Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-04-04
SUNDAYS SERMON.
80 Of REV. DIR TALMAGEs
U' STERLING DISCOURsEs.
Meet: 4roughThings in the Bible"

m the world. but unere are many tnlngs
!. which require explanation. 1t all de-
~ ~ IN the mood in which you come to this
81 I'd book. You may take hold Of the
pl.T. If the sword or its sharp edge. You
81, 'rnnloy on its mysteries the rule of null
s,2,oijan or subtraction. There are things,
iPnr tert suggests, hard to be understood,
Isbsll solve some Of them. hoping TO leave
~ 81 N honest minded people the impression
Va fonr or five of them can be explained,
-. they may all be explained.
Fu.ssi thing the first: The Bible SAYS the
IA was created ia six days, while geology
WIZ was hundreds of thousands OF wears
s,,.n,,ess of building. ''In tins beginning,
y, rreated the heaven and the earth.r
n. ,bs beginning" There you can roll
ian million years il YOU want TO.
AZ Is no particular date given-no
.~,sst between science and revela-
~ Though the world may have been in
u.'...s of creation for millions of years,
iS.ny and quickly, and in one week, il
~ nave been fitted up for mans residence.
I13 a a great mansion may have been
.a.rv wears in building, and YET in one week
nv be curtained and chandeliered and
,.,benei and upholstered for bride and
groom. ..,, -. ~
.,.g was made in our six days. IL may nos
~. besn day of twenty-four hours, the
Az .poksn of in the first chapter; it may
~ haan Gods day, and a Thousand years
I'M Him are as one day. And the evening
'rs t,s morning were the first dayn-God's
Az And the evening and the morning
~ the second dav"-God's day. "And tbs
,,snng and the morn ng were tbs sixth day
-Gois day. Youand | living in the seventh
s,y The Sa bath OF the world. the day OF
eeosl redemption tine grandest day of all
~ reel in which each day may have been
M M Of thousands of years. Can you tell
1, how a man C an get his mind and soul into
MI blasphemous twist as TO scott at that
I'D ebspter Of Genesis. its verses pillows of
I'm surging w from sapphire seas of gloryi
he Bible represents that light was created
NJ Monday, and the sun was not created
wtil Thursday Just think OF i'll a book
hJarinr that light was created three days
s.irrs he sun shone Why don't you
nm that heat and electricity emit light
njsnsndent of tina sum- Besides that, when
M earth was in process of condensation,
was surrounded by thick vapors and the
Ivhsrge Of many volcanoes in the primary
orod, and all this observation may have
hplsred the light OF the sun from falling on
IA earth until that Thursday morning.
pssides that David Brewster and Herschel,
Din class. agree in the fact that the sun is
! nt light that it is an Opaque mass, that it is
/ DIV The candsstick that holds the light.
4 h9phorescent atmosphere floating around it,
4 Banging and changing so ii is not to be at
/ III wondered at that not until that Thurs
iy morning its light fell on the earth. Be-
/ I'D tsat the rocks in capitalization emit
lEht There is light from a thousand sur
iSees the alkslies, for instance. The metal
| bases emit light There was time in the
| history Of the world when there wero
| isoa'ands of miles of liquid granite
/ flaming with light Beside that, it has
ben found that there are burned out vol,
anoes in other worlds which, when they
we're in explosion and activity. must have
za forth an insufferabe light, throwing a
glrs all over our earth. Besides that. there
nths Aurora Borealis and the Aurora An
Aalk A book on physical science says:
Captain BOnnycastle, coming up the Cult
f d St Lawrence on the 18th of September.
B III, was aroused by the mate of the vessel
4 hTeat alarm from an unusual appearance.
Twas starlight night when suddenly tho
ny became overcast In the direction Of
As high land OF CORVALLIS County an in
Fantaneous and intensely vivid light. re-
enbing the aurora, shot out on
he hitherto gloomy and dark sea
% the lea bow that was so brill
snt it lighted everything distinctly, even
. hhs masthead. The light spread over the
whole sea between the two shores, and the
waves which before had been tranquil, be-
came agitated Captain Bonnycastle de-
EdOsS the scene as that of a blazing sheet
lawful and most brilliant hght-a long and
uTd line of light that showed the face OF
As thigh trowring land abreast. The sky be-
cane lowering and more intensely obscure.
Long tortuous lines of light showed
Immense numbers of large fish darting about
St in CONSERVATION. The topsail yard
nl mlzzen boom we're lighted by the glare,
si gaslights had been burned directly be-
DEthem, and until just before daybreak.
EAiocloek the most minute objects were
distinctly visible" My hearers, there are
"a thousand sources Of light besides the
Light Of tbs sun.
Another hard thing: The story of the
Csuge and Noahs ark. They say that from
" scconnt there must have rained eight
h-flred feet Of water each day in order that
..hlght be fifteen cubits above the hills.
tllY say that the ark could not have been
~ enough to contain 1.-TWO of every
~ Tor there would have been hum
Gssot thousands and hundreds of thou
AS Of creatures. They say that these
Ivy an zones. They say there was only one
wan window in the ark. and that would not
asglVsn fresh air to keep the animals ih-
~ ile ark from suffocation. They say
asl The ark finally landed on a mountain
fs4Iean thousan feet high. They say they
SA@ oe!ieye the story. Neither do l. There
20, ny slen story in the Bible. | will tell
nay the Bible story is. ! must say that
-. 80 changed my mind in regard to some
- which once were to me very mys
IN hey are no more mysterious. This
qua Hey the facts. This is the story of an
s'sltness, Noah, his story Incorporated
S@Sard by Moses in the account. Noah
IOsa the scene Just as it appeared to
he saw the flood and he fathomed
upth As far as eye could reach
saytoins was covered up, from ho
Va % horizon, or. as it SAYS. under the
zoe heaven He did not refer to the
"a Nevadas or TO Mount Washington. for
A93srea had not been discovered. or. if it
oeen discovered, he could not have seen
:. S - o4 he IS giving the testimony of an,
y Hl,nsss God speaks after the manner Of
~ T Slea be says everything went under,
~. Hoah speass after the manner Of men
ne says everything did go under. An
"iuess. There is no need of thinking
tae kangaroo leaped ths ocean or that
gsAs bear came down from the ice.
ny did the deluge Gomez 1t came for the
:. ~ Of destroying tine outrageous inhabit.
o. the then thinly populated earth,
~ Ell the population, probably very near
~ ~ before it was launched. What would
~ ueen the use of submerging North
Soata America. or Europe. or Africa.
they were not inhabited. And
~ the skeptical suggestion that
r ,,Nl 70 have the water as deco as the Bible
80 i must have rained 500 feet every day.
~, -! ne Bibls distinctly declares that tina