Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-19

-rauised series of sermons on Cod [
t-. r,tDral world as disclosed in the I
~ The subject chosen Ter the In /
D.,' .,r,~oD was, "The Astronomy OF /
T.bIe. or. God Among the Stars, 4
.syt being from Amos o; @; "lt is F.
,.gt buHdelh his stories 10 the [.
.rs Preceding the sermon the /
.t congregation sang Isaac Watts I
hymn. ,,,
AMY STAR t-y wisdom shines.
~.s- is frst-rate poetry from Amos,
- br-fsnan. While guarding his
--.se- night he go5 Watching the
Ss,vsas. He saw stars above stars,
.rs universe seemed co him like
--...r mansion many stories nigh, silver
above silver room, silver pillars
Isle silver pillars, and windows OF
-s.sr ana doors OF silver, aud turrets
-t f-rss of silver rising into the im-
.-..-.ss. and the prophets SaDcuded
.,--.raron wSlEs through that great
--r.- MACE OF the universe, through the
r--- story. through the second story,
L,-rrb the third story, through the
.-.,..ath story, through she buu-redth
-..-r through the thousanth story, and
-- that God IS the architect and
..--a-.sr and mason OF al that up-
t-.-.f sulendor, he cries ont iu Che
Gods 5f The text: "It is be that 0uildeta
Histories 10 the heaven.
MY HEARERS,
rfs time that we widaued ont and
L..-rta.ed our religious thoughts ll
c-- rr.g.ts and Sabbath classes and
~.r.-I-1 work of oll sorts we ring tle
-r.-ras on a few verses of Scripture
rrt. they excite no interest. Many or
ELL rast parts of the Bible have never
~ been preached from or indeed even
-.si. Hence 7 to-day begin series
~ sermons, not fer consecutive sab
bath mornings; but as often US th.aN
F, hast FOR varlety'S sake, on TIE
astronomy OF the B.0'e, or God among
-r. Stars. che Geology % the B.o.e
mr. l-l among the ROCKS, tao Orli-
lt-,-v OF the BIBLE or God
AMONG the Birds, the Icbthy0 ogy Of
tra bible or God among Jhe Fishes
lie p.uo'ogy OK the Bible or God
-~--- the Orchards, the Precious
stones OF the Bible among the Aul-
TWISTS. the C0ncb0.0gY or the b'o.e or
cad among the Shells, the Botany OF
The Bible or God among the Flowers,
the Chronology of the Bible OF Goo
e~--e the Centuries. The --ct Is tlat
have EN- spent roo much time on one
s..--sftre great mansion OF Gods ul.-
rs-se We need occasionally Co go ua-
,.s.rs or downstairs 10 this m2ns.oci
downstairs and in the cellar study -1e
r-.rs. or upstairs and see God In some
M the higher stories, and learn the
meaning of the text when 10 says; "lt
Sts .hat bulldsth his stories 10 the
heaven
A,rr7vo,rY WAS BOEN IV CHALDEA.
ltsm0tler was Asuo.o-y, or the sc.-
ercs of forete.llng events oy juXrap1 5j-
-.on of Stars. Tbe OrieutCls. living
} much 0ut of doors 800 o very c.--t
OF studying The night heavens. I'm tho
hot season caravans journeyed chiefly
l- night, aul tlat gave travellers much
opportunity of ste.ia- Information. On
the FIRST page of the Bible the sun ana
moon and stars roll in. The sun, @
body nearly three million miles in Cir-
conference and more than twelve
thousand times as large as our earth.
the moon, more than TWO thousand
miles JOB diameter. But God is used t0
doing things on such an OwDipotea-
scale that be takes 0uiy one verse CD reI
Of This stellar and lunar manufacture.
Yea To- threc words all the other
worlds are thrown i'm. The other
saws. "The stars als0,' It takes whole
pages for man 90 eXt0. the making OF
Gta.escJpe or microscope or @ magnetic
telegraph or a tbresh.ng machine, or to
describe q Gne painting or statue, bur
So was so easy for God 20 hang the
cees-Ia. upholstery that the story is
C0l-sed i'm one verse: Good made
two -redt lights. the greater ligCt ro
rule One day and The lesser light 20 rule
Die night The stars also' AStrol1-
usrs have been trying % cali the ro.tol
them ever since, and Jhey have counted
u...fulas of them passing in review
before the ObSeryltOries built Gt vast
.H,e, and the size ana number %.
those heavenly bodies have taxed 90 tro
utmost The scientists Oh an ages. But
Goa finishes an he has 90 say about
them u three words, "Ile stars aiso.
That is Mars, with It's more than
Iry-lFa million square miles, auG
square miles. and saturn, with It's more
Than nineteen billion square miles, and
Jgg tier, with iJs more than twenly-lour
billion square miles, aud al the planets
o.. cur system OF more than seventy
eight billion square miles, and these
Stars OF our system, when compared
W'l t-e stars of the other systems, a5
handful oi sand compared win al
lle Rocky Mountains aud all the Alps.
-Ile stars aisO" For brevity, for pom
dsrcs g., ior spiend0r, for suggestive
ness for simplicity piled On su0.imiiy,
reese words excel an that human
speech ever uttered OF human magma
lo1 ever scared after. ''Ine stars aisc.
Ills eu. in as you write q postscript
something you thought of afterwards
as hardly worth putting in the body OF
a.5,er
''THE STARS ALSO"
Read on In your Bibles, and after
awhile the Bible flashes with tho
aurora Blrealis or Northern lights, that /
strange Illumination as mysterious nGrd I
---.-sd now as when in the book OF .
900 d. Eas written: "Men. see not the /
y's-, --lt which is in the clouds. /
t "aat-er Cometh out of the North. (
-e- . the nations supposed that the I
--,- was built on a foundation OF some I
~ ana that b. stood on huge turtle /
'--e great marine cr5atre, Job knew /
.--- OF astronomy 20 say 10 had no /
... but was suspended on tla I
arm OF the Almighty, declaring /
@ We l-lgeth the earth upon /
While al nations thought /