The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-09

n: Thus saith the Lord. II heaven above
can be measured, and the foundations
OF the earth searched out beneath, VIII
aIso cast off all the seed Of Israel Tor all
that they have done, saith the Lord.
Psalm cxiii. verse 3: From the rising OF
the sun unto the going down OF the same
the Lords name is TO be praised.
Psalm l.. verse !: The mighty God. even
the Lord. hath spoken, and called the
earth from the rising Of the sun unto
the going down thereof.
Malachi. chapter l., verse 2: For from
the rising OF thu sun even unto the going
down OF the same my name shall be
great among the Gentiles
Isaiah, chapter xxxvili. verse 8: Behold
! will bring again the shadow Of the de-
grees which are gone down in the sun
dial Of Ahaz ten degrees backward: 50
the sun returned ten degrees, by which
degrees 1t was gone down.
Ecclesiates, chatter T., verse .: The sun
also ariseth. and the sun goeth down
and hasteneth to his place where he
arose.
Joshua, chapter X, verses u, 10. II: Then
spake Joshua to the Lord. in the day
when the Lord delivered up the Amorites
before the children Of Israel, sun, stand
thou still on Gideon, and thou moon IN
stu, and the moon stayed. until the peo-
pie avenged themselves upon their enc
mics. And there was no day like that
before II or after It, that the Lord bark
ened unto the voice Of a man; for the
Lord fought for Israel.
Judges, chapter xiv. verse IS: And the
men Of the city said unto him on the
seventh day, before the sun went down.
What is sweeter than honey? and what
Is stronger than a lion?
Psalm xix, verse 6: His going forth f.
from the end Of the heaven. and his cir
cult unto the end OF 81: and there Is no
thing hid from the heat thereof.
During the course of THIS sermon he
repeatedly refers 10 the following verse:
II saw four angels standing on the four
corners OF the earth" He says 80 we
are living on a four-cornered earth; then,
my friends will you tell me how In the
name Of God can an earth with four
corners be round"
lie claims that this theory, supported
by the Bible. is true: and If the earth is
Ike others say, who hold a different
theory. peopled on the other side, those
people would be obliged TO walk on the
ground with their feet upward like flies
on the ceiling Of room.
In the 10th chapter 18th and 18th verses.
in which Joshua commanded the sun TO
stand still upon Gideon, is often referred
TO as one Of the strongest points Mr..
Jasper makes I'm support OF his theory.
The verses are as follows: Then spake
Joshua to the Lord I'm the day when the
Lord delivered up the Amorites before the
children Of Israel, and he said in the sight
of Israel. Sun. stand thou still upon Glib
con; and thou, moon I'm the valley of
Ajalon. And the sun stood still and the
moon stayed, until the people had avenged
themselves upon their enemies
rs not this written I'm the book Of
Jasher? So the sun stood still in the
midst Of heaven, and hasted not 10 20
down about a whole day"
lie says his theory must be true one.
because he proves the fact that the sun
moves by the highest law given 10 man.
In referring 10 the common theory Of
the philosophers of to-day, in reference
TO the distance of the sun from
the earth he says there is no
way by which person can
measure the distance from the earth to
the sun, because no one could take enough
food along to last all the way. Then he
asks this question: "HOw can a man
take tape-line and measure from the
earth to the SUM-"
NEVER SrF MS LIKE AGAIN