Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-10-22
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PEOPLES
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle

iOYfnR his usual nehln' eh '""NS ~
London. He expects to be back IN
Brooklyn the first Sunday in Decem-
ber. His Sundays in Great Britain
win be given to London, filling APP
pointments with as many as possible
Of the smaller cities week days. HIS
discourse for today from the foregoing
text foIlows:-
The wonderful force, and immenslty
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. II is 80 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
ifs seas are small, In comparison to
many other worlds. We perceive that
our solar system (our sun and his plan
etary satelHtes) constitutes but n small
fraction OF Gods great creation. As
tronomers tell us that by the aid OF
sensitive Photographic plates they are
able 10 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, II he
has brains. they are sadly disordered,
unbalanced. The person who, after in
telligent thor a. concludes that there
10 no God. that everything came to
be what II Is by chcGen or by the op-
Grafton Of some blind force-that per
son Il described IN the Scriptures In
the following words "Ihe fool hath
said in his heart There is no God"
psalm xiv. H.
"The Half Was Never Told"
On flrSt reading GU. text some OF us
might have been nolln"f 20 say, All,
beautiful poetic extruyugancel But
not so. dear frlcnGi. As scientific In
siruments demon utrnle TO us the Inn
Inenslty OF the universe we perceive
th.t The Prophet used very moderate
langur ge Ina ID In his description OF
the ralc;., Iower and greatness Of
the Creator. representing him as
weighing The mountains In his bal
ances and holding the seas In the hol-
low OF his hand and that, from his
starcpoint, thousand years are but
Rs watch In the night. How inslg-
nlhcantly small we all feel In the
presence Of our Godl No wohdersome
great men have been inclined TO say
that humanity Is too insignificant from
the Divine standpoint TO be worthy OF
tho least consideration much less 10
be objects Of Divine care and provl.
dencel The Scriptures encourage us
to reason from the known TO the un-
known They tell us that although
God Is so great. 30 wise, so powerful,
he Is also just and loving. And the
more we consider the matter. the more
reasonable this Bible description OF
the Almighty appears. His power we
see demonstrated. The wisdom OF
One 80 great cannot be doubted. Then
we come TO consider, Could One so
wise and so powerful be unjust or un-
generousf Our hearts answer mol
No one II really great who Is devoid
OF justice and love. So surely as our
God is Jehovah he must possess these
qualities.
When we came in contact with the
Bible. and particularly after we learn
ed something OF It's teachings and got
rid OF the misrepresentation which
gathered about Il during the dark ages
then we began TO recognize Il us the
message OF Jehovah to his creatures,
II informed US that the great Creator
OF the universe Is not only Almighty
and All-wise. but loving aud kind,
with Justice as the very foundation
OF his Empire From the Bible we
learned. too. that our Creator had been
pleased 10 make us In his own Image,
IN his own moral likeness, TO the In
tent that we might enjoy him and the
fruits OF his Righteousness 60 all eter-
nifty. From this standpoint we began
20 realize that the loftiest sentiments
OF the human mind aud heart are
merely the reflections OF this Creator,
Thus coming iato sympathetic ac-
cord with our Maker we can compre'
hend the principles OF his character
what justice signifies. and mercy and
kindness what Is wisdom as contrast
ed with foollshness From this stand
point we were enabled TO see the glori-
GUS perfection of our Makers charac.
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