Milford chronicle., 1892-12-23

ual characteristics among all the lhnapl-
tants Of the universe Of God, and made in
his image they are nade wonderfully alike
THE Arm OF GOD.
Now, what should be the practical result
of this discussion founded on Scripture and
common senses i is first Of all to enlarge
our ideas of God, and so intensity our adj
mirstion and worship. Under such con
sideration, how much more graphic the
Bible question which seems to roll back
the sleeve Of the Almighty and say, Hast
thou an arm like GodW The contempla-
tion also sncourages as with the thought
that If God made all these worlds and pop
ulated them it will not be very much OF
an undertaking for him to make our little
world over again and reconstruct the char
aoter Of its populations as by grace they
are to be reconstructed.
What a monstrosity Of ignorance that |
the majority Of Christian people listen not 4
to the voices Of other worlds, although the
Book says, @The heavens declare the glory |
Of God . and again, 'rhe works Of the
Lord are great and to be sought out"
How much have you sought them outl
You have been satisfying yourself with
some things about Christ, but have you
noticed that Paul calls you TO consider
Christ as the creator Of other worlds, by
whom also he mace the worlds" It Is
time YOU Christians start on n world hunt.
That is the chief reason why God makes
the night-that you may see other worlds.
Go out tonight aud look up at the great
clock OF the heavens. Listen to the silvery
chime of the midnight sky. See that your
children aud grandchildren mount the
heavens with telescope for alpenstock,
leaping from activity Of light to activity
Of light. What beautiful and sublime
thing that JON Quincy Adams, the ex-
president, borne down with years, under
took at the peril of his life the journey
from Washington to Cincinnati that he
might lay the cornerstone Of the pier OF
the great refracting telescope and there
making his last orationl
What service for all mankind when in
1889 Lord Rose lifted on the lawn Of his
castle, eighty miles from Dublin, tele-
seope that revealed worlds as fast as they
could roll in. and that started an enthu-
siasm which this moment eOncenters the
ewes of many Of the most devOut in. all
parts of the earth on celestial discovery
| Thank God that we know where our own
world is. bounded on all sides by realms Of
glory. instead Of being where Hesiod in his
poetry described it tobe-namely, half way
! between heaven and hell; an anvil hurled
out of heaven, taking ten days to strike
/ the earth, and hurled out Of earth, taking
/ ten more days to strike perdition;
/ From the high heaven brazen anvil cast,
/ Nine DAYS and nights in rapid whirls would
/ last
And reach the earth the tenth, whence strong
ly hurled,
The same the passage to tn Internal world.
thank God that we have found out that
our world is not half way between heaven
and hell, but is in asisterhood Of light, and
that this sisterhood joins all the other sis
terhoods Of worlds, moving round some
great homestead, which is no doubt heav-
en-. where God is and our departed Chris
tian friends are, and we ourselves through
pardoning mercy expect to become perma-
nent residents.
THIS WORLDS MORAL LAW.
Furthermore, / get now from all this an
answer to the question which every intel
Hpent man and woman since the earth
bas stood has asked and received no an
swer. Why did God let sin and sorrow
come into the world when he could have
prevented them from coming' Iwish rev
ereutlv to say think / have found the rea-
son. To keep the universe loyal to holy
God it was important in some world
somewhere to demonstrate the gigantic
disasters that would come upon any world
that allowed sin to enter. Which world
sbould it be? Well, the smaller the world
the better, for less numbers would suffer.
So our world was selected The stage was
Dlentv large enough for the enactment Of
= tbe tragedy. Enter ON the stage sin, fol-
lowed by murder, pain, theft, fraud, i'm
puritv. falsehoOd, massacre, war and all
the denominations and horrors and agonies
of centuries.
Although we know comparatively little
about the other worlds lest we become
| completely dissatisfied with our own, nc
doubt the other worlds have heard and are
: now hearing all about this world in the
awful experiment Of sin which the human
race has been making. In some way inter
stellar communication is open, and all
worlds. either by wing Of flying spirits OF
bv direct communication from God, ars
learning that disloyalty and disobediencs
doom and damn everything they touch
ind the spectacle. practically says to all
other worlds, "Obey God, Keep holy and
stay in the orbit where you were intended
to swing, or you will sutfe. that which
: that recreant world out yonder has beer
suffering for thousands Of years II Il
: mo longer to me "A mystery why so small 8
world
. chemist can demonstrate all the laws o.
r earth and heaven in az iall laboratory
; Ten feet by FIVE, aud our world was moi
u Too small to demonstrate to the univers'
the awful chemistry Of unTighteousness
e it's explosive and riving and consuming
: power.
!, do not believe there is world that ha,
lbeeD in existen,e from the time when Co
, ;Dernicus. the astronomer, knocked on thu
u door of heaven to the world that last weel
!. leame within sight Of the observatory a
" lGreenwich but has heard Of our terrin
I, Iterrestial experiment, and the awful Oh
!, iect lesson has thrilled the multlmiliiof
:, Of stellar population, especially when the
Il heard that in order to arrest the disast'
:. Of centuries the World Maker and u
= World Starter and the World Uphold'
must give up his only son to assassinatio
!, to expiate and restore and save the victim
h of the planetary shipwreck
THE BIBLE IS SCIENTIFIC.
i On the tower OF Pharos, Egypt, meta
y lie mirror was raised which reflected 9
!. that occurred both on land and sea FOR
/, DISTANCE OF three hundred miles, and
,s Egvpt was informed Of the comiag Of b.
- enemies long before their arrival. BY VIII
= nroeess I know not, but in some way W
,r ship Of a struggling earth think y ml
n rored to distant worlds. Surely this OF
~ experiment of a world unloosing itself fro
e2 God will be enough for all worlds md
r, atarniriee ~
y, ss I'M mo, not,... 'er worlds roll
3 I. into ss n. 'S'sysg IS Bible, the bos
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to d, = - 49, the eafln > "in
IS ing up. and Is treinenaous occasion for Y
az and me personally. Nv father was on
al turnpike road between Trenton and Bou
ds Brook. New Jersey He WIS conl
ny through the night from the legislati
halls. where he WIS serving his state,
ds his home, where there was sickness
is often heard him tell about IT, lt was Z
of night Of the 18th aud the morning OF {
Ell 18th Of November, 1853
Mt The sky was clondiess and the air Gle
es. Suddenly the whole heavens becamea see