The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-06-27
THE MIGHTIEST WEAPON.
DR.. TALMAGE'S ELOQUENT DIS
COURSE ON THIS SUBJECT.


THE Mighticst Weapon is tho Gospel"
Ills Subject, and His Text Taken From
These Words: There is None Like That
Give It Ne"
BROOKLYN, June 23-The Rev. T.
DE Witt Talmage had expected to de-
liver sermon today at the State Exposi-
ton building, at Fort Worth, Texas. In
stead, he addressed large audiences at his
church here He preached on the subject:
The Mighticst Weapon els the Cos
pei" His text was ! Samuel xxi, 8:
There Is none like that; give it me-"
The preacher said
David fed from his pursuers. The
world runs very fast when it is chas-
ing good mau. The country Is try
ang TO catch David, and TO sfay him.
David goes into the house Of a priest,
and asks him for 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 suddenly the priest
thinks of an old sword that had been
carefully wrapped up and laid away
tho very sword that Goliath formerly
used--and lac takes down that sword,
and while he is unwrapping the
sharp, gllttering, memorable blade
II flashes upon David's mind that this
was the very sword that was used
against himself when he was in the
fight with Goliath, and David can
hardly keep his hand off it until the
priest has unwound It, David stretch
es out his hand toward that old sword.
and says: There is none like that
give it me" In other words, Il want
III my own hand the sword that has
been used against mo, and against the
cause Of God So it vas given him.
Well, my friends, that is uot tho first
or the last sword once used by giant
and Philistino iniquity which is to
come into the possession Of Jesus
Christ, and Of his glorious church. /
want, as well as God may help me,
20 show you that many Il weapon
which has been used against the
armies Of God is yet to be cap
turcd and used ON our side; and
only initiate David when | stretch out
my hand toward the blade of the Phil
istine, aud cry: There is none like
that; give it mel"
eCIENCE Is SOMETIMES FALSELY USED.
l remark, first, that this is true in
regard to all scientific exploration.
You know that the first discoveries in
astronomy and geology and chronol-
ogy wero used To- battle Christianity.
Worldly philosophy came out OF its
laboratory and out Of Its observatory,
and said: Now, we will prove, by
the very structure of tho earth, and
by tho movement Of tho heavenly
bodies, that the Bible is lie and that
Christianity, as we have it among
men, is II positive imposition Good
men trembled. The telescope, the
Leyden jars, the electric batteries, all
in tho hands of the Philistines But
ono day. Christianity, looking about
for solne weapon with which TO do
fond itsolf, happened to see the very
old sword that these utheistic Philis-
tines had been using against the truth
and cried out: There is mono like
that; givo 1t mep And Copernicus,
and Galileo and Kepier, and Isaac
Newton came forth and told the world
Chat, in thoir ransacking of the earth
md heaven, they had found over
whelming presence OF tho God whom
we worship; and this old Bible began
20 shake itself from the Koran, and
Shastor and Zendavesta with which
it had been covered up, and lay on the
desk Of tho scholar, and in the labor
atory of tho chemist, and in the lap Of
tho Christian, unharmed and unan-
swered, whilc tho towers of the mid
night heavens struck n silvery chime
In its praise.
THE WORDS OF WORLDLY PHILOSOPHY.
Worldly philosophy said: Matter is
,cternul. Tho world always was. God
did not make it," Christian philoso-
ply plungcs its crowbar into rocks,
.Rnd finds that the world was gradual
.ly made, and if gradually made, there
must have been some point at which
the process startod; then, who started
itl and so that objection was overcome,
and in the first three words of the
Bible wo find that Moses stated u mag
,nihccnt truth when he said: I'm the
beginning"
Worldly philosophy said: Your
Biblo is most inaccurate book; all
that story in tho Old Testament, again
and again told, about tho army of the
locusts-lt is preposterous. There is
nothing in tho coming of the locusts
like an army. An army walks, To-
Gusts fly An army goes i'll order and
procession, ocusts without order y
S'Waitr said Christian philosophy
md in 1863, in the southwestern part
OF this country, Christian mon went
out to examine the march OF the To-
Gust There arc mon right before
me who must have noticed in
that very part OF tho country
Tho coming up of tho locust
like an army; and it was found Chat
NIL the newspapers unwittingly spoke
of them as an army. Whyl They
seem 10 have n commander. They
march like a host They haA like a
host No arrow over went with
strlighter flight than tho locusts come
not even turning aside for tho wind.
IL the wind rises, the locusts drop and
then rise again after it has gone down,
taking the Same line Of march, not
varying a foot The old Bible right
ovcry time when it speaks of locusts
coming like nn army; worldly phil
osophy wrong.
Worldly philosophy said; All that
story about the light turned as clay %
the seal is simply an absurdity.' Oh
time worldly philosophy said; The
light comes straight" Christian PHI.
losophy said: Wait little while,
and it goes on and makes discoveries
and finds that the atmosphere curves
and bonds the rays Of light around the
earth, literally 'as the clay TO the seal.
Tho Bible right again; worldly phi
losophy wrong again. "Ah,' say
worldly philosophy, "all taat illusion
In Job about the foundations of TIA,
earth R simply an absudity, Whert
xyast thou. saws God, 'whcn ] sot Ul,
foundations OF the earthi The carl
has no foundations. Christina phi
iosophy comes and finds That the worN
as translated foundation" may be bet
tor translated sockets" So now Sc
how 1t will read if it is TRANSLATED
right: Where vast thou when sc
the sockets OF the earth" Where
the socketi II is the hollow OF God
hand-a socket large enough for an.
world TO turn in.
COP Is ALWAYS RIGHT
Worldly philosophy said: "Wha
an absurd story about Joshua mGkin
the sun and moon stand still II th
world had stopped an instant th
Whole universe would have been ou
of gear" stop" said Christian phi
losophy, mot quite so quick" Tn
world hiss two motions-one on its ow
axis. and the other around tho sun.
was not necessary in making ther
stand still that both motions should b
stopped-only the one turning th
world on its own axis. There was N
reason why the halting of the cart
should have Jared and disarrange
the whole universe. Joshua right an
God right, inadelity wrong ever
time knew it would be wrong.