Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-04-04

there have been worlds that were
born and that died. A few years ago
astronomers photographed, through the
Associated Press. to all the word-the
astronomers from the city of Washington
that another world had been discovered.
Within a comparatively short space of time
astronomers tell us. thirteen worlds have
burned down From their observatory
they notice first that the worlds lool;
ike other worlds then they became a
deep red. showing they were on fire; then
they became ashen, showing they were burned
down; then they entirely disappeared, show
ing that even the ashes were scattered. Now,
say, II God can start world, and swing a
one or two of them without great
deal OF exertion, or he could by I'M
usual refraction of the SUMS RAYS
continue the illumination. But infidel
scientists say it would have been be,ittling
for other worlds Co stop on account OF such
battle. Why, sirs. what Yorktown was for
revolutionary times, and what Gettysburg
was in our civil contest. and what Sedan was
in the Franeo-German war, and what Wat
erloo was in the Napoleonic destiny-that
was this battle of Joshua against the five
allied armies of Gideon. It was that battle
history. 1t was battle to
Joshua as important as though battle now
should occur in which England and the Uni
ted States and France and Germany and
Italy and Turkey and Russia should fight for
victory or annihlation. However much any
other world, solar, lunar or stellar, might be
FASTENED in it errand of light. it would be
excnsableit it fingered in the heavens for a
little while and put down its sheaf of beams
and gazei on such an Armageddon.
In the early part OF this century there was
what was called che Dark Day. Some of
these aged men may perhaps remember it, It
IS known in history the Ozark Davn
Workmen at noon went TO their homes. and
courts and legislatures ad journed No
astronomers have ever been able Ia
explain that dark day. Now, If God
can advance the night earlier than its
time, can he not ad journ the night until
after its timer | often used to hear NV
father describe a night-I think ha said IL
was in lS53-when his nsighbors aroused
him in great alarm. All the heavenly bodie,
seemed to be in motion. People thought our
earth was coming to its destruction.
Tens of thousands OF stars shooting. No
astronomers have ever been able to
explain that star shooting Now. does not
your common sense teach you that If Cod
could start and stop tens OF thousands of
worlds or msteors he could start and stop
two worlds. II God can engineer a train OF
ten thousand worlds or msteors, and stop
them without accident or collision, cannot
he control two carriages OF light, and
by putting down golden brake stop the sun,
and by putting down silver brake stop the
being skeptical about this sunlime passage
of the Bible, You WILL when you read il, feel 4
more like going down on your knees before
God as you read; sun, stand thou still
above Gideon, and thou moon in the valley
of Aialon"
Then there is the Bible statement that a
whale swallowed Jonah ana elected him
up on the dry ground in three days. II you
will go 10 the museum at Nantucket, Mass,
you will find the skeleton Of a whale large
enough TO swallow a mao. said TO
the janitor while ! was standing in
the museum: 'Why it does not seam
from the looks OF this skeleton thai
that story in the Book OF Jonah is so
very improbable. does III" ooh, no. h, re-
piled, 'it does not" There is cavity in the
mouth OF the common whale largo enough
for man 20 live in There have been
sharks found again and again with an en-
tire human body in them Beside that. the
Bible SAYS nothing about a whale. IL SAYS:
''Ihe Lord prepared a great fish, and
there are scientists who tell US
that there were sea monsters in other days
that made the modern whale seem very in-
significant. I know in one place in the
New Testament it speaks of the whale as APP
pearing in the occurrence have Just men
toned, but the word may just well DO
translated sea monstern-any kind OF |
a sea monster. Procopious says, in the
year $50, . sea monster was slam
which had for fifty years destroyed
ships. l suppose this sea monster that took |
care of Jonah may have bean one of the /
great sea monsters that could have easily /
taken down a prophet, and he could have |
lived there three days il he had kept in /
motion so as to keep the gastric juices from |
taking hold of him and destroying him. 1
and at the end of three DAYS the monster /
would naturally be sick enough TO /
regurgitats Jonah. Beside that. NV /
friends there is one word which explains the |
-. IL. 4 \ - a
great fish, If a ship carpenter prepare n !
vessel to carry Texan hesves to Glasgow, |
suppose il can carry Texan beeves; II a ship |
carpenter prepare a vessel to carry coal to
one OF the northern ports, suppose it can 4
carry coal; II ship carpenter pre-
pare vessel TO carry passengers to
Liverpool, | suppose it can carry passengers /
TO Liverpool and IL the Lord prepared fish \
to carry one passenger, suppose it could |
carry passenger and the ventilation have
been all right
So all the strange things in the Bible |
Fan be explained II you wish to |
have them explained. And you can
build them into beautiful and health /
full fire for your hearth, or your can with |
them put your immortal interests into CON /
tlagration. But you had better decide about
the veracity OF the Bible very soon want |
this morning to caution you against putting |
off making up your mind about this book.
Ever since 1772 there has been great
discussion as to who was the author /
Of Junius's Letters, those letters so full /
of sarcasm and vituperation and power.
The whole English nation stirred up with 1t.
more tnan a hundred volumes written TO 4
discuss that question: Who was Junius" .
''Who wrote the letters of Junius" Well, I
it is an interesting question to discuss but /
still, after all, it makes but little prac-
teal difference to you and to me who /
Junus was, whether Sir Philip Francis or |
Lord Chatham, or John Horne Tooke, or 1
Horace Walpole. or Henry Grattan. or any 1
one Of the forty-four men who were seriously /
charged with the authorship. But it is an |
absorbing question, it IS a practical question, /
it is an overwhelming question to you |
and to me, the authorship OF this /
Holy Bible-whether the Lord God of /
heaven or earth or a pack OF dupes, scoundres /
or iinpostors. We cannot afford 10 ad journ /
that question week or day or an hour, |
any more than a sea Captain can afford to
say: well, this is a very dark night. l |
have really lost my bearings; there is n |
light ont there. / don't know whether 1
it is a Lighthouse or a false light on 4
the shore, / don't know what it is but |
III just 60 to sleep and in the morning I'll |
find out" J.. the morning the vessel might !
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