The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-04
FROM OCEAN TOOCEAN
DR.. Talmage Makes His Recent Trip
the Subject OF Q Very interest.
Ing Sermon.

OFs A8lmoko m8k0D 4l8 hoCe0G xflp
the Subject Of Q Very interest.
Ing Sermon.
BRooELYN, N. Y, Special:-It was great
anthem Of praise that went up from the
crowded throngs at the Brooklyn tabernacle.
where the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage D. D.
preached as usual. The opening hymn was ;
"No more let human blood be split,
Vain sacrifce for human guilt;
But to each conscience he applied
The blood that flows from Jesus side."
The subject of the sermon was, From
Journey" Toxt: Psalms, jlxxlI., 8: He shall
have dominion from sea to sea-" The
preacher snid:
What two seas are referred to? Some
might soy that the text meant that Christ
was to reign over all the land between the
Arabian sea and Caspian sea, or between
the Red Sea and the Mediterranean sea. or
between the Black sen and the North sea.
No, in such case my text would have named
them. 1t meant from any large body of
wnter on the earth clear across to any other
lnrge body Of water, And 80 have u right
to to- read li.; It; Ac Isl shall have a do%inion from
theme il, America for God!
First, consider the immensity Of this pos.
ession. Ifit were only q small tract OF land
capable ofnothing better than sage brush
and with ability only tosupport prairie dogs
should not have much enthusiasm in want
ing Christ to have it added to his dominion.
But its immensity and atfluence no one can
imagine UNLESS in immigrant wagon or stage
coach or in Puil train ot the Union Pacific or
the Northern Pacific or tho Canadian Pacific
or the Southern Pacific, he has traversed it.
Having been privileged six times to cross the
t,,.s.,o I In,
come to some appreciation Of it's magnitude.
California;, which supposed In boyhood
from its size on the map was q few yards
as.oss, = ridge OF land on which one must
walk cautiously !cst lie hit his head against
the Sierra Nevadas on QUE sise or slip off into
the pariti, waters on the Other; C4i:frrnia.
the thin slice of land as supposed 1t to- be
in boyhood. huve found it to be larger than
all the states OF New England and all New
York aud Penbsylyanip added together, and
ii you add them together tleir sguare miles
fall fur short ofCalifornia. North ana South
Dakota. Montana, and WashingtoA
the congress oi the United States strain n
point and soon admit also Idaho und Wyom.
ing and ssew Meyico. What is the Use keep
ing them out in the .all any iSHgpT: Let us
with the senatorial and congressional rep
together Ifsome Of them have not quite
the requisite number of people fix up the con
stitutiOn to suit these cases. Even Utah
gill by dropping polygamy soon be rcndy to
sntet. MenIgnmy nstrinmphed in parts Of
Utah and vim prate',ly triumph at this, tl fall
ritories into states. and il some ot the siateis
arc smaller than the elder sisters giro ther4;
Because some Of tho daughters OF II fnn.ily
nav be five feet in statute and tho others
only four feet do not let The daughters five
teet high shut the door in the faces OF those
who ale ,,nly four feet high: Among tho
yss ss ssas s sp sf ESSa friend f d @ sss
orator and magnificent soul, 8. s. Cox, wts
the expressed determination to move next
winter in congress- for tho tr0nsfcrence Of
other territories into states.
Bat Thile | speak OF the immensity of the
continent 4mast remark that it is not nn
larger some countries ars the worse fHl tl,q
| world. This continent is not must remark
able for its magnitude than for it's wonders
nt construction. What u pity the United
sfttsa government did not take possession
RI Sosemits. California, as it has of Yellow
:. .''us Wsgo:, and 81 tiasa.ga fu!ls, New York!
gionsi Who thn. "- seen then ,,3 can tbiRk laa q
them without having his D..s "hGrl ,rs Ai.ns
now standing there that were old wncn, "'sas
lived. These monarclls OF foliage reigned
before Cusar or Alexander, and the next
thousand years will not sliatter theirscepter.
They are the masts of the continent, their
canvas spread on the winds while the old ship
b"urs on its way through the azos: Tiso!r
effect me 80 much as their longevity. Though
so old now. he branches oisome of them will
crnckle in the last conhngration ofthO planet
That valley OF the Yosemite is eight miles
long and half mile wide and j, 900 feet deep.
1t seems US il it had been the meaning of ON
possible some OF the most stupendous scene.
ry of the world. Some of the cliffs you do
not stop to measure by feet, for they are lit.
terally a milo high. Steep so that neither
foot of man or benst ever scaled them, they
stand in everlasting defiance. II Jehovah
has II hrone ON rnrtl these nre the white pill
lars. Standing: down in this great chaxn OF
the valley you look UP an,l yonder is Cattle
dral rock, vast, gloomy minister built for the
silent worship of the mountnins. Wonder il
Sentinel rock, 1920 feet high, bold solitary,
standing guard among the nges. its top sci
dom touched until bride one Fourth Of Ju
ly mounted 1t and planted the national
standards. and the people down in the valley
looked up und saw the head of the mountain
turbancd with stars und stripes. Yonder aro
the Three Brothers," 1000 feet high:
Clouds Rest" North and South Dome, and
nelIntB never captured save Dy Lhc merry buy
onrts of the thunder storm.
No pause for the eye, no stopping place for
the mind. Mountains hurled on mountains.
Mountains in the wake ofmountainR. Noun
tnns flanked by untains. Mountains
split. Mountains ground. Mountains fallen.
Mountains Triumphant. As though Mount
Blame and the Adirondack and Mount Wash
ington were here uttering themselves in one
magnificent chorus OF rock and precipice and
waterfall. Sitting md dashing TIN ough the
rocks the water comes down. The Bridal
Veil falls, SO thin you can see the face of the
mountain behind it. Yonler is Yosemite
falls. dropping 2,Ga4 feet sixteen times
waters dashed to deuth on the rocks, so that
the white spirit of the slain waters ascend
ing in the robe of mists seeks the heaven.
iondcr is Nevada falls. plunging 700 feet,
the water in arrows the water in rockets,
the water in Ienrls, the water in amethysts,
down the rocks enough jewels to array nll
the earth i'll beauty. and rushes on until it
drops into Il very hell ofwaters, the smoke OF
their torment ascending forever and ever.
But after you have wandered along thegey-
serite enchantment for days and begin to
to nee, you suddenly come upon the perora-
tion of all the majesty and grandeur the
Grand canyon. 1t il here that it seems to
me-and spaak 1t with reverence-Jehoyah
seems to have surpassed himself. 1t seems u
great gulrh let down to the eternities
Here, hung up and let down nnd spread
abroad, nre all the colors ofland and sen aud
sky. Upholstering of the Lord God Almighty.
Best work of the architert of worldA Srulp-
turing by theintuite. Masonry by an omni.
potent trowel. Yellow! You never saw yell
low unless you saw il there. Red You never
saw red unless you saw it there. Violet!
You never saw violet unless you saw it
there. Triumphant banners OF color In u
cathedral OF basalt, sunrise and sunset mar
ried by the setting OF n rainbow ring.
Gothic arches, Corinthian capitals, and
Egyptian bastlcas built before human
architecture was born. Huge notifications
first cannon. Gibraltars and Sebastopols
that never can be taken. Alhambras, where
kings Of strength and queens of beauty
reigned long before the first earthly crown
was inpearled. Thrones on which no one
but the king OF heaven and earth ever sat.
Fount of waters at which the lesser hills are
baptized, while the giant cliffs stand round as
sponsors. For thousands of years before
that scene was unveiled to human sight the
elements were busy and the geysers were hew.
ing away with their hot chsel, and gucers
were pounding with their cold hammers. and
hurricanes were cleaying with their lightning
strokes, and hailstones giving he finishing
touches, and after all these forces OF M.
ture had done their best, in our century the
curtain dropped and the world had q new
and dvinely inspired revelation, the old
testament written on papyrus, the new testa.
ment written on parchment and now thia