The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-07-21
REV. DIR. Il Al MAGE
The BROOKLYN DIvINE's SUN
DAY SERMON.

taWS taWuSh.er. Psalm cxxvI., q. "He that sit,
Tern In the heavens shall laugh. Psalm
Ih,rty-eight times does the BIblo mak,
lures and quick expulsion of breath nhiah
| NC cail laughter. Sometimes Il IN horn al
| tne sunshine and sometimes tho ynidbiabt
sui nUnne,,nes IL stirs the sympathy OF angels
aI' All sometimes ssoh1etines the cachihnation Of devils.
| pleases the Lord or displeases Him. that de-,
| pehus upon when we laugh and Mt what we
mugn; MY theme to-day Is tho laughter OF
VIC Din,e-hamely. Sarah's laugh, or that of
..c,sm a Dayid's laugh, or that OF spirit
ua' eNutation the fools laugh, or that OF
Sn,u, merriment Gods laugh, or that Of
| huh'e condemnation heavens laugh. or
that OF eternal triumph. ~
| scene, an oriental tent. The occupants
| o1d horaham and Sarah, perhaps wrInkled
and decrepit. Their three guests are tbrea
| anSeis, the Lord Almighty one OF them In
return Tor tho hospitality shown by the old
| people God promises Sarah that she shall
| '' Cbrio. 'ue ahceslress OF tho Lori Jesu.
| Shr'st. Sarah laughs In tho face OF God.
enc does not believe 1t. She Is afrrIghted at
| Wnat she has done. She denios n Sbo
says, Il did not laugh" Then God retorted
, Nun an emphasis that slenced all disputa-
| ton; "But thou dihst laugh" NV friends
| the laugh OF skepticism ia all ages is onIyy
me ', ccho OF Sarah's laughter. God saws He
| VIII accomplish thing, and men saw n can
,i, W. Wv uohe: great multitude laugh at the
law -, iney say they are contrary to the
aWs y. 0i nature. What Is n law OF nature2
| ~ II ~ Ho is way OF doing n thing You or.
| u,n'r'I! cross river at ons ferry. To-mor-
n"M you chahge for one day, and you 90
IIt"ss another ferry. You made the rule.
ordinarily come In at that door of the church
suppose that next Sabbath you come I'm nj
lhe other door. II is n habit you have, U,vs
you not right 10 change your habit?
INV OF nature is Gods hahit-.His way of
uo,hy things. II He makes the law, has He
not right to change Il at any time He wants
| to change it2 ""'i''
| Alas for the folly OF those who laugh Mt
t%oI. T"u when II" s'ys. 81 will do thing"
says that the Bible is true-it "a NIL ,ruo
ip,sn9p Colenso laughs, Herbert spencer
IauShs, stuart Mill laughs great German
universities laugh, Harvard laughs-softly.
great many OF the learned Institutions,
WIN long rows OF professors seated on tho
renee between Christianity and infdeIitv
IauSh softly. They say, 1--WE didn't lnuyb'|
ihat was Sarah's trick God thunders fro,,
inc heavens. 'But thou didst laugh I" The
S"rnen , OF Et"n was only a fable. There
never was any nrk built, or n II was built II
VA WAS 100 small TO have two OF every kind
/ Jho pillar OF fire by night was only the
northern lights. the ten plaques OF Egypt
omy nrI',lnnt specimen OF iuggery. The
sea parted because the wind blew yIoIentIv n
great while from ono direction The sun
AMI moon did not put themselves out of the
way Tor Joshua. Jacobs ladder was only
stroyiny angel sn,i,in,, tha 49,, ne ".-
Eyypt was only choiars tnr,, s'polh Urn III
epidemic. The guIIet ~ ,ha II, nicothe
fosNINo measurement, too small TO swailow
prophet. The story OF the immacuIate
lame. the dumb tb, hjin5 tho in9
by mere human sur,,ory irh ., nan, cu,eh
OF Christ's friend onIy n haam,i,,,I ,aty .seyyoh
Christ aul lazarus and Mary and M, Map,h,,
setting their n,,ts vaII NJ Iuu ha.'ha
L. not a doctrin" mr. e,,,nr,an, -, nuS, G, mere
word that L,a no, - 80 hoy
! skepticism OF the .Iav ~ '"o
Itnke up this LooE ~ Htn, 1,.
lation. consider IL n nerfcct RIh,a h,,,
hero are skcnti,s who w,np, p.e. - , ploie, puf
And now. with this RbIa IN -, W P,eces.
mo tear out all those portions which tba
skepiicism Of this day demands shall he torn
out. What shall 20 first? '.WeII sars 60.
, ono In the audience, take out njl that rhnmt
me creation and about the first settI,,n,nt
fthc world" Away goes q ,nesIs USoyv
snNs some one, take out all that about Tho
miraculous guidance OF the children OF Isr,el
In the Wilderness" AWAY goes Fyodua
Now, saws soma one else I'm the auIian.c
'thcrh are things In Deut eronomy anil
Kings that aIs not ut TO be- read" Awav 90
Deuteronomy end the Kings Now saya
some one, 'trc book OF Job Is a fable that
ought To com" out" Away goes the book Of
jon. NOW, says som. one, Chose pass.
ages In the New Testament which imply the
divinity OF Jesus Christ ought TO coma out
Away go the Evangelists. Now" SAYS
somc one. 'the hook OF evclation-hoy
preposteroas! IL represents man with tho
moon under his feet and - sharp sword In
us hand Away goes the book OF Reyela.
lion. Now there are u few pieces left. What
shali We 10 with them? "Oh," says )ms
man In tho audience, al don't beliey. n
word in the Bible from one end TO the 9th
er Well, II Is all gone. Now you have
put out tho last light Tor the nations Now
IL the pitch darkness Of eternal midnight.
now DO You Ike u?
But think. my trends. we had better
keep the Biol" a little longer intact. II has
cone pretty well Tor "a good many years
| ihen th"re Hro old people who find IL n com
| Tort TO nave II ON their laps, and children
! ike the stories In H. Iet M keen /, for ,
| curiosity ANYHOW. N the Ribl. is to ha
| thrown out OF the school nna out of the
| courtroom, so that men no moro swear Inv a.
nnu ,.i it Is 10 90 put In dark corridor OF the
NY ,,i ,apt" w" Moran on one side and the
WI min,htss ts VI I~ohIuc'us ~ on the other, then iet
80, We oi,u o'e heeP copy LOT h'msei, Tor We
| ,n'sn' nav roup'e, anu We would want to
oe anueI ,ns "einsiohs OF hs consultations,
an1i nnn We ih'sn, u'e, ana we would want tho
| .I''S. - ~ .np rNh"en residence OF COTS
ax' .s,'i .nnn, ,hI, WHEN II mentions. On what an
| hi ~ tn''S ~ 10 'auS IN tois lace and