Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-18

fcrfng of the Church of God In n
Powerful sermon-A Plea For Unity
Of Endenvor.
copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1901
Z WASHINGTON, Dec. IL. - The trials
through which the truth has struggled
are by DR.. Talmage here set forth un-
der a Bible symbol of great suggestive
ness and power; text, Solomon's Song,
Ill. 6, "Who is this that cometh out Of
the Wilderness like pillars of smoke"
The architecture of the smoke Is Won
drous, whether God with his finger
curves it into cloud, or rounds 1t into
n dome. or points 1t in n spire, or
spreads 1t In a wing, or, as in the text,
hoists 1t in n pillar. Watch 1t winding
up from the country farmhouse in the
early morning, showing that the pas
toral industries have begun, or see 1t
ascending from the chimneys Of the
city, telling of the homes fed, the fac
tories turning out valuable fabrics, the
printing presses preparing book and
newspaper and all the 10000 wheels
of work in motion. On clear day this
vapor spoken of mounts with such
buoyancy and spreads such n delicate
veil across the sky, and traces such
graceful lines of circle and semicircle,
and waves and tosses and sinks and
scars and scntters with such ailluence
Of shape and color and suggestiveness
that, II you have never noticed IT., you
are like n man who has all his life liv-
ed in Paris and yet never seen the
Luxembourg. or all his life in Rome and
never seen the Vatican, or all his life
Forty-four times the Bible speaks of
the smoke, and 1t is about time that
somebody preached Il sermon recogniz-
ing this strange, weird. beautiful. elias.
tic. charming, terrific and fascinating
vnpor. Across the Bible sky floats the
smoke of Sinai, the smoke of Sodom
the smoke of Al, the smoke of the pit
the smoke of the volcanic hills when
God touches them. and in my text the
glorious church of God coming up out
Of the wilderness like pillars of smoke
In the first place, these pillars OF
smoke In my text Indicate the suffer
ing the church of God has endured
WI. H.. ,aon hr ,I,o oh,,,o,,o
mean not building, not n sect, hui
those who In all ages and all lands
and OF all beliefs love God and are
trying TO do right. For many centuries
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Cnfhoiics ana Prof""tnnts.
Tro'esthhts hhNe ropreseh'eu '"'h
oiics us hhV'hs ihonopoiS oi perse
cutors' out poth iro'es'"ht ana thth
olic nave pfhcticeu infamous crucltieS
Inc Cathoiics during the reign OF iiuh
heric were py frotcs'ahts put 10 tn'
worst tor'ures' s,rippcu Vi their cio.i.
ing, ho's'eu Ill uie hir ny pui'eyS WIN
Weisn's suspcn"en from 'hel' iec'
tneh iet uowh' hnu ears IN" eyes, most
nhu tongue were hhipu'hteu' ana re'
not Plates OF iron were pu, hsa'hst 'h'
tehueres. part Oh their pouics'
peorgc bhhcroi' .he n'slorihh' shy'
oi ,he st"tc VI MnrS,hhu' III ,he nhh,
Which Cathoiics hhd opened 10 frot
es'ah's mass ih'sht NOT pe sh'u pupnc
~ no ,alhoic priest OF plshop Hlsh
u''eT his i"i'h III VOICE oi persu"sioli
no 'h'hoilc mlght tehch thc young u
Waywaru chiiu OF pap'st wou't
nut become hh hpos'a'e' 'ne ihW wrest
eu ior MN from MS phreh's shhre o.
'neir property Such were 'he hletii
ons hdopteo 10 prevent tue CROWN o'
poper!'
calhoi'cism M wen hs iro'esah'ish
mas had It's martyrs IL does seem ~
u Wheh any one sect got complete
aofiihahcy III any ii'iiu lhe neNho per
hecui'oh anu cruelty TOOK possehsioi
OF 'h,t sect iheh see inc 'h'hoilc'
"t'ct tnc iuguoio's. see 'hc H'h'iic'
aitcr 'he Jews IN Iourhihc. where q
grenl pit was aug ana hre llshieh al
'ne po'toni ot 'he p''' ana ioo 'ewisl
V!c''ms were consumed see the l'res
oy'er'ah pariiainch' OF Ehg'hhd' more
yrahilich' III ,heir treatment or op
poheh's ,hah hnd oeeh me erin'nn
courts persecution against the Zap
usts 'Dy imuo'Bnptis's' persecution OF
xsa,,aa,", an,,, WV
'ic'HoulHt cHuicn' persecution HHalus
the Qunkers. persecution against tn,
frespyterlans' Under Emperor Dioele
'hh lf4,ooo christians were massa