Telegram-herald., 1891-07-07
GOSPEL OFTHE WEATHER
Or. TALMA6e breaches ON The
COMPLAINTS A6OUT Tss RAIN.

The wsaAsrfaI Imagery ss the Beck Of
Jes-Hs. tia staay Of % B2s Made
Weak Ma Isss IaasisIs-Ssv@r wade
Tass a nysssry over yoar Head.
BHooELYS, July 5-Dr Talmags's ser
mon today 10 On a kind Of gospel ia which
few people believe. The weather l. a com
man oblecs 81 complaint and fault finding,
bas Dr. Iaimage nads gospel Ia II, which
today be proclaims from the text. Hath
the ram a f4Enersp job xxxvili, -
1his BOOK of job has been The subject Of
uaboandest theological ~rangle. Men have
Issde Is tie ring Ia shica 20 display their
ecclesiastical pQsuisnl- Some SAY THAI the
BOOK e< job - true history. others, that
Il y An Allegory. Others. that it IS al epic
soen: Others. that it . drama Some
SAY that job lived eighteen hundred years
before Christ. Others say that be never
lived It all Some say that the author Of
this book was Joe, Others, David, others.
Solomon The discussion has landed some
ia blank inlidslity. Now, have no trouble
with The Books Of job or hsyelation-the
two most mysterious books Ia the Bible
because Of rule adopted some years ago.
Invade down into Scripture passage as
long a. | can touch bottom, and when l
cannot then I wade out. used to wade In
until IL was over my head and then ] got
drowned. i study u passage Of Scripture
SO long As IL Is comfort aud help 10 my
soul. bIl, when it becomes a perplexiey aud
. spiritual upturning I quit. In other
words. We ought 10 wade in up Co our
heart. bas Fever wade in until it is over
our heal. No man should ever expect 10
swim across this great ocean of divine
trdth. ] 20 down into that ocean as 20
iowa into she Atlantic ocean at East
Hampton. Long Island. just far enough To
battle. then | come out. l never had any
idea thar with my weak hand and foot |
could strike my way clear over 10 Liver
pool
GODS MYSTERIOUS GOVERNMENT.
suppose you understand your family
S~nealogy You know something about
your parents. your grandparents. your
great grandparents. Perhaps yon know
where they were born. or where they died.
Have you ever studied the parentage Of
The shower, Hath noe the rain a father"
This question is not asked by a poetaster
scientist, but by the head of the uni
verse. To humble and 10 save Job God
Asks him fourteen questions: About the
worlds architecture. about the refractiou
OF the suns rays, about the tides, about tho
snow crystal. about the Hghtnings, and
then he arraigns him with the interrogs-
ton Of the text, Hath the rain a father"
With the scientific wonders OF the rain
have nothing 10 do. minister gets
through with that kind OF sermons within
the first three years. and il he has piety
enough he gets through with it ia the first
three months. A sermon has come TO me
TO mean one word OF four letters. "help."
You all know that tho rain is not an or
phan. You know II is not cast out of the
gates Of heaven . founding. You would
answer the question of my text in the az
krunaive
Safely housed during the storm, you hear
the rain beating against the window pane,
and you find it searching all the crcvices
Of the window sill 1t first comes down in
solitary drops, pattering the dust, and then
it de!uges the fields and angers the noun
tain torrents, and makes the traveller inn
plore shelter. You know that the rain is
not an accident Of the worlds economy
You know it WAS born OF the cloud. You
know 1t was rocked in the cradle of the
wind. You know ir was sung TO sleep by
the storm. You know that it flying evan
ktl iIOUt utafcu W CaFtn. gu knOW IL IL
the gospel Of the weather. You know that
God IS its father
IL this b true, then how wicked is our
murmuring about climatic changes Tho
fint eleven Sabbaths after | entered the
ministry is stormed Through the week
it was clear weather but on the Sabbaths
the old country meeting house looked
Ike Noah's ark before it landed A few
h.l Ix.f k,..I
tor, but most Of the farmers stayed at
home and thanked God that what was bad
for the church was good for the crops.
committed a good deal Of sin in those days
in denouncing the weather. Ministers Of
the Gospel sometimes fret about stormy
Sabbaths, or hot Sabbaths, or inclement
Ssbbsths They forget the fact that the
same God who ordained the Sabbath and
sent forth his ministers To announce sal
walton also ordained the weather. Hath
the rsin fatheri"
INCEssASr COMPLAINTS OF THE WEATHER
Merchants. also. with their stores filed
with new goods, and their clerks hanging
lilly around the counters, commit the same
trsnsgression. There have been seasons
when the whole spring and fall trade has
been ruined BY protracted wet weather.
UtcEtubut~ tntH tASHnutu tuo
weather probabilities with more interest
than they read their Bibles. They watched
for patch OF blue sky. They went COM
planning TO the store and came complain
Ing home again. In all that season OF wet
feet and dripping garments and impassa-
bic streets they never once asked the ques-
ton. Hath the rain a fatherp
SO sgricuIturists commit this sin. There
- anr..vtr,<, 20 h,-
planted corn rot in the ground because of
too much moisture. or hay all ready for the
NOW dashed Of a shower, or wheat al
most ready for the sickle spoiled with the
rast How hard it il to bear the agricul-
tural disappointments God bas infinite
resources. but do not think he has capao-
ity To make weather to please all the
farmers. Sometimes is il too bot. or IL is
too cold; IL il too wet. or it is too dry. IL is
too early. Or it Is too late. They forget
that the God who promised seed time and
harvest summer and winter. cold and
heat. also ordained all the climatic changes.
There il Que question that ought to be
written on every barn. on every fence. on
every haystack. on every farmhouse.
Hath the rain . fstherf'
IL we only knew what vast enterprise
70 h TO provide appropriate weather for
this world we would not be 80 critical Of
the Lord Isaac Watts st ten years Of are
complained that he did not ike the hymns
that were sung in the English chapel
We'll" said his father. isaac. Instead OF
Your complaining shout the hymns. 90 and
p,ake hymns that are better And he did
20 and make hymns that were better.
Now. say % ron IL yoa do not like the
weather set mp weather company and