Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-30

BRooKLYN, March 81. - ~ the Tab.
ernaclc this morning. after cxpound-
ing some passages of Scripture in re-
gard 10 the mysteries. the Rev. I De
Witt Talmagc. ID D.. gave ont the
hymn beginning
How firm a foundation. W salt Is Of the Lord.
Ii laid tor Your faith IA his csrcllrut WoHl
Tho subject Of his sermon was
Tough Things in the Bible" and
his text. II Peter III. IL; ''ln which
are some things llarl 10 b. under
siuod" DR. Talna:,c said.
The Bible is the nI'si common sense
book in all the world iiut there are
many things IN il which require cx.
PLANTATION. II all depends on the mood
in which you come la this grand old
book. You nSiy take hold Of the
handle Of the sword or its sharp edge
You may employ on lis mvsicric, the
rule of multiplication or subtraction
There are things. rs my test suggests
lard to bc understood. but ! shall
solve some of them. hoping To leave
upon all honest minded people the i'm.
preston that il four or five of them
can be explained perhaps they may all
bc explained
Hard thing the first: The Bible SAYS
the world was created in six days.
while geology says ii WAS hundreds of
thousands OF years III process of build
ing. In the beginning. God created
the heaven and the earth. In the
beginning" There you can roll in
ten million years il YOU want To-
There is no particular date given no
contest between science and rrVcla
ton. Though the world may have
been IN process of creation fornillions
of years, suddenly and quickly. and in
one week. il may have been fitted up
for mans residence. just rs Il great
mansion may lavS been many years
in building. and yet IN one wcct; il
may be cunaincd and clandcIicrcd
and cushioned and upholstered for II
bride and groom
You are no; compelled 10 believe
that the world WAS made in olr six
days. II may moi have been u day of
twenty four hours, Tie day spoken Of
iii the first chapter. II may il"vc been
Gods day, 1nd Il tAoii>;ind wears with
iug and the I.rrIliri.r wcfp The liS,l
day'-tiod d =. .lud IT," "vcuin'c
and The muruiu- wee, the second d.,,,'"
Gods day "Nu.l The evening and
the morning were a." sixth day
Gods day Nou g'i! living in the
seventh day. the: a..lh Of The world.
the day of Gus.s redemption. the
grantlcNl day cf ;il t,lc week. IN which
each day may have L"rn Erulo up of
thousands OF years Can ynu tell me
how II man can get hl> mind uni soul
into such blasphcH1nuS twi, 1s 10
scott at that first cIapi"r oI Genesis.
lis VERSES bIllowS uf li"ht sur,..u@ up
from sapphire sea- "f %ioryt
AN EXII.ANArlON ~; y SClESri;'! BASIS
1he EibIc represent, ih#i li@lt WIS
created on Monday a,id llic sun WIS
not created Untll Ii.ar,,l"y. .lrA tain;
OF il! a book declaring i!i.t lI@.,t WIS
created thredays bcfoyrinr:un, hone,
Why don't You know t,l;:t hr:t and
electricity emit lirht independent Of
the sunt l'csIdc that, when Tie earth
was in process of condensation. 1t was
surrounded by t!Iick vapnrs and the
discharge Of many volc;iuocs IN Tie
primary period. aul nlI t!u, ulecuIy,-
ton may haze l'lfrlcri IL" llylli of
thc sun from falling ou the earth until
that Thursday uu.P:lg Beside th:t,
David Brewster uud l.cr>cl!cl. The ~.
irinomcr. and all i.tn lodan incu of
tier class, ;:%irc ~ the fact t.i;.t the
sun Is not hight, tll;t II Is ;.n opaque
mass. that IL i only TIE csudlcsiic.;
that holds the II 1t, plo- 9lior'.,
cent atmosphere l!...liuT aNuud Il.
changing and ch&uniU',. - II /, rot
to be at all won,!cr 4 ;t ti".i MT Cu.
III that Thursday yiaornlu~l.., ~ II!
on the earth. i.,-i,." l..i. t.lr rrc..s
/ IN cryStaIllzullun east li,,h, There Is
light from Il Thousand surfaces. tho
alkalicS. for instance The metallic
b;.scscmit liel:t. Tilrrl WISH time IN the
history of the world when there were
thousands of miles o( liquid granite
flaming with light beside that. IL has
been found that tlcrc are burned out
volcanoes IN other World, which,
when they were ia cX ;,iosion and ne
uvity, must lave east forth an Iusuf.
icrlblc light, thrwlnga glare all ovcr
our earth. Ecsldc that, there ara lac
Aurora Eorealis and the Aurora An
chalis. y book ou Physical Science
says:
Capt. EonuycaS,lc. coming up the
Gulf OF 81 Lawrence on TIE /. IN of
/ September, lS3i, w:,s aroused 10y the
mate OF ,hc vessel in great ;larin from
I an unusual appearance. II was u star
hight night. when suddenly the sky
became overcast. In tho direction Of
the high land Of Coruw:!!ll, county
an Instantaneous and intensely vivid
lght. resembling the aurora. shot out
on tho hitherto gloomy and dar'' sca
on the Ice bow that w@s - brilliant II
lighted everything distinctly. eNch
10 the masthead. Tho li@ht spread
: over the whole sea between the
two shores, and the waves, whicl.
before had been tranquil. became
agitatcd. Capt Bonnyrastlc de
scrlbcs The scene IS that Of blazing
sheet of awful and most brilliant light
IA long and vivid line of light that
showed the face uf the high frowning
land abreast. The sky becanc loweg-
ing and moro intensely obscure.
Long. tortuous lines of light showed
immense numbers II large fish darling
about as il in CONSERVATION. Tho top
sail S.rd and misicn boom wcrc
UEltcA W ltAH fflstIt 80 ~ EstNtl-tita itii
been buried directly below them, and
until just before d. yhrcai;. ., O'Clock,
.hc most minute objects wcru dis
tinctly visible" Ny hearers. there arc
ten thousand sources Of light besides
the light of the sun.
A WRONG CONCEPTION AaoJT ::oAiis
ARK.
Another lnrd iliinr TIL" r,ory of the
dclugc aud AmIi's ark. They say that
from the ;ccOunt There II Esu.t havo
.aru,.l eight hundred feet Of water
each day in order ll.at il might bc iif-
teen rubiiS above the hills. They say
Inat Ihc ark could not have Been large
enough io contain Two uf every
Sori. for there would have been hun.
drsls of thousands aud lumdr'ds of
thousands al cr.iun-S. They say that
these creatures would havcrnnc from
all lands and all zones. They Say