Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-06
DIR. TALMAGE.
TnEBRooKLYN DIvINE's SUNDAY
SERMON.
Subject: The Clouds His Chariot.
TEXT: "Ivho maketh the clouds HI
Chariot. Psalm civ, :.

when they rise from the earth SILL looA
down, and the eagle searches for mice IN lna
grass and the raven for carcasScS III the held.
Man alone is made to look up. 10 induce
him to look up God makes the sky picture
gallery, Il Dusseldorf. 4 Louvre, LuNeT-
bourg, Vatican that eclpSes all that Ger
man. or French. or Italian art ever accom-
pshed. But God has failed SO far to attr'ict
the attention of most OF lis b. tile scenery OF
the sky, We 20 into rapturcS flower overs
in the soil. hut have little or no appreciation
of the "inornnS glorieS thlt bloom on the
wall of the sky at sunrise or the dahlas III
the clouds at sunset We are i'll ecStasleS
over gobeliu tapestry or q bridal veil or
rare fabric or snowbank OF exquisite curve,
but see not at all, or see without emotion.
the bridal veil OF mist that covers the face OF
the Catskils, or the swaying upholstery
around the couch of the dying day. or the
suowbanks OF vapor piled up in the heavens
My text bids us lift our chin three or tour
inches and open the two te'eScop $ winch
under the forehead are put on swivel easily
turned upward, and see that the clouds are
not merely uninlerestin@ signs OF wet or dry
weather, but that they are embroidered
canopics of shade. that they are the con-
scrvatorieS OF the sky that they nre thrones
Of romp. that they arc crystalline bars. that
they are paintings III water color. that they
are the angels OF the mist, that they arc
great cathedrals OF light with broad ais!eS
for angelic feet to walk through and bow at
affairs of amber and alabaSter, that
they are tho mothers OF the dew,
that they are ladders for ssceudinS
and descending. gloriess CotopaXis of
bciching flame. NJisagaras OF color, TINT they
are the masterpieces of the Lord tod al
--rnightyl rThe clouds are & favorite bloe
sinlile and the sacred writers nave maze
hung on cloud i'll conccntric bands the
colors of the spectrum. saying: Il do set my
bow in the Clouds AS mountain is some
times entirely hidden by vapoYS so, says
Goi. Il have b.otted OUT as thick cloud
thy transgreSsiouS. David measured the
divine goodness and found it so high he
apostrophizei: THY faithtu!EeSs reaches unto
the clouds AS sometimes there are thou
sands of tlceces of vapor scurrying across the
heavens. so, says Isaiah will be the converts
in the millennium, ''aS clouds and rs doves.
As in TIE wet season no sooner
does the sky clear than there comes
another obscuratioI. SO, says Solomon,
one ache OF ailment OF Old FOLKS has no more
than gone than another pain comes ''aS
clouds return in the rain y column OF
illumned cloud led the ISraeiiteS across the
wilderness In the book of Job. Elihu. watch
in, the clouds. could not understand why
they did not fall or why they dill not all roll
together the laws of evaporation and con-
denSation then not being understood, and he
the c.ouls!' When [ read my text it sug-
gests to me that tie clouds are the Creators
couipage and their whirling ma ,SeS are the
wheels. and the tongue OF the cloud is the
pole of the celestial Venice, and the winds
are the harnesSed steeds, and God IS the
Royal occupant aud driver "who maSeth
the clouds Ills chariot.
To understand the psalmiSt's meaning in
the text You must know that the Chariot of
old was sometimes sculptured bril!ien:y
made ont of ivory. sometimes OF solid silver,
and rolled on two wheels which were
fastened to the axle by stout pms and the
awful defeat OF OenomauS ly Pelops was
caused By the fact that traiiorouS character
had inserted 4 Inch pin OF wax instead OK q
Inch PIN of iron. All Of the six hundred
chariots of Pharaoh lost their Inch pins in
the Red Sea. for The Bible says: The Lord
took off their wheels. Look at the long
flash of Solomons fourteen hundred charos S,
and the thirty thousand chariois OF the
Philistines If you have ever visited the
buildings where 4 king or queen keeps the
coaches of state. rs [ have. yoa know that
kings and queens have great varieties of
turnout. The keeper tells you: This is the
state carriage and used only on great
occasions This is the coronation
carriage. and in it the king rode
on the day he took the throne In this the
Queen went to open Parliament This is
the coach in which the Car and the Sultan
rode on the occasion OF their visit All
costly and tesselated and enriched and en-
blazoned are they anil when the driver takes .'s
and amid mounted troops and bands i'll full
force sounding the national air. the sp!endor
starts and rolls on under arches entwined
with banners, and amid the huzza OF hun
dreds OF thousands of spectators the scene is
memorable. Dut my text puts all such oc-
casons into inSigniticance. as it represents
fhn incyO F ha nj n n
of his palace, and the gilded va2orS of the
heavens rolling up 70 Els feet, and He stop
ping in and taking the renS of the gallopinG
winds in HIS hand starts in triumphal ride
under the arches o. sapphire, and over the
atmospheric highways of opal and chrrsolite,
the clouds His chariot.
NV hearers do not think that God helit-
ties Himself when he takes such conveyance.
DO YOU know that the clouds are among the
most wondrous and majestic thngS in The
whole universe. Do Won know that they Are
flying lakes and rivers and oceans: God
waved His hand over them and said: Come
up highern and they oheyed the mandate.
That cloud instead Of being, as it seems. q
small gathering of vapor a fsw yards wide
and high is really seven or eight mile. across,
and is mountain. from its base to its top,
15.CO0 feet. $1,000 feet, 10000 feet, and cut
through with ravines $3.50 feet deep. No,
David did not make fragile or unworthy
representation of God ill the text when he
spoke of the clouds as His chariot. But as
silrresel in the case of an earthly king. He
has His morning cloud chariot and evening
cloud chariot-the cloud chariot in which
He rode down to Sinai to open the law, and
the cloud chariot in which, he rode down to
Tabor to honor the gospel, and the cloud
chariot in which He will come to Judgment.
When He rides out in His morning chariot
at this season, about SIX O'Clock, ne puts gol-
on In Inr,1a Nr cii 0ul sill
yers the rivers. and ont OF tile dew makes
diamond ring for the finger of every grass
blade. and bids good cheer to inval;ds who III
the night said: "Woul1 God it were morn
ing" From this morning cloud chariot he
distributes light, light for the earth and light
for the heavens, light for the iant and nght
for the sea. great bars of it. great wreathes
of it. great columns of it. 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 aud look upn rejoice in these Scrip
ture calculations: "Joy cometh in the morn
ing my soul waiteth tor Thee more than
they that watch for the morning" III take
The wing of the morning, +" the eyelds OF
the morning." 1.-The morning cometh. no
is she that looketh forth rs the morning.:
''His going forth is prepared as the morn
ing" "As the morning spread O. the mount
ans,n THAT thou shonis,st visit h.n every
morning" What mighty thing the King
throws IRON His chariot when he throws us
the morning.
Yea: He has his evening cloud chariot. 1t
is made ont of the saffron and the gold and
tie ru' PIE AMI the oran.e and the vermiilon
and shot fame of the sunset That is the
pace where the sp!endors that have marched
through lie day having ended the process
sion throw down the torches and set the
helvcns on fire. That is the only hour of the
dav wien the atmosphere is clear enough to
let us Sc, the wall of the heavenly city with
its tive vc manner of precious stones, from
Foundation Of Jasper to middle strata
of sard,us and on up to the CO.
ont any of Elishas supernatural vision
we see hors of fire and chariots of fire and
banners of fire and ships of fire and cities of
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