Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-10
REV. DR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIV1NE'S sun
DAY SERMON.

ffor the nest thousand years ministers o,
reiicio. should preach from this Bible. there
VIII yet be texts unexpoun3ei and uney-
planned AMI unappreciatnl. What little
has been said concerning this chapter in JOB
from which my text Is taken hears on the
controversy "a 10 what was really the levin
than described as disturbing the sea. WIS.
creature IL was | know not. Som-sav Il was
a whale. Some s1v it was crocodile. NJ
own opinion IL IL was a sea monster now ex-
tjnct. No creatur" now floating in Meiitar.
ran"an or Atlantic waters correspond. 70
Jobs description.
Win: most interests me ia tha. re il novel
on through the deep il left the waters fash
Ing and rnspiendent. In the worl IL o. the
tert. maketh n path to shine after
MIN. What was that jlluninei path It
was phospbor"erenre You Sind il in the
WAX" 81 n ship IL n" night. especially after
rough weather. Ph0sphoree~once ia the
lightning Of the SOL. That this figure of
spe"rh IL CORRECT in describing ia appear
nnce | am certified hy an incident. After
crossing tn" Atlantic the FIRST time AMI
writing from Bls!e. Switzerland. t. IA Amer
lean magazine IN account II nay VOYAGE. in
which nothing rncra fascinated me- than the
nhn.phorrseencc in the ships wake. I called
VI IN" lightning o. the sea. Returning To rn~
hotel. | found n BOOK Of John Ruskin. an!
the hrst sentence my eyes fell upon was his
description Of phosphorescence. In which he
"aii"sl IT "fhe lightning Of the sea.
Down TO the poston~o | FASTENED IN Get
the manuscript. and with great labor an I
some expense got possession OF the maya
zane article and put. quotation marks arount
that on" sentence. although it was as orig
inal with me rs with John Ruskin. SUP
pose that nine-tenths Of YOU living 40 near
the s~ea"oast have watched this marine ap-
pearaDce called phosphoresrenre. and Ihopr
that the other ona-tenth nav some dav he a.
happy IS 10 witness-it. It is the waves % IL"
sea fiamonded il is tho innorescenca of the
hilloTs the waves of the sea criusoned as
WIS the deep after the sea fight OF Lepanto
IL" waves of the sea on fire.
There are times when from horizon to
horizon the entire ocean seems in cOnfag-
ration with this strange spIentOr as il
changes every moment 10 tanner or more
dazzling color on all sides Of vol. You ait
looking over the tafraii OF the Yacht or
ocean steamer. watching and waiting 10 soc
what new thing the Col OF beauty will do
with the Atlantic. 1t is the OCEAN in trans
nglration it Is the marine world castin. it,
garments OF glory III tn" pathway of TIL
Almighty as He walks the deep it is an in
vrrted armament with all its stars gone
down with II. No picture can present 1t. for
photographers camera cannot be success
fully trained to catch it. and before it the
hanl of the painter drops its pencil, over
awed and powerless.
inns phosphorescence is the appearance
OF myriads of the animal kingdom rising,
hiA'h- pa tSHtuE IlSl1E, INlilN
These luminous animatcu!es for nearly $50
years have been the study OF naturalists and
the fascination and solemniZation of all who
have brain enough to think. Now, Goa.
who puts in His Bible nothing trivial or use
LEGS. calls the attention OF Job. the greatest
scientist Of his day. to this phosphorescence.
, AMI as the leviathan OF the deep sweeps past
points out the fact that she maketh a path
to shine after him"
, Is that true OF us now. and will it be true
OF us when we have gone? Will there be
subsequent light or darkness? Will there be
a trial OF gloom or good cheer? Can any one
between now and the next 100 years saw of
us trnthfully as the text SAYS Of the leyiathan
of the deep. He maketh a path to shine
4 after him! For we are moving on. While
. we live in the same house. and transact bust
, ness IN the same store. and write on the same
table. and chiscl in the same studio. and
thrash in the same barn, and worship in the
same church. we are in motion and are in
many respects moving on. anl we are not
where we were ten years ago. nor where we
will he ten years hence. Moving on
Look Mt the family record. or the almanac.
or into the mirror. and see if any one Of YOU
: Is whore you were. All in motion. Other
/, feet may trip and stumble and halt. but the
(, feet of not one moment for the last sixty CEN
. turtles has tripped or stumbled or halted.
|, Moving on Society moving on the world
moving on. Heaven moving on. The uni
= verse moving on, Time moving on, Eter-
nifty moving on, Therefore it is absurd to
think that we ourselves can stop. rs We must
move with all therest. Are we like the crea-
ture Of the text. making our path TO shine
after use? 1t may be- a peculiar question.
= but my text suggests il.
y What influence will we leave in this world
y after "" have EonethrouChi it? None" an
! swer hundreds Of voices; I'VE are not one o.
> the immortals. Fifty years after We are out
OF the world it will he "a though we never in
- hahite 1T You are wrong in saving that.
| pass down through this audience and IN
through these galleries. and | am looking 70,
some one whom l cannot nid.
!. | am looking for one who Will have no in
Il nuence in this world 100 years from now
. But have found the man who has the least
Influence. and | inquire into his history. and
b l find that tv Il yes or n no he decided somt
i, ones eternity. In time of temptation he gave
' an affirmative or 4 negative 70 some tempta
81 tion which another. hearing Of. was induce,
10 decid" in the same WAY.
Clear on the other side Ot the next million
years may be the first YOU hear OF the lone
. :: reaching influence % that yes or no. hu,
n hear OF it YOU will. Will that father make !:
Q path TO shine after him Will that mothal
make n path 10 shine after her? You will h.
walking along these streets or along tina
country road 200 Years rom now in tn.
J. character Of your descendants. They viii
. be affected by your outrage or Your COW
~ AIuiCP. your puTEF or your IenraVitN, YOU
!. holiness or your sin. lou will make IN.
path TO shine after you or biacken alter YOU
Why should they point our 10 US on som
mountain two r~ivuie;s. one OF which passe
down into the rivers which pour GU, into tn
~ Pacific Ocean. and the ether rsvuiet rowin
81 down into the rivers which pass OUT into IN
a. Atlantic Ocean: Every man. every woman
- stands AZ a point where words uttered. q
4 deeds done. or prayers offered. decide oppr
site des;inles and opposite e.eruities. W
e. see a man planting a tree. and traadinc SO
on either side Of X. and watering il in DR.
i. weather. and taking a great care in lis GU
I. ture. and he never rlucSs any fruits from il
hough. But his children VIII. We ara a
e planting trees tina; will Weld fruit hunkiret
Of years after we are dead orchards OF 70
+I den fruit or groves .: deadly upas.
| an so fascinated WITH thu phospho
4. essence IN tho ;rlc& 81 a ship thas | ha,
u soIc,i2l.s watched fo- : long waile an ! ha,
-. seen nothing on ;he tac- % the deep b,
IT. blackaess. The uo1.h ~ wa,ery chas.
=, that looked ike gaping Jaws 81 he'll No.
D. spark IS bic a. Il fired. no: 1 white s@rc
es OF surf not a taper - illuminate the nliSa'
sEs l - H., 4 !. "a 4