The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-12-13
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
WONDERS IN THE HEAVENS AND IN
THE EARTH"
Text from the second Chapter of joel
The world Constantly Advancing Ia
the Right DirectIon-rhe Triumph of
Christianity over Inndelity.

course Or. Talmage recites some great
events and shows that the world Is ad-
vancing In the right direction; text.
Joel H.. 80. II will show wonders In the
heavens and In the earth"
There were more far-reachlRg events
crowded into the nineteenth century
than into any other. and the last 20
years eclipse any preceding 20. We
read In the daily newspapers OF events
announced In one paragraph and with
out any special emphasis-eyents
which a Herodotus. Josephus. Ken
ophon, a Gibbon would have taken
whole chapters or whole volumes TO
elaborate. Looking out upon our time
we must cry out. in the words OF the
text. Wonders In the heavens and in
the earth"
propose TO show you that the time
in which we live is wonderful for dis
aster ana wonderful FOR blessing. for
there must De lights and shades In this
picture az in all others Need | argue
that our time Is wonderful for disas-
teri Our world has had a rough time
since by the hand OF God II was bowled
out into space II is an epileptic earth
-conyUlsiUn after CONFUSION; frost
pounding it with slcdgc hammer OF ice
berg and fires melting IL with furnaces
seven times heated. II Is a wonder TO
me Il has lasted so long. Meteors
shooting hy on this side and grazing II
and mctc0rs shooting by on the other
side and grazing Il. none OF them slow
ing up for safety. Whole fleets and
navies and argosies and fiotillas OF
worlds sweeping all about rs. Our
earth like "a fishing smack of the
banks OF Newfoundland. while the Ma
jestic and the ST. Paul and the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse rush by Besides
that. our world has by sin been dam
aged In its internal machinery. and
ever and anon the furnaces have burst,
and the walking beams OF the noun
tains have broken. and the islands
nave shipped a sea. and the great bulk
OF the world has been Jared with acct
dents that ever and anon threatened
immediate demolition
hMA AN ~ NAtAE ~ Aa az ~ AAAf AhaA nun
drod years were especially character
lied by disastcr-volCanic. oceanic,
epidemic. Seven thousand earthquakes
In two centuries recorded in the cata-
logue OF the British association! Ira
jan. the emperor. goes 90 ancient Anti
och and amid the splendors Of his re-
ception Is met by an earthquake that
nearly destroys the enperor's life Lis
-lr5n. fair sod H,autiiui. at ! o'clock on
the LIST OF November. 1875. in six min
utes so 600 have persisted. Europe and
America feeling the throb-l 800 chin
neys in Boston partly or fully de-
stroycdl
But the disasters OF other times have
had their counterpart in later times. In
1912 Caracas was caught In the grip OF
an earthquake. In 1882 In Chile 100 600
square miles OF land by volcanic force
upheayed To four and seven feet OF per-
manent elevation. In 1854 Japan felt
the geological agony; Naples shaken
in 1857. Mexico In 1858. Mendoza. the
capital OF Tho Argentine Republic. In
1861: Manila terrorlzed In 1863; the
Hawaiian Islands by such force up
lifted and let down IN 1871. Nevada
shaken In 1871. Antioch In 1872. Cali
fornia IN 1872. san Salvador i'm 1873.
while I'm 1883 what subterranean ex-
citemen, ischia. an island OF the
Mediterranean. a beautiful Italian wat
ering place vineyard clad. surrounded
by all natural charm and historical
reminiscrncc: yonder Capri. the sum
mer resort OF tho Roman emperors
yonder Naples. the paradise OF art
this beautiful island suddenly toppled
into the trough OF the earth. 5000 mer-
rymakers perishing. and some OF them
so far down beneath the reach OF hui
man obsequies that IL may be said OF
many OF them as II was said OF Moses.
The Lord buried him" Italy. all Eu-
rope weeping. al Christcndom weep
ing. where there were hearts 10 sym
pathize and Christians 90 pray. But
while the nations we're measuring that
magnitude OF disaster. measuring II not
with golden rod like that with which
the angel measured heaven. but with
the black rule OF death. Java OF the In
dian archipelago. the most fertile Is.
land OF all the earth. is caught In the
grip OF the earthquake. and mountain
after mountain goes down and city
after city until that island. which pro-
duces the best beverage OF all the
world. produced the ghastlIest catas.
trophe. one hundred thousand peopl,
dying. dead!
But look az the disasters cyclonic
Cyclone Ina Kansas. cyclone In Missouri
cyclone in Wisconsin. cyclone In Illi.
nois. cyclone IN Iowa, Satan. prince oil
the power OF the air. never made such
cyclonlc disturbances as he has IN oui
day. And am I not right In saying
that one of the characteristics OF IN,
time IN which we live Is disaster cy.
cionic7
But lock az the disasters Occanicl
Shall I call the roll Of the dead ship
ping7 n Is as long as the white scroll
OF the Atlantic surf "a Cape H3tterai
breakers. N the oceanic cables could
report all the scattered life and all the