Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-02-24
A PATH THAT SHINES.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE breaches UPON
THE LIGHTNING OF THE SEA.

REV. DR.. TALMAGE breaches UPON
The LIGHTNING OF THE SEA.
An Unusually Attractive and Eloquent Ser
mon-The Pathway of the Aimighty--An
Irradiated Wave of Gladness--The Glow
of Good Deeds.
BROOKLYN, Feb. 1S.--In the Brooklyn
Tabernacle this forenoon Rev. DR.. Tai
mage preached an unusually attractive
and eloquent gospel sermon TO a crowd
ed audience. who listened with rapt in
terest. The subject was ''The Lightning
Of the Sea" the text selected being job
xii, 30, He maketh path to shine after
him."
If for the next thousand years minis
tiers of religion should preach from this
Bible, there viii yet be texts unexpound-
ed and unexplained and unappreciated
What little has been said concerning this
chapter in Job from which my text is
taken bears ON the controversy as TO
what was really the leviathan described
as disturbing the sea. What creature it
was know not. Some say it was whale
Some say it was crocodile My own
opinion is it was a sea monster now ex-
tinct. No creature now floating in Med
iterranean or Atlantic waters CORE
spends to jobs description.
LIGHTNING OF THE SEA.
What most interests lne is that as it
moved on through the deep it left the
waters flashing and Respondent. In the
words Of the text, He maketh path
TO shine after him." What was that il
lumined path? 1t was phosphorescence.
You find it in the wake Of ship in the
night, especially after rough weather.
Phosphorescence is the lightning of the
sea- That this figure of speech is cor
rect in describing its appearance l am
certified by an incident. After crossing
the Atlantic the first time and writing
from Basic, Switzerland, TO an Ameri-
can magazine an account Of my voyage,
in which nothing more fascinated me
than the phosphorescence in the ships
wake, called it the lightning Of the sea.
Returning to my hotel, found book
CT John Ruskin, and the first sentence
my eyes fell upon was his description Of
phosphorescence, i'll which he called it
the lightning Of the sea-"
Down to the postoflice fastened to
get the manuscript, and with great labor
and some expense got possession of the
magazine article and put quotation
marks around that one sentence, al
though it was as original with me as
with John Ruskin. suppose that nine
tenths Of You living so near the sea-
coast have watched this marine appear
ance called phosphorescence, and hope
that the other one-tenth may some day
be so happy as TO witness it. 1t is the
waves Of the sea diamonded; it is the in
horescence of the pillows; the waves Of
the sea crimsomed as was the deep after
the sea fight OF Lepanto; the waves of
the sea on fire.
There are times when from horizon to
horizon the entire ocean seems in con-
fiagration with This strange splendor as
it changes every moment to tanner or
more dazzling color on all sides of you.
You SIT looking over the tai1rall Of the
yachS or ocean steamer watching and
WaluhS 10 see what new thlhS the God
OF beauty VIII GO Wlih the Atlantic. 1t
Is the ocean Ill TRANSFORMATIONS; 1t Is the
marine world casting its garments of
giofy III inc pathway OF the Almighty as
ne Walks lie t'eeP' IL Is an inverted hrna-
ment with all It's stars cone down with
H. NO picture can PRESENT It, tor Pho
to7I"pher e"iiietd cannot DC success
lully FRAMED 10 caIch H. ana before 1t
the mama oI the palht'f drops lis pencli,
oVera"c" ana l'o"efless'
Inns piIosl'i'ofeseelce Is the appear
"hce u ny rl1'S ol 'ile al!liiial EiHSloA
riSinS' IaIIliiS' pay haShlh@' hVlnS'
ny ing Al'7s7 luminous "illili'lcu'es Ior
nearly i'o ears i.f'e oech me STUDY OF
h"iur"llsVs ana lAe Iasclaailoh ana sol
eiiihizatioh OF al VINO Lave Dram enough
10 th'nN' NOW GOD VINO p"lS III ms
blD'e Lothins llIFiaI OF useless cails the
a.'entioA 0. J9D' inc sreatss5 scientist
OF ms gay 10 inns pHosFhorescehce' ana
us me ie'lalllah u inc uecp sweeps past
poiiilS o"t III, lECo lnaV ne lAaheth
PAIN 70 ShlNe "'leT nm.
WAKE MADE BY A BAD MAN.
Is that true OF MS now and VIII 1t be
true OF Is wren we have gone: VIII
there be subsequent Egnt or darkness;
Wlll there be tran Of gloom or good
cheer Can any one between now and
the next lOo years say q Us truthtully
as the text says o. the leylathan Of the
deep, He maAeth path to shine after
nm! fof we are moving on. While
we I'VE III the same mouse, ana transact
business IN the same store and write on
the same table, AID chlsel III the same
studio. ana thrash III the same barn, and
worship III the same church. we are in
motion aud are III many respects moY-
inS on ana we are not where we were
~ years ago L"f where we VIII be ~
Years hence. moving on!
Look at the FANNY record. or the al
manac, or into the mirror, and If any
one OF You Is where you We're. All in
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