Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-29
HE DEFINES HIS BELIZE.
ONE WEEKS WORK TIE SUBJECT
OF DR.. TALMACE'S SERMON.

BROOkLYN, May A.-Ihe striking sermon
Dr. TalmaQc delivered this morning to an
audience which filled the new Tabernacle
in every part dealt with a topic of interest
to all who have watched the discussions
now agitatinG the churches. Wherever
the question of the inspiration of the Bible
T. raised the trustworthiness of the Mosaic
narrative of the creation is always the
point chiefly assaulted. The fact that SO
prominent and eloquent Il preacher as DR..
Talmage places himself clearly on record
on the side of orthodoxy will doubtless
have Il marked influence on public opinion.
llstext was Genesis i, 81, And the evening
and the morning were the sixth day"
From Monday morning to Saturday
might gives us A week work. If we have
filled that week with successes we are
happy. But am going to tell you what
God did in one week. CoSmOEOny, geology,
astronomy, ORTHODOXY, ichthyology bot
any, anatomy Hre such vast subjects that
10 human life j. long enough to explore or
CON .rcueud auy one of thcm. But have
Thought might in an unusual way tell
YOU Ettlc of what God did in one weeii,
and that the first week. And whether you
make it Il week of days or week of ages, l
care not for | shall reach the same prac-
tical result Of reverence and worship.
TIE FIRST MONDAY MORNING
The first Monday morning found swing
ing in space the piled mp lumber of rocks
md metal and soil and water from which
the earth was to he buildel. God made
up his mind to create a human family a nd
they must have a house TO live in. But
where; Not a roof, not a wall, not a door,
not room was fit for human occupancy.
lncr, is not "A pile of black basalt in Vel
Ious,oue park or an extinct volcano in
Iou,lu,u so inappropriate for human resi-
G,ncc as vas this .lubcut that early period.
N.r,o,or. there was no human architect
toGr.lW Il plan, no GuGrrFllau TO blast he
.oLnGatiou stones. 10 c,t.i .rnter 10 heW out
bcaln. and no ua~uu 10 troWel a wall.
Poor PROSPECT Dui the time was coming
when a being called uau was to be con
-tructad. and Ae was to have BRIDE and
U.ar. be could ind homestead TO which
Ar could take her must have been "A Won
Gcrmcut to angelic inteiligcuces.
There had been earthquakes enough and
volcanoes euough and glaciers enough, but
tarth0uakcs and volcoulr, and glaciers
destroy instead of built 4 worse locking
world than tcis upvcr SWUNG. 1t was
la.p.d up defurmi'ic-. scariiic2Gous and
1Hou,trosltjua The Btu.o -tys ii was with
out form That is. j. was not round. it
was net square. 1t N'S NOS OciAEpNdl, II
was. uoeuraombo!d God never did take
any one iu bi, c9uu-cls, but if hehal asked
some angel about the attempt to turn this
,lauct into II place for human residence
ihc angel would have said. $40, no; try
some other world: the crevices of this
earth are too deep, its crags are too ap-
Mailing, its darkness is too thick"
But Monday morning came. | think it
WAS q spriuc morning and about half-past
four O'Clock The first thing needed was
LIGHT. It was not needed for God to worl,
by. for me can work as well in the dark
ness But lirht NAV be necessary, for an
r4Iic intellicences are to see in its full
!lorv the process Of world building. But
where are the candles. where are the can
dclabra. where is the chandelerY Norisine
SIM will roll in the morning. for if the sun
~ already created its light will not vet reach
tbpc8rtb in three Gays Normoon norstar,
ram brighten this darkness. Themoon and
Stars are not born vet. or if created their
li-lt will not reach the earth for some
tjine vet. Iut there is need of immediate
LIGHT Where shall il come FROM De,ir
iulg to accouus for things in n natural way
van say. and reasonably sav. that heat and
cloctricitv throw ont LIGHT indeDendent OF
the sun. and that the metallic bases throw