The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-30
TEACHINGS OF PREACHERS.
Egyptology Proves an Agreement Be-
tween Science and Holy Writ.
Discourse by Rev. DR.. Gilbert Reviewing the
History of Methodism and the Wonderful
Growth of the Denomination in America.
sERMoN oF pR. JENcKEs.

Herodotus Wrong and Moses Right in Regard
to Egyptian History.
There was a large audience at Tomlinson Hall
last night, and the services were unusually in
terestine and impressive The union meeting
Jenckes, and seated with him upon the platform
were Rev. !. H. Mcconnell, of Roberts Park M.
E. Church; Rev. J. A. Rondthaer, of the Taber-
nacle Church; Rev. G. l.. McNutt, of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church; Rev. r. E. lyeig hbor, of.
the North Baptist Church, and Rev. w. W. Ray
mond, Of Holy Innocents' Church. The choir
and congregation opened with singing Jesus
shall reign where e'er the sun does his sue
cessve journeys rum"
Mr.. Raymond began the service with reading
the order for evening prayer from the Episcopal
ritual for the tenth Sunday after Trinity, which
included the responsive reading of Psalm cxlii.
Rev. G. L. McNutt read the fifty fifth chapter of
Isaiah, which was followed by the singing of
Psalm xcviii by the st. Pauls quartet. Rev. J.
A. Rondthaler read the second lesson Of the
evening, Corinthians, xiii. The audience rose
and rehearsed the creed, having been furnished
with leaflets containing the service of the even
ing, after which DR.. Jenckes offered the pre-
scribed prayers The choir and congregation
sung SAL hail the power of Jesus name"
DR.. Jenckes took as his text Isaiah, lv, 10
and IL:
For as the rain cometh down. and the snow from
heaven, and returneth not thther but watereth the
EARTH and naketh it bring forth and bud that it may
give seed to the sower and bread to the eater:
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my
mouth it shall not return unto void but it shall
accomplish that which please, and it shall prosper
in the thing whereto sent it.
Do you recognize that this is prophetic2 That
it Is out of the mouth of one of the Lords proph-
cts aud by His own authority that he gives US
these precious words-a prediction that no mat
ter what the circumstances may be, even though
they seem adverse, that eventually Gods word
must prosper and triumph over all sin, all un-
godliness all iniouity found among men. That
il shall triumph in Indianapolis against four
hundred and fifty drinking saloons, over one
hundred and fifty houses of ill-repute, over
the gambling dens 1t shall triumph in the
hearts of lukewarm Christians as well as in the
hearts of those who scott at it.
Now, we know this is not always taken for
granted that there those who persistently
resist the spread of Gods word and its entrance
into their hearts There have always been men
who resisted it from the days of Julian down to
the time of Rousseau and the wits of the French
Revolution, and in own time we have niger
soll-men who persistently determine to oppose
the spread of Gods word and to make these
glorious prophecies of no effect. Some little
while ago it was the fashion to put Herodotus
against Moses. Some of these men accepted the
statement OF Herodotus that there was no wine
in Egypt as against Moses. The deciphering
of the hieroglyphics shows Herodotus to have
been wrong and Moses right There are repre-
sensations of wine-making. and wine drinking,
and drunkenness where they are found under
the table. Some skeptic has denied that Abra-
ham visited Egypt, and the account of Phsraohs
presenting him with camels, oxen and sheep.
He denies it, because there is no mention made
of horses, and that consequently the Mosaic &C
count cannot be true. 1t has been found by in
vestigation of these tables and hieroglyphics
that horses were not known at that time in
Egypt
It was Hervey who discovered the circulation
of the blood. All the old doctors had a dim sort
of idea about the blood, that 1t was poured into
the system and ran up and down, backwards
and forwards. But Hervey discovered the cir
culating action of the blood the Office of the
veins and arteries and the purifying of the
blood by the lungs 1t is by this grand system
that God keeps the human system In perfect or
der. 1t is in analogy with the grand circulating
system of nature, which gives seed to the sower
and bread to the eater. The sun drinks up by
evaporation vast volumes of water from the
lakes the rivers and the broad ocean, raises it
up and floats it in clouds over varying land
scapes, whence it falls again in showers to keep
the earth fresh and strong, and FERTILE and Wig
orous.
science and the Bible We have found, however,
that Scripture does agree with science, as the
translation was incorrect; that the Hebrew word
translated but means until, SO that we have
perfect accord between the system of science
and Holy Writ.
Ramexes ii has been found, by the papyrus in
which he was wrapped, to have been the Pharaoh
who would not let the Israeltes go. His history
is written upon this papyrus. and it is
being deciphered. How is it Pharaoh was
found herel AS matter of course, Pharaoh
was drowned in the Red sea, but his body was
reclaimed and buried in this great mausoleum
seventy feet under the earth. From the Rosetta
stone we expect to know contemporaneous his
tory during the time Joseph was in Egypt God
will give us information as it is needed. When
a furious assault is made upon the Scriptures
God enables some keen sighted man to find a
refutation of it. The significance of our text is
that we have an absolute assurance that the
good forces of the earth Will triumph and the bad
must succumb
Prayer was offered by Mr.. Mcconnell, and the
benediction was pronounced by Mr.. Neighbor.
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