The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-11
CHARIOTS.
|soN BY REV. DIR. TALMAGE,
the King of all Kings
Moves in his Majesty.

uWho maketh the clouds HIS
a t--Psalm CIV, 3
l. are constructed so as to look down.
a. rtblv creatures that have wings
Ihey rise from the earth still look
hud the eagle searches for mice in the
hd the raven for carcasses IN the Held.
bne is made TO look up. 10 induca
hook up God makes the sky a picture
/ a dusseldorf, a Louvre, q Luxem-
Ia Vatican that eclipses all that Ger
\ French, or Italian art ever accom-
But God has failed so far to attract
Sption of most OF us by the scenery OF
We 90 into raptures flower overs
Xii. hut have little or no appreciation
tmorning gloriesn that bloom on tho
The sky at sunrise or the dahlias in
S,Js nj sunset. We are in ecstasies
kobelin tapestry or a bridal veil OF
kric. or snowbank of exquisite curve,
mot nj all, or see without emotion,
bal veil OF mist that covers the face OF
|tskills. or the swaying upholstery
the couch of the dying day, or the
his OF vnpor piled up In the heavens.
kxt bids us lift our chin three or four
hnd open the two telescop which
She forehead are put on swivel easily
Iupwari. and see that the clouds are
Biz undressing signs of wet or dry
but that they are embroidered
of shade, that they are the con-
les Of the sky, that they are thrones
that they are crystalline bars. that
paintings in water color. that they
angels of the mist. that they are
kthchrals of light with broad aisles
elic feet TO walk through and bow at
Bf amber and alabaster, that
re- the mothers OF the dew,
hey are ladders for ascending
ascending glories, Cotopaxis of
flame. Ningaras of color, that they
masterpieces of the Lord God Al.
he clouds are n fayorite Bible
Ind the sacred writers have made
! Of them. After the deluge God
n cloud in concentric bands the
the spectrum, saying: II do set my
DE clouds" AS mountain is some
htlrely hidden by vapors. SO, says
have blotted out as a thick cloud
nsgressionS." David measured the
leoodneSs and found it so high he
6hled: "1hy faithfulness reaches unto
bs.' As sometimes there are thou
ileeCes of vapor scurrying across the
so, says Isaiah, will he the converts
llsniuni, las clouds and rs doves. !"
the wet season no sooner
sky clear than there comes
obscuratlon, so, says Solomon,
or ailment of old folks has no more
he than another pain comes "as
eturn In the rain" A column of
cloud led the Isrnelites across the
). In the book Of job, Elihu. watch
|Iclouis, could not understand why
not fall or why they did not oil roll
the laws of evaporation and con.
"a then not being Understood, and ha
'Dosr thou know the balancing Of
isl" When ! read my text il sug.
ne that the clouds are the Creators
and their whirling masses are the
pd the tongue of the cloud is the
be celestial vehicle, and the winds
harneSsei steads, and God Is the
cupant and driver "who maketh
His chariot"
rstand tho psalmist's meaning In
Du must know that the chariot OF
ometimes n sculptured brliancy
of ivory, sometimes of solid silver,
on two wheels which were
the axle by stout pins. and the
bat of Oenomaus by Pelops was
he fact that traitorous charioteer
N a Inch pin of wax instead OF n
p0 of iron. All OF the six hundred
y 81 Pharaoh lost their Inch pins in
4 Tea, for the Bible SAYS: "The Lord
u their wheels" Look at the long
9olomon's fourteen hundred chario' 5,
ID thirty thousand chariots of the
- III you have ever visited tho
- where king or queen keeps the
% state, as | have, YOU know that
~ queens have great varieties of
ZINC keeper tells you: "This is the
fringe. and used only on great
1A' This is the coronation
d. and in it the king rode
Az he took the throne" I'm this the
W4nt to open Parliament "This is
co'in which the Car and the Sultan
y the occasion Of their visit" All
rpd tesSelated and enriched and en-
y ore they, and when the driver takes
- ~ the ten white horses in his hands,
~ amounted troops and bands in full
ding the national air, the splendor
Q rolls on under arches entwined
pers, and amid the huzza of hun.
housands of spectators the scene il
But my text puts all such oc-
Ito insignihcance, as it represents
14pf the Universe coming to the door
Iace, and the gilded vapors of the
illng up To his feet, and He stop
taking the reins of the gallopiny
tils hand starts in triumphal ride
arches of sapphire, and over the
c highways OF opal and chrysolite,
His chariot.
ers, do not think that God belit.
when he takes such conveyance.
pw that the clouds are among tho
1rous and ma iestic things in the
erse! DO YOU know that they are
and rivers and oceansl God
hand over them and said: "Come
and they oheyed the mandate.
Instead OF being. as il seems. a
ring OF vapor few yards wide
real seven or eight miles across.
untaln, from its base to its top,
$4,000 feet, 10000 feet, and cut
lth ravines 5000 feet deep. No,
not ma fragile or unworthy
lon OF God in the text when he
e clouds as His chariot. But as
the case of nm earthly king. He
fning cloud chariot and evening
fiot-the cloud chariot in which
~n to Sinai - open the law, and
marriott in which he rode down to
onor the gospel, and the cloud
Fhlch He will come to judgment.
rides out in His morning chariot
Pm, about six o'clock, he puts gol
on the dome OF cities, and sill,
ers. and out Of the dew makes a
hg Tor the finger of every grass
pids good cheer 10 invalids who in
ld; would God II were morn
this morning cloud chariot He
ght light for the earth and light
Fens, light for the land and light
great bars of IL, great wreathes
columns OF IL, d world full of it.
worship as every morning He
His chariot of morning cloud,
d David:
shalt Thou hca In the morning:
ing will direct my prayer unto
PIX up" l rejoice in these Scrip.
tions: "Joy cometh in the morn.
eoul waiteth for Thee more than
ntch for the morning. "If take
y the morning." "The eyelids OF
The morning cometh." who
iooketh forth as the morningn
forth is prepared as the morn.
~ morning spread on the mount