Telegram-herald., 1888-10-22
TABERNACLE PULPIT
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Fhs u.>sA-nuAE.cs of Ia Bible . aonce4tie
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m@ssansd N D=nlsl t6s rule oi 80 aaa
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his soaIa Bss there Is ous n4Iaoinztlczl
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u tas Eiots. EAs 1zEefzl seven,
which 1hs Asablzus gof frola Ild-a and a.
follo sl1x 49, haEe t42ssl from Lae AFaoisns.
Is sIAnds sssssen shs 1S0re 2 <nd tbe a.
IRE saghs Ia sts . 04~. a. the o<her nunef-
as bo~ ~ a Cre< sArss huuersd times is
is uaaanocsd N shs Scrfpsures. slIher alone
or oompolaasa with ether words. In Gene
50 Ehs week is rounded iatO ssyea dzys. a-.d
uss ny text because there ths nuEnsrel .
for ths "a lasrodaoed la Journey which
haIts not ansl "a The esoss Of t.s Book of
Revelations rs nonamsns = butt into ths
wall ~ bsAvsn Ia crysol,s whlcl IN the
strata II precious s5olas Is tbs seventh. In
the Bible ws nnd that Jacob had q serve
ssssn yearx - g~t Rachel. but shs was
vel xorth a. aud foretelliug fhe years
| OF prcsp~rity and famine n fhArsOas
/ tiuls The seven far oxen were eat
ca uD Of ths seven lean oxen. and
wisdom Is al - % built on seven pillars;
and the ark was eft with The Phihstines seven
vears. ara Nasrzn for the cure OF h.. lep-
rosy plunged IN ths Jordan sevan times tho
dad child whsn Elisaa orsathed into its
mouth, xagua1es. It's arrival back int con
sciousnssz by saeezRg seven times, 70 the
l houss that Ezekiel saw IN vision there wer8
seven s-rps; the walls OF Jericho before they
/ fell down were conrezsed seven days,
ZachariAh describes 8 stone with Sc 2 eyes,
/ 70 cleanse q lrproCs eOuSs TIE door must be
| sprioklsd with pigeons blood seven times; IN
| Canaan were oyerthrown seven nations on
one occakion Christ cast out seven devils on
4 on a mountain he fed multitude OF people
| with seven loaves, the fragments LEFT filing
seven baskssss and the closing passages OF the
| Bibls are magnificent and overwhelming
vito the inagery made up Of sOven churches,
i seven stars seven candles1icks, seven seals,
seven Angels, and seven heads and seven
crowns and seven horns, and seven spirits,
and ssv~n viAls, aud seven plaques, and seven
| thunderv.
| Yea, shfs numerical seven seems a favorite
| with the divine mind outside well inside
the Bih,s, for are there not seven prisnatic
colorsi And when God with the rainbow
wrote The comforting thought that the world
would rever havo another deluse, be wrote
It on the scroll OF tia SKY in Ink of seven
colorS He gro-ped into the Pleiades seven
stars. Rons. the capttal OF THO world, sat
on seven hills When God would make tho
most iniellisens thing on earth. the human
| countenancs, he fashions it with seven fea-
turas-the two ears, toe two eyes, the two
nossrils and tho mouth Yea, our body lasts
only seven years, and we gradually she'd IL
for anothsr body after another seven years,
and 80 on, for We are, as 70 our bodies, sep
tsnnial animals. So the numerh seven
ranges through nature and through revela-
ton. Il is tue number OF perfection, and 30
use Il whls I speak Of the seven candle
sticks, tho - en stars, tho seven seals and
the ssvea thu tdcrs
Tho seven golden canGlesticks were end are
| the churches Marx you the churches never
were and never can be, candles They are
only cnn9lastickS They arc not the light,
but they are ~ hold the light. A room IN
the night might have IN il five hundred can
dlestic<s. aId yet you could not see your hand
| before your face. The only use OF a candle
sticx, and the only use OF church, Is % hold
| np tbs light You So il IS a dark world, the
night OF SIN. tho night OF trouble. the night
OF superstition. th9 night or persecution, the
night OF poverty, tbs night OF sickness the
night OF death, ave- about fftv nights have
in.erlocked their shadows. The whole race
goes stumbling over proStratcd hopes ard
fallen fortunes, and empty dour barrels, and
dsrosated cradles. and death beds Oh. how
much ~e have use for ali the seven candle
sticks, with lights blazing from the top o!
each one Of than Lghtof pardon for all sin
Light Of comfort for al troublei Light of en-
courageznsns for all despondency, Light o.!
ctsrnsl riches for ell poverty Light of rescus
for al pcr0curioni Light OF reunion for all
the bsrsfti Light Of heaven for al the dying
And that Light Is sChrist who Is the Light tha:
sraIl yet irradiste the hemisphere Bu:
marx you, when | sy churches are no;
candles bat candlesticks, cast no siur on
eandlssticks l believe in beautiful can
dlestic<s. Tie candlss-icks that God or
dered for Tia aacicns tabernacle were sor1e-
thing exquisite. They were dream OK beauty
carved out Of lovslinezs. They were made q
hammsrsd gold. stood tn foot Of gold and
had ax branches of gold blooming al along
In six lilies of gold ssch. and lipso gold from
which the candles lifted their hoiy fire. And
the best HOUSES IN any city ought to be tha
chnrches-ths best built. tho best ven
tilsted, the bet swept. toe best WIN
dowed and the best chsndeliered Log
osbins may do IN resxhbcrhoods where rioSs
OK the people i've IA los cabins: bus ies there
BE- paiatial chnrchss for regions where many
OF the people i've IN palaces. Do aos have a
better plsoc for yourself Than for your Lord
ard King. Do not i've IN parlcT and puf
vour CHrts> IN kitchen These sgwsn can
: sflsstic<s Il whicA sDs.k we-e not made ous
of pewter or iron. tsey were golden candle
sticks. and gold Is rot only valuahle bu. =
briEhs metal Havs everything about your
church briz1t-Tour ushers With s-ailfr :
fs,es. your music jubiians, your hand sbakinz :
cordial 7our eotirs service a11rzctlva Many
peoris TEL thaa IN church t0ey nzss look
dul in order - - rsvrrsnaal, and many
whose fscrs IN cthsr kinds of szsa-1hlasys
show all tho difFar-ns phasss az emotion,
hare IN -hurch 10 more e-Prs-sio1 than ths
hark wheel q hearsa Brighten
II snd - respo-sive r. you fsel
hks -seping. ween r. Tu7 tee1 EEs
smiling. srzi1a Il v0a tsal indignant
a. sosns wrong axssiled trcn the pulpit.
frc-a- d nos leave your aasuralne<s and
r-zslisncT hcu1e b~caass = - Sunday r,orn-
iu- r. a. 1tfce~S q q church, you u1ess
p-~rris az "a church door vita hiack iook.
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