Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-23
REV. DR.. TALMAGE
The ENInent Divino's SuaAax
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He Declares Nyomar's First Sin WA.
suri"-iiy--hve'S Fatal Inquisitiv-ness
IN IN" Garden OF Eden and Its AwfuI
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TENT; And wien the woman saw that
IN" tree vas good for food and that it was
h'aiS'ht 10 ths eyes, AMI a tree to be- de-
sir. To make ou, wise she took of the
fruit thereof. AM dill eat. and gave also
hhfp her husband with her and he did eat II
-Gene-;s iii.. 6.
Ii is Ehe FIRST SATURDAY afternoon i, tba
worlds existence. Ever since sunrise Adam
has BEEN watching the brilliant Iayeantry
. OF wings and scales and clouds and in his
hrst l-ssons in zoology and ornjthoIopy
and irhthyoioSy he has noticed that ths
robIu' NY the air in twos, and that the fish
swim the waters in twos and that the lions
walk the heids in twos. and in the warm
feiYlehce OF that Saturday afternoon he
fails off into slumber and as IL by aIIep,rv
10 teach all ages that the greatest of earth
ly blessings Is sound sleep this paradisai-
cal somnoience ends with the discovery on
the part of Adam of a corresponding in
tehlechce Just landed on a new planet OF
the mother of all the living speak-Eye.
tfe first, the fairest and the best
l make me a garden. inlay the paths
with mountain moss. and | border them
with pearls from Ceylon and diamonds from
toiconda. Here and there are fountains
tossing in the sunlight that ripple under
the padding of the swans. | gather me
lilies from the Amazon, and orange groves
from the tropics and tamar:nds from Goyaz
There are woodbine and honeysuckle climb
ing over the wall and starred spanjels
spraWlfng themselves on the grass in
vite amid these trees the larks. and the
brown thrushes, and the robins and all the
pfiShtest birds OF heaven, and they stir the
ar with Infinite chirp and carol. And vet
the place Is IA desert filed with darkness
and death as compared with the residence
OF the woman of the text, the subject of nv
story. Never since have such skies looked
down through such leaves into such waters.
Never has river wave had such curve and
sheen and bank as adorned the Pson. the
Haviiah, the Gihon and the Hiddekel, even
the pebbles being bdellium and ONYX stone.
What fruits, with no curculio to sting the
rindl What flowers, with no slug to gnaw
the root What atmosphere, with no frost
to chill and with no heat to consumed
Bright colors tangled in the grass. Per
tune In the air. Music in the sky Great
scene OF gladness and love and joy.
Right there under a bower of leaf and
vine and shrub occurred the first marriage.
Adam took the hand of this immaculate
daughter of God and pronounced the cere-
mony when he said, Bone of nv bone. and
flesh OF my flesh" forbidden tree stood
In the midst Of that exquisite park. Eve.
saunter1ng out one day alone, looks up at
the tree and sees the beautiful fruit and
wonders If it is sweet and wonders If it is
sour, and standing there says: 81 think /
will just put my hand upon the fruit. 1t
Will do no harm to the tree will not
rake the fruit to eat, but l will just take it
down to examine it, She examined th,
fruit. She said, Il do not think there can
be any harm in my just breaking the rind
Of it, She put the fruit to her teeth. sh.
tasted, she allowed Adam also to taste the
fruit, tie door of the world opened. and
the mo lister sin entered Let the heavens
gather asckDess, and the winds sigh on
the boz she hills, and cavern, and
desert, ~Ssy ioin Ia one long
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