Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-03-26

that I have got some good grammarians

that have got some good grammarians
here. want to ask them when thew
teach grammar If they don't teach, that
the word arise means moving action ?
Does the word arise mean stand still ?
Does the word .hasteneth' mean stand
still? The word 'goeth down ~ is that a
stand still action? "The Sun riseth and
goeth back down to his place,n said the
preacher, quoting from the Bible. ITS it
possible that the Sun don't move? Now
solomon was certainly man of dis
t1nction and a scholar. Do you know
that he is the man who said, "the Sun
ariseth and gOeth down and hasteneth
back to the place she moved from.' 1t
is nonsense to say the Sun don't move.
David, in the fiftieth Psalm, first verse,
says: The mighty Ged, even the Lord,
hath spoken, and called the earth from
the rising of the Sun unto the going
down thereof Is it possible that this
means that the Sun don't move? NAL
achi, LIST chapter, 11th verse, says: "For
from the rising of the Sun, even to the
going down OF the same, my name shall
be great among the Gentiles.' And vet
the philosophers say the Sun don't
What did Isaiah say in the S8th chap
ter and Sth verse? When Isaiah says
"Hezekiah turned his face to the wall
and prayed unto the Lord !" and when
Isaiah says ''this shall be a sign unto
thee from the Lord, that the Lord will
do this thing that he has spoken Be-
hold will bring again the shadow of
the degrees, which is gone down in the
Sun dial,of Ahaz ten degrees backward r.
so the Sun returned ten degrees, by
which degrees it was gone down."
| Here" said Mr.. Jasper, "God de-
| clared that the Sun go backwards. That
man who says the Sun do not move, he b
don't read this Bible. This is the SUI
periorr book to any in the world. No q.
set of men can consolidate themselves
and write such book as this. ~ 3
KNoTTY POINTS FOR PHILOSOPHERS.
"Yeu cannot make the word rise in
grammar mean the standing position.-
You cannot make the word 'hasteneth'
the standing position. Going down is
a moving position. And yet the philos-
opher says the Sun dent move, and
that there is but nine stars. Where
does he get his authority ?" The preach
er then urged his congregation never to
leave the Bible for any set of men. The
Scriptures are given by God to man,
and they are good for doctrine and for
instruction. This was what the Bible
said. The word of God was fully COM
petent for that business, and it was NO
use to go to philosophers to learn about
the Sun when the Bible tells US it moves.
HARD ON GOLD pRoBABILITIEs.p
Mr.. Jasper then went on to ridicule
the philosophers. He said "tbe philos-
ophers sometimes say, 'clouday and
snow Tomorrow and when tomorrow
comes it is clear and beautiful. He says
we are going to have thunder, this
month, and it is calm. That's So he
talkin' gospel truth, he is" say brethren
and sisters in every part of the church,
The carnal mind cannot reach to these
things. If the Sun don't move, I am
not living. We have here taken the
Bible, which is our guide when we are
In utter darkness. That says the Sun
moves. Whenever you see man con-
tradict Gods word, tell him goodbye.
1.-THE philosophers will tell you that
hundred thousand people believe that
the world rev0lves around the Sum-
[Several sisters, "oh-ah."] It strange
that when the world moves nothing else
moves. My house this morning is where
it was last night" ["That's so."l
CLOSING ADVICE.
The colored divine then went on to
express his wonder that people should
believe anything so absurd and contrary
to the teachings of the Bible. And yet,
people were misled by these philoso-
pliers. Preachers ought not to say that
the world revolyes around the Sun, be-
cause it is contradictory to the word of
God. Gods word, he said, must be
trusted, and those who heard him this
evening, and who had been misled by
the false doctrines of the philosophers,
ought to say, eff have been led in an
error, will be so no longer" lb7a
Now said Mr.. Jasper, turning to
the vast congregation which, with
breathless attention, listened to him,
everybody who believes that the SUN
do move hold up their right hand.p-
Every man, woman and child held up
a right hand. There was no doubt Of
their being convinced that the Sun do
move. sa
Mr.. Jasper was plainly very much
gratified at this, and said: II hope you
will always take your stand on Gods
side. Do not suffer yourself to be car
ried away by doctrines. Confide in
Gods w0rdn a,-., nssias
The preacher in closing paid glow
ing compliment to the white ladies in
attendance, and said he could see the
bloom of culture in their faces He ask B.
ed them to consider the arguments, he
had advanced; to think over them.-
They would be convinced that his ques-
tions could not be answered. 20 astf
The vast congregation left the church,
well pleased with the discourse of their
pastor. If any doubted that the Sun
moved before, they were all convinced
that it do move by the eloquence of
Rev. John Jasper. l1cmE 9. 81.