Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-25
rs DARKNESS Is TOO THICK.

But Monday morning came. ! think II was
i spring morning and about half past four
o'clock The first thing needed was light
II was not needed for God to work by, for
he can work as well in the darkness But
light may be necessary, for angelic intclli-
gcHces are to see in lis full glory the pro-
cess OF world building. But where are the
candles, where are the candlcbra, where IS
the Chandelier. No rising sun viii roll in
The morning. for if the sun is already
created, its light viii not yet reach the
earth in three days. No moon or stars can
brighten this darkness. The moon and
stars are not born yet or, if created, their
light Will not reach the earth for some
time yet. But there is need of immediate
light Where shall it come from Desir-
ing to account for things in a natural way.
YOU say, and reasonably say, that heat and
electricity throw out light independent of
the sun, and that the metallic bases throw
cut light independent of the sun. and that
ih.afka,ies throw out light independent of the
sun Oh. yes; all 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 LANGUAGE CELESTIAL
know not that word which stands for the
subtle. bright, glowing and all pervadlng
fluid, that word which thrills and garlandS
and lifts everything it touches, that word
the full. meaning of which all the chemists
of the ages have busted themselves in eN-
ploling. that word which suggests a force
that flies one hundred and ninety thousand
miles in Il second and by undulationS seven
hundred and twenty-seVen trillionS in a
second that one word God utters-lighr,
And instantly the darkness began to SHIN
mcr and the thick folds of backness to lift,
and there were scintllatlonS, and coruSCa-
tionS. and flashes and q bilowng up of
resplendenCe. and in great sheets-it spread
out nurthward, southwark, eastward. west
ward, and 4 radiance filed the atmosphere
until il could hold no more OF the brilliance.
Light now 10 work by while supernatural
intelligences look on. Light, the first
chapter of The first day of the week Light,
the Joy of all the centuries Light, the
greatest blessing that ever touched the
human eye. The robe of the Almighty IS
woven out of il. for he covers himself with
light as with Il garment. Oh, blessed light
am SO glad this was The first thing created
that week. Good thing to start every week
with is light. That will make our work
easier That viii keep our disposition
more radiant That win hinder even our
losses from becoming too somber
GIVE Is MORE LIGHT,
natural light intellectual light. spiritual
light, everlasting light, For lack of It the
body stumbles, and the soul stumbles. Oh
thou Father of lights, give us light, The
great German philosopher in his last mo-
ments said, Il want more light" a minis
ter OF Christ recently dying, cried out in
eXultation, Il move into the Light MIR.
Toplady the immortal hymnologiSt in his
expiring moments exclaimed, Light!
Light" Heaven itself is only more light.
Upon all superstition, upon all ignorance,
upon al sorrow let in the light. But now
the light of the first Monday is recediug.
The blaze is going out. The colors are
dimming. Only part of the earth,s surface
is visible. 1t is o'clock, O'Clock,
5 O'Clock; observation and darkness.
1t is Monday night. And the evening and
the morning were the first day
Now it is Tuesday morning. \ delicate
and tremendous undertaking is set apart
for this day There was great superb
bundance of water. God by the wave of
his hand this morning gathers part Of it in
suspended reservoirs and part Of 1t he
orders down into the rivers, and
lakes and seas How to hang whole Atlantic
oceans in the clouds without their spilling
over except in right quantities and at right
times was an undertaking that no one but
Omnipitence would have dared. But God
does it as easily as you would lift glass of
water There he HOSTS twoScloHds each
thirty miles wide and five miles high and
balances them Here he lifts the cirrus
clouds and spreads them out in great white
banks as though it had been showing in
heaven And the cirro-stratus clouds in
long parallel lines so straight you know an
infinite Geometer has drawn them. Clouds
which are the armory from which thunder
storms get their bayonetS of fire. Clouds
which are
OCEANS on THE WING.
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