Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-14
TABERNACLE SERVICES.
REV. DR.. TAlMAGe blsccuRses ON
"oescuRATloN."

Nj" hHu
Christianity.
BROOKLYN, MAJ I3-This morning the
Rev. I. DE Witt Talmage, d. D.. preached at
the Tabernacle to All overfowing congrega-
tion. The hymn beginning,
Stand up, my roul shake of thy fears.
And gird the q ospel srmor on.
was sung with magnificent effect. Dr. Tai
mages subject was "Obscuration." and his
text, THE sun shall he turned into darkness" Z"
Acts ii, 20 He said:
Solar eclipse is here prophesied to take
place about the time Of the destruction Of
ancient Jerusalem. Josephus, the historian,
says that the prophecy was literally fulfilled,
and that about that time there were strange
appearances in the heavens The sun was
not destroyed, but for a little while hidden
Christianity is the rising sun of our time,
and men have tried with the uprolling va
pors of skepticism and the smoke of their
blasphemy to turn the sun into darkness
Suppose the archangels of malice and horror
should be let loose a little while and be al
lowed to extinguish and destroy the sun in
the natural heavens They would take the
oceans from other worlds and pour them on
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go. 80 o,Iv +. fayv coa,s Ieft and ,basa ara
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~,i,,,,,,;sn.,d srn dead s,r bur;aJ
-, iii ,,,rrI5s ,,a;l a, tho stnnardo,s
s..i'.s
ns -. ,h;s wi,bdr, wal of the so,ar heat
-, -, ,hro.,s our sor,b into a universal
chii, .nd ,ba tronics become the temperate
- ~, ,,r,,r,0-,,. h.,ror,,s the Arctic and
m ,ta.a -. srorsr rivers and frozen lakes and
80 e " o.,ars Erou Arctic and Antarctic
-, 49,, ;rh, h;rorts catbar in toward the
- - t;nd ,bo ,,,,,ator .s ,b, noles The
e., f,,as,s ,r,, ,;lad M, into sreat bopfir,e
60; .,.,,,,,a ,b.,,, c.th.r the sbivaripo vii.
-, - 80 Ths y..I,h of tho coal m;nss
;s b,stiIv noursd into the furnaces and
stirred into rags Of combustion. but soon the
hont;ras taoin to lower and the furnaces be-
~, =, ,,o. o,,t and tho uatiops b.sgin IN die
S,otona3i Vesnvius Etna. Stromboli, Cali
fornian pevsers cease to smoke. and the ice
~ h.u Storms remains unmelted in their
cr.tars All the aowers have brearbed their
I,S, bras,h Sbins with sailors frozen
q, tho mast and balmsmen frozen at the
-, and ,,assangars frozen in the cabin.
on ,,at,o,s dvipy f3rst ar the nor,h and then
., ,h. soutb child frosted and dead in the
or.aI. Oc,oo.narian frosted and daad at
tla h..rtb Workpsn with frozen hand on
,h. h,r,r,ar and fro1sn foo, on the sbuttle
w. rr,,, 60. 20 cos An oopgeal;ny win
tsr parne,paI winter Globe of frigid1ty
Bemisnbere shackled to hemisphere by
cba;ns of ice Universal Nova Zembla-
IT, ..r,h an ics Ace grinding AGAINST other
;ca e,es The arcbanoeIs of malice and bor-
ror ba va done their work. and now they may
,sta their thrones of pIacier and look down
mo, rho r,in thew have wrought.
Wba, the destruction of the sun In the
,..rr.I h..vans would ba To our nbysi-
col .,artb the destruction of Christianity
would ba to tn. moral world The sun
,nrne5 into darkness Infidelity in our time
is considered a great Joke There are people
,bo ~ ;o;cs IN hear Christianity caricat,,red
aud to bsor Christ ass.iled with bubble and
- md r,isrsnrasant.tion and handiage
and b.rlaoninads
nrop,ss this morning to take infidelity
o,,d .,bs;s,, ont ~ the yrsIm Of iocplarity
INTO one Of tragedy. and show you what they
nro,,ose ami what IL tb.v are successfui
tbev will accomplish. There are those in ali
o,,r communities who would like to sec the
Cbristi.n rsliuion oyerthrown. and wb i, saw
tha world would bs better without it, l want
TO show Won what is the end of this road,
and What is the terminus of this crusade.
and what this world will be when atheism
and ;pf,da,i.v have triuuped over H. If thew
c,n sav IL tbev can I reiterats il IL
,bav c,n
Tn tho first nIacs IL will be ebs copp;ete
,,d rurt..r,h,a da,,rads.io, of vomanhood
,-;II ,,r,v. !, hv facts and aroumapts which
no honss, man will disputa In all cam.
munities and cities and states and nations
,,ha., ~. (,h-;s+;ar raIig,or has bean do,,;-
non, von,,,.s rendition has been smeIj.
,r,t,d and imnroved and abe is deferred to
nj h,ro,.,i n, n Thousand thi,os and ayerv
r-.r,lo,,,.n ,olss of bis hat before b.r II
-, ,.,o,;s,io,s bavs baa, yood vo, tno,v
that the n.ms of wife mother daugbter
s,,eges. Gracious surroundines You know
there are no better schools and ssminaries in
RrookIvn or in anv citv of this country than
tho schools and serninaries for Young ladies
Won rnow that while woman NAV mffer in.
iustice in England and the United States
~. ,,os ,,,o,a 81 h.- rigbt. IN Cbr;stan5or,,
-,,, che has anvvbero disc
Nov c,mnara this with voman,s cond;-
rio, i, lanjs whsrs CHRISTIANITY has made
jit,Is or NO sdvapca-in Chin, in R.rbarv
in Rorneo in Tartarv in Epvnt in Hipdo'
st.r Tho Rprmess salI tbeir wives and
d,u,h,ars "a so many sbean Tba H;,doo
Ribis u,.los II disgrscafpI and an outrace
~, vo,r., 70 ,is.en 10 r,usic or loo. ont of
N. windov in the absenc. Of her husband
mi s,ivas as a lawful Ground for divorce n
,,r,'o,,s ho,;nn;n, 70 eat hafors har brsbapd
,,as f,r;SbeJ Lis n,aaI What maan tbosa
,rh;,a h,,d,.S ON ,ba n,nds ana -;,,ors
i, Irhir. in tba ,norningi Infantic;ds fol,
iovinr i,rantic;da Female chiIdren do
yvnN SIt