The Penn's Grove record., 1900-05-18
DR. TALMAGES SERMON.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.

OONOAI0 by NOTED
DIVINE.
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Subject: The splendors ~ He.ver-How.
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Aes'aty what awaits Va.
Copyright 1901
WASHINGTON. D. C.-Tn this discourse DR..
ralmaee lifts the curtain from eternal
felicities and In an unusual way treats OF
the heavenly world: texf r Gnrinthians.
H., 9, EYE hath not seen nor ear heard
neither have entered info fha haart ~ man
the things which Cod hath nrona rad far
them that love Him.
The city OF Corinth haa haan cal,ad ssthe
Paris OF ~antiuuitv.D Indaad for aniandn,
the world holds no such wnndar today n
stood on an isthmus washed nv two sens
the one aea b~rinrinc t Hha ncu ~ W. 1G T,
rope, the other sea 6rincinc the commarc
OF Asia. From har w6are. ~ - az oan-
struction Of which whnia had
been absorbed. war odliava Tith thrae
banks Of oars pushed ont ana cortorndad
the navy wards Of All tha World Huge
handed machinery suoh - modarn ,nvan.
ton cannot equal lifted shins from tha saa
across the isthmms And settham = down -
the sea on thu nthar sida sAen uo"n -
The revenue officers nf Aha o,tv wart
down throuch tha olive oroSS Mrad
the beach ia collect q ta9ify all nv
lions. The mirth AZ ali naoIla snortad Il
her isthmian games. and thaS hhaertv ~ ali
lands sat In her theatres. vailed ~ har
porticos and threw itself oil the altar al
her s%tupendous ~dissipations' Column and
statue and temple bewilderad the behold.
or. There were white marble Fountains
into which. from apertures If tha aide
there rushed waters everAwher, known
for health giving Qualities. Around
these basins, twisted into wreaths 81
stone, there were all the baauties Of
sculpture and architecture. while. stand.
ing, as II to guard the costly display. was
a statue OF Hercules OF Furnished Corinth-
Ian brass. Vases of terra Gotta adorned
the cemeteries Of the ~dead-Fases so cost
~ that Julius Caesar was not satisfied until
he had captured them for Rome. Armed
officials, the Oorintharii, paced up and
down to see that no statue was de{aced.
no pedestal overthroWn, no bas-relief
touched. From the edge Of the city a hill
arose, with lite magnificent burden OF col
umns, towers and temples (1OO0 slaves
waiting at one shrine), and a citadel so
thoroughly i~mpregnable th4ts Gibraltar is
q heap Of sand compared Nth 1t. Amid
all that strength and mRgnihcence Corinth
stood and de1ed the worlds
Oh, It was not to rustics who had never
seen anything grand that Paul uttered this
text. They had heard the best music that
had come from the best instruments In all
the world; they had heard songs floating
from morning porticoes and melting in
evening groves; they had passed fheir
whole lives among pictures and scrlDture
which had been nodded and ehaped until
there was no chariot wheel in which It had
not sped. and no tower In which "a had moi
glittered. and no gateway that Il had not
adorned. All. It was a bold thing for PAM
to stand there amid all that and saw. aAll
this is nothing. These sounds that come
from the temple OF Neptune are not music
compared with the harmoDfes OF which
speak; these waters rushing In the basin OIL
P,yrene are not pure; these statues OF Bac.
chus and Mercury are not exquisite; youf
citadel OF Acrocorinthus Is not strong com.
pared with that which I offer to the poorest
slave that puts down his burden at that
brazen gate. Your Corinthians think this
Is q splendid city; you think you have
neard all sweet sounds and seen all beauti.
full sights, but I tell you eye hath nottseer
mol ear heard, neither have entered into
the heart OF man, the things which God
hath prepared for them that love Him."
You see MyseexS set9 fortA t1keide~At,
however exalted our IDEAS Of heaven, they
come far short OF the reality. Some wise
men have been calculating how many fur
longs long and wide Is the new Jerusalem,
ana they nave calculated how many inhab-
!tanls tnere are on the earth, how long
lne eRrth Will PROBABLY stand, and then
they come TO this estimate-that after all
the nations have been gathered to heaven
there VIII pc room for each soul, q room
slxleen Iees iong q nIteen Ieet Wide. i
WOuI0 0Ot De lAIQ6 6n0uQn Tor V0ns IT