The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-01

| Special Dispatch TO The Appeal
BROOKLYN, N. Y, Sept. 3O.-Thc hymn
sung at the opening OF the services in the
Brooklyn Tabernacle this morning was
WELCOME, sweet day of rest,
That saw the Lord arise
After expounding appropriate passages
Of scripture, the Rev. T. Dewitt Talmagc,
ID, took the text: Psalm civ, g. "Who
maketh the clouds his chariot" DR.. Tai
mage said:
Brutes are constructed SO M TO look
down. Those earthly creatures that have
wings when they rise from the earth still
look down, and the eagle searches for
mice in the grass and the raven for car
casscs in the field. Man alone is made to
look up. To induce him to look up God
makes the sky picture gallery, Dussel-
dorf, a Louvre, a Luxembourg, Vatican.
that eclipses all that German or French or
Italian art ever accomplished. But God
has failed so far 10 attract the attention Of
most Of us by the scenery OF the sky. We
90 into raptures over flowers in the soil,
but have little or no appreciation Of the
morning glories" that bloom on the wall
Of the sky at sunrise or the dahlias in the
clouds at sunset. We are in ccstaccs over
gobelin tapestry or bridal veil Of rare
fabric, or a snowbank OF exquisite curve,
but see not at all, or see without emotion,
the bridal wells OF mist that cover the face
Of the Catskills, or the gwaying upholst.
cry around the couch Of the dying day, or
the 1nowbanks OF vapor piled up In the
heavens.
My text bids US liit our chin three or
four inches and open the two telescopes
which, under the forehead. are put on
swivel, easily turned upward, and see that
the clouds are not merely unintorosting
signs OF wet or dry weather, but that they
are embroidered ca0Opies Of shade; that
they are the conseryaiOrios OF the sky; that
they are thrones Of pomp; that they are
crystalline bars; that they arc paintings In
water color; that they arr the angels Of the
mist; that they are goat caihedrals Of light
with broad aiscs ior angelic feet 10 walk
through aud bow Vt affairs of amber aud
alabastor; that they q . the mothers OF the
| dew; that they are ddem for ascending
and descending elories, Cotopaxis Of bolch,
ing fame, Niagaras 81 color; that they arc
The clouds are n iayontc Bible smile and
the sacred writer's have made much use OF
them. After the dtluge God hung ON u
cloud In concentric bands the colon Of tho
spectrum, saying. 81 DO sot my bow In the
! cloud" As mountain Is sometimes en-
tircly hidden by the yapors, says God, 81
have blottod out ~ a thick cloud thy trans.
| gressions" David measures the divine
goodness and found Il No high he apostro-
| phizcd: "Thy faithlulncss reachcth unto
| the clouds" As sometimes there are thou
sands Of ileeces Of yap0r scurrying across
| the heavens, 40, says Isaiah, will be-
| the converts In the millennium "as
/ clouds and doves" As In the
wet season, no sooner does the sky clear,
than there comes another observation, -,
says Solomon, one ache uf ailment Of old
folks has no more than gone then another
pain comes, "as clouds return In the rain. v
A column Of illuminod cloud led lhU H.
aclitcs across the wilderness. In tho
book Of Job, Elihu, watching the clouds,
could not understand why they did not oil
roll together, the laws Of evaporation aud
condemnation then not boing understood,
and lac cries out: "Dost thou know the
balancing OF the clouls2' When | read
my text Il suggests 10 me that the cloud,
arc the Creators cquipagc, and then
whifling masses are the wheels, aud the
tongue oi the cloud h the pole oi the cclCs
tinl vehicle, and the winds are the har'
messed stccds, aud God IL the royal oCcu.
pant and driver "who makoth the clouds
His chariot"
10 understand Tho psalmists meaning
inlthc text you ma know that the chariot
Of old was sometimes a Bculpturcd bril-
liancy made out of ivory, sometimes o
solid silver, and rolled ON two wheel,
which wOre fastened ~ the axle 81 stout
pms. and the awful defeat Of Ocnomaus by
pclops was caused 5y the fact that a trnit.
or0us chariOtcer had inserted Inch pin
Of wax instead Of Inch pin OF from. Al
Of the six hundred charots of Pharaoh
lost their Inch pins in the Red Sea, for 10,
Bible says The Lord took of thcil
wheels. Look nj the long fash Of solomon
fourteen hundred oliariUH and the thiH,
thousand chari0ts II the lhiIisiincs. !
you have ever visited the buildings wher
a King or Queen kcepl the coaches %
state, M | have. you know HAT Kings ant
Queens have great varieties ~ tuiu0uis
! The keeper tells yOu. "lhIH Is the stat
carriages anil used only on great occa
{ sions." "Ihla isuo rUruuutipn carfiagi
: and Ia Il the King Jde On ihC lay hU tool
the throne" "ln the lhc Queen went &
open Parliament" "ihis s the coach u
which the Car and the sultan rode on ~,
occasion Of their visit" Al costly sn'
, tas.clntcd and enriched lnl OmblNouo'
, are they, and wLon the driver takes th
/ rcins 81 the ten white hons, IN his hand.
aud amid mounted ffDOp and bands b
f. iull force sounding The national air, th
splcndor starts aud rolls on under archie
4 entwincd with banners, mud amid ih
huzza Of hundreds u Thousands OF spec
tatorB the scene IA memorable. hut ~
text puts all auc,s ',rrr. lna into insigniii
8 canoe, a. II Represent the hing Of the unI
=, ycfsc coming 10 thc door Of bis palace
] and the gldcd yapor II 'ho heavens rol
y ing up 10 his feet, md hr stepping IN an
:, taking the rcigns Of the Looping winds ]
hs hands starts IN lfiuupnll ride und,
4 the arches Of sapplifc, uud over The al
3 mosphcric highway ol null and chfyB'
n lite, the clouds his chiriua
y Ny hearers, dono, think 'ha, God bcIlttl'
: himself when he inkrs such conveyance
y DO you know that ihc clouds NO, anon
A the most wondfoua aud majestic things >
q the whole uuiyersc2 Do YOU know lll