Milford chronicle., 1889-06-28
TALMAGE'S DISCOURSE
THE SUNDAY SERMON At THE
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THE SUNDAY SERMON At THE
BROOKL IN TABERNACLE.
..1be Mightiest Weapon Ia tho oo'p'i
Hs Subject, and His Text the "oroS'
arbere Is None Like That Give 1t Me-
David fed from his pursuers. The world
runs very fast when it IS chasing good man
The country is trying to catch David, and
slay him. David goes into the house OF
priest, and asks him for a sword or spear
with which to defend himself The priest
not being accustomed to use deadly weapons,
tells David that he cannot supply him; but
mddenly the priest thinks Of an Old SWORD
that had been carefully wrapped up and lald
avvav-the very sword that Goliath formerly
,,sed-and he takes down that sword, and
while he is unwrapping the sharp, ghtterlng'
memorable blade, it flashes upon DaVlds
mind that this is the very sword that was
used against himself when he was In the
fight with Goliath, and David can hardly
'keep his hand OFF Of 1t until the priest
has unwound it David stretches out
his hand toward that old sword, and
saws; 'There Is none like that; give II me.
In other words, 81 want in my own hanu
the sword which has been used against me,
and against the cause Of God" So it was
given him. Y ell, my friends, that is not the
first or the last sword once used by giant and
Philistine iniquity which is come INTO the
possession of Jesus Christ and Of his glorious
church. / want, as well as God may help
me, to show you that many weapon Whlch
has been used against the armies OF God Is YET
to be captured and used on our sldei ana
only initiate David when | stretch out my
hand toward that blade of the Philistine and
CRY; 'eThere is none like that; give 1t meF
SCIENCE IS SOMETIMES FALSELY USED.
remark. first, that this is true in regard
to all scientific exploration. You know that
the first discoveries in astronomy and geology
and chronology were used to battle Chrlstl-
anity Worldly philosophy came out OF It's
laboratory and out Of its observatory, and
said: "Now, we win prove, by the very struc-
/ ture of the earth, and by the movement oil
the heavenly bodies, that the Bible is lie ano
that Christianity, as we have 1t among men
is a positive imposition. Good men tremoled-
| The telescope, the Leyden jars, the electrlS
batteries, all in the hands Of the Fhlustlnes
But one day, Christianity, looking about
for some weapon with which 10 De
fend itself, happened to see the very ola s"or'
that these atheistic Philistines had been usinl
AGAINST the truth and cried out; There L
none like that; give it me-" And Copernlcus
and Calico, and Kepler, and Isaac Newton
came forth and told the world that, IN tnen
ransaczing of the earth and heaven, they haC
found overwhelming presence OF the 6o'
whom we worship; and this old Bible begal
to shake itself from the Koran, and Shaster
and Zendavesta, with which it had been GOV
! I,,r > ba Taclr If scholar
and in the laboratory OF the chemist, and i
the Ian of the Christian, unframed and ur
answered, while the tower of the midnigh
heavens struck a silvery chime in its praise.
THE WORDS OF WORLDLY PHILOSOPHY.
Worldly philosophy said: ''Matter is etel
nal The world always was. God did nc
make it," Christian philosophy plunges il
crowbar into rocks, and finds that the worl
was gradually made, and, if gradually made
i. there must have been some point at whic
the process started; then, who started i
And so that objection was overcome, and l
I the Hrst three words Of the Bible we find ths
4 Moses stated magnificent truth when
said: I'm the beginning"
Worldly philosophy said: Your Bible is
most inaccurate book; all that story IN Il
: Old Testament, again and again told, abo'
= the army of the locusts-it is preposter GU
There is nothing in the coming of the locus
. like an army. An army walks, locusts Il.
> An army goes in order and procession, locus
I without order" Watt said Christie
e philosophy: and in 1868, in the Southwestern
mart of this country, Christian men went OIL
to examine the march of the locust The
are men right before me who must have
: ticed in that very part Of the country u
d coming up of the locust like an army; ana
II was found that all the newspapers unwlttln
a " spoke Of them as an army. Whyf Ih'
= seem to have commander. They mare
like a host. They halt like host. No arc
ever went with straighter flight than the
Gusts come-not even turning aside Tor I
wind. If the wind rises the locusts Orc
l. and then rise again after it has gone dow
re taking the same line of march, not varying
ii foot. The old Bible right every time when
er spealks Of Iocusts coming like an army; wor
lie ly philosophy wrong.
IS. Worldly philosophy said: IAN that sto
about the light turned as clay to the seal
- simply an absurdity" Old time worlc
philosophy said: THE light comes strugh
| Christian philosophy said; wait a lit
! while. and it goes on and makes discover
and finds that the atmosphere curves
bends the rays of light around the ear
i literally "as the clay to the seal" The Bi
right again; worldly philosophy wrong aga
"Ah,n says worldly philosophy, AL u
illusion in Job about the foundations OF
# earth is simply an absurdity. Where W
/. thou SAYS God, when set the foundati'
of the earthP The earth has no foundatio
Christian philosophy comes and finds &
= the word as translated foundation" may
better translated sockets" So now see b
it will read if it is translated right; w
vast thou when / set the sockets OF
4 earthF Where is the socketl 1t Is the
l low Of Gods hand-a socket large enough
any world to turnin.
GOD Is ALWAYS RIGHT.
ID. Worldly philosophy said: what an
~ s surd story about Joshua making the sun
N, ga moon stand still If the world had stop
an instant, the whole universe would b
r ,been out Of gear" stop" said Christ
IN. PHILOSOPHY, mot quite so quick" The w
ic has two motions-one ON It's own axis,
the other around the sun 1t was not ne
] sary In making them stand still hat't
iii motions should be stopped-Only the one Il
Ju ing the world.on its own axis. There wa
,rts rassou why the halting Of The earth she
hty have barred and disarranged the, whole
i'd verse Joshua right and 0ed righti tnti
ND itv wrong every time. knew It w
ltsi ~ wrong. thank God that the
ala. has come when Christians peed not