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

twcnty-Sevcn feet.
All! my friends. this story Of tic
ark is no more incredible than il you
should Siy To me: Last summer was
among the hills Of New England, and
there came on the most terrific storm
ever saw. and the whole country was
Hooded The waters came up over the
hills. and TO save our lives we got in a
boat on the river. and even the dumb
creatures were So ailrightcd they c;;mc
moaning and bleating until we let
them in the same boat"
We arc not dependent upon the
Bible for the story of tho Hood, en-.
tircly. All ages and all litcrturcs
have traditions, broken traditions, in
distinct traditions. but still traditions.
The old books of the Pcrsians tell
about the flood at the time Of Ahri-
man. who So polluted the earth that il
had to I've washed by great storm
The traditions of the Chaldcans say
that in the time when NisutlrtiS was
king there WAS Il great Hood. aud lc
put his family and his friends in
large vcSScland all outsidcofthcm were
destroyed. and after while the birds
went forth and they came back and
their claws were tinycd with mud.
Lucian and Ovid. celebrated writers.
who had never seen the Bible. de
scrbcd Il food III the time Of Dcu-
Gallon. lie took his friends into a
boat, and the animals came running
10 him in pairs. SO all lands, and all
ages. and all litcraturcs. seem To have
a broken and indistinct tradition of a
calamity which Moses, here incorpo-
rating NIalI's account, SO grIndly. so
beautifully, So Accurately. 50 solcmnly
records.
My prayer is that tho God who ere.
a,cd the world may create us anew in
ChIst Jesus; and that the God who
n!adc light three days before the sun
Slionc may kindlc in our hearts light
that will burn on long after the sun
has expired; and that the God who
ordered the ark built and kept open
more than one hundred years that the
anicdIluviau> might enter il for shell
ter, niay gl;iciously incline us 10 nc.
ccpt the invitation which this morn.
ing rose III music from the Throne.
saying Come thou aud all Thy house
into lilo arl;T
~ r.;rIi:ATloN OF ANOTHER OLD
TESTAMENT WONDER
Another hard thing To- be under
stood: Tho story that the sun and
moon stood still TO allow Joshua To
complete his victory. lnfidcl sciru.
fists declare that an impo>sibillty
.;ut IL nam have brain and strength
tnoiig.l to make II clock. can l,c not
siart y aud siop il. AID start il a@;iN
nd stop ii a-1iu; II machinlst
have strength and brain enough To
make u corn iiifrshci, can lac net start
!! and Stop II. and siIlt il again and
stop il ay.tIn. II God have strength
and wisdom to make the clock of Tie
universe. the great machinery of the
worlds. has hc not strength enough
and wisdom enough 10 st;-t II and
Stop II, and start II again aud stop i;
again: OR stop one wheel. or stop
twenty wheels, or stop all tie wheels.
i the clock stronger than the clock
mahcr: Does the corn thrcNhcr know
moro than the machiulSl. Is the
universe uigIiicr than lis God.
l;ut people Isl; how could the
moon have bccr seen 10 stop IN
the daytime: Wei, ii you have
never seen the moon III the daytime.
II Is bcc;ilisc lyou have uot been a very
di!igcu, observer of the heavens. H..
sldc that. 1t was not ncccssurv for
the world literally To- stop. Ey unu.
Suai rciITcllou ot the sun rlsiVs the
day might have been pruloL Nd. So
tlG:i, wis,c the earth continue NON lis
path in the heavens. It ligu 4ivcly
stopped. You must remember ihat
these l!hlc authors used the vcruacu.
lar of their own day, just ~ You and
say the sun went down. The sun
never goes down. We Smniy dc.
scribe what appears 10 Tie human eye.
Besides that. the world, oar world.
could have literally stopped without
throwing tlIc universe out OF balance.
Our world las two motions the
one around the sun and tho other
ON lis oWli axis. IL might lavostoppcd
on IT. own aNIS. wlnlc ~ tie same time
II Kept oul''paili Through tire heavens.
80 there W;gs no need of stellar con-
fusion because our world slackcncl its
speed or entirely stopped in lis rcvolu-
uon On It's own axis. That Is none Of
the business of Jupiter, or Mars. or
Mercury, or Saturn, or the Dippcr.
Beside that. within the memory Of
nlan there have b-cn worlds that were
born and that died. \ few years ago
astronomers tclcgraphcd. through the
Associated Press, la all the world the
astronomers from the city oi Wash
ingiun that another world had been
sit.tt.xs.at..l tffstt,
short space of time. astronomers
tell u. thirteen worlds have
burned down. From their observatory
they notice first that the worlds look
like other worlds. then they became a
deep rcd, showing they were ON tire;
then they became ashrn, showing they
were burned down; then they entirely
disappeared, showing that even the
ashes were scattered. Now. say, if
God can start world. and swing a
world, and destroy Il world. he could
stop one ar two Of them without
great deal of cXerliou. or hc could hy
unusual WiisIciion of the sun ; RAYS
continue the illumination. But iniidcl
scientists say it would have been Toe.
hitting for other worlds 10 stop ON
fN'ttAtlA 80 SUM q bttlAlts ~ tlAs NilN.
what Yorktown WAS for r'vulu
tiumary times. and what ,,ciiys
burg Was in our civil con
test. and what : dan WAS in the
France German war; and wlu, Wat
erloo was IN the Nnpuicanir H. my
that WAS this battle of Joshua caiust
the iiye aliicl armies ol G;ihcnn. II was
that hnlil" that changed the entire
course of history II was a battle Ia
Joshua ;is Important rs though a hai
tie now should occur Ia which Eng
land and ia" United S;l;icS and France
and Germany ar'l lialy and TurGcy
anl Russia should tight far victory or
annihilalium. However mitch any
other world. solar lunar ur stellar.
might bc FASTENED in lis crrlmd al
light, il would be- cNc,iS,blc ii il lin
gcrcd in the heavens fura little while
and put down is Shcaf ii beams and
gazcd on such an Annagrylim.
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