The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-03-05

moro rrvrrcncs for the Bible, moro rever-
rncc Tor tho pur'. moro reverence for the
good. Reverence u characteristic, or all
great haturcs. Nou "eac il in tho roll OF tho
master orarocios You SEQ it in tho Rapha"ls
, amt TN.tn~ arI Ghivlaniaois. You ssUiy 1t
in tho ar.':,r. tnro of the Ah4eGs and
about Go!. Do not joke about death. 30
not max" fun about the Bible DO not de
T,''c tho Eternal. Tho brightest and might
! lest ScrHuh cannot look unabashet upon
! Him. Invo,uujari'y the wings come up.
'Nih twain hc covered his fucp.
Who is bis Goh hs7ore whom the arrogant
and intraciahl" refuse reverence? There
WIS an eng ,urer by tn name OF StrasicrateS
who was in the employ of Alexander tho
Great. aul h. offered 10 now mo<sltaiu in
tn" shape 81 his mdStpr. the cmpartr. tho
enormous f:ur" to hold in tho LETT hand u
city OF TO- inh1biiantS. while III tho right
hand it WAS to mold Il basin large enough to
collect all the lnouY.aiu torrents. k!cXan-
dor amp NuIel him ;Oc his ingenuity, but for
i haio The putrrpr,Ss because Of its cbstlinNss.
Yet hav' TO tell voI that oar King holds IN
on" hand all III" cities OF tho oarth. AMI all
/ tho oceans whilo he has the stars o! heaven
: tor his tiara.
! Earthly power =ons rom hani to hanl
! from Unurv to Henry II AMI Hsary III,
/ from Charles to Chrrlns III. from Louis l
| to Louis III AMI Louis ILL., but from cvcrast
| ing to ev riaSting H. God. Col tho first. Go
tn" 'as:. Goi the ouly. IL has onetelesrppe,
with whirh no sees cvsrything-his onuis-
cicnco. H. hat o1" bridge. with which hs
crosses every hinG--hiS omnipreSenc'. lIo
has one hammer. with which he builds
cvrrythipc--hiS omnirotrnce. rut two
4 tGbivsUO0nfUiS Ut water in the palm OF
! your hand. AMI i; will overflow. but Isaiah
Indicates that God nuts tho Atlantic and
the Pacific. ani the Arctic, and the Antarc.
/ tic, and the Nc lltnrran"an, and th' Back
Sen, aud all the waters Of TIL earth in the
. hollow OF HIS hand. The fingers tho be tch
! ON ono sidc.th" wrist the beach on the oth"r.
. "Iic hnldcth the water in the hollow o. His
hand"
A. YOU take . pinrh Of salt or powder hp
tween your thumb au two I'm -Grs, so Isaiah
indicates God takes MP tho earth. He meas
ares tn" dust o! the earth, tho original tNrre
in i"atin,: that God takes all the dust OF all
the cOutin"n between the thump aul two
fingers. You wrap around your hand Il hluc
rirhan nVS tiiN"s, ten times. You say il Is
Ave hand Dr1aiihs or Il is ten hand breniths.
50 udi"rtpS the prophet Goa winds tho
hiue ribbon OF tho sky around His nan l..
"ITc mctoih out the hcavrCs with Il
span Iou know that baiau.cs are
mhtc Of beam suspended in thG,middle.
with two basins at IN" extremity equal
h"tt. II Chat way what vast heit rs been
weighed! But what are nj tho balinceS OF
rarmiy muuipulati Il compared With tho
ha,1urcs thNt jsriah s2w sIsprn lei when ho
saw Goh put;in= into The scales the Alps "n'.
'hr NN"nn'n"S AMI ENun, Washington AMI
the S.nrrL NGv.s!'.! You see the cHrth had
t. h, burll-t'f. /, would n"s TO "a have too
munh weight in Eu-opr. ur too much weight
in A~i1. or ga mGch " icN in AREA or i'll
N:nurvI - when God mad" ri" mountains
h. w"i,;a"d th"n. Th" Bibl" distinctly
say -. CO. Knows the weight ot the great
ranges that cross tt" continents, tn" tons.
q tho ICii3hS av0iciU' 9:-. H." "lu 'cS, the
,.r;.iu~, th" mjl'r-:r wS--ius: how mr'h IN y
, weighed tn"n aUl Just how nu they weigh
now. ~" weighed tn" Luunta NJ IN scales
uni,hc hills IN - hy annc." o.. what God
=, to ran a"aiuSt! ON, what Go TO GisOh"y