The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-27
MIGHTY WEAPON.
EycrSG THE CAVALIERS
IL, pbIlosophy's Replies to
worldly Philosophy.

I Samuel XXI, D.
"A aed from his pursuers' Inc
lu ' ~ ,.orv fast when 10 Is chasing
ru The country Is trying To
cd I'i'," aud 10 slay him. David goes
pa, ho,,sc of n priest, and asks him
tne NJ or smear with which TO defend
"o, The priest, not being accustomed
u Idle weapons, tells David That
g u s,,nnly him: but suddenly the
nnos isi,ts III an old sword that had
.naS,,llv wrapped up and laid away
.,l .. word that Goliath formerly used
.rcs down that sword, and while he
.snnine the sharp, glittering, memor-
nIn n flashes upon Davids mind that
,bo very sword that was used
Y, himself when he was in the hght
r.iiath and David can hardly keep
nd ofr il until the priest has unwound
h.yid stretches out bis hand toward
IA sword and says: There Is none like
1--we il me" In other words, II want
gxn hand the sword that has been used
=, mo. and against the cause OF God.
,,as given him. Well, my friends, that
Tho first or the last sword once used by
and Philistine iniquity which is 10 come
H. nossesson OF Jesus Christ, and OF
,,ori6us church. | want, ns well as God
Lsln me. to show you that many
N which has been used against the
of God is vet 90 be captured and used
r side and only initiate David when
b oui my hand toward the blade OF the
tnc. and cry: There Is none IKE that;
ID me" ,,
,mark first. that this is true in regard
rientiilc exploration. You know that
,.t discoveries in astronomy and
t,9,l 20 lnNfIn
ianity. Worldly philosophy came out
laboratory and out Of its observatory,
aid. Now. we will prove, 10y the very
,,,r, Of the earth. and by the movement
heavenly bodies. that the Bible Is n
nd that Christianity, as we have IL
men. i a positive imposition Good
frcfnblcl The telescope, the Lcyden
,be electric batteries, all in the hands OF
tiistines. But one day, Christianity,
about for some weapon with which
End itself. happened 10 see the very old
MAT these atheistic Philistines had
psing against the truth and cried out:
h is none like that; give IL meW And
fnicus. and Galileo, and kepler, and
Newton came forth and told the world
in their ransacking of the earth
heaven. they had found overwhelming
rce Of the God whom we worship; and
ld Bible began to shake itself from the
h and Shaster, and Zendavcsta with
IL had been covered up, and lay on the
n the scholar, and in the laboratory of
bemist, and in the lap of the Christian,
fmed and unanswered, while the towers
D. midnight heavens struck n silvery
in It's praise.
rdly philosophy said: Matter is eter-
The world always was. God did not
it, Christian philosophy plunges its
bar into rocks, and finds that the world
GRADUALLY made, and IL gradually made,
must have been some point at which
focess started; then, who started itg and
u objection was overcome, and in the
three words of the Bible we find that
stated magnificent truth when he
In the beginning"
rdly philosophy, said: Your Bible is
i inaccurate book: all that story i'm the
estament again and again told, about
rmy Of the locusts-it is preposterous.
is nothing in the coming of the locusts
IN army. An army walks, locusts fly.
tmy goes in order and procession, locusts
nt ORDER "Waitm said Christian phi.
BY; and in 1868, in the southwestern part
his country, Christian men went
examine the march Of the locust. There
len right before me who must have no.
IN that very part of tho country tho
Is up Of the locust like an army; and it
bund that all the newspapers unwit-
spoke Of them as an army. Why?
seem TO have q commander. They
like host. They halt like u
No arrow ever went with
bhter flight than the locusts come
even turning aside for the wind. II
ind rises, the locusts drop and then rise
after it has gone down, taking the
line Of march, not varying a foot. The
lble right every time when il speaks of
+ coming like an army; worldly phil
N wrong,
rldly philosophy said: "All that story
the light turned rs clay 10 the seal
ply an absurdityn Old time worldly
kophy said; THE light comes straight
Plan philosophy said: "Wait n little
and It goes on and makes discoveries
pnds that the atmosphere curves and
The rays of light around the
literally, "as the clay 10 the seal"
bible right again; worldly philosophy
again. "Ah,' says worldly philoso-
All that illusion in job about tho
atlons of the earth is simply an alb
y, Where vast thou saws God,
set the foundations of the earth The
has no foundations Christian phi
hy comes and finds that the word MS
lated foundation" may be better
'ated sockets So now see how il
ead II 1t is translated right: "Where
tnon when | set the sockets of the
W hero Is the socket II Is the hol-
Gods hand-a socket large enough
py world TO turn in.
Ia
Fldly philosophy said: what an absurd
about Joshua making the sun and moon
sun. II the world had stopped an in
the whole universe would have been
gear. stop said Christian philoso-
not quite SO quick The world has
notlons-one on its own axis, and the
around the sun. IL was not necessary in
them stand still that both motions
he stopped-only the one turning the
on lts own axis. There was no reason
ne halting Of the earth should have
anu dlsarranged the whole universe.
rlght aud God right; infidelity wrong
iime knew IL would be wrong. 1
u"n that the time has come when
n.ns need not be scared at any scientific
Atloh' The fact Is that religion and
nuSe struck hand In eternal friendship.
ng deeper down geology can dig and
sher up astronomy can soar. all
ior us, The armies of the
Jesus Christ have stormed the
atories OF the worlds science and
no highest towers have flung out
inner OF the cross, and Christianity
y, Prom from the observatories of Albany
sssnington, stretches out its hand To-
.jrs .ne opposing scientific weapon. cry
ihere Is none like that; give il mep
reading this afternoon OF Herschel
Sou, @ looking at meteor through
and when it camo over tRe
me telescope il was so powerful ha had
~ ms eyes. And II has been Just so that
n astronomer has gone into AN oh
NY ana looked up into the midnight
I'M 'na war,s gle Lord God has, through some
rg world famed upon his vision and
N'nel pe man cried out ''Who am II TN.
ohc'ean' Have mercy, Lord Godp
~ w. ! remark, that the travelling dis
vi the world, which was ayerse to
m a'iu religion, Is 10 be brought an ON.