Telegram-herald., 1889-06-24
An INSPIRING SERMON.
o.. TA-kAGE csscCgaSss On THE
Pc8ER OF RSTssNITY.

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given hial Wei. my friends, thar Is not The
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rnllistine iniqaity which Is come into the
possession If Jesus Christ and OF bis glorious
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NE, O. show yOg tlat many weapon which
has beeli used against tie ARMIES oi Hod l. yet
l. be captured and usel cn our side; and /
oniy initiate David when | stretch out 10y
hand toward thai blade Of tie Philistine and
cry: There IS none like tat, give At l.4e!'
SCIENCE Is SOMETIMES FALSELY USED.
remark, first, that this Is true Ia regard
T. all scientific exploration Iou know that
the firSt discoveries IN astronomy and geology
anil chronology were used to battle Christ
snity Worldly philosophy cams out Of As
laboratory and out OF It's observatory and
said: Now, We will prove, by the very struc-
.ture OF the earth, end by the movement OF
the heavenly bodies, that the Bible Is a lle and
that Christianity, as We have Il among men,
b positive imposition" Good men trenbled.
The teiescope, tho Leyden jars, the electric
batteries. all ia the hands Of the Philistincs
But one day, Christianity, looking about
for some weapon with which 10 de
fend Itself, happened 20 see the very old sword
thar these atheistic Philistlnes had been using
against the truth and cried out: There Is
none like that; give it me-" And Copernicus,
and Gailleo, aud kepler, and Isaac Newton
came forth and told the world that, in their
ransacking Of the earth and heaven, they had
found overwhelming presence Of tho God
whom we worship; aud this old Bible began
TO shake itself from the Koran, aud Shaster.
and Zendavesta, with which it had been GOV
cred up, and lay on the desk OF the scholar,
and in the laboratory of the chemist, and in
the lap Of the Christian, unharmed and IN
answered, while tue tower Of the midnight
heavens struck "a silvery chime in its praise.
THE WORDS OF WORLDLY PHILOSOPHY.
Worldly philosophy said: Matter is eter-
nal The world always was. God did not
make it," Christian philosophy plunges its
crowbar into rocks, and finds that the world
was gradually made and, If gradually made,
there must have been some point at which
tho process started then, who started iti
And SO that objection WAS overcome. aud in
the first three words OF the Bible we find that
Moses stated a magnificent truth when he
said: I'm the beginning"
Worldly philosophy sail: "YOur Bible is 4
most Inaccurate book; all that story III the
Old Testament, again aud again told, about
the army Of the locusts-it Is preposterOuS
There is nothing In the coming Of the locustS
like an army. An army walls, locusts fly
An army goes in order aud procession, locusts
without order" Wat" said Christian
philosophy; and in 1858 in the southwestern
part Of this country, Christian men went out
10 examine the march OF the locust. There
are men right before me who must have no
ticed ia that very part OF The country the
coming I'd Of tho locust ike an army; aud 1t
vas found that ell the newspapers uRwittHg-
IL spoke Of them us an army. Whyf They
sem 10 have q COMMANDER. They march
like host. They halt like host. No arrow
ever went with straighteT fight than the 10
Gusts c0me-not even turning aside for the
wiad II the wind rises the iocusts drop,
and then rise again after 1t has gone down,
taking tho same line OF march, not varying
foot The old Bible right every time when it
speaks Of locusts coming like an army world
ly philosophy wrong.
Worldly philosophy said: "All that story
about the light turned clay 10 the seaP is
simply an absurdity." OH time worldly
philosophy said: The light comes straight
! Christian philosophy said: ''W ait little
while" and it goes on and makes discoveries
and finds that the atmosphere curves and
bends the rays OF light around the earth,
literally "as the clay 70 the seal" The Bible
right gain worldly philosophy wrong again.
"Ah," says worldly philosophy, ';-n iha;
illusion In job about the foundations of the
earth Is simply an absur1ity. Where vast
thou says God, when | 50 the foundations
! OF the earthf The esrfh has no foundation.
/ Christian philosophy comes and hnds that
the word as translated foundation" may BE-
better translated "s.ckeis." So now Sc how
/ it will read il it is TRANSLATED right; "N here
vast thou when | set the sockets of the
earthf Where i The sOcket' IL is the hoi-
I low Of Gods hand socket larse enough FOR
any world 70 tUruin
COD X ALWAYS RIGur.
WoFldIy philosophy said. What an ab-
/ srlr7i story about Joshua making the sun and
moon stand still II the worlt had stopped
an Instant. the whole universe would have
I been out q gear' stop, sad CaIisiian
/ philosophy, mot quite - quick" Tn world
/ has two m0tions-cno on is own axis. and
/ TIE % her around tie sun % Ras not ueccs-
sarv Ia rnakiux them stand siil that beth
motions saogld b. stopp--d-only tue one turn
+ ing ths world OF It's own axis There was ne
reason why tue hating q the eartb shouhl
have Jared and diSluangcd the whoia uni
verse. Joshua right oud lfod right, infjel.
ity wrong every time / knew lt would
be wror-. I taals God that the tins
has come wien ChTsti1as neei nos tse
scared 90 a-v scieu1dC eKph'ration Ibe
fact i that Eioa G-.d science have struck
band in eternal friendship. eal tae Deeper
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