Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15

The subject chosen by Rev. DIR. Tai
hoe for his recent sermon at the
kooklyn tabernacle was THE Bare
km of Cod" the text being Isaiah iii,
THE Lord hath made bare His holy
Ia" MIR. Talmage said:
a / almost takes our breath away to
i d some of the Bible imagery. There
such boldness of metaphor in my
n that have been for some time
Ming my courage up to preach from
. Isaiah, the evangelistic prophet, is
&nding the jubilate of our planet re-
&ned, and cries out: 'The Lord
th made bare His holy arm. What
4rwhelming suggestiveness in that
tre of speech, THE bare arm of
r. The people of Palestine to this
wear much hindering apparel, and
n they want to run special race.
. 1T special burden, or fight a spe-
battle, they put off the outside APP
as in our land, when man pro-
a special eXertion. he puts off his
and rolls up his sleeves. Walk
sugh our foundries, our machine
s. our mines, our factories, and
Fill find that most of the toilers
their coats off and their sleeves
d up.
iah saw that there must be ire
Gus amount of work done before
world becomes what it ought to
BID he forsees it all accomplished,
accomplished by the Almighty:
we ordinarily think of Him, but
L Almighty with the sleeve of
robe rolled back to His shout
The Lord hath made bare His
rm. "
Hing more impresses me in the
than the ease with which God
post things. There is such a re-
Of power. He has more thunder
than He has ever flung; more
than He has ever distributed;
blue than that with which He
er-arched the sky; more green
bat with which He has emeralded
bss; more crimson than that with
He has FURNISHED the sunsets.
with reverence; from all | can
d has never half tried.
know as well as | do that many
most elaborate and expensive
ies of our world have been en-
in creating artificial light. The
ind the stars have their glorious
pit as instruments of illumina-
fy are failures. They will not
lou to read book, or stop the
sm Of your great cities. Had
e darkness been persistently
back by artificial means, the
the worlds enterprises would
tied half the time, while the
Of our great municipalities
pr half the time run rampant
ebuked. Hence, all the inven-
creating artificial light, from
struck against steel in centu-
to the dynamo of our cleo
Anufactories. What uncounted
OF people are at work the
nd in making chandeliers, and
nd fixtures, and wires. and
where light shall be made, or
lleh light shall run, or where
all poisel How many bare
human toil-and some of those
are very tired-in the crea-
ght and its apparatus; and
ihe work, the greater part of
nents and hemispheres at
mo light at all except, per-
hietlies flashing their small
Across the swamp.
how easy God made the light.
make bare His arm; He did
ut forth His robed arm; He
so much as a finger. The
which lie struck the noon
as the word, Light" Let
ght' Adam did not see the I
'he fourth day, for, though
aS created on the first day, it ,
avs from the first to the
. work through the dense !
IDS by which this earth was |
Did you ever hear OF any s
vas that? So unique? Out i
came the blazing sun, the {
lowers, and warmth and
Of a word building fire. 7
he nations of the earth to '
selves byl Yea, seven other a
Of them inconceivably L
our own, and seventy-nine 4
worlds on a smaller scalei {
and light from this great 5
great sisterhood, great a
worlds, eighty-seven larger 5
worlds, all from that one t
fireplace made out of the h
Aght' The sun $50. 600 S
4sieE do not know how v
solar system God could o
He had put forth His b
% say nothing of an arm 5
hut this know: that our h
vas spark struck from o
ae word, and that word n
someone, do You not n
making the machinery of d
Y which our solar sys- il
failvely small wheel t,
1lghtier wheels, it must o.
some exertion? The up fl
arm. either robed, or an Of
No we are distinctly g
The machinery of a Ct
made simnIv 1,-i4b h;s o.,