The Forrest City times., 1888-10-06
A VIVID ILLUSTRATION,
Who Maketh the Clouds His
 Chariot"

Srapfieally D'scr bss the Untold Contents oi the hor zon-A Mythical Inspiration is GiVen 10 Those of Sinful Mood.
 bhookLfS, Sept, S0 The hymn sung st ane opening of the services in the Brooklyn tabernacle this morning was:
 Welcome sweet day of rest
 That saw the Lord arlse"
 Ai'et e£ing aipropriats passages of scripture, the Rev. T. Dewitt Tslmage D. D.. tooS the text: Psam civ 3: Who maketh 'ne clouds His chariutn Dr. Talmage said:
 brutes are constructed so as 10 look down. Those earthly creatures that have wings when lhey rise from the earth stlll look down. and the eagle searches for mice in the grass and the raven for estcasses in the field. Man alone Is made 10 look ua To induce him to iooS up God makes the sky picture gallery, \ Dusseldorf, a Louvre, a Luxembourg, a vatican that eelipses all that German or French or Italian srt ever accomplished But 1od has has failed SO far 10 attract the st- 'ention Of most of us by the scenery of the sky We go into raptures over flowers in the soil, but have little or no appreciation of the morning glores" that bloom on the wall of The sky at sunrise or the dahllas in the clouds at sunset We are in ecstacles over a gobelin tapestry Of bridal veil of rare fabric, or snowbank Of exauisite curve, but see not at ali' or see without emotion. the bridal wells oi mist that cover the face of the CatsklIls, or the swaying upholstery around the couch OI tne dying day, or the snow banks of yapor piled up in the heavens
 My text bids us lit our chin three or four lnehes and open the two telescopes which under the forehead are put on swivel easily turned upward and zee that the clouds are not merely uuinteresting signs of vet or drv weather, but that they are embroidered cano- pes oi shade that they are the conservatorles oi the sky, that they are thrones of pomp, mat they are ehrYstaiine bars, that they are paintings in water color, that they are the angels ot the mis-, that they are great caihc- drals or light with broad aisles for angelic ieet to walk through aud bow at altars of amber and alabaster, that they arc the moth- CTS oi the dew, that they are ladders for ascending and descending glorles Cotopaxis ot beacbing flame, Niagaras Of color, that they are the masterpieces of the Lord God Almighty. The clouds are fayorite Bible simiie and the sacred writers have made much use of then. Alter the deluge God hung ou cloud in concentrie bands the colors of the spectrum saying: T do set my bow in ihe cioud As mountain is sometimes entire " hidden by the vapors so. ss{s God. "l have blotiel out as thick cloud thy transgres- sions." David measures the divine goodness ana found It so high be ap1strouhiZed: "Thy fa'thiuluess reacheth unto thc clouds" As sometimes there are thousands of fleeces of y'por scurrving across The heavens, SO, says Isalab witl be the converts in the millennium 'ss clouds and as dOvesn As m The wet season no sooner does the sky clear than there comes another obseuration, SO says Solomon, cue ache or aiiment of old folks has DO more than gone than another pain comes "as clouds return in the fainn A column of fllumined cloud led the IsraeIites across The wilderness. In the took Of Job Flibu, watching the clouds cuull not under stand whT they did not fall or why they dld not all roll together, the laws oi evapor- alton and condensation then not being under stood, and he cries out: "Dust thou know the balancing of tbe cl0udsP When read my text it suggests to me that the clouds are the Creators equipage, and their whirling masses are the wheels and the tongue of the cloud IS the pole or the celestial vehicle and inc winds are the hsrnessed stceds, and God IS the Royal occupant and driver "who meketh the clouds Ills chsriot.n
 To understand the psa mIs's meaning in the text you must know 1Eat the chariot Of old was sometimes a sculptured briliancy made out ot ivorf, sometimes of solid silver. and rolled on two wheels which were fastened to the axle by stout pins, and ihe awful de- feat of Oeuomaus by Pelops was caused by the Tact that traitOrous eharloteer had in- serted finch pin Of wax instead of finch
 
 Of Pharaoh lost their finch pins in the Red Sea, for the Bible says: 1.-The Lord took of their wheels" Look at the loug flash of solomon's fourteen hundred chariOts and the thirty thousand chariols of the Philistnes. If You have ever visited the buildings where king or queen keeps the coaches of state as have you know that kings and queens have great varieties of turnout. The Keeper tells you: "lhis Is the stlte carriage and used only on great occasions" This Is the cofo- nation carriage and in 1t the king role on the day he tcok the throne" In this the queen went 10 open parliament" This Is the coach in which the CZar ami the Sultan rode on the occasion of tbeF visit" All costly and tesseated and enriched and tmblazoned are they, aud when the driver takes he reins Of the ten white horses in his hands, and amid mounted troops and bands Tn full force sounding the nation air, the spendor starts and rolls on under arches en- twined with banners, and aluid the huzza of hundreds of thousands of spectators the scene Is memorable. But my text puts all such oc- casions into lnslgnitieance it represents the King ot the Universe coming to the door of his palace, and the gilded vapors Of the heavens rolling up to His feet, and He step ping In and taking the reius Of the galloping winds in His hands starts in triumphal ride under the arches of sapphire, and over the at mospheric highways of opal and chrysolite, the clouds His chariot.
 My hearers, do not think that God bellttles Himself when He takes such conveyance. Do you know that the clouds are among the most wondrous and ma jestic things In the whole universel Do you know that they are fl ing lakes and rivers aud oceansi God waved His hand over them and said: Come mp higherlr and they obeyed the mandate. That cloud instead Of being, as it seems, q small gathering of vap0r q few wards wide and high is really seven or eght miles across, and is a noun ain, from It's base to its top Affnan ilnus nd faef piglf fag tlnu I feet twenty thousand feet, and cut through with ravlnes five thousand feet deep. No David did not make fragile or unworthy repre- sentation Of God in the text when he spoke of the clouds as his chariot But as l sul- gested in the case Of an earthly king, He has His morning cloud chariot and His evening cloud chariot-the clond chariot in which He rode down to Sinai to open the law, and the cloud chariot in which He rode down to Ia Dor to honor the gospel, and the cloud chariot in which He will come to judgement.
 When He rides out In Il morning chariot at this season, about six o'clock, He puts go den comets on the dome Of cities, and silvers the rivers, and out Of the dew makes A diamond ring for the finger ot every grass blade, and bids good cheer to inyslids who in the night said: Would God 1t were morning." From this mornlng cloud chariot He distributes light lgh; for the earth and light for the heavens light Tor the land and light for the sea, great bars Of it great wreathes Of 1t, great columns or II, world full of it. HaIl Him in worship as every morning He drives out in His chariot Of morning cloud, and cry with David: My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, in the morning will direct my prayer unto Thee and look UT" l rejoice In ihese Scripture calculations Joy cometh in the morning" Ny soul waiteth for Thee more than theY that watch for the morning." "lf take the wing of the morning." "fhe eyeids of the mornng;" 'the morning cometh;" Who IS she that looketh forth as the morn ngf
 Ills going forth Is prepared AS the morn ipg;p "As tbe morning spread on the noun tains;" ''That thou shoU ds, visit him every morning." What q might, thing the King throws from His chariot when he throws us the morning
 Yea; He has his evening cloud chariot It is made out O. the saffron and gold and the purple and the orange and the yermilou and upsho, flame Of the sunset That is the place where the splendors that have marched through the day, having ended the proces- sion. throw down their torches and set the heavens on fire. That is the only hour oi the day when the atmas here Is clear enough to lei ms see the vail Of the heavenly city with it's twelve manner ot precous stones, from foundation of jasper 10 middle strata of sardius and on up 10 the cop ing of amethyst At that hour with out any of Eiisha's supernatural vision wa see horses Of fire and chariots ot 1re and banners of fire and ships of fire and cities oi