The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
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os ANGELES. Cal, July 2S.-ln this
 sermon the preacher demonstrates L the rule of natural law in the spir- itual world and shows that physleah mental. moral and spiritual development ought to proceed tremendously together to produce the best type of manhood ana womanhood The text is Psalm i' D. .The way of the ungodly shall perish. Great was the scientific galaxy of the Victorian era Herbert Spencer ana John Tyndali and Thomas Henry HuA- ley and Michael Faraday and Sir Hum phry Davy and Sir Charles Lyen anu Sil William Hooker and John stevens Hsnslow and scores of other potahis's and physicists and chemists and geoio- kfsts will make the reign of Victoria fa- nous during the coming centuries as the contemporary poets of Shakespeare in. mortalized the Elizabeth reign. fet among all the naturalists who lived m Hngland during the nineteenth century not one will be more quoted py iutulo .s, generation that Charles DarWin' no son and grandson of two great ancestors, he was the greatest of the three 'ton. M under the overhanging dome ol tna' eraat forehead there looked forth pehe- | eeneaiogies of animals and yegetaples' As a geologist he read the open leaves of rocks The past ages were to nm as seconds of time He lived not in gener- ations or in centuries, but in ages and In millenniums, Though, like Galilei' ne was excommuicated. by the church ana lookeu unon as an enemy of the Cross nis re- saarnbas will vet be used. and are even now being used. to prove that true SCI ence and divine revelation are one.
 ar all the books which Charles Darwin v-rote mt one has had greater influence upon the scientific world that ms Ol- iein of Species by Means of Natural ee- lection" We do not accept that pooh in any of It's goddess teaching, put Tn that book is one sentence ".nrn .nrs 'n a,r, narrow sense we do accept The sur yival of the fittest is sentence wnicn will go ringing down the corridors or time We find the survival of the nttest everywhere We find the stronger plants crowding out the weaker. we ma tne stronger species living upon and driVins out the weaker species. We hnd the stronger creatures of the various species trampling upon and destroying the ani- mals and plants of their own kind
 Stronger Versus Weaker.
 The other day I was sitting on porch overlooking a beautiful yard filled with roses Suddenly I heard a great commo- tion in the hencoop. With that l saw big cat gratefully leap over the fence with a little chicken in her mouth Then off in the distance, I saw that cat run away in terror from pursuing dog. Then in imagination, l saw that nttle dog being seized by hungry wolt. iheh I saw the wolf being killed by mountain lion. Next I saw the lion being slain py the bullet of a man. In imaglnation'
 - .rAr upon the weaker. As I sat on that porch I said to myself, "Is not Charles Darwin's sentence, the survival of the Attest not only the law of nature but also the law of God?" Yes, yes, I said, 1t IS true God deals with the human race just as he deals with the vegetable and animal kingdoms, as we'll as with the mineral It is not for us to vindicate that law Our interest and our duty lie in recogniz- ing It's existence and adapting ourselves to it's operation. The penalty of indo- fence in this world Is subjection and finally extinction. The men who are weak through 1istlessness fail in the race against strong limbed rivals. Those who would win must strive.
 Strong physically should we be. Why? Because in this rustling, bustling push- ing, jostling and high pressure age 1t Is almost an impossibility for any man to make a success in life unless he is broad of chest stout of limb and clear of eye. Even under the very brightest of condi1 tions the physical strain Is awful. With poor physical equipment a successful life is well nigh an impossibility.
 Many man of clear brain, true heart and noblest aspirations has been trampled underfoot merely because he had not the physical vitality to do the work which he was called upon to do. The physical weakling of the human race is almost in the same position Is a sick cow amid herd of stampeding buffalo If she can not keep up in the mad race for life she falls. She is crushed under hoof Her sisters and brothers pass over her pros trate form and qulvering flesh. The physi- cal weaklng is In the same position as 10 the stunted tree. The stouter tree and the taller reaches up and reaches down, With its broad branches It absorbs all the sum light overhead and makes the stunted tree live under it's shadow. With it's deeper and stronger roots the tall tree absorbs most of the nutriment out of the soil Thus If a man is not able to stand the physical strain and do as much work as his stouter and broader chested broth CTS, he falls, another takes his place, and the world marches on. The physical weak ling inevitably is either trampled under foot or another pushes him out of his position in the line of the advancing hu- man army of progress.
 Survival of the Fittest.
 If you do not beleive in the physical survival of the fittest, sound the chests .R A f..l