Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-12-19
REV. DR.. TALMAGE
The BROOKLYN Divine's
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Sunday Sermon.

things and fytng foDi, both young men
and m0idenS, old men and ch,ifren, let
Hen, praise the ndme Of the Lore. Psalm
cxivii =, 10, II and II
What a scene il was when las. THURSDAY,
at the call Of the President and Governors,
this nation assembled to chant the praises Of
GOD. But the day was too short 70 celebrate
the divine goo ineSs Of such a year. The sun
did not rise over Brooklyn unta one minute
before seven O'Clock that morning. and it set
four O'Clock and thirty-tive minutes that
evening. " hat n small space Of time IN
which to mediate upon twelve months Of
henefactions. So ! aid 70 that day this
Sabbath morning service, AMI with the fruits
and harvests of the earth still clarifying the
pulpit and the galleries, ask you to continue
the rehearsal Of the DIVING goodness
BY a sublime ego;l9n man ha, come To APP
propriat" this world u himself. when the
tact IS that our race Is IN a small minority.
The instances of human Iife, as compared
with the instances of animal life, arc not
one to 4 million. We shall enlarge our IDEAS
Of tods goodness and come u a better un-
derstau1ing Of the t-xt If, before we come
10 look at the cup Of cur blessing, we look
at the goodness ., Got to the irrational
creation.
Although nature is out If Joint, yet even
in lis disruption | am surprised TO find the
almost universal happiness Of the animal
creation. 81! d summer day, when the air
ana III" graa, are most populous with HE,
You VIII I.oJ neal "a ~Duul OF distress unless.
perc!anre, a h~eartless .caoolbOy has robbet
Ii birds nest, or a hunter has broken a birds
wing, or a pasture has been robbed Of a
lamb and there goes up a bleating from the
fiocks.
The hole earth is filled with animal de-
light-jOy featherei and scaled ana horned
and hootet. The bee huns it, the frog
croaks II; the squirrel chatters it, the quail
whistles It, the lark carols it the whaie
spnnts 1t. The snail, the rhinJceros, the
grizzly bear, the toad, the wasp, the spider,
the aheilfl~h have their homely delignts-joy
as great to them as our JOY IS to US. Goat
climbing the rocks, anaconda crawling
through the jungle; buffalo piunging across
the prairie, crocodile ba>1lng in tropical sun,
seal putting onthe zee, oatrlch stridIng across
the desert are 50 many bundles Of JOY, they
do not 20 mnping or melancholy: they are
not on'y halt supplied, God says they are
filled with gOO-.
The worm squlrmin3 throrg Oh the sod up
turned Of plowsharc, and the ants racking
up and down the hillock are happy by day
nnd happy BY night. Take up u drop OF
water under the microscope and YOU find
that within 1t there are millions Of creatures
that SWIM IN Il halieiujah Of glad
ness. The sounds in nature that are re-
Pulslve 70 our ears are ott.n only u~tterances
OF Joy-the grow, the croak. the bark, the
howl. III" good tio1 mnde these creatures,
thinks Of them ever, and viii not let a ploy-
hhar" turn NJ Il NOES nest, Dr fisher
man Shoes transix Il worm, until, by
eternal decree, Its time has come Gods
hand feeds all these broods, and shep-
herds all these tlocks, aud tends all
these herds. lie sweetens the clover top
for the oxs taste, and pours out crys-
Ia lime waters III messed cups Of rock
Tor the hind 10 drink out OF on his way down
the cragS, ana pours nectar into the cup of
the Loneysuckle To refresh the humminy
ilri, and spreads a banquet OF a hundred
felds OF buckwheat, ana lets the honey bee
put his mouth 10 any cup of all the banquet,
ana tells the gr~asshopper to go anywhere he
likes, and gives the tlocks of heaven the
choice Of all the gram fields. The sea ane-
none, half animal, half flower, clinging to
the rock IN mldocean, with its tentacles
spread to catch its food, has the owner of tie
universe 10 provide for it. We are repulsed
at the hidcousness of the elephant, hut God,
Tor the comfort and convenience OF the mon
ster, puts forty thousand distinct muscles in
ms prnboscl-.
/ 90 Gown on the barren sea>hore and say,
NO animal can hive in this place Of desola-
lion. but all through the sands are myraids
OF little insects that leap with happy life. |
g down 10y the marsh and say, In this
damp place and in these loathsone pools OF
sfagnant water there will be the quietness of
death, but, 10 see the turtles on the rotten
log sunning themselves and hear the boys
quake with muitituiinous life. When the
nnfledgei robins arr hungry God shows the
old robin where She can get food to put into
Their open mouths.
Winter Is not allowed to come until the
ants have graharlel their harvest and the
squirrels have filled their cellar with nuts
God shows the hungry ichneunon where it
may find the cIocodiles eggs; aui in arctic
Chimes there are animals that Goi So Law
lshly clothes that they can afford 10 walk
threu IN snow 1torm, III the finest sable and
crmlne ami cainchllla. and no sooner is one
sci a I mrs NATIh @lt.f fhnt. trAl 4,,,-A n,,- n
ne" one. He helps the Splderj in It's archi-
lecture OF It's gussamer bridge, and takes
care OF the color OF tha butter1iv's wing.
aLd tinges the cochlnetl, an helps the
moth out of the chrIsalis.
he ANIMAL creation also have its army
an navy. The most insignificant has its
means al defense, the wasp its sting, tn,
reptile ITS tooth, the bear 1t, paw. the dol
It's muzAle, the elephant its tuSks, the fist
Its scale, thu bird It, swift wing, the rem.
deef lts antler>, the ro- its fleet foot. w
are rrPclici al the thou ,ht of sting anC
tusk aui hoof. but tots goodness uro
vii"S tbrH for thu defense OF the animal.
r,Thte.
Nea, cod in tn Bible announces His care
FOR these order, ~ creation. He SAYS that
He has heaved ~ Qualifications for their
defen>e-P>alm cry /. The high hills a,
u refuge for the viii goats and the rocks
for tine COMES He watches tn birds
nest Psalm clN y. for the stork, tn,
fr trees are her house. He sees that til,
cattle have enough grass Psalm CIV. II,
tie cauSeth tn" grass II grow for the
cattle. tie secs t. il that the COW, AMI
sheep and horses have enough to drink
Psalm civ. 10. II: He seniath the spring,
into the valleys, wnlch run among the
hills, they give drink t. every heast OF the
field The wild asses Guench their thirst
Amid thu thuui6rs Of Sinai God uttered
th& rights OF cattle AMI said that they shou!
have a Sabbath Thou shalt not do any
work, thou nor thy cattle He declared
with Infinite emphasis that the OK on m,
thrashlnE floor should have the privilege .;
eating SOM" II the grain as he troi il out.
and muzzllnG was forbidden. II youn.
lords were taken from the nest for food. th,
desfpilers life depended on the mother
gong free. Col would not let the mothei
bird suffer III one day the loss of her youns
and her own liberty. And He VINO regarie
In olden time the conduct of man toward
the hrutes to-day looks down from HEAVIER
ana Is interested IN every minnow tha'
swims the stream, and every rock tina,
cieaSes the air, and every herd that bleat
or nelghs or lows IN the pasture.
Why did God make all these and why
make them 50 happy How account for al
inns SINGING and ianrtnu nni friSkinr ami
the irrational Creatlonf Nhy this haayen fo