Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-02-23
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE RIOOKLYN DIVINE'S Sun
DAY SERMON.
subject: "Thc Lightning OF the
sea"

rrvr. "Hr p,dl,h IL patti 10 ',in' aJi.r
lu. Jps Ali. -.
ID for the neal thousand years ministers OF
religion should preach from this Bible. Their"
will yet b.. texts uucVpoundei and uneN-
plainnI AMI uuappreriatrd What little
has been said concerning this chapter in job
from which my text is taken hears on the
controversy rs To what was really the lovia-
than described as disturbing the sea. What
creature II was know not. Some say II was
a whale Some say 1t was crocodile. NV
own opinion is IL was a sea monster now eN-
tin"t. Va creature now floating in Mediter.
rsnean or Atlantic waters corresponds 10
Jobs description.
What most interests me is that a~ II novel
on through the deep It left the waters flash
ing aud respondent. In the words ot the
text ''Ila mHkcth a path TO shine after
him. What WAS that ilmWincl path? II
was phO-p horrs"rnrc. GOu lind II In tho
wake OF ship in the night. especially after
rough weather. Phosphorcsrence il the
lightning Of tho sea. That this figure Of
speech il correct in describing its appear
ancc I am certified by an incident. After
crossing the Atlantic the first time and
writing from Ba-lr. Switzerland, to an Amer
lean magazine an account OF my voyage in
which nothing more fascinated me than the
phOsphorcscenCe in the ships wake, ! caied
1t the lightning OF the sea. returning to my
MOTEL, l louhu n BOOK ol Johh husAln, ana
the first sentence my eyes ieit upon was his
description OF phosphoresrence, In which he
called II "thc llShthlhE oil the sea.
Down to the postoiiicc hastened to get
the manuscript. and with great labor and
some expense got possession Of the maya
zine article and put quotation marks around
tbnt ono sentence. although il was us orig
inal with me as with John kuskin. sup
pose that nlne-tenths OF You living so near
the seacoast nave watched TINS marine hp-
pearance called phosphorescehce, ana nope
that the other one-'entll may some day De 50
happy rs 10 witness II. IL Is the waves OF the
sea diamonded II IL the lnuorcscence oil tho
hlioWs the waves OF the sea 'Fn-oheu rs
was the deep AFTER the sea hEht "I LePah'" :
the waves oil tne sea on nr'.
mere are times when from HORIZON TO
horizon the ehtlrc ocean seems IN "ohHaE-
ration with TINS strange splendor a. 1t
changes every moment 10 tanner or more
uaIHllhP Color on al slues % YOU 10" 'l
looking over the taIlral OF tue Na'ht or
ocean steamer, Watching ana waiting To see
what new thlhg the Goa 81 beauty VIII DO
with tho Atlantic. II Is the ocean IN trans
HEurallph II / tH' marin" WoFIu casting US
garments oil Eiory III 'hr PAthWhN OF th"
A'lhlghty rs ne W"Ik$ ne Heep ~ Is an m
Nerled iIrmament WIN an It's stars gone
down WIN II. NO picture can present H. Tor
photographer camera cannot b" success
lU!N trained 10 r'' 'n H. ana before II the
manu- OF the painter drops lis pencil oyer
awrd ana Pow'r'e>7'
ms phosnhor"scehcc Is the appearance
Of inyrlads OF the animal Klhsdom rising,
failing, playing, nH5hlhE. living dylhS.
lh"Se luminous ahlIhacuieS Tor nearly lou
years nave been the study OF naturhIlsls and
the fascination ami SoIemni2atlon OIL all WHO
nave hr'lh enough to thihS. Now f"d'
VINO puts IN HIS lIhIe hothlng trlSlal or use
less, raIIs the attention Of Ion, IN" greatest
scientist OF MS any, 10 tUlS phosphotes"eh'",
ana a7 the leEIathhh 81 the deep sweeps past
points ont the TACT that "a" maketh path
10 shine after him.
Is that true OF as now. and will it be true
OF US when We have gomez Will there be
subsequent light or darkness Will there b.
trlnl OF gloom or good cheer Can any one
between now and the next 100 years say u
Us truthiuily az the text says OF the leviathar
OF the deep, HE maketh path to shine
after him! For We are moving on. Whit
we hive ~ the Slme house. and transact busi
ness i'll the same store, and write on the same
table, and 'hiscl In the same studio, and
thrash In the same barn, and worship In the
same church, We are Ia motion and ar il
many respects moving on, and we are moi
WmeI' we we're zen years nS"' nor W'er' W.
WIN DC zen years hence MOVING on
Loon ~ t"o '""iS re- ora, oF inc a'iA'.ha
or INTO tile mirror anl see II any ono 81 &"'
~ "hete YOU were Az Ill Inouoh. otheI
ieet may "Trip ana sunni" ahu hNl, bHt th'
leet OF not one moment l'r the ll1S' Sixty cen
lures uaS tIipped OF S'uhpiei Or h'H'd
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moving on Gu moving on ne uh'
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