Oct there be NJ
,trifa 7 nrny Thee between mo and thee
,nd6 ~ go lon nv brr5men md thy herdmen.
ts not tbe gtoia Iand before tht<
IrDcto o,I nenbew tbram nnd Lot. both
o,o1s hotb n,-IiIionoirea and with such
arcn gocts ~ bienting sheen and lowing
.ntfis thnf their bptdmen rot into q fight,
narhons nhnnt the hest nasture or about
tba hest watcr nriviInge or becauso the COW
NJ ono rof hookrd Gy the horns Of the
othera Not THAR noyerty OF opportunity,
hut tbeir wealth was Tie cause OF con.
troversv betwcon these two men. TIC
Ahrom the oIorious old MpsOpotamiau
sheik sn.G controversy seemed absurd. 1t
,rns lilo two shins ounrrelipg for sea room
In tbe middle Of the Atlantic Ocean. There
was n vast rpnnb Of country. cornlelds,
vineyards, haryests and plenty Of room In
i1IImitohie nrrenpe "Now. " saws Abram,
,'let ms agree TO differ. Here are the noun.
tnin .distr Tits swent nv the tonic sea breeze
md with vide rencbing prospect, and there
ia the main OF the Jordan With tropical
mxnrfancq You NAV have either" Lot,
who wns not ns rich rs AJram, md might
have been ~expertel to take the second
choice. made the first selection and with a
modesty that must have made Abram smile
snid TO rim,
"You mny hive the rocks and the lne
nrosnsct. will take the valley OF the
Jordan with nil lis Iuxurlance OF corn
nsIds and her river TO water the 1ocks and
the penIui clim9te and thg veullh i'm.
mensprnble" So the controversy was
forever settled and ereat.souled Abram
carried ont the suggestion Of the text.
'Let there be no strife. pray thee. bo-
tween me and thee. and between my herd
men and thv berimen- Is not the whole
land before tbee2"
We'll In tbis the last decade OF the nine
teenth century and in thI. beautiful land.
which was called America. inter- Americas
Yesnueius but shopld have been called
Cnltmhia ofter ita disnnyercr Cnlumbns.
we have n wealth of relicIons privilege and
onrortnnitv that Ia nosifiv4lv bewllierlnc.
Churches Of ali sOrts OF cree Is and OF all
kinds Of 1overnment and Mi forms OF
worsbip and MI atyles OF architecture
,vhnt 6nulence of ecclesiastical oppor-
tunitvl Now while in desolate regions
thnre mov he only ont church in the
onnIcnt districts NJ this country there is
such a profnsion TINT there ought to be no
gJt'@Sr % ~ noLipm -, Jo1 n, Gett
ahnHt r,ants 30 hot Wan ii,r rrisaT or
n~onliturelcal ndherents or as to baptismal
modes or handful of water AS compared
with n rlyerfnI. ITAbram nrefers to dwell
on tile heights. where he eau get only a
sprlrkIing from the clouds. let him consent
TINT Lot have all the Jordan in which to
immerse himself. "Let there be no strife,
I nr,v thee be twaan ma ana tLea md he,
80 1T nnon on az NV h.rJon.p Ia
NOT tha yhnia IND hnia-a !bse31
FsnpriaIlv ia II nnfortnnate Usan fori.
lis. niiIow n1Grv SisnnssioM nj ina hrral.
tout nr di,in"ss ~ tno tnbIo a. - wbI.S ia
The Lsot h rcH ar nnnn,fn,tior "no nj
ono and oT tbo nj snvinn ha caiIi ney"r
eTdnrntTa rigid d1ctrinas of prnsLrtori.
nniam nno az tba otLar ana rasgo9iins
that sbo never copIb stunj ITO forns - ~
"iso1noa" nnd ona oi ono stSa a. t6o
hiasaS J." IA ~ -" nnJH .t q b Inu
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snrb snbieots tbara I, n mann, ~ ,ndirl
untion nrJ II nan5s gon,an ~ fatbor iI w.. .
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hefore tL" ayrnjosio, tatos H. n o' n,,S s" aa.
,I,et there ha no strifs nray ,Se, H.
tres, maaNd thoa ~ = rr"5 MI nv G,os
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smnnosa tb.aa ~ go 'u"n oaHels' Dut
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nne gnas Nv 10 Sam w. CnntnnI b aGu
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r. = poit ~ Oh n''i'0"H, "h9tHefo ny
80 III "uu ontg h"lIIohu' ohe
go at mnS pee"use t'e mVuhlains are
: ianaui onothet t"AeS tnis because the
or "t tbn me- oneod iT ~ "notnef tlaV oe-