The Red Cloud chief., 1891-02-20
LESSONS Oh THE SNOW


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In q late sermon 1t Brooklyn Rev. r.
Dewitt Talmage took his text from Job
xxxviii e: Hast thou entered into
the treasures Of the snow?" He said:
Grossly maligned Is the season of
winter. The spring and summer and
nn have had many admirers. but
W11Der, hoary headed and white bearded
winter, hath had more enemies than
friends. Yet without winter the hu-
man race would be inane and cffortlesa.
You might speak Of the winter rs the
mother of tempests; I take it Is the
father of a whole family Of physical
mental and spiritual energies. At this
season of the year when We are 20 f.
miliar with the snow, these frozen Va
~pors, the falling blossoms Of the sky.
those white angels of the atmosphere.
! u over the leaves Of my Bible and
though most of it was written in a
CLINE where snow seldom or never fell
i find man. of these beautiful conpe-
lations. Though the writer's NAV sell
dom or never have felt the cold touch
of the snowflake on their cheek. they
had in sight two mountains, the tops of
which were suggestive.
The first time we find a deep fall of
snow in the Bible is where Samuel de-
scribes a fight between Benaiah and a
lion in a pit, and though the snow NAV
have crimsoned under the wounds Of
both man and brute, the shaggy mon
ster rolled over dead and the giant was
victor. But the snow is not fully recog-
nized in the Bible until God interro-
gates Job, the scientist, concerning it's
wonders, saying: "Hast thou entered
into the treasures of the snow?-
/ rather think that Job may have ex-
amined the snowflake with a micro
scope; for, although it is supposed that
the microscope was invented long after
Jobs time, there had beer wonders OF
glass long before the microscope and
telescope of Inter days were thought of.
Whether through magnifying instru-
ment or with unaided eye, l can not
say. but l am sure that Job somehow
"Sht bAou a. SdAitIlts O1 inc Snow
flake and counted its pillars and found
wonders, raptnres, mysteries, theolo-
gies, majesties, infinities walking up
and down its corridors. as a result OF
the question which the Lord had asked
him: Hast thou entered into the treas
ures Of the snow?"
After a fresh fall of snow, in one
walk you crush under your feet Tuiller-
les, Windsor Castles, St Pauls, st.
Peters, 81. Marks Cathedral, Alham-
bras and Sydenham palaces innumera-
ble. i know it depends much on our
own condition what impression these
flying meteors of the snow make.
And now l propose for your spiritual
and everlasting profit. If You will &C.
ccpt my guidance, to take You through
some Of these wonders of crvstalliza-
ton. And notice first God in the Titles.
take mp the snow in my hand and
see the coursers of celestial dominion
paving these crystal pavements. The
telescope is grand, but ] must confess
that ! am quite as much Interested in
the microscope. The one reveals the
universe above us; the other just as
great a universe beneath las. What you
want and l want especially is a God in
Titles. If We were seraphic or arch
angelic in our natures We would wan
10 study God in the great: but such
small, weak, shot lived beings as you
and 1 are, want to end God in the Titles. |
When l see the Maker of the universe
giving Himself to the architecture of a
snowflake and making its shafts. its
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/ tons so perfect, ] codclude He will look
after our insignificant affairs. And if
we are Of more value than a sparrow, |
most certainly we are of more value
than an inaninate snowflake. So the
Bible would chiefly impress us with
God in the Titles. 1t does not say, |
Consider the clouds, but it says. ''Con-
slider the lilies" Ii does not say, BE
hold the tempests," but. 'Hehold the
fowls" and it applauds a cup of cold
water, and the widows two mites, and
SAYS the hairs of your head are num-
bered. Dc not fear. therefore, that You
are going TO he lost in the crowd. Do
not think that because you estimate
yourself as only N snowflake among
a three days January snowstorm that
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drop of chilled vapor is as certainly re-
gardcd by the Lord as the creation and
demolition of a planet Nothing is big
IL God and nothing is small.
What a comfort that he is a God in
Titles. The Emperor Of all The Russias
in olden time was looking at q map
that spread before him his vast dOmin-
ions. and he could not find Great Britain
on the map. and he called in his secre-
tarv and said: ''Whcre is Great Britain
that l hear SO much ahout?' 1T is un-
der your thumb" said h secretary,
and the Emperor raised his hand from
the map and saw the country he was
looking for. And it is high time that
we find this mighty realm OF God close
by and under our own little finger. To
drop Won out of His memory would be
10 resign His omniscience. To refuse
YOU His protection would be to abdicats
His omnipotcnce. When You tell me
He is the God Of Jupiter, and the God
of Mercury, and the God of Saturn. you
tell me something so vast that l can
mo- comprehend it. But if You tell me
He is the God of the snowflake you tell
me something I can hold and measure
and realize Thus the smallest snow
flake contains . Jewel case Of comfort
Here is. an opal. an amethyst, a dia-
mond. Here is one Of the treasures of
the snow. Take it for your present and
everlasting comfort
Behold, also. inthe snow the treasure
of accumulated power. During snow
storm let an a~pcthecary, accustomed to
weigh most delicate quantities, hold his ,
weighing scales out of the window and
let one fla &c fall on the surface Of the
scales and it will not even make it
tremble. When you want 10 express
extreme friviality Of weight you say:
Light as . feather" but q snowflake
is much lighter. 1t is just twenty-four
times lighter than water. And yet the
accumulation of these fakes broke l
down, a few days ago. in sight Of my !