Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-25
lie DEFINES HIS BELIEF.
ONE WEEKS WORK T1E SUBJECT
or Dr. TAlMAGE's SERMON

he Relieves IA ths Mosaic Aeeoast Of
say - Most EHFh.tie2iIy-A Notable
ssr-asa Preached s@.d~s. Nay "a
BEooxLrs. May - The striking sermon
DR. fainase delivered sAls morning ~ an
saeilsnoe alch flii=i the new Tabernacle
Ia every part dealt wirh topic Of interest
10 al ~ho have watched the Discussions
Eow axitassng the eharehes. Wherever
the question az the inspiration OF the Bible
= rabs-d. the trast~o-shinass VI the Mosaic
narrative Of the creation Is always the
poisE chiefly azsas.sd The faes thai 30
ProraineGE ana eloaasnt preacher ~ DR.
TaiIna-se places hiaself clearly on record
ca the side OF orthodoxy will doabt
have marked inaas0ce on public opinioa
His text was Genesis i, 81. And che evening
and she aorning were ths sixth day"
From Monday morning "a Saturday
night gives Us a week work. II We have
hlled thar week with sucoezscs we are
happy. Bar an going 70 tell yoa what
God dad Ia one week. Cosusogony, geology.
astronomy. ornishoiogy. ichthyoiogy, bot
any. anatomy are such vast subjects that
no hnEaaa life - t0ns enough 10 explore OF
comprehend any one of them But have
Thoughts | might ia an unusual way tell
you = little OF what God did IN one week,
and that the irst week. And whether you
make IL a week Of days % . week Of ages,
care not. fov | shall reach the sanne prsc-
tlcai result OF reverence and worship.
THE yIfsr aoNpAy MORNING.
The first Monday morning found swing
ing Ia space the piled up lumber OF rocks
and metal and soil and water from which
the earth was - be builded. God made
up his mind 20 create human family, and
they must have a house to live In. But
wheres Not u roof. not a wall, not door,
not a room was dc for human occupancy.
There is noe pile OF black basalt In Yei-
lowstons park or an extinct volcano In
Honolulu so Inappropriate for human resi-
dence ss was this globe at that carly period.
Moreover, there was no human architect
10 draw plan. no quarryman 70 blast the
foundation stones. no carpenter 70 hew ont
a beam, and no mason TO trowel wall
Poor prospect. Bat the time was coming
when being called man was 70 be con
sJr1cted. and he was TO have . bride, and
where he could find homestead TO which
he could take her must have been won
deruent to angelic inteiligenceS
There had been earthquakes enough and
volcanoes enough and glaciers enough, but
earthquakes and volcanoes and glaciers
destroy instead Of build. A worse hooking
wor than this never swung IL was
) heapea up deformities, scarificaeions and
monstrosities. The Bible says IL was with
out form. That IL, 10 was noe round, il
was not square. 10 was not octagonal, IL
was not rhomboid God never did take
any one in his coansels, but II he al asked
some angel about the attempt 70 turn this
planet into a place for human residence
the angel would have said: NO, no; try
some other world: the crevices Of this
earth are too deep; its craSs ara too ap-
paliIng, its darkness IL too thick"
But Monday morning came. l think IL
was . spring morning and about half past
four O'Clock The first thing needed was
light. Il was not needed for God to work
by, for he can work AZ we'll in the dark
ness. But light may be necessary, for an
gelic inteiiigences are TO sec In its full
glory the process OF world building. Bnt
where are the candies, where are the can
delabra, where " the chandelier No rising
sun will roll in the morning, for IL the sun
il already created its light will not yet reach
the earth in three days. Nor moon nor stars
can brighten this darkness. The moon and
stars are not born yet, or IL created their
light will not reach the earth for some
time yet Bat there Is need of immediate
light. Where shall IL come from. Desir-
ing to account for things in . natural way
you say. add reasonably say, that heat and
electricity throw out light independent Of
the sun. and that the metallic bases throw
out light independent Of the sun. and that
alkslies throw out light independents of
the sun.
Oh. yes; al that Is true. but do not
think that is the way light was created.
The record makes me think that, standing
over this earth that spring morning. God
looked upon the darkness that palled the
heights Of this world. and the chasms Of it,
and the awful reaches of it, and uttered,
whether in the Hebrew Of earth or some Ian
gusge celestial l know not, that word
which stands for the subtle. bright, glow
Ing and all pervsding fluid. that word
which thrills and gnrlands and lifts every
thing IL touches, that word the full mean
ing Of which al the chemists OF the ages
have busted themselves In exploring. that
word which suggests a force that flies one
hundred and nincty thousand miles In q
secoud. and by undulations seven hundred
end twenty seven t-illions In a second. that
one word that God utters-Lishtl
And instantly the darkness began 70
Skinner, and the thick folds Of blackness
to lift, aud there were scintillations and
coruScations and flashes and billowing
up OF rssplcndence, and In great sheets IL
spread out northvard, southwark. east
ward. westward. ard n radiance filed she
atmosphere until i could hold no more OF
the briIiiaocc. Light now to work by
while supernatural inteIligcnces look on.
Light, tho iirst chapter Of the first day Of
the week. Light, the joy Of all the cent
urics. Light. the greatest blessing that
ever touched the human eye. The robe Of
the Almighty Is woven out Of &c, for he
covers himself with Iiyst a. with gar-
r,cnt. Oh. blessed light I am 40 glad
this was the first thing created that week
Good thing % start every week with Ia
H<ht THAT viii make our work easier
That will keep our disposition more rsdi
ant That wiz hinder even our losses
from becoming too somher Give as more
light natural light. Intellectual light.
spiritual light. everlasting light. Fer lack
OF is the body stuulhles, and the soul STUN
bIes . thou Father Of Lights. give as
light
The great German philosopher In hts last
uomens said. Il want more hight. fain-
istsr OF Christ recentiy dying cried eus in
rxnltation. Il move into the lishtf' Mr.
Toplndy. the immortal bymnoioxsss. In
his expiring moments exclaimed. "Lighti
Iixhtf' Heaven Itself Is only more light
Upon al superstition, upon all ignorance.
upon all sorrow let tn the iizhE But now
the light of the first Monday Is rcccdins
The blaze ia going cut. The colors are