Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-01-21
A TALK BY TALMAGEs'
ne IS ON A PREACHING TOURS
TEN DAYS TIE eouTH:

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&c Atlanta Ee prencses on tho Great; Cir
olcs of God'u Providence End the Mcral
Government OF the Notwithstanding
Cycles Of Rissory.
ATLANTA, Jan. 15.-Rev. DR.. Talmage,
who is now making ten daya' tousof
the southern cities, preached here TO-DAY
Tho thronGs IN and around the audience
hall were beyond estimate. The subjses
chosen was THE Circle OF the Earth
the test being Isaiah xl, 92, "It 10 be Fiat
sittett upon the circle Of the earth. - -
While yet people thought thassthe
world YVES Fat, and thousands OF years
before they found out that It was round;
Isaiah, in my text, intirnated the shape
OF it-God sitting upon toe circle Of the
earth. Tie most hcantiful figure insall
geometry is the circle. God msde the
universe on tho plen Of 8 circle. There
are in the natural world straight lines,
angles. parallelcgrams, Uagonals. quad
RANGES, but these evidently are not
Gods savo1ites.. Almost everywhere
where you will find him geo.netriEing
you find the circle dominant, and If not
the circle, then the crrve, which is cir
Gle that died young. II It had lived long
enough it would have been full orb
periphery. En- ellipse Is Il circle pressed
only a little too hard of the sides
Giants Ceuseway, in ireland. shows
what God thinks Of mathematics. There
are over 5000 columns OF rocks-oc-
tagonal, hexagonal. pe1itagonnl. These
rocks seem 10 have been made by rule
ard by comrans. Every artist has his
nooh!ing room, where he may make fifty
shapes, but ho chooses one shape Us pref
cradle to ell othsrs will not say that
tho Giants CRnseHay was rhe woT,d's
nol,.ing room. but do cay ou1 OF o
great many figures GOO see,ns 20 hare
selected the circle ST the best. ut is he
that stitch On the circle of the earth. :"
The stars IL q circle, the noon in 6 cir
Gle. tho sun III q circle, the universe in o
circle, the throre Of God the center OF
that circle.
When men build churches thoy eight
TO initiate the idea OF the Great architect
end put the audience In ci1cle, know
ing that the tides Of emotion roll more
easily TINT way than In straight lines.
Six Thousand years ago Goo flung this
world out Of his right hand, but he did
not throw it out in @ Straight line, bit
cCryili1,ear. With leash Of love holding
it so as TO bring it back again. Tie
wcrid started from his hand pure and
Edenic. It has been rolling on through
regions of moral ice and distemper. How
long it will roll God only knows. bCt it
viii il due time make complete circuit
and come back to tho place whence 1t
sterted-the hand of God-puse aad
Eaenic-
TEE prvNE PAN EEsUNED.
The history Of the world goes IN cir
clo. Why is it that tho shipping in OUT
day is Improving so rapidly? Il IS bel
csuse men arc Initiating tho cid model
OF Noah's ark. A ship carpenter givess
that as bis opinion. Although 60 Inqcsyss
Sime 6saf eh fSza1 afs1sSsia aSd sns
and the City OF Paris. Of which we boost
so much. Where is tho ship on tie sea
today that could or.tride g deluss ip
which the heaven and the earth were
wrecked, landing all the passengers n
safety-two OF each kind OF living cacai
tures, thousands Of specieEs3
Pozaology will SO CT wish lis nchievt
ments until after many centuries tft
4-orld will have p;ums md PEGS eguIl
&c tie paradisa!cul. TIE nrt of gardei-
Ing will grow for centuries, and after tle
Dowpings and hNtchells Of the wo-f
have dono their best In the FAR future
che art of gardening will come up o.
the arborcsccnca Of the year i. Il tie
makers c. colorcd glass go OF ir-yrcviig
they 1nay IL some centuries be able o
make something equal to the east va
dew Of York minister. which was builtn
1900. We ere SIX centuries behind tide
artists, but the world must keep on to-
iug until 1t shall make the complete q
cult ard come up to the gkill OK thse
very men.
II tho world continues 70 impTovtin
masonry we shall ha7e after awhe.
perhaps after tie advance c. centrE4s, |
mortar equal to that which sow st I
sa1nmor IN the wall of On exhume1 Fig
lish city, built In the time of tho 70
maas, LOCO years ago-thst naortato-
dsy SIS good as the day In Which 1t Jas
made, having outlasted the brick nd
tie stone. say, after hundreds Of yes
masonry may advance to that point L
the world stands long enough we ay
have city es large CO they had !Sid
times-Bahy!on FIVE times the slz Iof
London
You 60 into the potteries In Enghd
and you find them making cups hd
vases afte- the style OF the cupshd
vases ezhunsd from Pompeh fhe
world is not going back. Oh. 20; It it
is swinging IN a circle and will Fne
bacl, to the styles Of pottery knoa SO
long ago as the days Of Ponpeh, Fhe
world must keep on progressing Fl 1t
ulakes the complete circuit. Thevtrve
is In Che right direction; She carSail
keep on until it becomes the circle.
TIE EVER REVOLVING WHEEL
Well. now, my friends, what is TIE In
the material universe Is true MODS
moral government erd spirtu ar
rangcment. That Is the meaDE of
Ezeliel's wheel. eli common tato1gyee
In saying that the wheel meaasfod's
providence. But wheel "a OF use
unless it turn, and If It t1:n turns
around. and If 1t turn s-oand ipoyes '
ia "a circle What then2 Are wparts {
of great iron machine whiriedPund ,
whether we will OF not, the Ec9s OF $
memorable fatea No! So fnr frdShat, >
shsll show ron that we oureelYstart
tne circle of good or bad actions 4 that !