The pathway of life to which is added a biography of Dr. Talmage (1888) (14782281115)

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Title: The pathway of life ... to which is added a biography of Dr. Talmage
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Thomas De Witt Talmage
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Publisher: Historrical pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Gumberg Library, Duquesne University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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ath upon the heads of- those who practice them. While they laughand cheer, they die. The 3000 who perished that day in Gaza are as nothing whencompared to the tens of thousands who have been destroyed by sinful amusementsBut there is a lawful use of the world as well as an unlawful abuse of it, andthe difference between the man Christian and the man unchristian is that inthe former case the man masters the world, while in the latter case the worldmasters him. For whom did God make this grand and beautiful world ? Forwhom this wonderful expenditure of color, this gracefulness of line, this mosaicof the ground, this fresco of the sky, this glowing fruitage of orchard and vine-yard, this full orchestra of the tempest, in which the tree branches flute, and thewinds trumpet, and the thunders drum, and all the splendors of earth and skycome clashing their cymbals ? For whom did God spring the arched bridge ofcolors resting upon buttresses of broken storm-cloud ? For whom did He gather (324)
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(325) 326 THE PATHWAY OF LIFE the upholstery of fire around the window of the setting sun ? For all men; butmore especially for His own dear children. THE WORLD FOR GODS OWN CHILDREN. If you build a large mansion and spread a great feast after it to celebrate thecompletion of the structure, do you allow strangers to come in and occupy theplace while you thrust your own children in the kitchen or the barn, or thefields? Oh, no. You say, I am very glad to see strangers in my mansion, butmy own sons and daughters shall have the first right there. Now, God hasbuilt this grand mansion of a world, and He has spread a glorious feast in it; andwhile those who are strangers to His grace may come in, I think that God espe-cially intends to give the advantage to His own children, those who are the sons anddaughters of the Lord Almighty, those who through grace can look up and say, Abba, Father. You cannot make me believe that God gives more advantagesto the world than He gives to the Church boug