The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
THE rIlEs: #RICHMoND= VA SUNDAY MARCH 81 1901

face OF Israel; for the Lord fghteth for
them against the Egyptians.
Notice Revelation. chapter VIII. verse l:
And after these things 1 saw four angels
standing on the four corners OF the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth. that
the wind should not blow on the earth,
nor on the sea, nor on any tree
So we are living on q four-ccrEered
earth
See, also, jeremiah chapter XXI. verse
81: Thus saith the Lord. If heaven above
can be measured. and the foundations
OF tee earth searched out beneath / will
also cast off all the seed of Israel for all
that they have done. saith the Lord.
Psalm cxiii, verse 5: From the rising Of
the sun unto the going down of the same
the Lords name is to be praised.
Psalm l., verse i: The mighty God. even
the Lord. hath spoken, and called the
earth from the rising of the sun unto
the going down thereof.
Malachi. chapter l., verse .: For from
the rising OF the sun even unto the going
down of the same my name shall be great
among the Gentiles.
Isaiah. chapter xviii. verse S: Behold
I will bring again the shadow o. the de-
grees which are going down in the sun
dial of Ahaz ten degrees backward: so
the sun returned ten degrees, by which
degrees it vas gone down.
E.cclesiastes, chapter j.. verse 5: The sun
also ariseth. and the sun goeth down
and hasteneth 10 his place where he
arose.
Joshua, chapter x, verses u, -. Il: Then
spake Joshua TO the Lord. i'll the day
when the Lord delivered up the AmoriteS
before the children of Israel. Sun. stand
thou still on Gideon, and thou moon III
the valley OF Aialcn. And the sun stood
still and the moon stayed, until the peo-
ple avenged themselves upon their enc
mics And there was no day like that
before it or:after it, that the Lord bark
ened unto the voice OF man; for the
LORD fought for Israel.
Judges. chapter xiv, verse is: And the
men o.. the city said unto him on the
seventh day. before the sun went dow,
What is sweeter than honey? and whit
is stronger than a lion?
Psalm Kin verse 6: His going forth Is
frcfn the end of the heaven. and his cir
cult unto the end CT it; and there is no
thing hid from the heat thereof.
\ FOUR-CORNERED FAITH.
During the course OF this sermon he
repeatedly refers to the following verse;
Il saw four angels standing on the FOUR
corners of the earth" He says: so we
are living on a ur-cortfered earth, then,
-.
name of God can an earth with TOUR
corners be round!
Hc claims that this theory, supported
bv the Bible, is true: and if the earth is
like others say who hold q different
| theory. peopled on the other side, those
people would be obliged 10 walk on tl'e
ground with their feet upward Ike lies
on the ceiling of a room.
In the 10th cha ptcT, 18th and 18th verses.
in which: Joshua commanded the sun 10
stand still upon Gideon, is often referred
10 as one of the strongest points -nf'
Jaspcr makes III support of his theory.
The verses arc as follows: Then. spake
Johsua to the Lord in the day when the
Lord delivered ,p the Amorites before the
children of Israel, and he said in the sight
CT Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Cid
con: and thou moon, i'll the valley OF
Ajaion. And the sun stood still, ana the
moon stayed until the people had SFenS-
ced themselves upon their enemies.
rs not this written in the book OF
Joshua? So the sun stood still IN The
midst of heaven. and ilasted not to so
down about IL Whol'.Aay
He saws his theory must be true one
because he proves the fact that the sun
moves by the highest law given 10 MAI
In referring TO the common theory OF
i TO the distance OF the sun from the eafth
| he SAYS there is no way by which q per
| son can measure the distance from the
earth to the sun. because no one couip
take enough food along to last all 'he
Wv. Then he asks this question; 10"
can a man take a tape-line and measure
from the earth TO the sun?
THE FUNERAL
/ 1rrocral services will be held over the
remains at 1870 o'clock next Ihu;sdaS
! morning at the Mt. Zion BAPTIST Cnurch
JaSper's old charge. It had always peer
mo desire of the deceased that his lVis'
! eral sermon be preached by his TREND
| Rev, William Troy, not now OF TINS Guy
| Troy has been sent for and every eitof'
| will be made TO get him it possible
All during The afternoon YESTERDAY tiI'
house was crowded with those WISHING
/ Ia view the remains. Numbers ana mum
/ hers of those who had known ana loVeC
! Tho deceased minister in life satnereo
| there to do him honor in death inc re,
| mains will lie in state at the mousse '''''h
nnSt Wednesday, when they VIII be taAet
| -, t1,e church. wf1i2re they will remain
| ,,r,;t tf,a hour OF the funeral. Inc iltlei