ey Sev DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON. Concerning Bigots. not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him and slew him at the passages of Jor- dan." —Judgoes 12: 6. Do vou notice the difference of pro- nunciation between shibboleth and sib- boleth? A very small and unimportant difference you say. And yet, that dif- ference was the difference between life and death for a great many people. The Lord’s people, Gilead and Ephraim got into a great fight, and Ephraim was fords of the river Jordan to cross, Or- der was given that all Ephraimites com- ing there be slain, But how could Shey were DETECTED BY THEIR TION. PRONUNCIA- Shibboleth was a word that stood for river. The Ephraimites had a brogue of their own, and when they tried to say shibboleth, always left sound of the **h.”’ When it was asked that they say shibboleth they said sib- boleth, and were slain. **Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth : for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then #ages of Jordan.” about that small difference! ¢ Lord’s tribes in our time 1 I mean the by very small and the scores of denomina- difference, difference between sthibboleth and sibboleth, «reat nuinber of denominations. Time would fail me to tell of the ‘Calvini and the Arminians and the Sabbatari- ans and the Baxterians and the Dunk- Qt IS and the Methodists and the Baptists and the Episcopalians and the Luther- ans and the Congregationalists and the Presbyterians and the Spiritualists and a score of other denominations of re- ligionists, some of them founded by ry good men, some of them tounded y very egotistic men, and some of them founded by very bad men. Bat as | DEMAND LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE or myself I must give that same liberty to every other man, remembering that he no more differs from me than I differ from him, 1 advocate the largest berty in all religious belief and form of worship. In art, in politics, als and in religion let aw, no moving of the tion, no persecution, no i You know that the air and th keep pure by constant circulation I think there is a tendency in rel 1ssion to purification and mors health. Between the fourth an sixteenth centuries the Chur posed Lo mak sople thin iti ] and press, an I lead id= in mor- } 1 no oat there be no gag previous ques- 1 volerance, hot US , tried to make people orthod 18 discovered that y an’s belief by by consecrated altars t drunkenness and hh as the world never hean very sewers of perditi and flooded the C hile the printing- id it broke the i f the mind. Then there came a large of bad books, but where there man hostile to the Christian were twenty men ready 80 I have n { it; not any nerv- regard to this battle i auman number was one religion there to advocate it; in between ONSHVSS going US OLA » RUTH AND ERROR, The truth will conquer just as cer- at God is stronger than the [.et Error run, if you only let Truth run along with it, Urged on by ptic’s shout and transcendentalist’s jet it run, God’s angels of wrath in hot pursuit, and quicker than eagle's beak clutches out a hawk’s heart God's vengeance wlll tear it to piecess, I propose this morning to speak to ly as ti ot 1 and ils cures, There are those who would make us think that this monster, with horns and hoofs, is religion. I shall chase it to its hiding-place, and drag it out of the caverns of darkness, and rip off its hide, But I want to make a distinction between bigotry and the lawful fondness for peculiar reli- gious beliefs and forms of worship, I have no admaration for a nothingarian, In a world of such tremendows vicis- situde and temptation, and with a soul that must after awhile stand before a throne of insufferable brightness, ina day when the rocking of the mountains and the flaming of the heavens and the upheaval of the sea shall be among the least of the excitements, to give account for every thought, word, action, pre. ference and dislike—that man is mad who has no RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE, jut our early education, our physical temperament, our mental constitution, will very much decide our form of wor- ship. A style of psalmody that may please me may displease you, Some would like to have a minister in gown and bands and surplice, and others pre. fer to have a minister in plain citizen's apparel. Some are most impressed when a little child is presented at the altar and sprinkled of the waters of a holy benediction, *‘In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost ;”’ and others are more impressed when the penitent comes up out of the river, his garment dripping with the waters of a baptism which signifies the washing away of sin, Let either have his own way, One man likes no noise in prayer—mnot a word, not a whisper. Another man, just as good, prefers by exclamation to ex- One “Every man fully persuaded in his own mind.” George Whitefleld was going over a Quaker rather roughly for some of his religious sentiments, and the Quaker said: **George, I am as thou art; I am for bringing all men to the hope of the Gospel; therefore, if thou wilt not quar- rel with me about my broad brim, I will not quarrel with thee about thy black gown. George, give me thy hand." I. In tracing out the religion of sectarianism, or bigotry, I find that a COMES FROM WRONG EDUCATION wrong to carica- ture and jeer the peculiar forms of re- ligion in the world, and denounce other sects and other denominations. It is very often the case that that kind of | education acts just opposite to what was expected, and the children grow up, and after awhile go and see for | and looking in those | ymmandments, by natural re- | action go and join those very churches. I could mention the names | of prominent ministers of the Gespel who spent their whole lives bombard- ing other denominations, and who lived | they ‘8 in those very denominations, jut it is often the case that bigotry household, and that the There starts Hever recovers, thousands of BIGOTS TEN YI 1 think sectarianism any one denomination in a community. 1 1 his denomination is the most wealthy 3 innfita inua- and it is ‘our’ church, religious organization, and *‘our™ minister, and the and other — “aur” man tosses his head, denominations to know their places, It is a great deal better in munity when the great denominations ‘hristians are about equal in, power, for world’s outside prosperity, wants any com- side by side the Mere nere wordly power, ie church 18 acceptable to God, sr a barn with Christ than a cathedral wi s +} is no evidence that Det i v} nies rolling throug ] and an angel from hea ¥ i 1 Y if there be n aud no Christ in ti rotry is often + ¥ LAT east sgreal ISK Was s 3 ’ 0 #1 3 HOARE UL ent traveler came . I have all right, an Why didn’ h id: he obelisk?" SE around t Look he man who sees only one side of a re- gious truth, Look out for the ho never walks around about reat theories of God and eternity he dead, Ie will be a bigot man these and inevit- There is no man more to be pitied than jess, More There is O88 th # Liat no more, no light, sectarianism. nothin will so soon kill bigotry as God’ 8 sun- 1I. Sol have set before you what consider to be the causes of bigotry. have set before you the origin of Ol his What are some of evil THE BALEFUL EFFE( ? of all it erpples investigation, You are wrong, and I am right, and No taste for exploration, | From the | TS which an archangel might fly from | limit, the man shuts himself out and | dies, a blind mole under a cornshock.| It stops all investigation. While each denomination of Chris-|| tians is to present all the truths of the} Bible, it seems to me that God has giv-| en to each denomination an especial|| mission to give particular emphasis to) some one doctrine, and so the Calvin | istic churches must present the sover- | eignty of God, and the Armenian churches must present man’s free agency, and the Episcopal churches must present the importance of order, and solemn ceremony, and the Baptist churches must present the necessity of ordinances, and the Congregational Church must present the responsibility of the individual member, and the Methodist Church must show what holy enthusiasm hearty congregational singing can accomplish. While each denomination of Christians must set forth all the doctrines of the Bible, I feel it especially incumbent upon each denomination te put particular empha- sis on some one doctrine, Another great damage done by the sectarianism and bigotry of the Church is that, IT DISGUSTS PEOPLE with the Christian religion. Now, my friends, the Church of God was never intended for a war barrack. People are afraid of a riot, You go down the street and you see an excitement, and missiles flying through the air, and you hear the shock of firearms. Po you, the peaceful and industrious citizens. go through that street? Oh, no! Yon will say, *I’ll go around the block.” Now, men come and look upon this nar- row path to heaven, and sometimes see the ecclesiastical brickbats flying every whither, and they say, ‘Well, I guess I'll take the broad road, if it rough, and there is so much sharp shooting on the narrow road, I guess I'11 try the broad road.”’ Francis I. so hated is the drop of Lutheran blood in his veins, he out. Just as long as there i8 so much hostility between denomination and de- Christian and say, “‘If that religion, I want do Again, bigotry and sectarianism great damage, in the fact that they hin- the triumph of the Gospel, Oh, WASTES men IT AMMUNITION, how many of splendid intellect + ves to contro- their life to something practical, they might have been useful! Sup this morning, I speak, Were 4 cominon enemy coming up bay, h the Narrows, and forts New York began her YOu suicide vastly pose while there through around each ot would AWaHY that against the cominor Hiatt (° ptist an and tirade strovedd the C disciple lef of aston it Those who sygipathized them were confined, 1 when a peti fo«<day a were hurled out Lines, anda t} it were In stopy the half the dicted, Baptist men wl lion HON wit down anything. In England a law was made against the Jew. England thrust back the Jew, and thrust down the Jew, and de- clared that no Jew should hold official position. What came of it? Jews destroyed? Was their religion overthrown? No. Whobecame Prime Minister of England years ago? was next to the throne? Who was counsellor and advisor? ant of a Jew! What were we celebrat- ing in all our churches as well as syna- gogues a few years ago? The one hun- fiore, the Jewish philanthropist. Intol- erance never yet put down anything, 111. But now, my friends, having shown you the origin of bigotry, or sec- tarianism, and having shown you the damage it does, I want briefly to show you how we are to WAR AGAINST THIS TERRIBLE EVIL, and I think we ought to begin our war by realizing our own weakness and our own imperfections. If we make so many mistakes in the common affairs of life, is it not possible that we may make mistakes in regard to our religious af- fairs? Shall we take a man by the throat, or by the collar, because he can- not see religious truths just as we do? In the light of eternity it will be found out, I think, there was something wrong in all our creeds ; and something right in all our creeds, But since we may make mistakes in regard to things of the world, do not let us be egotistic and so puffed up as vo have an idea that we cannot make any mistake in regard to religions theories, And then, I think, we will do a great deal to over- throw the sectarianism from our heart, and the sectarianism from the world, by chiefly enlarging upon those things in which we agree rather than those on which we differ. Now, here is A GREAT SOSPEL PLATFORM, A man comes up on this side the plat- form and says, ** 1 don’t believe in baby sprinkling,’’ Shall 1 shove him off? Here i8 a man coming up on this side don’t be- | No; I will say, vou believe in the lord Jesus as your Saviour? Do you trust him | for time and for eternity?’ le says “Yes,” Do you take Christ for time | for eternity?’ “Yes.’”” 1 say, | on, brother, in time and brother Blessed be God for a Gospel one forever,’ | iYe i Christ may stand on it! | I think we may overthrow the severe | and in the Church also, by realizing that | noble institutions and noble | There is nothing that so stiys my | as this thought. One denomina- | nen, soul niram Judson ; another yielded a Lati- | mer and a Melville ; another yielded | John Wesley and the blessed Summer- while own denomination and the Alex world was not wort field; our vielded John Knox ander whom the $y . If we FAIR nen of honest and ale MINDED MEN, ve Come up churches and such } rl } 1 Y ¥ ¥ hough they may be differen {i God Forward, ti Ve may overt Geman the leaner Head } worl out i i y aries it. Side by side, In ommon hardships and com- and common prayers common tears, let be brothers fo We must be. We must be, trials, 118 ever, SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON. Boxpay, Burr. 4 1557, Trust in Our Heavenly Father. LESSON TEXT. (Matt, 6: 24.34. Memory verses, 31-04, LESSON PLAN. Toric o¥ THE QUARTER : King tn Zion. GOLDEN TEXT ¥OR THE QUARTER: Yet have 1 set my king upon my holy hill of Zion,—Psa, 2: 0. Jesus the L.essox Toric: of Trust. Teason Cutline The Itoyal Measure (1. Human Inability, vi. 24, 27.29, . <2. Divine Sufficiency, v#, 26, 30, * 48. Filial Trust, vs. 25, 31-44. GOLDEN TEXT: Casting all HOUur Pet. bh: 17. Day HoME READINGS: M.—Matt, 6 : 24-34, measure of trust, , Luke 12 : 22-40, The royal A 1 Y Y A 1088011 O16 9) A life of trust, or Hig for [LESSON ANALYSIS, I. HUMAN INABILITY. I. To Serve Two Masters: ' II. To Control Bodily Conditions: WW hick x + add : LAY iil. To Secure External Comforts : + hon Lien Adorning the Fields: God doth «1 144} 8 Cl Tif {+00 I will give grass in thy tle (Deut. 11 : 15). The hills are girded with 1 ) Who mot al 3 maket } £ il Alns ETASS 10 Psa. 147 gTOW = 11 in “One ariny of the living God, To whose command we bow ; Part of the host have crossed the floc And part are crossing now.” And I expect denominations of Christians shall join “I believe in God, the Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth. and in Jesus Christ, and in Life Everlasting.’ all with the ———— - Some Gypsy Proverbs. “ After misfortune comes fortune,’ “Better a donkey that lets you ride than a fine horse which throws you off.” fall back from the line into the water.” “It is not good to choose women or cloth by candle light.” “What is the use of a kiss unless there be two to divide it?” “Who has got luck need only to sit at home with his mouth open.” “Who wants to steal potatoes must not forget the sack." “Two hard stones small,” “Polite much.” “Who flatters you has either cheated you or wants to cheat.” “Who waits till another ealls him to suprer often remains hungry.” “If you have lost your horse, then you can throw away your saddle and bridle as well."’ ———— UD FD———— In sick rooms where there 1s diphtheria measles, scarlet fever, ete., the air should be im ted with the odor of equal parts of turpentine and earbolie acid. Half a teaspconful in a kettle of boiling water from time to time will be sufficient. It will be found to relieve the sufferer and prevent the spread of the malady. do not grind words cost little and do A not much more clothe you? They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing (Psa, 34: 10). No good thing will he w them that walk igl upri 11). 1 Ye i ¥ ithhold from 1x iy tly (Psa. i ings work Oe “ . Lord is together for good (Rom, 8B: With good courage we say, the my helper (Heb, 13: 6). 1. “Your heavenly Father feedeth them.?’ (1) many benefi- ciaries ; (2) God's abundant bounty. 2. ‘Are ye not of much more value than they?’ (1) Man's superior value: (2) Man's superior safety (3) Man's superior obligation ; (4) Man's superior destiny. 9. “Shall he not much more clothe you?” (1) The clothing of the God's (3) The clothing of the believer. Jil. FILIAL TRUST. 1. For Life: I say unto you, be not anxious for your life (25). He is in thine hand ; only spare his life (Job 2: 8). The Lord is the strength of my life (Psa. 27: 1). He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it (Matt, 10:39), I hold not my life of any account, as dear unto myself (Acts 20 : 24). 11. For Maintenance : Be not....anxious, saving, shall we eat?. .. . drink? (31). Consider the ravens: ...God feedeth them (Luke 12: 24). Your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things (Luke 12 : 30). Having food and covering we shall be therewith content (1 Tim. 6: 8), Casting all your anxiety upon him, be- cause he careth for you (1 Pet. 5: 7). IIL For the Morrow! What Be not therefore anxious for the mor. row (34). walk through the vaHey... I will fear no evil (Psa. 25: 4). Trust also to him, and he shall bring it to pass (Psa, 37 : When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee (Isa, 43: 2), Be not ...the Holy 8 teach you (Luke 12: 11, 1. “Be not anxious for you Man's (2) Man’s his 2. “Your heavenlh that have knowledge Di, an anxious h aobeat Ig nest ve as knowledge as a knowing Fathe child iis kingdom,” (1) ject of heman pur- sing ot revert momens sams —— LESSON BIBLE READING. ST IN GOD, Psa, 3 Commanded Bd A — Jenkins Trouble, his face as he %- “3 3 KEK, and he was earthqu 1a laugh, and the query fro: ed int WER 7 « JAA vou take « ————————— He had to be Civil Detroi at Las hanging in his drawing room a large and hideous daub in oils, which Shanghai dealer mn Paris induced He is very fond of taking A wealth wortain v ceriain KT 4 n to buy. i he canvas and saying: “(reat picture that, By Macarom di Paid $2000 for it in Paris and got a great bargain. paming an eminent American who ssmetimes visits Detroit artist says it's A few days since this gentleman was | Someone said: old Cantpercent says that you have appraised that frightful nightmare Is it true? The artist answered smilingly: “I will tell you how that happened. He ht usual story. Then “How much is that painting worth?" “ ‘Why Mr. Centpercent,” said I, ‘I upon it, “Well, I'll put it differently,’ said ne. ‘How much would you charge for such a picture?’ “+1 don’t mind saying,’ I answered, ‘that I would not paint such a picture for $10,000. “1 had to be civil, you know." A French paper describes the ‘auto. graphometer,” an apparatus intended to record the topography of roads by an automatic apparatus, which is set in operation by the movement over the road to be examined of a small carriage containing the apparatus, and is oon trolled in such a way by the movement of the car as to register all vaneties of levels and changes in directions, The mechanism employed is quite simple, The wheels of the carrisge set in mo- tion drums, on which are wound strips of paper and on these strips the record \ is made,
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