Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-12-22
AT THE TABERNACLE.
DIR. TaEMAGE BEGINS "A cSERIEs OF
SERMONS GIN DIVINE sSCIENCE.

God in rells Natural woIId-sIhe Heavens
Declare His Glory and Tire Earth Shows
His HMdiw' ,rk-It Was Only Necessary
That Christ Should Die IN This World.
BRooELYN, Dec. ts.-Rev. DR. Talmage
today preacht I'd the 6rst Of tthe promised
series of sserm ons ON God IN the natural
world asSdiscl osed in the Bible. The sub
ject chosen flor the initial-sermon was,
THE Astron omy Of the BTble, or God
Among Ethe Stars" the text being from
Amos iix, 6, 1T is he that buildeth his
stories 7im the heaven" E4areceding the
sermonthe G reat congregation sang Isaac
Wattslhymns
The heavens declare 'thy-9iory, Lord;
1neVery sta- thy wisdom shines.
TAatfis first rate pOetry fncn Amos the
herdsnraR. While guarding his flocks at
night hesgot to watching 'theiheavens He
saw stars above stars, and 'the universe
seesnedVtE him like q great mansion many
stUries high, silver room above silver room,
silver pillars beside silver pillars, and win
dows, of silver and doors of silver, and tur-
reSs and sdomes of silver rising into the
imm mensi6ies, and the prophets sanctified
imagination walks through shat great sill
ver palace of the universe, through the
first story, through the second story;
through Che third story, through the twen-
tieth story, through the hundredth story,
through the thousandth story, and realiz-
inghhat God is the architect and carpenter
and mason.of all that mpheaved splendor
he cries out in the words of the text, sit is
l,nA ALnA La
My hearers, it is time that we widened
out and Heightened our ssaligious thoughts
In our pulpits and Sabbath rclasses and
Christian swork of all sorts we ring the
changes onsa few verses of Scripture until
they excite,no interest. Many Of the best
parts of the Bible have never yet been
preached fram, or indeed even noticed.
Hence 4 today begin a ~sE;ies of sermons,
not for consecutive Sabbath mornings, but
as often as I think it best for variety's sake,
on the astronomy of the Bible, or God
among the stars; the geology of the Bible,
or God dataongthe rocks; the ornithology of
the Bible, or, God among the birds the ich-
thyology of the Bible, or God among the
fishes; the pomOlogy of the Bible, eor God
among the orchards; the precious stones of
the Bible, or Godamong the anethysts; the
,conchology of the Bible, or God among the
shells; the botany of the Bible, or God
among the flowers; the chronology of
the Bible, or God among the centuries.
The fact is that we.kave all spent too much
time on one story Of the great mansion of
Gods universe. We need occasionally to
COUP stairs or down stairs in this mansion;
down stairs and in the cellar study the
rocks, or up stairs and see God in some Of
the higher stories and learn the meaning
OF the text when it says, "It is he that
buildeth his stories In the heaven"
ORIGIN OF THE SCIENCE.
Astronomy was bora ia Chaldea. Its
mother was astrology, or the science Of
foretellipg events by juxtapOsition of stars.
The orentals, living much out of doors
and in 3 very clear atmosphere, through
which the stars shone especially lustrous,
got the habit Of studying the night heav-
ems. In the hot seasons caravans jour
nsyed chiefly at night, and that gave trav-
eiers much opportunity of stellar fnforma-
tion. On the 6rst page Of the Bible the
sun and moon and stars roll in-the sun
body nearly three million miles in cir
conference and more than twelve thou
sand times as large as our earth, the moon
more than two Thousand miles in diameter.
But God IL used TO doing things on such an