The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-08
TALMAGE's SERMON.
n LISTENING GOD" LAST SUN
DAYS SUBJECT.
Prom the Tsrti -Hs That Piantsth the
Es .. shah ne Not Heart --sssrfss Of
the worlds Greatest Mssisiass-Ths
souls They Have stirred.


Apian Way Of the human ear. but the
mysterious pathway has never been
fully trodden but BY two feet-the foot
OF sound and the foot Of God. Three
ears on each side the head-the exier-
nal ear. the middle ear. the Internal
ear. but all connected By mos, wonder
full telegraphy.
The external ear In all ages adorned
BY precious stones or precious metals.
The temple Of jerusalem partly built
BY the contribution Of earrings. and
Homer In the Had speaks Of Hera.
the three bright drops. her glittering
gems suspended from the ear" and
many Of the adornments Of modern
times were only copies Of her ear Jew
els found In Pompe.ian museum and
Etruscan vase. But while the outer
ear may be adorned by human art. the
middle and the Internal ear are adorned
and garnished only BY the hand Of the
Lord Almighty. The stroke Of key
Of yonder organ sets the air vibrating.
and the external ear catches the un-
dulating sound and passes II on
through the bonelets OF the middle ear
20 the internal ear. and the three
thousand hbres Of the human brain
take up the vibration and roll the
sound on Into the soul. The hidden
machinery Of the ear by psychologists
called BY the names Of things familiar
10 ua. like the hammer. something 10
strike-like the anvil-something 10 be
smitten-like the stirrup Of the saddle
with which we mount the steed-like
the drum. beaten In the march-likc
the harpstrlngs, 70 be swept with mu-
sic. Colled like a snail she'll" by
which one Of the innermost passages Of
the ear Is actually called-like a stair
way. the sound 10 ascend-like a bent
tube Of a heating apparatus. taking
that which enters round and round
Ike a labyrinth with wonderful pas
fages into which the thought enters
only TO be lost In bewilderment. a
muscle contracting when the noise Is
too loud. just as the pupil Of the eye
contracts when the light Is too glaring.
The externSl ear Is defended BY wax
which with rs bitterness d!scourages
insectlle invasion. The internal ear
Imbeddcd In by what Is FAR the hardest
bone Of the human system. a very rock
Of strength and defiance.
The car so strange a contrivanee tina.
By the estimate Of one scientist. /: can
catch the sound Of 1900 vibrations In
a second. The outer ear taking In all
kinds Of sound. whether the crash OF an
avalanche. or the hum Of a bee. The
sound passing TO the inner door o. the
outside ear halts until another mechan-
ism, divine mechanism, passes Il on
by the bonelets Of the middle ear. and
coming 10 the inner door OF that sec
ond ear. the sound has 90 power 10
come further until another divine
mechanism passes Il on through into
the inner ear. aud then the sound
comes to the rail track OF the brain
branehlet. and rolls on and on until IL
comes TO sensation. and there the cur
tain drops. and a hundred gates shut.
and the voice Of God seems to say 10
all human inspection: Thus far and
no farther"
In this vesilbule Of the palace Of the
soul. how many kings OF thought. OF
medicine. OF physiology. have done
penance Of lifelong study and got no
further than the yestibule. Mysterious
home Of reyorberatlon and echo. Grand
Central depot Of sound. Headquarters
to which there come quick dispatches
part the way by cartilages. part the
way by air. part the way by bone par,
the way by nerye-the slowest dis
patch plunging into the ear at the
speed Of 1880 feet a second. Small in
strument OF music on which IL PLAYED
all the music you ever heard. from the
grandeurs Of an August thunderstorm
10 the softest breathIngs OF A fute
Small instrument OF music. only a
quarter Of an inch OF surface and the
thinness Of one-two hundredth and M.
tleth part OF an inch. and that thin
ness divided into three layers. In that
ear musical stan. lines. spaeos bar
and rest. A bridge leading from the
outside natural world TO the inside
spiritual world: We seeing the abu,
ment at this end the bridge. but Inc
fog Of an unified mystery hiding the
abuiment on the other end the bridge
Whispering gallery Of the soul. The
human voice Is Gods culogy the ear
That voice capable OF producing II 59g A..
lS6,Oii.ii5 sounds. and all that variety
made. not for the regalement OF beast
or bird. but for the human ear.
About fifteen years ago. In Venice
lay down In death one whom many
considered the greatest musical com.
poser OF the century. Struggling on
up from 9 years Of age when he was
left fatherless. Wagner -,se through
the obloquy OF the world and ofttlmes
all nations seemingly against him. uu-
til he gained the favor Of a king. and
won the enthusiasm Of the opera
houses Of Europe and America. strug-
CLING all the way on to 20 years OF age
TO conquer the worlds ear. In that
same attempt 10 master the human ear
and gain supremacy over this gate OF
the immortal soul. great battles were
fought by Mozart, Cluck and Weber.
and by Beethoven and Meyorbeer. by
Rosslni and by all the roll Of German
and Italian and French composers.
some OF them In the battle leaving
their blood on the keynotes and the
musical scores. Great battles fough,
for the ear fought with baton. with
organ-plpe, with trumpet. with corne,-
a-plston. with all ivory aud brazcn aud
silver and golden weapons Of the or.
chestra. royal thea,er and cathedral
and academy OF music the fortresses
for the contest for the ear. England
aud Egypt fought for the supremacy OF
the Suez Canal. and the Spartans and