Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-05
The Construction Of tbs Conveyances
of Olden Times Materials
Ussd-- Decorations.
The Ancient CsarIss Was Sometimes OF
sculp'ureu ErissiaEc7 and Asde
0U: OF Zine livery.
But Telmsgs Speaks OF the OIouds, the
Celestial Carri.ze-Evapora.ion and
Condensation Explained.
special 10 the Gazette,

Welcome, sweet Gay of rest,
That saw the Lord arise.
After expounding appropriate passages
Of scripture, the R5v. T. de Witt Tai
mage, D. D., took the text, Psalm civ,
verse 8: "Who maketh the clouds His
chariot" DR.. Talmage said:
Brutes ere constructed SO as to lock
down. Those earthly creatures that have
wings when they rise from the earth still
look down, ard the esgle searches for
mice in The grsss and the raven for car
cssses in the field. man clone il made to
look up. To induce him to look up God
makes the SKY picture gallery, Dus-
seld 3If, Louvre, Luxsm oourg, g Vat
ican that eclipses all that G3Tman or
French or Italian art ever accomplished.
But GOD has failed so far 70 attract the
attention of most CT us by the scenery of
the sky. We go into rsptuTes over f1H-
ers in the soil. but have little or 10 ap-
probation of the "morGing elories" that
bloom On the wall CT the SKY at
sunriee CT the dahlEs in the
clouds ct sunset We are in
ecstacies over gabelin Tapestry or a
bridal veil CT rare tsbric, CT 8 enoWbank
CT exquisite curve, but see net AZ all, or
see without emotion, the bridal wells Of
mist that cover the face of the CatskIlle,
Or the swaying upholstery around the
couch Of he dying day, or the sncWbsrks
OF vepor pied up IN the heavens.
My tex bids Us lt5 cur chin three OF
four inches and open the TWO telescopes
which uader the forehead are ru. On
swivel easily turned upWsrd, and see
thAt the clouds are not merely urinter
esting signs Of vat or dry weather, bu!
ther they are embroidered Csnopies Of
shsde, that they sre IhS Conge1vsiQTias Of
the skys mat they sg.s =
TERoNEs OF PoMRs : =.
hist they are Crystalline 0arsGthat they
ere psintings IN R&tcr Col0rE tha5 they
are tna argels Cf the mis-, that they ere
crest cathelral5 CT iighI with broSQ ai5.es
tor angelic feet to wslk through and bow
ST affairs If smoer sId alabRsteT, shat
they are the pctners OF the dew, ihst tney
are ladders for ascending and deecendirg
elories, CotopaXls OF belchiUg fame,
NiEgards Of color, that they Ere the
masterpieces OF the L ord God Almighty:
The clouds are fsVorite Bible simiie,
and the sacred writer's have made much
use Of them. After the deluge God hung
on cloud IN cOEcentric bands the colors
CT the spectrum saying: "Ido set ny bow
! il the c. oud." As E mountain is sometines
entirely hidden By Gaa V6G9Ts, co. gays
GGt, 'tI have blOtted cut es q thlck clGGd
thy rranagreseions.H David measures
tue divine goodness an6fouad it so high
he apostroph'zsd: .-,"Try fsithfolasaS
reschath unto the clouds" As some
tims9 there are thousands OF f-GGes 0f
vepCr scurryipg across the heav5Ass Sc,
Gays I3nish, will be the converts Ii the
millennium "es clouds sad as doves"
| as IN he vet Season nc sooner does the
sky clsar than there comes another o.
scuration, SO, says Solomon, one ache or
silmant & old folks has nc rLoTa than
gons than another pGin comes "as clouds
return in the rain" A column CT iliun
med cloud led the Isrseiites across the
wilderness. l. the book OF J5b EihU,
wstchiag the clouds, could nc. undet-
stand why they did net fall or Why t.ey
DID not sii roll together, Ehe Laws Of eT.p-
Grafton ald condensation then roJ bt.Dg
understood, and ne CGieS cut: ''Drst
thou know the tslar cling Of the cl0uds?'
When l read my text il eEEgeeGs TO ma
that tha clouds arc the Crest0T's equip
eye, SGd tneir wGirli5g masses are the
wheels, $40 the toDgae Of the cloud Is The
pole Ct the celestial vehicle, .ad the winds
ere
THE HARSKSSED sTEEDS,
sud God is Eie royal occupant and dr.yeI
"Who msketh the clouds His charios."
To understand the psalnisl's ms&ni1e
In TIE text yLu must know that tbe
cbaTIot Of old Tsg sometimes sCuiptUr c
bri!lisncy inside olf OF ivory, sometimes
CT sclii silver, and rolled Oh two wheels
which were fastened 10 the fxle by stcu
ping, End tbs awful defss; Of O2nomaUs
oy Pelops IVES caused By the fact tnGt a
trsitorcus chario.esr had inserted &
Inch pin Of wSx instead OF Inch pin OF
iron. All Of the six hun dred chariots Of
Pharaoh lost ,heir Inch pins in the Red
Sea, Tor the Bible says: "Ehe Lord tooh
off heir wheels" Look al tie long fast
OF Solomon's fourteen hundred chsr.otE
and the thirty thousand chariots Of the
Philistines. II you have ever visited the
buildings where q king or queen keeps
the coaches of state, SO 1 have, you know
that kings and queens have great yarie
ties of turnout. The keeper tells you:
"This is the state cs,rilge, and used only
on great occasions" "This Is the coro'
nation carrlsge, and in 1t the King rode
on the day he took the throne" In thi:
the Queen went to open Psriismelt.'
"Thls is the coach in which the Gar anc
Sultan rode on the occasion Of theil
visit" ALI costly ana tes selsted and en-
riched and emblszoned are they, anc
when the driver tskes the reius OF the ter
white horses IN his hands, ant
amid mounted troops and bsnds II
full force sounding the na!ionsl air, tn,
splendor starts and rolls On under arche
entwined with banners, and amid tn
huzzs OF hundreds of thousands of spec
tstors the scene is memorable. But m,
text puts Sill such occasions into insig
nlflcsuce, rs 1t represents the King Of tn
Universe coming to the door Of his pslac
! and
THE GILDED vAPoRs
of the heavens rolling up TO His feet ant
He stepping in and t;king the reins O
the gslloping winds in His hand s.srts il
!: t-lumphsl ride under the Slches of sap
phire :nd over the atmospheric highway
Of opal and chrysolite, the clouds Hi
. chariot.
My hearers, do not think that God be
J Titles himself when he taxes such con
veysnce. Do you know that the cloud
sre among the most wondrous and ma
/ jastic things IN the whole universe. D
. you know that they sre fyiD
lakes and rivers and ccsanS: Go
!, waved His hand over them and said
"Come up higheT!" snd they obeyed tn
mandate. That cloud, instead of being
!; as it seems, small gathering @
vapor few yards wide and high is reall
seven or eight miles across, and is.
mountain, from It's base to its top, 1900
J feet, $4,000 feet, 20 900 feet. end CT