Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-17
CalmaSe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaae. d. d.

Los Angeles. Cal. Nov. 1.-THE in
fcrcnccs from the Scriptural statement
that the human race originally bore the
divine image are imprcsSively pointed
out by the preacher In this sermon
from the text Genesis |. %. so God
created man In his own image"
The first leaf of the worlds history
had been turned The stupendous task
of creation approached completion
God surveyed II and pronounced il
very good. The Illuminating fires had
been kindled. and the command had
gone forth. Let there he light. and
there was light" The heavens were
hung with tapestries ~ blue. and the
white clouds OF the day We're trimmed
with gold and the black curtains Of
the night bespangled. Every star was
agleam. "And God saw the light that
Il was good. and God divided the light
from the darkness. And God called the
night Aud the evening and the morn
ing were the first day"
That the dry land might he separated
from the deep seas the waters were
driven back until they cr0uched and
growlcd and fawned at the foot of the
mountains. The great hollows were
scooped out of the ocean beds and
tossed into heaps The rivers were
turned loose and allowed To cut their
way through the valleys and squlrm
among the hills and push on and on In
their scrpcntine windingS until they
were lost in the great bosom of the
seas. Then Mount Shasta arose and
stood sentinel over the Pacific. The
Matterhorn was detailed 10 keep its
eyes upon the Mediterranean. and
Mount Washington was stationed TO
watch the Atlantic Then the volca.
noes had their hcmorrhagcs and breath
ed forth their hot breath and vomited
in their awful agoncs.
Then Flora rambled forth to cover up
the CHASTITY wounds OF suffering
world. with her bandages Of green and
yellow and white. She planted the
crocus at the foot OF the snow bank. and
covered the hillSdcS with forests. and
scattered her seeds far and wide in the
valleys Then. chasing the shadows
from under the trees. she sprang from
the lowlands and climbed the lofty
cliffs. clutching this crcvasse and that
crag balancing here and nesting there,
until at last the rocks. like Jacobs ia
vorite son, stood bedeckcd In garments
of many colors. The garden of Eden
was abloom The desert was blossom
ing as the rose. The white lily and the
red rose and the blue forgetinenot. as
high pricStesses before the affairs Of the
mountains. were swinging their in
cense Of praise: And the earth brought
forth grass and herb. yielding seed aft
or It's kind. and the tree yielding fruit
whose seed was in itself after Its kind.
and God saw that IL was good And
the evening and the morning We're the
third day"
Then God reached forth his hand and
touched the waters, and the mighty
leviathans OF the deep began to move
The goldfish swan among the entan-
gled thickcts OF kelp. The speckled
trout leapcd from the eddy The won
derful aquariums OF the seas had their
myrads OF inhabitants. Then God
touched the land. and the woods were
turned into great menagerie. and the
valleys became Il great pasture field.
filled with browsing herds. Then he
touched the air. and the heavens We're
filled with vibrating wings and made
melodious with songs Of the prlma
donnas Of the skies. And God saw that
all the works of his hand We're good.
And the evening and the morning
We're the fifth day"
In His own Image.
Everywhere we turn we see the bless
ing OF Gods creation. No grass could
be grecner. no sky could be buer, no
songs could he sweeter. All the seas
and the lands and the skies were filed
with glories Thus all things were
ready for mans advent. The curtain
of the worlds drama was lifted for the
chief actors about 10 perform their
parts. Two mighty thrones Of power
were pushed forward. upon which were
TO sit the twain who were created only
little lower than the angels. So on
the sixth day God created man in his
own image. male and female created
he them. And God blessed them. And
God said unto them BE fruitful and
multiply and replenlsh the earth and
subdue II. and have dominion over the
| fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the
air. and over every living thing that
moveth upon the earth. And God saw
everything that he had made. and, be-
hold. II was very good And the even
Ing and the morning We're the sixth
day"
Now, what does the word Image" in
the great climax OF Gods creation
mean! When God says. II have made
man Ia my own image" does IL mean.
as Il great author suggests. that God
intended 20 say that lie was only "a
mngnihed MANI" "Oh. no." you an
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