The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-27

lara II kas ofsun cppsssd ~ prevailing
yrsymalzr bssisf, hns only y sweep away The
nsyfhs and proclaim he nsarvels of The
fassdamentsi principles - oar Lord From
The time shat Justin Martyr consecsated
his philosophers eicak TO the weyk Of
Christ the bess sustained principles cf phil
oserby have ben lined BY Chsist's truth
Human ousworks have repeatedly been
sweps away.
The citadel has stood secure while it,
garrison has repeatedly captured the foes
heaviest ordnance and turned It's guns
sgaisss: their owners.
GsHsoax thgnss Of Thee are spoken.
Zion City of oar Sod.
He wause werts Cannot be broken
Formed thee sor His ON abode
Art--psnse for moment before this
static Of Apollo Beisisiers. tl.e most per-
fec. physical ;Eeai we.si,ipresi By The
Greek.. . human hero lifted from SIC and
earthly stairs.
Three centuries 81 the highest Greek art
lcoksa doxn .spn l'aaI as be spoke on
Mars Hsg. Waving his hansi 10 the static
be crie,a: '.whona ye ignorantIv worship
HIM declare unto yo-." Has art paid no
i-i5afe to her master HES ste not often
brought the masses enc step nearer TO the
crUssg II il nothing that the worlds
greatest painter, Michael Angelo. nroueh;
his re:sown and talent to The crass and iits-
! mortal.ze. himself in Identifying st.
Peters AZ the suggessisn o. the acknovl-
edged head OF the church,
Il Ii not wo-th remembering that the
beautist.s conceptions OF The middle ages
treasured In cathedra.s and churches are
today viewed with universal admiration?
Music--How have The muses. brought
their treasures of choicest song aud sweet
-. melody 10 the Retieeaier's feet in Hay
dtn'- Creation" and Handel's Messiah. =
Tie highest. hottest harmony o. the human
sers il only awakened by the angels:
strains OF kesieemer come TO save. How
art gathers inspiration before the cross or
Is charmed into sweetness by Christian
song.
scierce-D you tell me of the martyrs
OF science7 Oh Calico. OF kepler. OF the
men who we're siienced By the church?
Bat were they not ehurehmen inspired by
the very loftincss OF their own ideals TO
soar beyond their fellows. but paying trib-
ute in that act to the Christ whose truth
had made them free in soul. If not in body
kerler spent thirty years searching
trinity among the stars. 20 GodW he
cried. II think thy thoughts after thee.
The die is cast, The book is written TO be
read now or by posterity, care not which,
as God has waited 5000 years for an inter-
prefer. Thus does astronomy bring the
richest frankncensc OF her sacrifice to her
kedeemer's feet.
Geology was at first supposed to ami
hiiate the Bible. No science has paid
grander tribute to its accuracy. The six
great periods are sublimeiy accurate. The
references OF Job are profoundly true. By
proving this record true, says Dana, we
prove it divine, for who but God could have
read the records OF eternity
Light was strangely placed beforesthe
sun. II Is grandiy scientific. Job tells us
Of the earth hung upon nothing. His CO.
teniporaries placed 1t on turtle! He
stretcheth the north out over an empty
place." II Is the only direction where the
telescope reveals the statement strictly
true. a few years since the Palestine ex-
plorers sunk shafts outside Jerusalem and
fodnd 9lts feet below the present surface.
the cut stone laid by Solomon's workmen
1000 years ago. The temple is destroyed.
Nevertheless the foundation standeth
sure. We thank God for the storms that
have laid bare the foundations, and exhort
the unbelieying in the words Of the psalmist:
walk about Zion. 60 round about her: tell the
towers thereof:
Mark ye well her bulwarks:
Consider her palaces.
That ye may tell Il to the generation following
For tbia God IL our God forever and eyer
He will be our guide unto death"
Archaeology -.It Is. however. in antiquar-
ian research that We sec more than else
where the truth Of the Scriptures triumph
antly proven. When DIR. Schlieman dug
through five cities. one on top Of the other.
and found skeletons cased in gold. compar-
ing with the Agamemnon Of classic story,
his evidence was regarded as conclusive.
But fifty years ago many scoffed at the
possibility Of such city as the Bible Min
eveh. Research dug down sand hill, and
behold q vast temple aud thousands of
tablets wonderfully confirming Bible his
tory, Shall We longer doubt7 The bricks
of Babylon and the obelisks of Egypt give
triumphant testimony to the words of Holy
Writ. Ia the customs and the men, to the
dynasties and the slaves of those days
Iniidelisy has traversed the hills of Judea
in search OF objections. gathered exultingly
new coins. psraded strange inscriptions.
yet today all fall into line with the word OF
God.