The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-14
TALMAGES SERMON.
THE LAW OF COMPENSATION. SUM-
DAYS SUBJECT.
Good or Evn Desas Return to Bless
or Blast Our Lives Achievements 81
Pomology Is He That sitteth Upon
the Circle Of the Earth"-Is- 4o' ~.

course Dr. Talmage shOefs that the
good or evil we do returns 70 bless or
blast us: text. Isaiah II. p. 1T is
be that sitteth upon the circle Of the
earth"
While yet people thought that the
world was fiat and thousands Of years
before they found out that il was round
Isaiah. Ia my text. intimated the shape
Of Il. God sitting upon the circle Of the
earth. The most beautiful figure in all
geometry is the circle. God made the
universe On the plan Of a circle.
There are in the natural world /
straight lines. angles. paraHelograms-
diagonals. quadrangles, but these evi-
IDENTIFY are not Gods favorites. Almost
everywhere where you find him geo
metrizing you find the circle dominant;
and If not the circle then the curve
which Is a circle that died young. If
It had lived long enough. II would have
been fun orb. a periphery. An ellipse
is a circle pressed only a little too hard
at the sides.
Giants Causeway, in Ireland, shows
what God thinks of mathematics. There
are over 35 600 columns OF rocks-oc-
tagonal, hexagonal pentagonal, Ihese
rocks seem to have been made by rule
and compass. Every artist has his
moldlng room. where he may make %
shapes. but he chooses one shape as
preferable to all others. 7 will not say
that the Giants Canseway was the
worlds molding room, but ! do say out
OF a great many figures God seems 70
have selected the circle as the best. Il
Is he that stitch on the circle OF the
earth" The stars in a circle, the moon
in a circle the sun in a circle, the uni
verse in circle and the throne OF Coo
the center Of that circle.
the Achievements of Ronsology-
Pomology will 60 on with its achieve
ments until after many centuries the
world win have plums and pears equal
to the paradisaieal. The art Of garden
ing will grow for centuries. and after
the Downings and Aiitchells Of the
world have done their best in the far
future the art Of gardening will come
i up 10 the arborescence Of the year !. II
the makers Of colored glass 60 on inn
\ proving they may in some centuries be
able to make something equal 20 the
east window of York minister, which
was built in the year 1890. We are SIX
centuries behind these artists, but the
world must keep on toiling until 4
shall make the complete circuit and
come up to the skill OF these ver9
men.
II the world continues to improve IT
masonry, we shall have after awhile
perhaps after the advance Of centuries
mortar equal to that which ] saw u
the wall Of an exhumed English cit!
built in the time Of the Romans, l,6Ol
years ago. that mortar today as goo
as the day in which it was made, haY
ing outlasted the brick and stone.
say after hundreds Of years masonr.
may advance to that point
II the world stands long enough, "
may have a city as large-as they mad
in old times-Babylon, ive times tn
size Of London. You 60 into the pot
teries of England. and you find ther
, i making cups and vases after the styl
! OF the cups and vases exhumed froI
I Pompeii. The world is not going bacl
: Oh MOI But il Is swinging In eli
Gle and win come around to the style
OF pottery known so long ago as n
: days OF Pompeii. The world mus
keen on progressing until II make
= the complete circuit The curve Is
a the right direction; the curve will kee
y on until il becomes the circle.
, We'll. now. what Is true In the mat
y rial universe Is true in Gods NOR
: government and spiritual arrangemen
e That IS the meaning Of Ezekiefs whe'
+ All commentators agree In saying M
r. the wheel means Gods providence. b
j. a wheel Is Of no use unless Il turn
r. and IL it turn II turns around, and
n A. turns around # moves in circl
X What then? Are we parts Of a gre
~ iron machine whirled around wheth
j. we viii or not. the victims Of inexo
able fate9 NO. So far from that
shall show you that we ourselves sta
the circle of good or bad actions, az
that IL viii surely come around aga
20 10 us unless by divine Intervention
T. be hindered. Those bad or good a
u lions may make the circuit Of mai
p wears. but come back 70 us they W
li az certainly as that God sits on q
circle OF the earth.
/. The Circle o. Centuries.
4. But It IS sometimes the case th
\. this circle sweeps through a oentu
ie or through many centuries. The VOL
"a started with a theocracy for COVER
n ment-that is. God was the preside
ce and emperor Of the world. People &
M tlred Of a theocracy. They said. "s
AZ don't want God directly interieri
uith the affairs Of the world. Give
a monarchy" The world Rad a nc
archy. From a monarchy i. is goi
. 10 have a limited monarchy. Ar
- awhile the limited monarchy viii
i. given up. and the republican form
- government viii be everywhere don
uant and recognized. The- the VOL
will get tired Of the republlcaa form
\ government and It viii have an
4 archy. which IS no government at
\. And then all nations. finding out z
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