The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-05
SHEARN CHURCH SERVICES
A GOOD ATTENDANCE TO HEAR AN
ABLE DISCOURSE ON MAN
Rev s. Stephen Mckinney Fills tho
Pulpit--An Interesting Sermon
Ably Delivered.


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rev. = IL. nay pastor OF Shehfh a. "
church, South, IN this city, being absent
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cHurch was hileu yesterday az polu MVrh'
ing and evening services by Rev. $. Ste
nben MeKennay late az Raltlmore Nd
I NJ .4..,t,,. 49, -, - 80, ,.,
Inc uttehuahce az tue morning set'lee was
| excellent, considering the very warm
/ weather and The further report which had
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suiDen eons'uerapie creuehce onat tnere
would be no regular church services IL
shearn church during the pastors alb.
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sehee heN. Mchehhey y pisasaht ta'h,
er and an able prenchcr aud the good
/ consragatto which furuad ,,u. m ocor him
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was Wen repaid AMI showed us Hpplec'a-
! ton by patient and attentive listening
10 nm oble and vol Delivered dtsCot,se
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1 aud fourth verses Of the eighth Psalm'
when consider THY heayens. the work
! 80 ms. ar.,., 40 49,, "a s,ars ,,btol,
OF my myers the moon uhu sturs' "n'en
| Thou hast ordained what Is man that
| Thou art mindful Of him, and the Son OF
Alan, that Thou vistest Him.
| The Psalmlst realized the iusignitcance
OF man by comparison with the boundlcss
| works OF God Man suffers by the com
| parlsOn. Small objects appear smaller and
! large objects appear small when contrast.
| ed With larger ones When q shepherd
| boy, the Hsalmlst learned to recognize the
| stars as his companions and to call them
| 10y name. The Kind heavens kept watch
/ over him Us lie watched over the huckS.
| II is evident that he, IN mat flrvT time,
| starry heavens which Is eniofed today by
those who live In an age " s,ientdc in-
1 vestlgatlous. As we peer through the
100000 such heavens rs the Fslnn'st sow.
! Though his knowledge vas Intel, Vet,
! said he, THE heavens declare the Glory
-
! haudiworl." And again he said ~ he
heavens shall praise Thy woniers.' II,
doris OF the night such manifestations az
| God, and form such last conceptions OF
man, how much more should we, Nh0 1--we
| In this age Of progressive scicnce.
In order that we may get into that spirit
| which characterized the tsa mat. r,t us
| consider the heavens under tue foJr fol-
| loving heads. distance. vastncsg rum
| bers and harmony. We NAV bcss tudcr-
stand the great distance sepacl1.s the
| consumes in the flight from :ham 10 us
Light moves about 10000 miles ner sec
ond, II would pass from the moon to the
| earth in about IL seconds: from the sun
star IN three years and nine months; from
among those visible 10 tho naked eve in
t25 years But light started from many
stars before mans creation, and only now
Vnstness@Though orr Garth ia among tho
! smallest isles of light on the ocean ~ i'm
| meuSitH, II lis large enough To AFFORD lnbi-
| tation for and give support 20 40 coo OOo
human beings. The sun is in volume 300 .
| coo times that Of our earth Arrturus is
IN radiance 500 times greater than orr
sun, aud one star In the PIeides is 1900
! times greater
Numbers Astronomy has discovered 1s
100000 suns In the system Of which our
suu is n member Ana i6oO s,eto,,,s bs,'a
been discovered. This win represent rs
large n number Of suns as the human be-.
lugs that will populate this earth in fftv
generations to come or in 1865 years Of
time
Haqnony-JTbe Stars arc NOT sim Tborc
is motion everywhere The moon revolves
I around our earth Tho earth styeens ornt,nd
the sun AZ speed OF 1000 miles pSr Sec.
oud Tho sun I'M company win ali no
rushing along npon higher' V orbif 33 ooo
O0D miles year I'm n revointion r,hinb
I SOO0OO Years viii acconnlis IN ~ o,.c ',' v,
no wrecks on high. Our railroad system
Rut there ocenrred In o co MIN o. n Ie6o
2i8l railroad accidents. resnlfinSs IN The The
2 persons. Though the Stars MN tbro Ing2
, space 1000 lines faster thnn RI" sv,iTtpsst