Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-10

~NN1GsS(-~s-.s----4 t-~f-N--J
WASHINGTON, May Sin this dis
course DIR. TalmaGe calls the roll of
influences once antagoniStic but now
friendly TO the gospel and encourages
Christian workers; text. Samuel xxi,
o, There is none like that: give il me-"
David fed from his pursuers. The
world runs very fast when II is chas-
Ing good man. The country is trying
to catch David and 10 Stay him. David
goes into the house OF n priest and asks
him for Il sword or spear with which
to defend himself, The priest. not be-
ing accustomed TO use deadly weapons.
tells David that lie cannot supply him.
but suddenly the priest thinks of an
old sword that had been carefully
wrapped up aud laid away-the very
sword that Goliath formerly uSed-and
he takes down that sword, and while
he is unwrapplng the sharp. glittering.
memorable blade IL flashes upon Dav-
ids mind that this is the very sword
that was used against himself when
he was In the fight with Goliath, and
David can hardly keep his hand Off 1t
until the priest has unwound Il. Dav-
~ SAA'tNa-So Vut HIS UIDu tOW1EO
old sword and says. There Is none like
that: give ii me"-in other words, 81
want in my own hand the sword which
has been used against me and against
the cause OF God" SO it was given
him. Well. my friends. that is not the
first or the last sword once used by
giant and Philistinc iniquity which is
10 come into the possession Of Jesus
Christ and Of his glorious church. /
want. Us well as God may help me, to
show you that many n weapon which
has been used against the armies Of
God is yet TO be captured and used on
our side. and | only initiate David
when l stretch out my hand toward
that blade of the Philistlue and cry,
There is none like that; give It mer'
4 MnEniicent Truth.
remark, first, that this is true in re-
gard to all scientific exploration. You
know that the first discoveries I'm as
tronomy and geology aud chronology
were used to battle Christianity. World
ly philosophy came out of it's laborato-
ry and out Of its observatory and said.
Now we will prove. by the very struc-
ture of the earth and 10y the movement
or the heavenly bodies. that the Bible
is lie and that Christianity. as we
have ii among men. is n positive impo-
sition." Good men tremblcd. The tel
escopc, the Leyden Jars. the electric
batteries. all in the bands OF the Philis-
tines. But one day Christianity. look
ing about for some weapon with which
TO defend itself. happened to see the
very old sword that these athe!stic
Philistines had been using against the
truth and cried out. There Is none like
that; give IL mev' And Copernicus
and Galilei and Kcplcr and Isaac New
ton and Hcrschel and o. NJ. Mitchell
came forth and told the world that In
their ranSack!ng OF the earth and heav-
ems they found Overwhelming presence
OF the God whom we worship. and this
old Bible began TO shake itself from the
Koran and Sbastcr and Zcnda vesta.
with which IT had been covered up.
and lay on tho desk OF the scholar and
in the laboratory OF the chemist and In
the lap OF the Christian unframed and
unanswered. Willie the tower OF the
midnight heavens struck silvery
chime In its praise.
Worldly philosophy said: Matter is
eternal. The world always was. Cod
did not make IT," Christian philosophy
rlunScs It's crowlrar into rocks and
ENDS that the world was gradually
made. and. III gradually made. there
must have been some point ut which
the process started. Then who started
IL! And so that objection was over.
come. and In the first three words OF
the Bible we End that Moses stated
magnificent truth when he said. "In
the beginning"
Worldly philosophy said: Your Bible
Us most inaccurate book. All that
story In the Old Testament again and
again told about the army OF the To-
Gusts - IL Is prCposterous- There is
nothing In the coming Of the locus,s
Ike an army An army walks; locusts
hy. An army goes i'm order and process.
sion: locusiS without order" Wait"
said Christian philosophy, and I'm 1865.
In the southwestern part or this coun-
try, Christian men went out TO exam.
Inc the march OF the locusts. There
are men right before me who must
have noticed in thar very part OF the
country the coming up OF the locus;s
like an army. aud II was found that all
the newspapers uuwittlngiy spoke OF
them as an army. Whyg They seem
TO have commander They march
like host; they halt like host. No
arrow ever went In Straighter flight
than the iocusts come-not even turn
Ing aside For the wind. II the wind
rises, the ,ocusts drop and then rise
again after IL has gone down. taking
the same llne or march, not varying
root. The old Bible right every time
when II speaks OF locusts coming like
an army; worldly philosophy wrong.
Re.isio and Science.
Worldly philosophy said, "Aii that |
story about the light turned as clay TO |
The seal is simply an absurdlty" OLD |
time worldly philosophy said. THE |
light comes straight" Christian phi !
iosophy says, wait little while" |
And IL goes on aud makes discoveries |
and finds that the atmosphere curves |
and bends the rays of light around |
the earth literally las the clay to the |
seal" The Bible right again: worldly |
philosophy wrong again. "Ah." SAYS |
worldly philosophy. "all that allusion |
In Job ahont the foundations of the |
earth is simply an absnr,!iiy. Where |
vast thou SAYS God. when I set the /
foundations of the earth? The earth |
mas no foundation" Christian philos-
ophy comes and finds that the word as
translated foundations" may be bet
ter translated sockets" SO now see
now 1t will read IL it is translated
right, Where vast thou when | set
the sockets of the earthY' Where is
the socket? 1t is the hollow OF Gods
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 uni.
verse would have been out of gear"
stop" said Christian philosophy; mot
quite so Quickv The world has two mo-
tonS-one on its own axis and the other