Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-01
Dr. Talmage Declares Them Ar
ticulate and Harmonious
s.no PRACTICAL Remarks Upon Contri-
.u,ions the Natural World is Max
ing to Gods Kingdom.
r,,rrs csen an Invaluable Contribution tt
christianity by the Illustration She
Makes Of Divine Tuth.

time guTDJ
-..,otious at this season. does not d.
N.r,,b the crowd that pours into the
,eo8suy of Music to hear the eloquent
,.obsr This morning the great edi-
20. tbrouged, as usual, as soon as
-. doors we're opened. After the read
,.c of an appropr ate passage of Script
-. and the singing of the hymn, "Glory
,.c,d IN High,'' DR.. Talmage an
" ~YS as his text lisa. 60: l3, "The
I w. of Lebanon shall come unto thee,
t -. sr tree, the pine tree, and the box
. ~. to beautify the place OF my
'o5ctuary. =" Following is the sermon in
full; 49,
.onotalns of Lebanon white with snow,
ID the places from which the cedars
-.rs bewu. and then drawn by ox-teams
am 70 the Mediterranean sea, and
,Sen foated in great RATS to Joppa, end
,tsn again drawn by ox-teams up to
jerusalem to build Solomou's temple.
Those mighty trees in my text are called
the "glory of Lebanon: Illuminate
nature feels the effects Of the first trans
sTss.Ion. When Eve,touched the for
MAIDEN tree, it seems as il the sinful con-
tact had smitten not only that tree, but
q, II the air caught the pollution from
tbe leaves, and as:ff the sap had oar
RED the vIrusF down into the very
.oil until the entire aarth reeked
With the leprosy. Under that sinful
touch nature withered. The inanimate
creation, as if aware OF the damage done
4, sent up the thorn and brier and nettle
10 wound, and tercely oppose, the hu-
man race. Now as the physical earth
felt the effects of the first transgression,
50 II shall also feel the effect of the
Sayiour's mission. AS from that one
tree in paradise q blight went forth
through the entire earth, so from one
tree on Calvary another force shall
Ipsed out to interpenetrate and check,
sUBDUE AND OVERRIDE, THE EVIL.
In the end 1t shall bdeund that the
tree Of Calvary has more potency than
the tree OF paradise. AS the nations
are evangelical, think a oorre-
spending change will be effected in
the natural woT1dS"I verify believe that
The trees, and tho birds, and tie rivers,
and the skies will have their millennium.
II man IS sin affected the ground, and
The vegetation, and. the atmosphere,
shall Christ s work tbe less powerful or
less extensive? 4
Doubtless God will take the Irregular
iiy and ierceness from the elements SO
IS to make them congehial to the race,
which will then be- symmetrical and
tvangeli2ed. The groupasShAll not be so
lavish Of weeds and So erudgeful of
grain. Soils which now have peculiar
PrOciv!ties toward certain forms of evil
production will be delivered from their
bssettlng sins. zi-Steep mountains,
ploughed down into more gradual
ascent, shall be girdled with
hocks Of sheep aud shocks of corn. The
vet marsh shall become the deep-grassed
meadow. Cattle shall eat unframed by
eaTens once haunted of wild beasts.
Children will build play houses in what
was once cave q serpents; and, as the
scripture saith, 'SThe weaned child shall
put bis hand on the cockatrlce's den. -
Oh what harvests shall be reaped when
neilheE dr0uthSnor excessive faip, nor
mIldeRnog nfestpg NUGGETS sAalIArrest
ihe GROWTH and The utmost c8paeiAy Of
Iae heldE So production shall be tested
oJ an Intelligent and athletic yeomanry.
Ihrlit and competency charaeterizing the
worlds inhabitants, their dwelling
paSes shall be graceful and healthy and
4sefned Tree and arbor fsand grove
around about will look as if. Adam aud
Eve Eve had got back to Paradise. Great
Sltes, now neglected and uuwnshed,
,nai be orderly. adorned ssgitk archi-
.eIeetual symmetry and connected with
.Ar distant seaports by present modes of y
Aausportatlon carried to their greatest
perfection, or BY new inventions vet to
'pt'ug up out of the water or drop from
JUG Slr at the beck of Morse or Rob-.
u. ~ Falton belonging to future genera.
.' ISAIAH, in my text, seems to.
vOA forward to the future condition OF
'ae pagsleal earth as q condition of great
'gau'y ana excellence, and then proph-
,''eS mat as the strongest and most or
Ina
-auen'aI timber in Lebanon was
,.Ousnt down TO Jerusalem and con-
Il, Az into the ancient temple, so that
=, ,n- 'uAI Is beautiful aud excellent in the
S uss s. earth shall yet contribute to
1T III Vuur'h now being built in the world.
III glory OF Lebanon shall come unto
Nv rue hr tree, the pine tree, and the
"a together, to beautify the place of
u my sanctuary ,,
,,, mucl OF this prophecy has already been
ulnIed, aud proceed TO some practical
: su'arks upon the contributions which
I,,n A q. world is making TO the king
NO. VI GOD and then draw some infer
. rs, The first contribution that nature
'shalf of the M ~ -
Truth OF CHRISTIANITY.
ms is an age of profound research.
: chemist s laboratory she is put to tor
.., ~ 4uu compelled to give up her mYs-
s .,'', Hidden laws have come out of
:" hiding place. The earth and the
'sas' since they have been ransaoked
her ,Uslst and botanist and astrono-
pcc ~ appear SO different from what they
sv boo ne mat they may be called 'the
Tb,s 'a'ens aud the new EARTH
oraI s research aud discovery will have
hsy rn e.eet upon the religious world.
'bris,,n,uissC either advance or arrest
hem my my, make men better or make
be h"orse, be the church's honor or
wsrs Wy. . overthrow. Christians,
orsry u 'as in the early ares sf-dis-
Be ~. we're nervous and fearful as TO
BAT so,' Of science. They feared
'ould natural law, before unknown,
sion v,, r.ueehly spring into harsh col
be p,s.ta Christianity. Gunpowder and |
- gleam Of sworls ,,o,,i's :, -. -