Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-05-10

hand-a socket large enough for any
world to turn in.
Worldly philosophy said: What an
absurd story about Joshua making the
sun and moon stand still, If the world
had stopped an instant, the whole uni
verse would have been out of gear"
Stop said Christian philosophy;
mot quite so quick" The world has
two motions-one on its own axis and
the other around the sun. 1t was not
necessary in making them stand still
that both motions should be stopped
only the one turning the world on its
own axis. There was no reason why
the hating of the earth should have
Jared and disarranged the whole uni
verse. Joshua right and God right;
infidelity wrong every time. | knew it
would be wrong. l thank God that the
time has come when Christians need
not be scared at any scientific explora-
ton. The fact is that religion and
science have struck hands in eternal
friendship, and the deeper down geol-
ogy can dig and the higher up astro1-
Omy can soar all the better for us.
The armies of the Lord Jesus Christ
have stOrmed the observatOries of the
worlds science and from the highest
towers have flung out the banner of
the cross. and Christianity now from
the observatories at Albany and
Washington stretches out its hand
toward the opposing scientific weapon,
crying. There is none like that; give
it me-" l was reading of Herschel,
who was looking at meteor through
a telescope, and when it came over
the face of the telescope it was so pow
erful he had to avert his eyes. And
it has been just so that many an as
tronomer has gone into an observa-
tory and looked up into the midnight
heavens and the Lord God has through
some swinging world famed upon his
vision, and the learned man cried out:
who am l? Undone. Unclean,
Have mercy. Lord Cod"
Temptations of the Traveller.
Again, | remark that the travelling
disposition of the world. which was
adverse 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 a great many
travellers. There is many a man who
is very honest at home who when ne is
abroad has his honor f1lched and his
good habits stolen. There are but very
few men who can stand the stress of
an expedition. Six weeks at a water
ing place have ruined many a man.
In the olden times God forbade the
travelling of men for the purposes OF
trade because of the corrupting infiu-
ences attending it. A good many men
now cannot stand the transition from
one place to another Some men who
seem to be very consistent here in the
way of keeping the Sabbath when they
get into Spain on the Lords day al
Plato said that no city ought to be
built nearer to the sea than ten miles
lest it be tempted to commerce But
this travelling disposition of the world
which was adverse to that which is
good is to be brought on our side
These mail trains, why, they take our
bibles; these steamships. they trans
port our missionaries; these sailors.
from city to city all around
the world are to be converted into
Christian heraldS and go out and
preach Christ among the heather ma
tions. The gospels are infinitely null
tiplied in beauty and power since Rob- |
insol and Thompson and Burckhardt
have come back and talked to us
about Sloan and Capernaum and Jer-
usalem, pointing out to us the lilies |
about which Jesus preached, the |
beach upon which Paul was ship !
the fords at which Jordan |
was passed, the Red Sea bank on |
which were tossed the carcasses Of the |
drowned Egyptians. A man said: 81 |
went to the Holy Land an infidel. |
came back Christian. 1 could not
help it.
Universaiity Of Religion.
SO it has also been with the learn
ng and eloquence of the world. Peo-
lie say, Religion is very good for aged
it is very good for children.
)ut not for men." But we have in the
'oll of Christ's host Mozart and Han
lei in music, Csnova and Angelo in
sculpture, Raphael and Reynolds in
Harvey and Boerhaave in
Medicine, Cowper and Scott in poetry.
irotius and Burke in statesman ship.
Boyle and Leibnitz in philosophy.
lhomas Chalmers and John Mason in
theology. The most brilliant writings
II a worldly nature are all aglow with
'criptural illusions.
Samuel l.. Southland was mighty in
he court room and in the senate cham