Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-05-08

earth is simply an absurdity. Where
vast thou says God. when | set the
foundations of the earth?' The earth
has no foundation" Christian phi
losophy comes and finds that the word
as translated foundations may be
better translated sockets" So now
see how il will read if it is translated
right: where vast thou when set
the sockets of the earth" Where is
the socket? 1t is the hollow of God's
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 universe would have been ont of
gear" stop" said Christian philoso-
ply; mot quite so quick" The world
has two motions-one on it's 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 it's own axis. There was no
reason why the hating of the earth
should have Jared and disarranged
the whole universe. Joshua right and
God right; iniidclity wrong every time.
| knew il would be wrong. / thank
God that the time has come when
Christians need not be scared at any
scientific exploration. The fact is that
religion and science have struck hands
in eternal friendship, and the deeper
down geology can dig and the higher
up astronomy can soar all the better
for us. The armies of the Lord Jesus
Christ have stormcd the observat cries
of the worlds science and from the
highest towers have flung out the ban
ner of the cross. and Christianity now
from the Observat cries at Albany and
Washington stretches out its hand to-
ward the opposing scientific weapon.
crying: There is none like that: give
1t me" was reading Of Herschel, who
was looking at n meteor through a
telescope, and when il came over the
face of the telescope it was so power
iul he had to avert his eyes. And II
has been just so that many an astrono-
mer has gone into an observatory
and looked up into the midnight heav-
ems. and the Lord God has through
some swinging world famed upon his
vision. and the learned man cried out:
who am /? Undone! Unclean! Have
mercy. Lord Cod"
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 he
Is abroad has his honor filched and
ms good habits stolen. There are but
very few men who can stand the stress
or an expedition. Six weeks at a wa
tcring place have ruined many man.
In the oldcn times God forbade the
travelling of men for the purpose of
trade because of the corrupting influ-
cnccS attending it. \ good many men
now cannot stand the transition from
one place TO another. Some men who
seem To he very consistent here i'm the
way OF Keeping the Sabbath when they
get INTO Spain on the Lords dav al
ways go out to- see the bullfights.
Plato said that no city ought to be
puiIt nearer to the sea than ten miles
IcSt IT be tempted to commerce. But
inns travelling disposition of the world
winch was adverse TO that which is
GOOD Is to be brought on our side.
nose mail trains, why. they take our
hIbIeS; these steamships. they trans
pori our missionaries; these sailors.
rushing from city to city all around
the world, arc To be converted into
christian hcraldS and go out and
preach Christ among the heather
nations. The Gospels are infinitely
multiplied in beauty and power since
Robinson and Thompson and Burk-
hardt have come back and talked TO
us about Sloan and Capcrnaum and
Jerusalem. pointing out to MS the lilies
about which Jesus preached. the beach
upon which Paul was Shipwrcckcd. the
lords at which Jordan was passed. the
Red sea bank on which were tossed
Inc carcaSscS of the drowned Fyvp-
uans. man said: IL went to the
Holy Land an infdcl. ! came back a
Christian. could not help it,"
! am not shocked. : some have been.
at the building Of railroads i'm the
Holy Land. wish that all tho world
might go and sec Golgotha and Beth
lehem. How many who could not af-
FORD mulctccrs now easily buy tickets
from Constantinoplc to Joppa, Then
let Christians travel, God spccd the
ran trains and guide the steamships
thIs night painting across the deep in
the phoSphorcscent wake of the shin
ing feet of Him who from wave cliff to
wave cliff trod bestormcd Tiberius
Inc japanese come across the water
and see our civilization and examine
our Christianity and 60 back and tell
the story and keep that empire rock
ing ill Jesus shall reign
Where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run.
And the firearms with which the in
hdel traveller brought down the Arab
horseman and the iackalS Of the des-
ert have been surrendered TO the
church, and we reach forth our hand