The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-06-17

In this sermon Dr.. Talmage discusses
= topic which viii interest domestic
circles everywhere. The text IS Gene
SA Xiii, {: Let there be no strife, ]
pray thee, between me and thee and
between my berdmen and thy herdmen-
L let the whole land before thee?"
Uncle and nephew. Abrsm and Lot,
beth pious, both millionaires, and with
such large foeks Of bleating sheep and
lowing cattle that their hsr1nen got
into a Sight, perhaps about the best
pa<tpre, or about the best water priv
lege, or because the eow Of one got
hooked by the horns Of the other. Not
their poverty Of opportunity, but their
wealth, was the cause Of controversy
between these two men. To Abram. the
glorious old MesOpotsmian Eheik, such
cSntroyersy seemed absurd. i vas
Ike two ships quarreling for SEA room
in the middle Of the Atlantic ocean.
There wa a vast reach Of country, corn
6eldA, Viney ards, harrests and plenty
Of room in illimitable acreage. Now"
aid Abnsm, "let Is agree 10 differ.
Here are the mountain districts, swept
by the tonic Of sea breeze and with
Wide-rezehing prospect, and there ia
the plain Of Jordan, with tropical lux
uriznce. You may have either" Lot,
who was not as rich as Abram and
might have been expected 10 take the
seeoEd choice, made the first selection,
and with a modesty that must have
made Abrzm smile, said 10 him:
You may have the rocks and the
ina prospect; ! viii take the valley
Of the Jordan, with all its l~uxuriance Of
comhedk, and the river 10 water tht
nockA, and the genial climate, and the
wealth immeasurabE-" So the con.
1roversy was forever settled, and great
souled Abram carried out the sugges
ton Of the text: let there be IL
strife, ! pray thee, between ne anC
thee, and between my herdmen and thy
berdmen. is not the whole land be
fore Their
Well, in this, the last decade Of thi
nineteenth century, and in this beauu
ful land, which was called America
after Americas Nespneius, but Ehoul,
have been called Columbia, after IL
d~iscoverer, Columbus, We have a wealtl
Of religious privilege and opportunit.
that's positively OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OF all sorts Of creedE, and Of all kinds o
government, and all forms Of worship
and all styles Of architecture. VIVA
. opulenee Of ecclesiastical opportunity
NOW, while in desolate regions thef
may he only one church, in the opulen
districts Of this country there Is such
p~rofuSion that there ought to be L
difficulty 10 making a selection. n
fight about yestments, or between htul
gieal or noDliturgieal adherentS, or a
TO bapdsimal modes, or q handful G
J water a. compared with a riyerful.
! Abram prefers 10 dwell on the height
where he can only get q sprinklin
from the clouds, let him consent tina
Lot have all the Jordan in which I
immerse himself. "Let there be Il
strife. ] pray thee, between me an
thee, and between my herdmen and III
herdmen. j. not the whole land befoi
Lhee?"
ESPECIALLY IS It fortunate whe
families allow angry discussion at II
breakfast or dinner or tea table as
which is the best church OF denomin
ton, one al one end Of the table sayir
he could never endure the rigid do
trines Of Pregbyterisnigm. one at u
J, other end responding that she new
could stand the forms Of Episeopae
and one At one side Of the table EayiI
he did not understand how anybo'
= could bear the noise in the Method
church, and another declaring all 4
Baptists bigots. There are hundre
Of families bopelessly split on eccle.
asticism, and IN the middle Of every d
cussion on such subjects there iE
kndling Of indignation, and 1t nee
some old Father Abram 10 come and p
his foot on the loaded fuse before I
explosion takes place and say: Il
there he no strife, / pray thee, betwe
me and thee, and between my herdm
: and thy heTdmen. is not the wb'
land before thee?"
Y ] undertake q subject never und'
taken by any other pulpit, for II is
exceedingly delicate subject, and If 1
rightly handled might give serious
tense, but ] approach it without I
slightest trepidation, for ] am sur
have the Divine direction in the IN
tiers / propose 10 present II Is a I
mendous question, asked all o
C~hristendom, often asked with teI
and sobs and beartbreaks and inyn
ing the peace Of families, the eter.
happiness Of many souls. In matt
OF church attendance should the "
20 with the husband, or the husba
20 with the wife?
First, remember that all the ey
gelical churches have enough truth
them TO saye the soul and prepare us
happiness on earth and in Heaven
will go with you into any well-selec
theological library, and ] will show
sermons from ministers IN all dem
nations that set forth man as a sin
and Christ as a deliverer from sin
/. sorrow. That is the whole Gospel.
that into your soul, and you are III
for the here and the hereafter. II
arc differences, we admit, and some
- nominations we like better than 9th
~ ' But suppose three or four of US II
uoia1un a~naerneuk 10 meet aach on