The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-10-18
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle

London. lie expects 10 ue pdck III
Brooklyn the first Sunday In Decem-
ber. His Sundays in Great Britain
win be given to London, filling ap-
pointments with as many as possible
of the smaller cities week days. His
discourse for today from the foregoing
text follows:-
The wonderful force, and immensity
of the thought of our text, cannot be
appreciated by those who have never
been upon the great Ocean. AS we
travel through the water at railroad
speed and keep watch in every dlrec-
ton, yet seldom see vessel, large or
small, day after day, we begin to get
a little conception of the world in
which we live. 1t is so much larger
than previously we were able to COM
prehend. Yet by the aid of the tele-
Scope and the mathematical calcula-
tions we perceive that our earth and
its seas are small, in comparison to
many other worlds. We perceive that
our solar system (our sun and his plan
etary satellites) constitutes but small
fraction of Gods great creation. AS
tronomers tell us that by the aid of
sensitive Photographic plates they are
able to count about one hundred and
twenty-five millions of suns, around
which planets are revolving. as our
earth revolves around our sun. And
they estimate that probably only
portion of these suns is visible to our
naked eye-so far distant are they.
Astronomers estimate that there are
millions of other suns so far distant
that their light cannot even be dis
cerned by photography.
We stand appalled, at the immensity
of space and the law and order which
everywhere reign. We heartily assent
to the words of the Prophet David,
DAY unto day uttereth speech, and
night unto night showeth knowledge;
there is no place where their voice is
not heard" The person who can look
upon this wonderful display of super
human power and who can believe
that these worlds created themselves,
shows to the majority of us that, if he
has brains. they are sadly disordered.
unbalanced, The person who, after in
: telligent thought, concludes that there
5 is no God. that everything came to
, be what it is by chance or by the op-
4 GRAFTON of some blind force-that per-
son Is described in the Scriptures in
y the following words. THE fool hath
said in his heart, There is no Cod
4 psalm xiv. ".
a 'The Half Was Never Told"
/. On first reading our text some of us
might have been inclined to say, All,
v beautiful poetic extravagance. But
n not SO. dear friends! AS scientific in
q strunients demonstrate to us the i'm
q Inensity of the universe we perceive
q that the Prophet used very moderate
!. language indeed in his description of
n the majestic power and greatness of
g the Creator, representing him as
h weighing the mountains in his bal.
!. ances and holding the seas in the hol
;. low of his hand and that. from his
!. standpoint. thousand years are but
y as watch in the night. How insig
II nifcantly small we all feel in the
h presence of our God. No wonder some
# great inen have been inclined to say
that humanity is TOO insignificant from
the Divine standpoint to be worthy OF
the least consideration-muc less tC
? be objects of Divine care and provi
+ dence The. Scriptures encourage us
Z. to reason from the known to the un
known. They tell us that although
God is so great, so wise, so powerful
he Is also just and loving. And thu
. more we consider the matter. the more
V reasonable this Bible description o.
r. the Almighty appears. His power we
Il see demonstrated. The wisdom O.
sr, One so great cannot be doubted. Ther
h. we come to consider, Could One Sc
h. wise and SO powerful be unjust or un
:, generous? Our hearts answer. No
=. No one is really great who is devoi(
~ Of justice and love. So surely as ou
Ut God is Jehovah he must possess thes
qualities.
When we came in contact with th
Bible. and particularly after we learn
ed something of its teachings and go
ot rid of the misrepresentation whicl
gathered about 1t during the dark age
- then we began to recognize 1t as tn
7u message of Jehovah to his creatures
ie It Informed us that the great Create
ut of the universe Is not only Almight,
NJ and ,All-wise. but loving and kind
55 with Justice as the very foundation
ee Of his Empire. From the Bible W
he learned. too. that our Creator had bee
J. pleased to make us in his own image
:. in his own, moral likeness to the in
"a tent that we might enjoy him and tn
at fruits of his righteousness to all etel
nifty. From this standpoint we begaI
to realize that the loftiest sentiment
of the human mind and heart ar
merely the reflections of this Creator
Thus coming into sympathetic az
cord with our Maker we can comprt
hend the principles OF his character