Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-01

TIME OF rRoUBLE-THE LOAD
STONE OF A COOPERATING LIFE.
Ngw YORK, Match gl,--Although his
oratory Is Mt all times magnetic and elO-
quent, there Is Gus themo with which,
whenever he mnkOs 10 tho groundwork OF
his sermon, Dr. Talmago mover falls TO
communicate to his auditors tho enthusi.
psrn no himself feels That thomo Is the
gospel invitation, and whom, this after
noon, he took for his subject "Tho Cos
pei Ship" the great audience that crowded
the Academy wns In full sympathy. The
text selected was Genesis vi, is, Thou
shalt como into the ark, thou and thy sons
and thy wife and thy sons wives with
thee"
In this day OF tho steamships Lucanla
aud Majestic and tho Paris will show
you ship that In some respects oclipscd
them all and which sailed out, on ocean
underneath and another ocean falling up
on IT, Inldel soiontiats ask us to believe
that In tho formation OF tho earth thorn
have boon half DOZEN dolugos, and got
they arc not willing to believe tho Bible
story Of Que doluge
In what way tho catastrophe came wo
know not---whether by the stroke Of a
comet, or by flashes OF lightning, chang,
ing tho air into water, or by stroke OF
the hand OF God, like tho stroke Of tho ax
be;woon tho horns Of the OK, the enrth
staggered To meet tho catastrophe God
ordered great ship built IL was to DO
without PROV, for 1t was 20 sail to no
shore IL wna to be without helm. for no
human hand should guide H. 1t was n
vast structure. probably as large as two
or thrco modern ftoamom IL was tho
Great Enstorn Of olden Tina
Tho ship ia done. Tho door IL open
rho lizards crawl In The cattle wax in
Tho grasshuppers hop in. Tho birds fly In.
Tho Invitation goes forth to Noah, Como
thou and oil thy house into tho nrk. "
Just ono human family embark on tho
strange voyage, aud hear tho door slam
shut A great storm sweeps along tho hills
~ bends tho codRrs until all tho branches
fnp In the gale There Is u moan In the
Mind Ike unto the moan OF dying world.
/Thn hlnckncss N tho heavens Ia shattered
1 ny the faro 0t the llghtulngs that look
down into tho waters aud throw a Rhastli'
roas ON tho taco ot the mountains How
,Angc 10 lcc'si How miucltIrg thu air
Nrsl q lrUpH OF rain hegin TO
~ upu4 sac up urued faces OF those
nro wnt9h tho tempest Crash
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riiu.s mountains % pieces aud
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