The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-11-25


The subject 81 lIr. Talmagc's sermon
e,naay was "ilalf Planet" the text
/ ssinr pcut. al. 81, Lift up thine eyes
Wcstward"
so God said Co Moses In bible times,
and 40 he said To- Christoforo Columbo,
,he son Of wool-combcr ~ Genoa,
morc than 900 years agn The Nations
Aad been looking chiefly toward the
4 East The sculpture Of the world, the
architecture of the world. the laws OF
\ ,Ae world. the philosophy ~ tho world,
\ ,he civilization Of the world. the re.
8 Nrion 81 the world came from the East
4 NM. while Columbus. as his namc was
allied after IL was LatiniRcd, stood
.,udying maps and examining globes
and reading cosmcgraphy, God said TO
\ him; ri.ift up thine eyes toward the
4 Nest"
The fact was II must have seemed "a
4 coluu,bus very lpp.sidcd world. Like
/. cart with one wheel. Hike scissors
! With one blade. like sack on one side
a. a camel needing n sack on the other
i aide ~ balance IL, Hero was bride of
/ 4 world with no bridegroom. When
God makes half of any thing lie does
no, stop there. lie maScS tho other
half
We are nj obliged sometimes 20 leave
things only half done. Hut Cod never
stops half way. because lie has the
time and power to go nil the way. do
no, wonder that Columbus was not sat.
i,fcd with half world. aud So went To
work to find the other half. The pieces
81 carved wood that were iloatcd 10 the
shorcs of Europe by westerly gale.
and two dead human faces, unlike any
thing he had seen before, likewise float
al from the west were To him the voice
az God. saying: Lift up thine eyes
toward the west" hut tho world then,
as now, had plenty OF ant-bc-donc'S
That is what keeps Individuals back,
and enterprises back. and the church
hack. and nations Neutrality-suspicious.
and disgusting and dishcar,cning can't
bc-doncS
Old navigators said to young Column
bus at can't be done" The republic
81 Genoa said. at can't bc done" Al.
rhonso V. said. 1T can't be done" A
committee on marntimo affairs, to
whom the subject was submitted, de-
elarcd. at can't I've done" NenctianS
said, 1T cant .bc done" But the father
81 Columbus wife died, leaving his
widow a large number OF sea charts aud
maps. and. rs IL 10 condemn the Slur
that different ages put upon mo,hcrs-in-
law, the mothcr-in-law Of Columbus
gave him the navigator's materials, out
Of which hc dcciphcrcd America After
awhile the story OF this poor but ann
hitious Columbus reaches the car ~
Queen isabella. md she phys $50 to buy
him n decent suit Of clothes. so that he
nav hc fit to appear before royalty.
Tho interview in the palace was sue
ccssfuL Money enough was borrowed
70 lit ont the expedition There they
arr, the three ships. In the Gulf
Of Cadiz. Spain. II YOU aSl, me
which have the most famous boats
Of the world. | would say, first
Noah's ship, that whartcd on Mt Ararat
second, the boat Of hulrushcs, in which
Moses iloatcd the Nile; Third, the
Mayilowcr tina, put out from Plymouth
with the pilgrim fathers; and now
these three vessels that on this, Friday
morning. August =, i4p9, ARE rocking
on the ripplcs. am So glad II Is Friday,
81 that the prowS of those three ships
shall first ~ all run down the super
s,ition that things begun or voyage
started on Friday must necessarily
prove disastrous Show me any Monday
or Tuesday. or Wednesday or Thursday,
or Saturday that ever accomplished
a. much as this expedition that started
on Friday. With the idea that thcrc
will bc pcrils connected with the cNPc'
di,ion. the Sacrament of the Lords
supper Is administered, do not forget
that this voyage was begun under re-
igious auspices There Is tho Santa
Marin, only ninety feet long with four
nas,s and eight anchors
The captain walking the deck !" ~
years old. his hair white for at ~ he
was gray. and his face is round, his nose
aquilinc, and his stature little taller
than the average. know from his de-
cided step aud the set NJ his jaw that he
h determined man. That n Capt
christopher Columbus Near by, out
lar enough OFT not To run into each
other, are the smaller ships. the lfnta
and the Nina, about large enough ana
safe enough TO cross the Hudson river
o. the Thames In good weather. There
are two doctors in this feet of ships
and few landsmcn. adventures who
are ready To risk their nccks In wild
eNpedi,ion. There are enough pro-
Visions Tor year
Capt Columbus, where arc YOU sail
ING for?" ~ do not know How
long bcfore vou will cot there" ~ can