Sermons and Biblical Studies

Daniel Autor: T. De Witt Talmage

The Nation’92s Opportunity Eze_41:11 : ’93Another door toward the south.’94 Rev_21:13. ’93On the south three gates.’94 King George of England, at the close of the Revolutionary War, in which he had lost thirteen colonies, proclaimed a day of thanksgiving because of the return of peace. His chaplain said to him: ’93For what would your majesty … Continue reading “318. The Nation’s Opportunity”

Sailing Up the Nile Eze_29:9 : ’93The river is mine, and I have made it.’94 Aha! This is the river Nile. A brown, or yellow, or silver cord on which are hung more jewels of thrilling interest than on any river that was ever twisted in the sunshine. It ripples through the book of Ezekiel, … Continue reading “317. Sailing Up the Nile”

Business Troubles Eze_27:24 : ’93These were thy merchants in all sorts of things.’94 We are at the opening door of returning national prosperity. The coming crops, the re-establishment of public confidence, and, above all, the blessing of God, will turn in upon all sections of America the widest, greatest prosperity this country has ever seen. … Continue reading “316. Business Troubles”

The World’92s Fair Eze_27:12 : ’93They traded in thy fairs.’94 Fairs may be for the sale of goods, or for the exhibition of goods on a small scale or a large scale, for county or city, for one nation or for all nations. My text brings us to the fairs of ancient Tyre, a city … Continue reading “315. The World’s Fair”

Save the Cities Eze_27:3 : ’93Oh! thou that art situate at the entry of the sea.’94 This is a part of an impassioned apostrophe to the city of Tyre. It was a beautiful city’97a majestic city. At the east end of the Mediterranean it sat, with one hand beckoning the inland trade, and with the … Continue reading “314. Save the Cities”

Christianity As a Delusion Eze_21:21 : ’93He made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.’94 Two modes of divination by which the King of Babylon proposed to find out the will of God. He took a bundle of arrows, and put them together, mixed them up, then pulled forth one, … Continue reading “313. Christianity As a Delusion”

Nests in the Cedar Eze_17:23 : ’93All fowl of every wing.’94 The cedar of Lebanon is a royal tree. It stands six thousand feet above the level of the sea. A missionary counted the concentric circles and found one tree thirty-five hundred years old’97long-rooted, broad branched, all the year in luxuriant foliage. The branches that … Continue reading “312. Nests in the Cedar”

Wing and Hand Eze_10:21 : ’93The likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.’94 While tossed on the sea between Australia and Ceylon, I first particularly noticed this text, of which then and there I made memorandum. This chapter is all a-flutter with cherubim. Who are the cherubim? An order of angels … Continue reading “311. Wing and Hand”

The Mission of the Wheel A Thanksgiving Sermon. Eze_10:13 : ’93As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel!’94 Next Thursday will, by proclamation of President and Governors, be observed in Thanksgiving for temporal mercies. With what spirit shall we enter upon it? For nearly a year and a half … Continue reading “310. The Mission of the Wheel”