Telegram-herald., 1891-04-20

SERMON DELIVERED sv on. TAL-
MAGE on SUNDAY, APNL ~

hsi1gisa L. Ba< spsrfss - shc cSys-
a. La an Dssir.bIs os4litiss-
NEW foEx. April l3-Ths sagrrne<s 90
hear Dr. T2lz@ss's sermons at The Chris
tLaa Herald services On Sunday evenings
IA this city contfnaes unabates. As usuxl,
thers vzs shis esenins dsaSs haas of
ps0p4a waiting outside the Academy of
N asts long tefors the hour for eonmencs-
rnsat. and every seat Ia rhs huss bataing
WIS occupied IA q fss minates after ths
doors were epensL DIR. Talnaxs had
preached to an tnlms1se audience in the
morning IN the Broo2lyn Academy Of
Music Hts tsxr vas. -fhs crystal caa
not equal iE" Job xviii. y.
May Of the precious stones Of the Bible
have come 10 promps recognition But
for the present take mp the less valuable
crystal JOB. Ia my taxi. compares saving
wisdom with aspecsmea Of topaz An In
nstsl ehoQntt or mineraiogist would pro-
nOunee the latter worth more than the for
mer, bus Job makes an intelligent COM
parison. looks &C religion sad then looks
Al the crystal and pronounces the former
as 0f superior value 70 the latter. exciaim-
ing. IN the words Of my text 'srhe crystal
cannot equal it-"
rHR STAR or rHH MOUNTAIN
Now. iE Is not part Of my sermonie do
sign % depreeiate the crystal, whether is
be found Ia Cornish mine or Hartx noun
tain or Mammoth Cave or tinkling among
the pendants Of the chandeliers OF q palace
The crystal Is the star Of the mountain; is
Is the queen Of the cave; IL Is the eard-op
or the hiils, 10 nnds It's heaven ia the diar
ueond Among al the pages Of natural
history there Is no page more interesting
10 me- than toe PAGE crystailographic. But
want 20 show yoa that job was right
when. taking religion in one hand and the
crystal n ,he other, he declared that the
former is of f2r more value and beauty
than the latter. re's5 niTnending it 20 all the
people and 20 al tie ages. declaring, The
crystal cannot equal IT,"
IN the first place. remark that religion
Is sapeyic- 70 TIE crystal in exactress.
That shspeless mass OF crystal against
which you accidentally dashed your foot is
laid out with more exactness than any
earthly city. There are six styles OF crys-
talizatisn, and all OF them divinely or
daiaei Every crystal has mathematical
precision. Gods geometry reaches through
it. and ir Is a square. or IL Is a rectangle. or
it Is a rhonboid. or in some way 1, hath
mathematical figure. Now. religion beats
that in the simple fact tina: spiritual accu-
racy Is mere beautiful than material acc,l-
racy. Gods attributes are exact. Gods
law exact. Gods DEGREES exact. Gods
management Of the world exact-never
counting wrong, though he counts the
grass blades. and the stars. and the sands,
and the cycles. His providenoes never
dealing with rs pcrpendiculariy when
those providences ought to be oblique, nor
lateral when they ought to be vertical.
Everything in our life arranged without
any possibility OF mistake. Zach Life .
six sided prisrn- Born at the right time;
dying at the right time. There are no hap
pen SOS" in our theology. II thought this
was . siipshod universe would 60 crazy.
God is not an anarchist. Law. order, SYM
rnetry, precision. perfect square. perfect
rectangle. a perfect rhomboid, . perfect cir
Gle. The edge Of Gods robe Of government
never trays ont. There are no loose screws
In the worlds machinery. 1t did not just
happen that Napoleon was attacked with
indigestion at Borodino so that he became
Incompetent for the day. 1t did not just
happen that John Thomas. tho missionary.
on a haathen island, waiting for an outfit
and orders for another missionary tour,
received thai outfit aud those orders in
box that fiosted ashore. while the ship and
the crew that carried the box were never
heard Of The barking OF +. w. Robert
sons dog. be tells US, led TO a line of events
which brought him from the army into
the Christian ministry. where he served
God with world renowned usefulness. IL
did not merely happen so. believe in .
particular providence. l believe Gods
geometry may be seen In all onr life more
beautifully than IN crystaIlography. Job
was right. ''The crystal cannot equal it,"
THE rxsSsrAE,srcT or EGLTros.
Again remark that religion Is superior
to the crystal ia transparency. We know
rot when or by whom glass was first dis
covered. Beads Of It have been found In
the tomb Of Alexander Scverua Vases Of
It are brought up from the ruins Of Her
cuianeum. There were female adoruments
made out OF it three thousand years ago
those adornments found now attached to
the mummses cf Egypt A great many
commentators believes that my text means
eiass What wonld we DO without the
crystal, The crystal in the window 20
keep ont tho Storm and let in the day: the
crystal over the watch defending its deli
cate machinery. yet allowing us TO sse the
honr. the crystal Of the telescope. by which
the astronomer brings distant worlds so
near be can inspect them. Oh. the tri-
unphs OF the crystals in the celebrated
windows Of ficnen and Salisbury
Bus there Is nothing 30 transparcut In
crystal As in our holy religion. It In q
Transparent religion. You pus tt 20 your
eye and yoa see nan-his sin. his soul, his
destiny. You look st God and yoa see
something ot the grandeur Of his character
It Is transparent religion- infidels tell
ia it Il Opaque. DO you know why they
tell ~ it IL Opeque' Is h because they are
blind. The natural man r-cefveth not the
things Of God h~canse they are spiritually
dlsc1rncd. There Ia 10 trouble with the
crystal. she trouble Is with the eyes which
try 70 look through H. We pray for wis
dom. Jcrf, that our eyes might be opened.
When the eve sslvr cures our blindness
then we flnd that religion is Transparent.
X "a Transparent Bible. Ali the mount
sias of the Bible come ont--Sinai, the
mountaio q .he law Pisgsh, TIE mount
ain cf prospect. Olivet. the mountain Of
Instruction. CALVARY. the mountain Of Sac
ridce. Al the rivers q the Fbis cone out
fIsiekei. or the river - psrsdiSsicsl beauty,
.s3-isn cr the river Of holy chrism:
cherith. or toe river % prophetic supply:
Nile. OF the river OF palaces. and tbs pure
river Of lifs from under the shrone. efser
"a. crystal Wills reading Tbs Bible after
our ey~s hsve been touched bv grace we
Bnd it all transparent, and the earth rocks.
now With cracifxioa agony and nov with
irlzfnens terror. ard Chriss appears in
souae of his two hundred and Gfty SIX
utles. "A far as rsa count them-she
brad. ske rssck. the esptsin. thc ccu,nasn-
der. the culsausr'e he star. snd ON and
t~vood any caeacitg Il nfus 10 rchearse
shesaN Transparent reiigioni
FFovTDrSrE r. PEzEux7os
The provs1snce tAst sered dark BEFORE
tsr-u,@s peilucia Wv roa fnd eod Is
ncs trying - put pa iowu Now you I'M