The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-05-10

OF the earth? The earth has no foun-
dation." Christian philosophy comes
and finds that the word as translated
foundations" may be better trans
lated Sockets" So now see how it
will read II 1t 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 to turn In.
Worldly philosophy said: What an
absurd story about Joshua making the
sun and moon stand still! II the world
had stopped an instant, the whole uni
verse would have been out Of gear"
STOP said Christian philosophy;
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 be 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 disarranged the whole uni
verse. Joshua right >and God right;
infidelity wrong every time. | knew 1t
would be wrong. thank God that the
time has come when Christians need
not be scared at any scientific explora-
ton. The fact is that religion and
science have struck hands in eternal
friendship, and the deeper down geol-
ogy can dig and the higher up astron-
omy can soar all the better for us.
The armies of the Lord Jesus Christ
have stormed the observatories of the
worlds science and from the highest
towers have flung out the banner OF
the cross, and Christianity now from
the observatories at Albany and
Washington stretches out its hand
toward the opposing scientific weapon,
crying, There is none like that; give
it me-" l was reading Of Herschel,
who was looking at meteor through
a telescope, and when it came over
the face of the telescope it was so pow
erful he had to avert his eyes. And
it has been just so that many an as
tronomer has gone into an observa-
tory and looked up into the midnight
heavens and the Lord God has through
some swinging world famed upon his
vision, and the learned man cried out:
who am 1? Undone! Unclean.
Have mercy, Lord Cod"
Temptations of the Traveller.
Again, | remark that the travelling
disposition of the world, which was
adverse to morals and religion, is to
be brought on our side. The man that
went down to Jericho and fell amid
thieves was a type of great many
travellers There is many man who
S very honest at home who when he is
abroad has his honor fllched and his
good habits stolen. There are but very
lew men who can stand the stress of |
an expedition Six weeks at a water
ng place have ruined many man. |
In the olden times God forbade the |
of men for the purposes of |
.rade because of the corrupting infu
ences attending it. A good many men |
low cannot stand the transition from
me place to another. Some men who
,eem to be very consistent here in the |
way Of keeping the Sabbath when they |
get into Spain on the Lords day al |
ways go out to see the bull fights.
Plato said that no city ought to be
quilt nearer to the sea than ten miles
est it be tempted to commerce. But
his travelling disposition of the world
which was adverse to that which is
good is to be brought on our side. !
These mail trains, why, they take our
bibles; these steamships, they trans
BORT our missionaries; these sailors,
'ushing from city to city all around
he world are to be converted into
Christian heralds and go out and
preach Christ among the heather ma
IONS The gospels are infinitely null
iplied in beauty and power since Rob
nson and Thompson and Burckhardt
lave come back and talked to us
bout Sloan and Capernaum and Jer-
lsalem, pointing out to us the lilies
bout which Jesus preached, the
,each upon which Paul was ship
wrecked, the fords at which Jordan
vas passed, the Red Sea bank on
which were tossed the carcasses of the
Egyptians. A man said: Il
vent to the Holy Land an inf1del.
anne back a Christian. / could not
lelp it."
Universally of Religion. -
So 1t has also been with the learn
ng and eloquence of the world. Peo-
lie say, Religion is very good for aged
it Is very good for children,
nut not for men," But we have In the
oil of Christ's host Mozart and Han
lei in music, Canova and Angelo in
culpture, Raphael and Reynolds in
Harvey and Boerhaave In
Medicine, Cowper and Scott in poetry,
irotius and Burke in statesman ship,
Boyle and Leibnitz in philosophy,
thomas Chalmers and john Mason in
heology. The most brilliant writings
# worldly nature are all aglow with
icriptural illusions.
Samuel L. Southland was mighty in
he court room and in the senate cham
Ter. but he reserved his strongest elo-
Iuence for that day when he stood be-
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