The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-08-25
SPIRITUAL VALUES.
Dr.. Talmage Urges a Higher Ap-
probation of Things Religious.
Earthly and Heavenly Riches Com
pared-The Inestimable Value Of
a Human soul-Christ's VIZ
curious sacridce.
copyright. 1900. by Louis Klopsch.l
Washington,

From Berlin, where he preached in
the American church to a great con-
gregation, comprising many of his
c%ountrymen who are travelling
through Europe, DR.. Talmage sends
this discourse, in which, by original
methods, he calculates spiritual values
and urges higher appreciation of
things religious. The text is Mark
$3.50: "What shall it profit a man if
he shall gain the whole world and lose
his W soul?"
Men of all occupations T to be
found in the assemblies of the house
of God, but in these days of extensive
business operations a large proper
ton are engaged from Monday morn
ing to Saturday night in bargain MAX
ing. In many of the families across
the breakfast table and the tea table
are discussed questions of loss and
gain. You are every day asking your
self: "What is the value of this?
What is the value Of that?" You
would not think of giving something
of greater value for that which is OF
lesser value. You would not think OF
selling that which cost you ten dollars
for five dollars. If you had a property
that was worth $4,000, you would
not sell it for $4,000. You r intelli-
gent in all matters of bargain MAX
ing. Are you as wise in the things
that pertain to the matters of the
soul? Christ adapted His instructions
to the circumstances of those to
whom He spoke. When He talked to
fishermen, He spoke of the Gospel net.
When He talked to the farmers, He
said: "a sower went forth to SOW"
When He talked to the shepherds, He
told the parable of the lost sheep.
And am 1 not right, when speaking
to an audience made up of bargain
makers, that I address them in the
words of my text, asking: "What
shall it profit a man if he shall gain
the whole world and lose his own
soul?"
propose, as far as possible, to esti-
mate and compare the value of the
two properties.
First, 1 have to say that the world
is a very grand property. Its flowers
are Gods thoughts in bloom; its rocks
are Gods thoughts in stone; its dew.
drops are Gods thoughts in pearl
This world is Gods child-a Maynard
child, indeed. 1t has wandered of
through the heavens. But about
1000 years ago, one Christmas night
God sent out a sister world to cal
that wanderer back, and it hung owe
Bethlehem only long enough to ge
, the promise of the wanderers return
and now that lost world, with sof
feet of light, comes treading bacl
through the heavens. The hills-hoy
beautiful they billow up the edge o
, the wave white with the foam o
/, c~rocusesl How beautiful the rainbow
the arched bridge on which heave,
I and earth come and talk to each othe
! in tears after the storm is over! Ho'
nimble the feet of the lamplighter
that in a few minutes set all the dom
of the night ablaze with brackets c
fire! How bright the oar of the sa.
from cloud that rows across the dee
sea of heaven! How beautiful tn
spring, with bridal blossoms in he
hair! I wonder who it is that beat
Z time on a June morning for the bir
I orchestra? How gently the harebe
). tolls it's fragrance on the air! Thel
may be grander worlds, swarthi,
;, worlds, larger worlds, than this, but
think that this is a most exquisi
+ world, a ~mignonette or the bosom
e. immensely. "Oh," you say, take n
,e soul! Give me hat world! l am wi
ia ing to take it in exchange. I a
= ready now for the bargain. 1t is
IL beautiful a world, so sweet a worl
g so grand = worldl"
OF But let us look more infinitely in
the value of this world. You will n
q buy property unless you can get
good title to it. After you hs
D. looked at the property and found @
sc that it suits you, you send an attorn
rs to the public Office, and he examir
-. the book of deeds and the book
mortgages and the book of judgmel
and the book of liens, and he decit
On whether the title is good before y
IN willhave anything to do with it. TIL
he might be a splendid property, and
nd every way exactly suited to your wa
but il you cannot get a good ii
you will not take it. Now, I am h
lu- to say that it is impossible to
N a good title to this world. If I
ri tie down upon it, in the very yea
liz 30 settle down upon it as a peri
nent possession, 1 may be driven av
from it. Aye, in five minutes afte
hit give up my soul for the world, 1 n
S. have to part with the world,
what kind Of a title do you call tn
There is only one way in which I
VOL hold an earthly possession, and I
the Is through the senses. All beaut
Iill sights through the eye, but the
may be blotted out; all captivat
sounds through the ear, but my
may be deafened; all lusciousness
a fruits and viands through my ia
ids. but my taste may be destroyed;
appreciation of culture and of
through my mind, but l may lose
'eu. mind. What a frail hold, ther
aid have upon any earthly possession.
of In courts Of law. if you want to
nc. a mar off a property, you must S,