The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-10-20

On the ocean, October 1G,-Pastor
Russell of Brooklyn Tabernacle is en-
Toying his usual health. en- route for
London. He expects to be back in
Brooklyn the first Sunday i'll Decem-
Der His Sundays in Great Britain
viii be given to London. filing ap-
pofntments with as many as possible
of the smaller cities week days His
discourse for today from the foregoing
text follows
The wonderful force. and immensely
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 direc-
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-
tons we perceive that our earth and
its seas are small, in comparison to
many other worlds. We perceive that
our solar system Cour sun and his plan
etary satellites constitutes but a small
fraction Of Gods great creation. As
tronomers tell US that by the ala 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 rcvolres around our sun. And
they estimate that probably only
portion Of these suns is visible to our
naked oye-so far distant are they
Astronomers estimate that there are
millions of other suns so far distant
that their light cannot even lie dis
cerned by photography
We stand appalled, at the immensely
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 dfsordcred
c4-DdIdulrd. Ine person VINO. a1ter ID
telligent thought. concludes that there
is no God, that everything came tC
be what it is by chance or by the op-
GRAFTON Of some blind force-that per
son is described in the Scriptures in
the following words, The fool hath
said in his heart, There is no God"
psalm xiv, u.
"The Half Was Never Told"
On first reading our text some Of us
might have been inclined to say. All
a beautiful poetic cXtrayaEuncc, But
not so, dear friends. As scientific in
struments demonstrate to us the i'm
5nensity Of the universe we perceive
that the Prophet used very moderate
language indeed in his description Of
the majestic power 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
standpoint, 4 thousand years are But
as watch in the night How iusig-
nilcantly small we all feel in the
presence Of our God. No wonder some
great men have been inclined to say
that humanity is TOO insignificant from
the Divine standpoint TO be worthy Of
the least consideration much less to
be objects of Divine care and provi-
dence. The Scriptures encourage Us
to reason from the known to the I'M
known. They tell US that although
God is 50 great, so 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 SO great cannot he doubted Then
We come to consider, Could One SO
wise and 50 powerful be unjust or IN
generous? Our hearts answer. NO,
No one is really great who is devoid
of justice and love. SO surely as our
God is Jehovah he must possess these