The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-08-25
|TTUAL VALUES.
.n.gs Urges a Higher APP
,ion Of Things Religious.
heavenly Riches Com
4 rbe InestimabIe Value OF
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.arious sacrifice.

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earious sacrifice.
-,,bt, 1900. by Louis Klopsch']
Washington,
usrlin. where he preached in
,.ricap church to a great con-
,nn comprising many OF his
W, who are travelling
Europe, DR.. Talmage sends
' = in which, by original
!" he calculates spiritual values
.rses higher appreciation of
Religious. The text is Mark
aWhat shall it profit a man II
y aain the whole world and lose
w soul?"
:, all occupations are to be
n the assemblies of the house
hut in these days of extensive
sss operations a large proper
re- engaged from Monday morn
saturday night in bargain max
In many of the families across
,rsakfast table and the tea table
aiscussed questions of loss and
You are every day asking your
nWbat is the value of this?
"a the value of that?" You
not think Of giving something
eater value for that which is OF
value. You would not think OF
10 that which cost you ten dollars
Bye dollars. If you had a property
was worth $4,000, you would
sell It for $4,000. You are intelli-
in all matters of bargain maxi
Are YOU as wise in the things
nertain to the matters OF the
Christ adapted His instructions
The circumstances of those to
IN He spoke. When He talked to
ermen, He spoke of the Gospel net.
en- He talked to the farmers, He
"A sower went forth to SOW"
IN He talked to the shepherds, He
the parable of the lost sheep.
am l not right, when speaking
an audience made up of bargain
kers, that address them in the
rds Of my text, asking: "What
m it profit man if he shall gain
whole world and lose his own
.hl?"
propose, as far as possible, to esti-
bte and compare the value of the
70 properties.
First, l have to say that the world
a very grand property. Its flowers
{ Gods thoughts in bloom; its rocks
{ Gods thoughts in stone; its dew
Tops are Gods thoughts in pearl.
his world is Gods child-a hayward
bid, indeed. It has wandered off
trough the heavens. But about
boo years ago, one Christmas night,
cd sent out sister world to call
bat wanderer back, and it hung over
ethelhem only long enough to get
he promise of the wanderers return,
nd now that lost world, with soft
,et of light, comes treading back
trough the heavens. The hills-how
eautiful they billow up the edge of
;e wave white with the foam of
How beautiful the rainbow.
he arched bridge on which heaven
I'd earth come and talk to each other
tears after the storm is over! How
mble the feet of the lamplighters
lat in few minutes set all the dome
the night ablaze with brackets of
'e! How bright the oar of the SAT-
on cloud that rows across the deep
a of heaven! Flow beautiful the
ring, with bridal blossoms in her
Iir! I wonder who it is that beats
ne on June morning for the bird
chestra? How gently the harebell
lis its fragrance on the air! There
ny be grander worlds, swarthier
'rlds, larger worlds, than this, but l
ink that this is a most exquisite
rid, a mignonette on the bosom of
mensity. "Oh," you say, "take my
I'll! Give me that world! I am will
to take it in exchange. am
ady now for the bargain. 1t is so
autiful world, so sweet world.
grand world!"
But let us look more infinitely into
value of this world. You will not
property unless you can get
cd title to it. After you have
ked at the property and found out
1t it suits you, you send an attorney
the public Office, and he examines
book of deeds and the book of
rtgages and the book of judgments
the book Of liens, and he decides
ether the title is good before you
lhave anything to do with it. There
ght be a splendid property, and in
ryway exactly suited to your want,
if you cannot get a good title
will not take it. Now, l am here
say that it is impossible to get
'ood title to this world. If / set
down upon it, in the very year /
settle down upon 1t as a perma-
1t possession, 1 may be driven away
m it. Aye, In five minutes after I
up my soul for the world, l may
e to part with the world, and
At kind of a title do you call that?
ere is only one way in which can
q an earthly possession, and that
through the senses. All beautiful
hts through the eye, but the eye
be blotted out; all captivating
nds through the ear, but my ear
be deafened; all lusciousness of
Its and viands through my taste,
my taste may be destroyed; all
recitation of culture and of art
ough my mind, but 1 may lose my
i'd. What a frail hold, then, 1
e upon any earthly possession
courts Of law, if you want to get
ian off a property, you must serve
n him a writ of ejectment, giving
"a certain time to vacate the prem
, but when Death comes to us and
res a writ of ejectment, he does
give us one second of forewarn-
He says: "Of of this place!