The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-17
no foundati on. Ohristian philosophy
comes and finds that tho word as trans.

no foundati on. Ohristian Sphilosphy
comes and finds that tho word as trans-
lated FOUNDATIONS, may be better
translated ''sooketa.n' SO now see how
IL will read if it ID translated right,
Whore vast thou when j set tho
sockets Of tho oarth2p Whore is the
sockct2 II is tho hallow Of God s hand
"a socket large enough for any world
to tnrn IL. 1 ..., &. ss5As,s ' !, 2
Worldly philosophy said: 'sWhat an
absurd story about Joshua max Ing the
sun and moon stand still II tho world
has stopped an instant, tho whole uni.
yerso would have been out Of gear. 2
stop" said Christian philosophy;
mot quito SO quick" The world has
two motions-ono on its own axis
and tho other around tho suns 1t was
not necessary in making them stand
stiiis that both motions i should B be
stopped only tho one turning the
world on its own axis. Thore was no
reason why tho hating Of the. oarth
should have Jared aud disarrangod
tho whole universe. Joshua right and
God right; infidelity wrong every time.
| knew it would DO wrong. I thank
God that tho time has como whom
Christians noed not be soarod at any
scientific exploration. Tho fact is that
religion and soionoo hayo struck hands
in eternal friendship, aud the deeper
down geology can dig and tho higher up
astron omY oan soar all tho bottor for
us. The armios of tho Lord Jesus
Christ have stormed tho observatories
of tho worlds soionca and from tho
highest towcrs have flung out the ban.
nor Of tho GROSS, and Christianity now
from the observstorits at Albany and
Washington stretches out it's hand to-
ward the opposing soiontific weapon,
orying,. "Therc.is mono like that; give
It NO." | was reading Of Horaohel,
who was looking at a mete or through q
telescope, and whom it oame dyer the
face. OF the telescope it was SO powerful
he had to avert his oyes. Aud it has
boon just so that many an astronomer
has gono into an observatory and looked
UP into tho midnight heavens, and the
Lord God has through somo swinging
world famed upon his vision, and tho
learned man Dried cut: WHO am /?
Uadohc Uncleanl Have mercy, Lord
Godl"
y. Again, ! rcmark that the travelling
disposition Of the world, which was ad-
verso to morals and religion, is to be
brought on our side The man that
went down to jericho and fell amid
thieves was a type of great many
traveiers. There is many a man who
is worry honest at homo who whom ho is
abroad has his honor 6lchod and his
good habits stolen. Thoro arc but very
few men who can stand the stress of an
expedition. Six weoks at a watering
placo have ruihod mady man. In tho
oldoa times God forbade tho travelling
OF mon for tho purposes of trado be-
oause of the oorrupting influences at.
tending it. A good many men now
osnn0t stand tho transition from ono
plaos to another. Some men who seem
to be very consist tent here in tho way Of
keeping the Sabbath whom they got into,
Spain on the lords day always 20 out,
to sec tho bull fights. Plato said that
no city ought to be built nearer to tho
sea than ten miles lest it be tempted TO
oommeIc,. But this travelling disposi.
tion Of tho world which was adverse to
that which is good is to bo brought on
our side. These mail trains, Why, they
take our Bibles; thoso steamships, they
transport our missionaries; these Sailors.
rushing from oity to city all around the
world, are to be converted into Ohria-
tiau heralds and 20 out and preach
Christ among tho heather nations. yTho
gospels are infinitely multiplied in
beauty and power sinco Robinson and
Thompson and Burokhardt have como
back and talked to ls about Sloan and
sl0ap SapernautHj snltl ana. = eTlsalem, pointing
O. e 20 us no lllles ab0ut W hloh y osuS
IA t 81 s., i ~ y /, i h;s, s
Jor al ySaa IL sSa !
on whiohl vera tossad ]fha cara.ss ri az ~
tho drowned Euvnt;aha ma sa;d !.
81 went "a thc r niv land an ;nf;daii
i came back q Ohris,ian. I could not
helD it.n 1,gST 7;E ''- s. ~ \ y
Isl IAN uot shocked. aa some have ho an
at tho building Of railroads il the Holv
Land. / wieL that ali the world might
90 and soc Golaotha and Rethlohem,
How many who amid not afrord muia.
teora now easily buy tickets from Con.
stantinople to Joppal Then let Ohria-
Ii ana trayolI God aneed the rail trains
and guide the steamships this nieht
painting across the door in tho phoa.
phore wake of tho shining feet of
him WHO from wave cliff to wayo cliff
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