Telegram-herald., 1890-04-28


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IS. The xlory II Lsaaaoa snal come uu5o
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tozsIhsr y oezutlfy TIE p-4os u ~ sanct1-
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TIE GLoEY OF LEBASoS-
On our way from Damascus ws -" ths
mountains u Lsosn3a - aile sltn sno~, and
TIE plzoes from WHICH lie oedzrs ~ers hsSa
aad then drawn by on teams down 70 tie
MsdItsrranean sea and tuen nostsd In great
rafts - JOpP4, a1d teen aszia draSn oy CT
sean.s up - Jerusalem " build Sol0mous
tsEnpls Those EigaIy Uees In ny text are
called TIE glory Of Lebanon" lnAnlmate
nature felix the Effects u the fra TaAssrss-
.iou- When Eve touched the forbidden tree
IL seems as Il Tie sinful oontaet had sinitten
not oRiy that tree, bot rs II the air caught
TIE pollution from tie le&ves and as II tue
sap had carried the virus down INTO The very
sou Until the entire earth reekod With ths
lsprosy Under that sinful touch nature
withsred The inanimats creation. as II
aware OF the damage done Il, seat uP tue
thorn and bTiey and Eettle - wound and
heccely oppose the human race.
Tx COMING OF TEE aILLESSrUA
Now as the physical earth felt the effects q
the first Irausgresalou. 50 IL shall also feel the
effect q The Saviour mission As from shat
one tree IN Paradise a blight went forth
through the entire earth. 80 from one tree on
/ Calvary another force shall speed out % in
terpenstrare and check, subdCe and override
I the evil In the end IL snAu DO found that
/ the tree Of Calvary has more potency than
/ the tree Of Paradise As tie nations are evan
I gelized, | think a corresponding change VIII
I De effected IL the natural world verify be-
I Hevs that the trees, and the birds, and the
rivers, and the skies viii have their millenni-
I um IL mans sin affected the ground, and
/ ths vegetation, and the atmosphere, snail
I Christ's work DO less powerful or less eIten-
svei
Doubtless God viii take the irregularity
I and ferceness from the elements 50 as %
make them congenial TO the race, yet 70 be
I so symmetrical and evangelized The ground
shall not be 50 lavish Of weeds and 50 grudge-
ful Of grain. Soils which now have peculiar
/ proclivlties toward certain forms Of evil pro-
/ duction will be delivered from their besetting
sins Steep mountains plowed down into
more gradual ascent, shall be girdled witt
aocks Of sheep and shocks OF corn. The wet
marsh snail become the deep erased meadow
/ Cattle shall eat unharmed by caverns once
| haunted OF wild beasts Children will builc
| play houses in what vas once a cave Of ser
pents; aud. as tie Scripture saith: The
weaned child shall put his hand on the cock
atrices den"
Oh what hsrvests shall be reaped wher
neither drouth, nor excessive rain, nor mil
dew, nor infesting insects shall arrest th'
growth and the utmost capacity Of the fed
for production shall be tested by an inte!li
gent and athletic ye0msnry. Thrift and com
potency characterizing the worlds inhabi
tants, their dwelling places shall be gracetu
and healthy and adorned. Tree and arbol
and grove around about will look as If Adam
and Eve had got back 10 Paradise Gres
cities, now neglected and uuwaShed, shall b,
orderly, adorned with architectural sym-ue
try and connected with far distant sea port
by present modes OF transportation carried e
their greatest perfection. OF by new inven
tions yet 70 spring up out OF the water oi
drop from the air al the beck Of Morse or
Robert Fulton belonging to future genera
tons.
Isaiah In my text seems 10 look forward Il
the future condition OF the physical earth a.
a condition OF great beauty and excellence
and then prophesies that as the strongest anC
most ornamental timber in Lebanon wa
brought down 70 Jerusalem and cOnstructeC
into the ancient temple, 50 all that is beaUti
ful and excellent in the physical earth shal
yet contribute 70 the church now being bull
In the world. The glory of Lebanon shal
come unto thee; the fir tree, tue pine tree
and the box together, 10 beautify the place o
my sanctuary"
Mucn Of this prophecy has already been ful
flled, and proceed to some practical remar K
upon the contributions which the natura
world is making TO the kingdom Of God, an'
then draw some inferenoes. The first contri
button that nature gives 70 toe church Is he
testimony in behaH Of the truth Of Christi
snitY. This IS age Of profound research
Nature cannot evade mans inquiries as once
y
and compelled 70 give up her mysteries. Hid
den laws have come out OF their hiding place
The earth and the heavens. since they bav
been ransscksd by geolozist and botanist an
astronomer, appear 20 different from wha
they once were that they may be called 9Th
rew heavens and the new earth"
roHEKFUL EFFECT UPON TIE RELIGIOUS
WORLD
This research and discovery will have pow
srful effect upon the rel giouS world The
must either edvsnce OF arrest Christianity
make men better or make them vorse, DO n
churchs honor or the chgrchs overtime >
Christians. aware Of this ia the early ages o
discovery. were nervous and fearful as .
the progress Of science. They feared TIA
some natural law, before unknown. -onl
suddenly spring into harsh collision wit
ChTistAnity. GunpOwder aud tie glsam G
svords ~ouh not 80 much hsvs been f.sre
bv rshgionists as electric bstteries voltsi
piles and astronomical sppsrstuS IL "a
feared that Moss aud the prophets would b
run over By sEsptioal chemists and phiiosc
pier, some q the foll0Esrs of Aristotlr
after he invention q tbe telescope. refUss
n look through that Instrument. lsst vhs
they sav would overthrow tue teachings q
tbas Ersat PhilosophsT. But The Christia
religion has 10 sDca apprehension nov.
Bring m Jour TELESCOPES and microsoop>
snd sp>ctro scopes s-and ths na1rs tne better
Tie God p nature is tbe God = The Bibl'
AL III sll The unlrsTsa sud in al tse steru
sias 1e 6as never ouoe coutradicted hiulse {
Ctristie1 naarchants snSor uuivsrsitses. AZ
IN them CLris-iaa professors instrucr he chs