The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-11-19
PULPIT UTTERANCEs.
A Sermon by Rev. DR.. Talmage
on Curiosity.
Tho Power of Woman Over the Destinles
of Mankind, and Her True Nobility,
which Is Strengthened by
Christian Character.

"Of the rib which the Lord God had taken
from man He made n woman and brought her
unto the man. n."-Genesis Il. %.
tits the first Saturday afternoon of the
worlds existence, said DIR. Talmage. Adam
has since sunrise been watching the pa.
geGntry Of wings and scales, and while
taking his first lessons in zoology and or
anthology and ichthyology he notices thai
the robins fly by twos and the fish swim
by twos and the lions walk by twos. And
In the warm redolence of that scene he
falls Off into slumber. AS II by allegory,
to impress all ages with the fact that sound
and healthful sleep is the grandest Of all
earthly blessings, this paradisiacal somno-
lence ended in woman's arrival on the new
planet.
OF the mother Of all the living | to-day
discourse-Eve, the first, the fairest and
the best. make me garden. Its paths
inlay with mountain moss and border II
with shells from Java and pearls from
Ceylon and diamonds from Golconda. Here
and there are fountains that toss In the
sunlight and ponds that glitter with gold
en- scales and ripple under the padding
OF swans. plant me lilies from the Am.
azon and orange groves from the tropic,
and tamarinds from Goyaz; woodbine and
honeysuckle climb over the wall, and
starred spaniels sprawl upon the grass,
Among the branches call doves and
larks and brown thrashers, that stir the air
with infinite chirp and carol. But this
would be desert full of bowling and death
compared with the bright residence Of the
woman who is the subject Of my mornings
story. Never since Eve such skies looked
down through such leaves into such wa
ters. Never since has river wave known
such curve or sheen or bank as adorned Pi.
son, Havileh, Gihon and Hiddekel, the very
pebbles being odellium and onyx stone
What fruits, with no curculio TO sting tn,
rind? What flowers, with no slug to gnav
the root! What atmosphere, with neither
chill blast TO frost nor heat to consume
Sunlight on the waters, bright colors tan.
gled in the grass, perfume in the air, music
in the sky. Birds warble and bees hun
and waters plash. 1t was oil gladness ant
life and song.
Under these bowers Of vine and leaf ant
shrub, at an altar carpeted with flowers
was the first marriage. Adam, as he takes
the hand of this immaculate daughter o.
God, pronounces the ceremonial himself
when he says "bone Of my bone and flesh
of my flesh" A forbidden tree stands In
the garden. Eve, strolling out alone ont
day, comes under 1t. She says 10 herself.
what beautiful fruit! l wonder how II
tastes. Let me just put my hand upon it
Yes, ripe and beautiful l will take Il
down, but not TO eat. Suppose just
break the rich-tinted rind; that can dc
no harm" After awhile she tasted. Call.
ing TO Adam, he also came and tasted. Sin
for the first time is inside the gates of the
world. Let the heavens put on gloom and
the winds sob on the bosom OF the hills.
and from cavern, and from ocean depth.
and from deserts and from sky let there
come one long, deep, hell-resounding howl:
"Tho world is lostw Beasts before play.
full and harmless growl upon each other
and run out claw and tooth and tusk.
Birds whet their beak for prey. Wrathful
clouds troop in the sky. Sharp thorns
shoot up through soft grass. Blasting is
on the leaves. The rivers, riled and
angry, rush between torn banks. The
cords OF that great harmony are snapped.
Upon the brightest home that earth ever
saw our parents turned their backs and
led forth on q pilgrimage Of sorrow the
broken-hearted myriads Of q ruined race.
See first the danger Of an Illegal inquis.
itiveness. Healthful curiosity has done
much for letters, art, science and religion.
With the geologist IL has gone down into
the earth and read the first chapter Of Gen.
esis in the book Of nature, illustrated with
engravings on the rock, and from its in
spiration the antiquarian hath blown the
trumpet of resurrection over buried Pom
peii and Herculaneum until their sepul-
chers have opened, and shafts and towers
and amphitheaters have arisen TO the
worlds gaze. Curiosity hath attracted
the telescopic vision Of the astronomer un-
til distant worlds have come out OF their
hiding-place In the furtherest heaven TO
choir the praises OF God, while planet is
weighed against planet and widest meteors
are lassooed Of resplendent law. It hath
found traces Of the eternal God in the
polypi and star-fshes in the sea, and the
majesty Of the Great Jehovah encamped
under the gorgeous curtains Of dahlia.
It hath examined the spots on the sun and
the larv@ hidden in leaf; the light under
the fire-ny's wing and the terrible glance
Of the condor pitching from Chimborazo; (;
the myriads Of animalcule that make the
phosphorescent blaze in a ships wake, and
the mighty maze Of suns and spheres and
consultations and galaxies that blaze on in
the march Of God.
Curiosity has inspired the inventor until
forces that for ages lay hidden have come
10 wheels, and levers, and shuttles and
wings innumerable, swimming through the
waters, cleaving through the mountains,
soaring through the air, until the whole
earth rattles, and crushes and roars, and
rings with strange mechanicisms, and
lightnings play kite with philosophers, and
ships with nostrils Of hot steam, and yokes
Of fire draw together the continents. We
would not condemn the labors Of human
lnquisitiveness, but we hope that their Ley
len jars, and electric batteries, and voltaic
piles and magnifying- glasses might charge
Upon the barred castles of the natural
world until II should surrender the last Sc
cret. Give IL wider range, and let new dis
covery come down from the air and leap
out Of the waters and rear from the earth
% crown human inquisitiveness. God be
praised for this geological curiosity of Prof.
,Iftchconlr and tho zonIooica1 curfoaftv 0f