The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-07-18
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINB's sun.
DAY SERMON.
Subject. "Nature's voioes.A

TEXT: 1.-THE glory Of Lebanon shall come
unto thee; ths fr tree, he pine tree and ne
boz together, to bedutify The place Of my
Sanctuary k, 49,
On our way from Damascus we saw the
mountains of Lebanon white with snow, and
the places from which the cedars were hew1
and then drawn by OK teams down TO the
Mediterranean Sea, and then foated IN great
RATS to Joppa, and then again drawn by OK
teams up to Jerusalem to build Solomon's 1
temple. Those mighty trees in my text are
called the GLORY OF Lebanon lnanimAte
nature felt the effects Of the first transgres-
sion. When Eve touched the forbidden tree |
it seems a. if the sinful contact had sIiitten 1
not only that tree but as If the ar caught
the pollution from the leaves, and as II the
sap had carried the virus down into the very
soil until the entire earth reelsei with the
leprosy. Under that sinful touch nature
withered, The inaninate creation as II
aware of the damage done it, sent UP the
thorn and brier and nettle TO wound and
hercely oppose the human race.
Now as the physical earth felt the effects
of the first transgression 50 it shall also feel
the effect of the Saviour's mission Asfrom
that one tree in Paradise blight went forth
/ through the entire earth, 50 from one tree on
| Calvary another force shall speed out to IN
| terpenetiate and check; subdue and override
the evil In the end it shall be found tnat
| the ,ree of Calvary has more potency than
the tree Of Paradise. As the nations are
| evangelical think a corresponding ehanSR
will be effected in the natural world veTilF
| believe that the trees, and the birds ana 11e
/ nm IN may skies will have their mlllerni7
the vegetation, and the atmosphere. SI,au
sives
Doubtless God will take the irregularity
and herceness from the elements 50 as to
/ make them cOngeniaf to the race vet to he
sosymmetrieal and eyangelissd Tbs sro,,,,5
shall not be SO lavish of weeds and sd st:lidf1s-
tul OF grain. Soils which now have peculiar
! procllvites toward certain FORMS Of evil rir,o.
ductlon VIII be delivered from their besettinp
SINS. steep mountains, plowed down into
more gradual ascent. shall be girdled with
nocks Of snesp and shocks Of corn. The wet
marsh shall become the deep erased meadow
| Cattle shall eat unharmed by cayerns once
haunted Of va beasts Children will build
! play houSsln what was oneo a cave of ser-
| pentsi am, as the Scripture saith. sTha
weaned gfiid shall put his hand on the cock
Oh whit harvests shall be reaped when
neitner 1outhi nor excessive rain. nor mil |
dew, nor infesting insects shall ar.sst A.
I CROWN ind the nostcapacity OF the fields /
for production shall be tested NV an ;r+eII;
gent am athletic yeomanry. Thrift and con,.
petenei eharaeterizing the worlds inhabit-
ants TER dwelling places shall be graceful
anu ns'luiy ana adorned. Tree and arb0r
ana sr3Fe around about will look asif dsr,
ana he had got back to Paradise GTss+
cities, low neglected and unwashed sbsIlEs
orders, adorned with Architectural s--o,-,a1
ny an connected With far distant seano-t,
by present. modes Of transportation carried to
uellsIeatest perfection, or by new inven-
sioisy et 70 spring up out of the water or
at HI -
ton seneia-
lSaa In my text seems to look forward N
the tture condition Of the physical carts ss
caution Of great beauty and excells1ea
an tneh Prophesies that as the strongest and
ny u, " Iiinental timber in Lebanon was
Dught down to Jerusalem and eonstr,ctaJ /
10 the ancient temple so all that il bsa,,ti-
Ilahu excellent in the physical earth shall
Y teontrloute to the church now being briIt
rthe world. 1.-THE glory of I,ebano5 shall
ene unto thee; the fir tree. the pine tras
~ Tue oox together, to beautify the place 1
Much OF this pronhscv- has aI.a.a.. -
ll1lled, and proceed to some practical ~
larks upon the contributions which tha !
.atnral world IS making TO the kingdom of
Tod, and then draw some differences rLa !
~ continuation that nature gives To the z
lureh Is her testimony in behalf of tha i
- VI = sllanity Ihisis an age of pro- S
nI research. Nature cannot evade mans &
Inquiries as once. In chemists laho-sto-ts :
ne Is put to torture and compelled 70 eiven1 i
s M sterles Hidden laws have come ont b
Their hiding place. The earth and tba a
eaTens, since they have been ransacked by- o
eoioglst and betan. tand astronomer. apear s
Z diIierent from wha5 they once were that d
ew EARTH ''--'' ''-0 +,
his research and discovery will have rozv- il
'lnl effect upon the religious world. They p
iust either advance or arrest Christiauitv 'f
axe men better or make them worse. be the 81
iarcns honor or the churchis overthrow VI
~ SUE aware OF this in the early ages of al
Aere nervous and fearful as to the u
,seience. They feared that some /
slge unknown, would sudden. III
q collision with Christian. =
: 20 the CLEAN of swords III
- ave been feared byre- g
~ = tteries, voltaic piles th
:; + H.: ~ 1t was feared vs
would be run OF
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and roc
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warm IA
4 Christ ing
site friends ing
ices as much thu
world rejoices. int
iere is no war be- ser
That which hu
. be the weapon ga
cd out to be the arr
thu
may be divided into in
sled, and those which for
Is. kpending for decision brt
- :. r. ton Those which are sol
y. kriably rendered their cor
rs IS Efity, and we have faith WI
which are still in prose on
as favorable conclusion.
- OF error are falling before tul
Flies They have crushed every ire
r. Bible. aud that they have es- an
sIohammedanism and paganism no
thousand forms have been proved ~
by great natural laws shown TO be IN
5. Buried cities have been ex- II
Id the truth of God found written lie
coffin lids. Bartlett, Robinson and m'
have been not more the apostles OF ne
3 than the apostles of religion. The tn
fins Of the pyramids have opened to n
5 e Gospel Expeditions have been I
+ nerSor Palestine, and explorers have sa
n =. to say that they have found among
ms and among ruins and on the short
S, living and undying evidences OF
ious Christianity. -
Who have gone to fFalestine infidel
W. ne back Christians.' They who wen
70 see Christ again preaching upoi
n and have beaeld in vivid Imagination