Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-01-22
HILLS THAT HINDER.
DR.. TALMAGE'S SERMON ON THE
OBSTACLES CHRISTIANS MEET.

"Storming the Heights the Subject of His
Sunday Enort-Mountains That May BE
Made Level Plains by Gods Grace-The
Cuthmans Are Not All Dead Yet.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-In the presi-
dents church and before an audience in
which were prominent senators and
members of the house of representatives.
and people Of all nationalities this dis
course Of sublime encouragement was
delivered. DR.. Talmage's subject was
"Storming the Heights" and his text,
Zechariah iv, z: "Who art thou, Q
great mountain? Before Zerubbabel
thou shalt become plain.
Zerubbabell Who owned that difficult
name, in which three times the letter
"b" occurs, disposing most people to
stammer in the pronunciation? Zerub-
babel was the splendid man called to
rebuild the destroyed temple at Jerusa-
lem. Stone for the building had been
quarried, and the trowel had rung at the
laying Of the cornerstone, and all went
well, when the Cutb9ans offered to help
in the work. They were bad lot Of
people, and Zerubbabel declined their
help, and then the trouble began. The
Cuthaans prejudiced the secretary Of the
treasury against Zerubbabel, so that the
wages Of the carpenters and masons
could not be paid, and the heavy cedar
.imbers which had been dragged from
Mount Lebanon to the Mediterranean
and foated in RATS from Beirut to
Joppa and were to be drawn by OK team
from Joppa to Jerusalem had halted,
and as q result Of the work Of those
Jealous Cutheans for 16 years the build.
ing Of the temple was stopped. But
after 10 years Zerubbabel, the mighty
soul, got new call from God to go
ahead with the temple building, and
the angel Of the Lord in substance said:
"They have piled up obstacles in the
way Of Zerubbabel until they have be-
come as q mountain, height above
height, crag above crag, but it shall all
be thundered down and made fiat and
smooth as the floor of q house. who
art thou, o great mountain? Before
Zerubbabel thou shall become plain. "
HeapInE Obstacles In the Way.
Well, the Cuthaans are not all dead
yet They are busy in every neighbor-
hood and every city and every nation Of
every age, heaping obstacles in the way
of the cause Of God. They have piled
up hindrances above hindrances until
they have become hill, and the hill
has become a mountain, and the noun
tain has become an Alp, and there it
stands, right in the way Of all move
ments for the worlds salvation. Some
people are so discouraged about the
height and breadth Of this mountain in
front Of them that they have done moth
ing for l6 years, and many Of those who
are at work trying to do something to-
ward removing the mountain toll in
such a way that can see they have not
much faith that the mountain OF HIN
ORANGES will ever be removed. They feel
they must Go their duty, but they feel
all the time-I can hear 1t in their
prayers and exhortations-that they are
striking their pickaxes and shovels into
the side Of the Rocky mountains. II the
good Lord will help me while preach,
Twill give you the names Of so1ne OF the
high mountains which are really IN the
way and then show you that those
mountains are to be prostrated, torn
down, ground up leyeled, put out OF
sight forever "Who art thou, o great
mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt
become a plain.
First, there is the mountain Of preJu-
dice, as long as q range of the Pyrenees
Prejudice against the Bible as dull
hook. an inconsistent book, a cruel
book. an unolean book and in every way
an unfit book. The most Of them have
never read it. They think the strata OF
the rocks contradict the account in Gen
esis. The poor souls do not know that
the Mosaic account agrees exactly with
the geological account. No violin or
flute ever was in better accord. By
crowbar and pickaxe and shovel and
blasting powder the geologist goes down
in the earth and says, 1.-THE first thing
created in the furnishing Of the earth
was the plants" Moses says, "Aye,
told YOU that in the book of Genesis,
The earth brought forth grass and herb,
Welding seed after his kind and the
tree yielding fruit.
The geologist goes on digging IN the
earth and says, 1.-THE next thing in the
| furnishing Of the earth was the making
of the creatures Of the sea- " Moses
saws. AYE, l told you that was next IN
the book Of Genesis, God said, Let the
waters bring forth abundantly the NOV,
j ing creatures that have life, and Cod
created great whales. " The geologisl
goes on digging and says, The next
thing in the furnishing Of the earth
was the creation Of the cattle, and the
reptiles, and the beasts Of the field. "
Confirming the Scriptures.
aye" says Moses, II told you thai
was next in the iirst chapter of Genesis,
And God said, Let the earth bring
forth the living creature after his kino,
cattle and creeping thing and beast Of
the earth, after his kind. " The geolo
eist goes on digging in the earth an'
saws, "The next creature was the hu hl
man family" AYE" says Moses. =
told you that was next in the book o
Genesis, so God created man IN nj
own image, in the image of God created
be him; male and female, created h
them. f" Those prejudiced against tn
Bible do not know that the exploration
in Egypt and Palestine and Syria ar
confirming tho Scriptures-the SAM
facts written Oh monuments and on tn
} walls of exhumed cities as written II
the Bible. The city Of Pithom has peei
unburied, and its bricks are found g
have been made without straw, exacti.
corresponding with the Bible story Q
the persecuted Hebrews. On terra cott'
. cylinder, recently brought up IRON
thousands Of years Of burial, the cap
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