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ana Wounded Creation Sent Up Her Pro-
testing voies in the Notes Of the Thorn,
the Brisr and the Thistle and In the
Rambling Storm The Trees, the Birds.
Rivers and Skies to Enjoy = Millennium.
Sunday morning at the Brooklyn Acad-
envy Of Muslc Rev. Il. Dewitt Talmagc
preached from lisa C0:la 'The glory Of
Lebanon shall come unto thee. the fir tree,
the pine tree, and the box together. 10
beautify the place OF my sanctuary" On
our way from Damascus we saw the
mountains OF Lebanon white with snow,
and the places from which the cedars were
hcwn, and then drawn by x-teams down
10 the Mediterranean Sea, and then fioated
in great RATS 10 Joppa. and then again
drawn by ox-teams up 10 Jerusalem 10
build Solomon's temple. Those mighty
trees In my text are called the glory OF
Lebanon Inanlmate nature felt the
effects of the first transgression- When
I've touched the forbidden tree, II seems as
IL the sinful contract had smitten not only
that tree, but as IL the air caught the poliu-
tion from the leaves, and as II the sap had
carried the virus down into the very soil
until the entire earth reeked with the
icprosy. Under that sinful touch nature
withered. The imam mate creation, as Ii
aware of the damage done IL, sent
up tho thorn and brier and nettle
TO wound, and fiercely oppose, the human
race. Now IA the physical earth felt the
effects OF the first transgrcssion, SO II
shall also feel the effect OF the Savlour's
mission. AS from that one tree In Para
disc blight went forth through the entire
earth, 50 from one tree on Calvary another
force shall speed out 10 interpenetrate and
check, subdue and override. the evil In
the end IL shall be found that the tree OF
Calvary has more potency than the tree OF
Paradise. AS the nations are evangelical.
1 think corresponding change will be
effected In the natural world. verify be-
lieye that the trees, and the birds, and the
rivers. and the skies will have their mil
lennium- IL mans sin affected the ground,
and the vegetation, and the atmosphere.
shall Christ's work be less powerful or less
extensivei
"rhe glory OF Lebanon shall come unto
thee; the fr- tree, the pine-tree, and the box
together to beautify the place OF my sane
tuary.n
Much OF this prophecy has already been
fulfilled, and / proceed 10 some practical
remarks upon the con tributions which the
natural world Is making 10 the kingdom OF
God, and then draw some differences. The
first contribution that nature gives 10 the
Church is her testimony in behalf OF the
truth OF Christianity. This In an are OF
profound research. Nature cannot evade
mems inquiries as once. In chemists
laboratory she is put 10 torture and com
PEELED 10 give up her mysteries Hidden
laws have come out OF their hiding ri ace.
The earth and the heavens, since they have
been raDsacled by goologist and botanist
and astronomer. appear so different from
what they once were that they may be
called "the now heavens and tho new
earth"
This research and discovery will have
powerful effect upon the religious world.
They must either advance or arrest Chris
tianity, make men better or make them
worse. be the Church's honor or the
Church's overthrow. Christians, aware OF
this In the early ages OF discovery, were
nervous and fearful as TO the progress OF
science. They feared that some natural
law. before unknown, would suddenly
spring into harsh collision with Christian
ity. Gunpower and the CLEAN OF swords
would not so much have been feared
by religionists a. electric batteries,
voltaic piles, and astronomical APP
paratua IL was feared that Moses
and the prophets would be run
over by sceptical chemists and phi iloso-
piers. Some OF the followers Of Aristotle
after the invention OF the telescope, refus-
cd 10 look through that instrument lest
what they saw would overthrow the teach
ings OF that great philosopher. But the
Christian religion has no such apprehen-
sion now Bring on your telescopes and
microscopes, and spectroscopes- the
more the better The God OF nature is the
God OF the Bible and In all the universe
and In all the eternities, He has never
once contradicted Himself. Christian
merchants endow universities. and
in them Christian professors in
struct the children OF Christian
communities. The warmest ana most en-
thusiastic friends OF Christ are the bravest
and most enthusiastic friends OF science
The Church rejoices as much over every
discovery as the world rejolces Good men
have found that there Ia no war between
science and religion. That which ut first
has seemed 20 be the weapon Of the infidel
has turned out 10 be the weapon OF the
Christian.
Scientific discussions may be divided
into those which are concluded, ana those
which are still In progress, depending for
decision upon future Investigation. Those
which are concluded have invariably rsnd-
cred their verdict for Christianity and we
have faith 10 believe that those which arc
still In prosecution will come 10 as favor
able conclusion. The great systems OF
error are falling before these discoveries
which have only demonstrated the truth OF
the bible, and so reinforced Christ
ianity Accommodation and paganism
In their ten thousand forms have
been proven false. and by great natu-
raj laws shown 10 be impositions Buried
cites have been exhumed, and the truth
of God found written on their cofiin-lids.