Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04
Tabernacle Pulpit.

pf. Talmage's sermon had f,is+iro+,,,
Thanksgiving character. His teyt was
taken from Psalm cxlviii, 10. 10 and 10
:."Beasts, and all cattle; creeninp thinn p
and flying fowl: both young men and
maidens: old men, and children. let tban,
praise the name of the Lord"
What scene it was when. at tho col,
OF the President and Governors this I na
ton assembled to chant tho nr,;sas '', ~
God. But the day was too short to colo 10
o. elaIe Ihe dlvlne goodness of such year.
lhs service and with the fruits and har
vests OF the earth still clarifying the
unue the rehearsal of the divine good
ness oooo
Although nature is out of joint, vet
even IN It's disruption l am surprised to
ma the almost universal happiness of
the animal creation. The whole earth
IS hlleo with animal delight-joy feath-
ereo ana scaled and horned and hoofed.
Inc pee huns it, the frog croaks it. the
squirrel chatters it, the quail whistles it.
u. 1ne lark carols it, the whale spouts it,
ne snail, the rhinoceros, the grizzly
pear the toad, the wasp, the spider, the
shellhsh have their homely delights
Joy as great to them as our Joy is to US.
Goat climbing the rocks, anaconda crawl
ing through the jungle, buffalo plunging
across the prairie, crocodile basking in
tropical sun, seal putting on the ice, os-
trlch striding across the desert are so
many bundles of joy; they do not go
moplng or melancholy; they are not only
nall supplied; God says they are filled
with good.
Winter Is not allowed to come until
the ants have granaried their harvest
and the squirrels have filled their cellar
with nuts. God shows the hungry ich-
neuman where it may find the croco-
olle's eggs; and in arctic climes there are
animals that God so lavishlv clothes that
they can afford to walk through snow
storms in the finest sable and ermine and
chlnchilla, and no sooner is one set of
1urs worn out than God gives them a
new one. He helps the spider in its
architecture OF its gossamer bridge and
takes care OF the color of the butterfly's
wing and tinges the cochineal and helps
the moth out Of the chrysalis.
The animal creation also has its army
and navy. The most insignificant has
its means of defense-the wasp it's sting:
the reptile its tooth; the bear it's paw;
the dog its muzzle: the elephant it's tusk;
the fish it's scale; the bird its swift wing;
the reindeer its antlers; the roe it's fleet
foot We are repealed at the thought of
sting and tusk and hoof, but Gods good
ness provides them for the defense of
the animals rights
Yea, God in the Bible announces his
care for these orders Of creation. He
saws that he has heavcd up Notifications
Tor their defense-Psalm civ, IS, ''The
high hills are a refuge for the wild goats:
and the rocks for the conies.'' He
watches the birds nest-Psalm civ, II,
Gas for the stork, the fir trees are her
house." He sees that the cattle have
enough grass-Fsalm civ, IA, 'sHe caus-
eth the grass to grow for the catte'' He
sees to it that the cows and sheep and
horses have enough to drlnk-Psalm civ,
10, IL: ''lle sendcth the springs into the
valleys, which run among the hills; they
give drink to every beast of the field
The wild asses quench their thirst
Amid the thunders of Sinai God uttered
the rights of cattle, and said that they
should have a Sabbath. Thou shalt
not do any work, thou nor thy cattle. :"
He declared with infinite emphasis that
the OK on the thrashing floor should have
the privilege Of eating some of the grain
as he trod 1t out, and muzzling was for
hidden. If young birds were taken from
the nest for food, the despoiler's life de-
pended on the mother going free. God
would not let the mother bird suffer in
one day the loss of her young and her
own liberty. And He who regarded in
olden time 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 cleaves the air, and every herd that
bleats or neighs or lows in the pasture.
Why did God make all these and why
make them so happy? How account for
all this singing and dancing and frisking
amid the irrational creation? Why this
Heaven for the animalcule in dewdrop!
Why for the condor a throne or Chin
borazo? Why the glitter Of the phos-
phorus in the ships wake On the sea,
which is said to be only the frolic of mill
ions OF insects? Why the perpetual
chanting of SO many voices from the
irrational creation in earth and air and
ocean-beasts, and all cattle, creeping
things and flying fowl, permitted to joir
in the praise that goes up from seraph
and archangel? Only one solution, ono
explanation, one answer-God is good.
<'The earth is full of the goodness of the
Lord
| take q step higher, and notice the
adaptation of the world to the comfor,
and happiness Of man. The sixth day OF
creation had arrived. The palace OF the
world was made, but there was no king
to live in it. Leviathan ruled the deep,
the eagle the air. the lion the field, bus
where was the scepter which should rule
allo A 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
other speaking of his destiny-hlmsell
the connecting link between the ANNA
creation and angelic intelligence III
him a strange commingling OF the TEN
poral and eternal, the finite and the IN
finite, dust and glory. The earth Tor nj:
floor and Heaven for his roof; God 1or nj:
father: eternity for his lifetime.
The Christian anatomist, gazing upol
the conformation of the human body
exclaims: "Fearfully and wonderful!
made" No embroidery so elaborate NJ
Jgauze so delicate, no color so exquisite,
no mechanism so graceful, no handl"orf