The Penn's Grove record., 1900-12-14
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE Blythe NOTED
DIVINE.


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Subject: a way over Jordan LORD
VIM Send = Boat From the Other
Shore It Will Come to Transport the
Faithful to Eternal Life.
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WAsHrrnrow n C-From an unnat;ced
incident of olden time n. alma Il fhis
discourse draws somc romfortinc and ram
turous lessnns TIN tert 81 n Samuel x;xl
is. aAnd there went over q ferrvboat e.
carry over the kings household.o
Which of the crowd il the kinds That
short man. sunburnt and in fatia1ie dress:
II IS David, the exiled king. az has de-
feated his enemies and il now coina home
to resume his palace. Good! / always
ike to see David come nut ahead. BIT he.
tween him and his Lome there i the ceIe-
brated River Jordan, which Mas ID be
passed. The king ia accomnanied to the
bank Of the river by an aristocratic old
rentleman Of eighty wears: Barzillai by
Rocelim. Besides that. David has hin fam
iy with him. But how shall they Get
across the, river? While they are stand
inc there + see a ferrvboat coming from
the other side. and AZ & cuts throuoh the
water I see the faces of David and his
household brighten m IT the thonoht &c
az soon oatt;ng home No aoonar bed +be
ferrvboaf str,,cL tba shore than nor;I md
he family and NJ. IA fr;ord Hsrziiis;.
from Pogal;,n cat ~ basrJ AZ Lns+
E;thor NH .nlo sb;na aars - 4ha s;da ~
with nna nar sc,,ll;re ~ tha starn &c
boat thew leave the eastern hsnL - the
To~Jan "a start - -. tds's.n 4ao an1 - =
Tha+ ~a au ! al han III = L,ael $500 sr;th anaa,d.
of nson,e NJ : ann - an nha, ~ -
the annroach nf fbe I;ne and liz fam;iv
~ - an = = oin !. 'no1v
s Mno nass pen Davlus worst enemies now
~ nennn my - ~ = y AuIE
~ az ,sas+ nau ~. = u poa. s ~ ny ssple
ond ~ La"raaS S'u: ~. - LII &c. - dua nj
cnma ana nar.t,ia nav;J ~ *
fsm;iy and Per-;I1a; fnan paSaI.m Us ns
sshora K;nr nau;d ISIS h;s ia fr;an99
70 ID wifi I'm ora I;ra - 49, 49, L,,t
r. Ella; annlns;zas nd ;nt;rrates tIat = ~
i ;nGTrn w;th ara .nd 10 Jaae Il arnrs.
o;ata az Will aso anI ~ w uSdi ~ apple-
t;te that would soon ha eloved NH h,r,,
r;or. l;u;na an5 ~ - hoss IL na..;a
wonIa let him 90 bacL - I;s co,.ntrv ssat
T once hard the fathsr IS : pres;Jant
of the TIn;ted states SOW +h.t ha hed INST; ,st
been IN Wash;nrton 10 SOC Ia son - the
White House. and ha to1d ma of tha won.
derful things thai occ,,rred there and -
what Daniel Webster said IA him hut he
declared: II was Glad to cet home There
was too much going on there for me- Nv
father. an aged man. made his last visit
at nv house IN Pb;ladalnb;a and after the
church service was over and we went
AGED man how he enioved the service
"Well. I enioyed the service. but there
were too MANY neonle there for me II
troubled nv head very much.n The fact
is that old people do NOT like excitement
If King David had asked Rarz;lIai thirty
wears before to 90 10 fbe nalaoa tho nroL.
ability is that Rarz;lla; would have pone
but not now. TLev Hiss each othar Good,
bve. = cnstom amono man nn,antaL hit
in vogue vet where two hrothars mart ~
an AGED father and ! SON 90 await from
each other never to meet AGAIN NJ won
der that their Inns met a. Kinc David and
old Barzillai al The nrow of The ferrvhoat
parted forever
This River Jordan II ou aaes ana
among iii languages has bear III sun-
boil 81 the honndarv line hot1usaa- asr+k
and hon van s1a+ whon fa.ss.s saaa
Sim T nrsaohsd ~ .ro. ~. III tIlnlIl 1cca.
nasaara t have ~ josht 4hat - 20 III.
~iesnond;nrIu sa;J. ssrhe Tand sa;Sht - yoa
divided ,Jordan far .Ioshuo III, nsne nas as
moor man rhear nj & = -.
van that thora - W. : saow
well A. thrnuoh Il NJ texf saws. "An =
there wont n1er a saos, =.
the KINGS household -
All our cities are familiar With the ferru
boat. r. GOES from San Frago;sco - III
land and from I;vernaol - P;rl ~
and twice every sec,ler dov &C a. n,aaI,
multitndes are on The ferrrho.ts 20 e esn
creat cities "a that vo, viii not 800 ~
hunt un q classical d;ct;onarv ~ 6n5 ont
what I mean while T am sneak;nc To Won
about the passage Of David and his family
across the River Jordan
Ms subject, in the first place. impresses
me with the fact that when we cross over
from this world to the next the hnat will
have to come from the other side Tha
tribe of Judah. we are informed. sent This
ferryboat across to get David and his
household. l stand on the eastern side Of
the River Jordan. and I find No sh;nn;n
at all. but while / am standing there +
see a boat blowing THROUGH the river, and
as I hear. the swirl of the waters and
the boat comes 10 the eastern side Of the
Jordan, and David and his family and his
old friend step on board that boat. I am
nightly impressed with the fact that
when we cross over from this world 70 the
next the boat win have To come from the
opposite shore.
Every day / find neonle trying "a ~
temporize a wav from Earth ~ beoven
They gather IN their cood WORKS and soma
Sentimental theories and thav noaso ' :
raft and thew on don,, tn : 80
srent;c;srn and nsdo,;tr ~ ~ ha,aaa
one msn r. die ne,p:u
carpenters Of worldly nb;l"sonhr - oom sup
and I'LL ay puiiosopny 70 CONF
this river T ;nr;ta tsaaa i. la sa.say e Ls
LII, ~ - = nLo az ~ e. uuiee tnelr
sh; an III pSTr nlg9 81, snali NJ Gne stan
snr;t ond snynuaA as sn ! snape luz DOW
epr.., anu opinoAa slaI make the nam
.opgalant braces, ana henan snail go TO
t All anu wea ar dos ana boxing tne snip.
a. az ,ose.nel "a io,Vuo years tney VIII never
" ape 70 make q poat mat can cross this
yoruan. WY was II that Spinoza and
Dioun. anu cnaItesoury iost tneir souls!
- was because tney tired TO cross the
s!ream IN a BOAT OF their own construc.
Iloh. Wnat miserable work they made OF
Tying. Diodorus died OF modification be-
cause ne could not guess a conundrum
Whlch nad been proposed to him at q
puoic Gunner; Ieuxls, the philosopher,
dieo Oh mlrth, laughing at a caricature
u ~ an aged woman, q caricature made by
HIS IVY h1nd uvhYln ~ H.