Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-24
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
Or, TALMACE PREACHED ON
THANKSGIVING.
America Offers the Grandest Spectacle
in All the Worlds H'storS'-a N"'"
of Kings that Will Reign for Year

of Kings that VIII Reign for Year.
ssrmon this morning had distinctly ihahhs,
giving character The appearance Oh ~
Tabernacle was in keeping with IL 1ne stI;.h
mems of fruits and harvest products Win wiz IN
the pulpit and galleries were decorated LOT Wy
Thanksgiving day services were sun IA ~
places. Cotton, rice wheat, 'suearcaiie, ~,
oats, corn, and fruits and products from .nc
North, South, East, and West put bciors lne
audience as by an object lesson the apun'.an.s
of the national harvest The Doctor ttMs Mas
taken from Psalm las: 10, II and 10: peas.
and all cattle; creeping things and flying iowi;
both young men and naidens; old men NM .n
children: let them praise the haiiie Vi 'Ne
Lord" =,
What scene II was when last Thursday az
the call OF the President and Governors ms M
nation assembled to chant the praised OF H ~
But the day was too short 10 ce,eoia,e Az
Divine goodness Of such year. Inc sun ''Iu
not rise over Brooklyn until one minute peiorJ
so'clock that morning, and II set oeioek an,
.hirty-five minutes that evening. W NAT a slI,ali
space OF time in which 20 mediate upon t"eiNs
months OF benefactiors. SO ada TO lhas wy NY
this Sabbath morning service ana VIII imC
fruits and harvests OF the earth still glorlIylhe
the pulpit and the galleries, ask you 10 continue
the rehearsal OF the Divine goodness
BY sublime cgotism man has come 10 appio
pirate this world to himself, when the lact Is
that our race is in II small minority Inc IN
stances Of human life, as compared win tne lh
stances of animal life are not one TO n milton
We shall enlarge our ideas OF GOD goodness
and conc to IL better understanding OF the teAt
II. before we come TO look at the cup OF our
blessing, VIC look 1T the goodness OF uoo " 'he
irrational creation. =.
Although nature Is out of joint, yet even IN
its disruption am surprised TO fina inc alniost
universal happiness OF the animal creation. on
q summer day. when the air and the grass are
most populouS with life, you Will not near "a
sound OF distress unless. perchance, a heartless
school-boy has robbed u birds rest, or a hunter
h.y h,.->lr * nd 20 ip<V
robbed Of lamb, and there goes up oieaung
from the focks. The whole earth is fiiled win
animal delight-joy. feathered, and scaled,
huns it; the frog croaks it,. the
squirrel chattcrs it; the quail whistles IT. the
lark carols it; the whale spouts IT. The snail,
wasp, the spider the shelltsh, have their
homely deliehts-joy as great TO them as our
JOY is to us. Goat climbing the rocks: anacon-
da crawling through the jungle; buffalo piung,
ing across the prairie: crocodile basklng IN
tropical sun; seal putting on the ice; ostrlcn
striding across the desert, are so many bundles
of joy: they do not go moping or melancholy;
they are not only half supplied; God says they
are filled with good
The worm squirming through the 500 up
turned of 'plowshare, and the ants racing up
and down the hillock, are happy by day ana
happy by night Take up drop of water un.
der the microscope. and you find that within 1t
there are millions of creatures that swim in
hallelujah Of gladness. The sounds in nature
that are repulsive to our ears are often only Ut
,erances Of ioy7ths growl the croak, the he
these creatures, thinks Of them ever and will
not let ploughshare turn up mole S nest, or
flshermans hook transtx worm. until by
eternal decree, its time has come. Gods hand
feeds all these broods and shepherds all these
flocks, and tends all these herds He sweetens
the clover.top for the oxen's taste; and pours
out crystalline waters, in messed cups OF rock,
for the hind to drink out Of on his way down
Of the sn to refresh ea ne
Quet of hundred fields Of buckwheat, and let's
the honey-bee put his mouth to any cup Of all
the banquet and tells the grasshopper to go any
where he likes, and gives the fiocks OF heaven
the choice Of all the grain-tields. The sea ane-
none. half-animal half-fower, clinging TO the
rock in mid-ocean, with its tentacles spread 10
catch its food, has the owner Of the universe to
provide for it. We are repulsed at the hdeous-
ness of the elephant, but God, for the comfort
and convenience OF the monster, puts 40
eco distinct muscles in its prObosciS
I go down on the barren sea-shore and say,
"No animal can live in this place of desolation,
but all through the sands are myriads of little
insects that leap with happy life. go down by
the marsh and say, IN this damp place, andi
these loathsome pools OF stagpant water there
will be the quietness Of death, but 10. see
the turtles on the rotten log summing themselves,
and hear the bo2s quake with multitudinous
life. When the unfiedged robins are hungry,
God shows the old robin where she can get food
to put into their open mouths. Winter is not
allowed to come until the ants have granared
their harvest, and the squirrels have filled their
cellar with God shows The hungry
chimes there arc animals that God
SO layishiy clothes that they can afford to
and ermine, and chinchilla, and no sooner is
one set of furs worn out than God gives them
new one He helps the spider in its arehi
OF the color OF the butterfiy's wing, and tinges
the cochineal, and helps the moth out of the
chrysalis. The animal creation also has its
IN 81 ne mn ms or firur hnS c
, means Of defense: the wasp its sting; the rep
tile its tooth; the bear its paw; the dog its
seae h se brs IT'S musk tho 'ne s is
antlers: the roe its feet foot We are repealed
at the thought Of sting, and tusk, and hoof, bu,
Gods goodness provides them for the defense
Yea, God in the bible announces his care for
these orders Of creation. He says that he has
heayed up iort;hcaiions for their defense,
the wild goats, and the rocks for the COMICS ;
! He watches the birds nest-Psalm civ, II: LAS
for the stork, the tir-trees are her house, He
sees that the cattle have enough grass-PSalm
civ, IA: HE causeth the grass to grow for the
cattle He sees to 1t that the cows and sheep
and horses have enough TO drink-Psalm civ
lo:il; He sendeth the springs into the valleys
which run along the hills; they give drink to
every beast Of the field; the wild asses Quench
Amid the thunders Of Sinai God uttered the
rights Of cattle. and said that they should have
o sabbath. Thou shalt not do any work, thou
! nor tny cattle. lie declared with 1nnnlte EN-
phasis that the OK on the threshing- floor should
have the privilege OF eating some of the grain
, Is he trod II out, and muZZling was forbidden
II young birds were taken from the nest for
bod, the desp)i s life depended on the mother
(oing free. God would not let the mother-bir1
lufIcr ia one day the loss OF her young and her
lwn liberty. And he who regarded in olden
lime the conduct OF man toward the brutes, to-
day looks down from heaven and Is interested
| in every minnow that swims the stream and
every rock that cleavesthe air, and every herd
, that bleats, or ne!ghs, or lows in the pasture
Why did God make all these, and why make
| them so happy? How account for all this sing
| ing. and dancing, and frisking amid the IRA
| tional creatiOns Why this heaven for the
animalcule in a dewdrop? Why for the condor
q throne on Chimboragos Why the glitter OF
1 the phosphorus in the ships wake on the sea
which is said to be only the frolic OF millions OF
| insects? Why the perpetual chanting of SC
many voices from the irrational creation in
! earth, and air, and ocean-beasts and all cattle
| creeping things, and flying fowl, permitted tC
| Join in the praise that goes up from seraph and
krchangel: Only one solution, one explanation
| Dne answer-God is good. 1.-THE earth is full OF
! The goodness Of the Lord"
| take step higher, and notice the adapta
| lion Of the world to happiness of man. The sixth
| day OF creation had arrived. The place of the
| world Was made but their was no king TO live
| In It, Levtathan ruled the deep; the eagle The
f, air: the lion the field; but where was the
| sceptre which should rule all: new style OF
being was created. Heaven and earth were
| represented in his nature. His body from the
! earth beneath: his soul from the heaven above
/ The one reminding him Of his origin, the othel