The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-05-10
earth is simply an absurdity. Where | b.

vast ihou,' 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 it will read if il is translated
right: where vast thou when | set
the sockets of the EARTH! Where Is
The socket? 1t is the hollow of Gods
hand-a socket large enough for any
world 10 turn in.
Worldly philosophy said: What an
absurd story about Joshua making the
sun aud moon stand still! If the
world had stopped an instant the
whole universe would have been out of
gear" stop" said Christian philoSo-
ply: mot quite SO quick" The world
has two motions-one on its own axis
and the other around the sun. 1t was
not necessary in making them stand
still that both motions should he
stopped only the one turning the
world on its own axis. There was no
reason why the hating of the earth
should have Jared and disarrangcd
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 scienc" 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 stormed the ohScrvatorieS
I Of the worlds science and from the
/ highest towers have flung out the ban
ucr of the cross. and Christianity now
! from the obserNatorie> at Albany and
Washington stretches out it's hand to-
ward the opposing scientific weapon.
/ crying: There is none like that; give
| ii me" was reading of llcrSchel, who
was looking at a meteor through a
/ telescope. and when il came over the
/ face Of the telescope it was so power
ful he had TO avert his eyes. And II
has been just so that many an aStrono-
mcr has gone into an observatory
and looked up into the midnight hcav-
ems, and the Lord God has through
some swinging world famed upon his
vision. and the learned man cried out:
who am L? Undone. Unclean. Have
mercy. Lord Cod"
Again. remark that the travelling
disposition of the world. which was
adverse to morals and religion. is 10
he brought on our side. The man that
went down 10 Jericho and fell amid
thieves was a type of a great many
travellers. There j. many a man who
= very honest at home who when h.
iS abroad has his honor filched and
his good habits stolen. There are but
very few men who can stand the stress
of an expedition. SIX weeks al va
tcrin~ place have ruined many man.
In The olden times God forbade tho
travelling OF men for the purpose Of
! trade because Of the corruptiu@ influ-
/ enceS attending - \ good many men
/ now cannot stand The transition from
( one place to another. Some mcr who
/ seem Go be very consistent here in the
way of keeping the Sabbath when they
/ get into Spain on the Lords day al
ways 60 out TO see the bulldehts
( Plato said shat no city ought 20 bc
built nearer TO the sea than ten miles
/ lest ID be tempted 10 commerce. But
this travelling disposition of the world
which was adverse 10 that which Is
egood l. 10 be brought on our side
/ hcSe mail trains. why. they take orr
/ Biole>: these steamships. they trans
/ port our missionaries; these sailors.
rushing from city 10 city all around
/ the world. are To- be converted into
| Christian heralds and 60 ont and
/ preach Christ among the heather
nations. The Gospels arc infinitely
multiplied in beauty and power since
! Robinson and Thompson and Umrk-
! hardt have come back and talked to
us about Sloan and Capcrnaum and
Jerusalem. pointing out To uS the lilies
about which Jesus preached the beach
upon which Paul was shipwrcckcd. the
fordS al which Jordan was passed. he
J Red sea bank on which were tossed
| the carcasses Of the drowned Egyp-
| tianS. \ man said: IL went to the
Holy Land an infdcl. came back
| Christian. could not help it,
am not shocked. as some have been.
at the building of railroads in the
/ Holy Land. | wish that all the world
might go and sec Golgotha and Beth
| lehem. How many who could not af-
! ford muletcerS now easily buy tickets
| from CouStantinople to Joppa, Then
let Christians travel. God speed the
rail trains and guide the steamships
this night painting across the deep in
| the oSphoreScent wake of the shin
| ing feet of Him who from wave cliff to
wave cliff trod bestormed Tiberius
| The japanese come across the water
and see our civilization and examine
our Christianity and go back and tell
the story and keep that empire rock
| ing till Jesus shall reign
Where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run.
And the firearms with which the in
| fidel traveller brought down the Arab
horseman and the jackals of the des-
ert have been surrendered to the
church. and we reach forth our hand
crying: There is none like that; give
| il me-"
So ii has also been with the learning
and eloquence of the world. People
say: Religion is very good for aged
| women. it Is very good for children