Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-30
Special to the Gazette.

| M.NAT r. Rsv. 7. DeWitti
| NM ~ Tain age, D. D.,
| Nm & preached, taking for
| N his text, "And these
F1etS are they which ye
shall hsye N abomination among the
fowls: The owl, the Vulture, and the bat.
These also Shall be unclean to you among
the creeping things thst creep upon tue
earth: The c1smelson and the snail p
Levit.cus Ii:l3, 81. Following is the
discourse 10 full:
Toe D bic Of ars every possible variety
Of theme, OF Argument and Of illusira.
ZION. We csre not much in what kind
pitcher tce water oi life is brought, IL It
is ouly the c!esr, pure water. God gave
the ancien!s lis: Of the spimsls that they
might est, and list OF the animals that
they NIGH not eat. These people lived
in hot climate, and certain forms CT an
imal food corrupted their b!ooo, and dis-
posed them to scrciulous disorders, de-
PRAYED their zppstites, and bemeaned
their souls. A mxn's sood when he has
tie means and opportunity CT selecting IL,
suggests his moral nature. The reason
the wild Indian IL So cruel eg the lion is
because he has food that gives him the
blood Of the lion. A missionary among
the indians says that, oY changing his
style Of food to correspond With theirs,
his temperament Was entirely changed.
There ara certain forms of food that
have q tendency to affect the moral nature
Many Christian Is trying 20 do by prayer
that which cannot be done except through
corrected diet. For instance, he who
uses swine's flesh for constant diet will
be diseased in body snd polluted OF soul
all his liturgies and cstechisms not
withstsndirg. TIE Gsdsreue swine were
possessed OF the devil, and ran down 8
steep place into the sea, and oil the swine
ever since seam TO have bsen MI
lsrly possessed. In Lsviticus God struck
this meat OF the table of His people, and
placed before them bill of fare at once
healthful, nutritious and generous.
But, higher than this physical reason,
there WAS spiritual reason way God
chose certain forms OF food for the an
clients. God gave peculiar diet to His
people, not only because he wanted them
to be distinguished from the surroundirg
naIions, bui because certsin birds ana
animals, By reason OF their hS bits, have
always been suggestive c. moral quail
ties. By the list Of thugs from which
THEY WE'RE TO ABSTAIN,
God wished to prejudice their minds
seainst certain evils; and in the list of
lawful things given, He wished to suggest
certain forms OF good. When God sol-
EMMY forbade His people to eat the owl,
Sle vulture, the pat, the chameleon and
the snail. He meant to drive out of His
people 81 the sins that were thus en-
blemiz ID.
tEge the suggestion OF the tex snd
say that one Of The frs: unclean things
the Christian needs to drive GU. 0: his
soul ls the owl. The owl is the nelsns
choIY bird of night. It matches out
whole broods CT superstitiols. L is
doleful snd hiieous. When Il sings, II
siugs through it's nose. It loves the
gloom Of night better than the brightness
CT day. VINO hiss not slept in the cabin
near the woods and been awakened In
the nigh. by the dismal 800 hoon Of the
owl? Melancholy is the owl tina.
is perched in many Christian
soul. Its an unclesn bird, and needs 10
be driven away. A man whose sins are
pardoued, and who Is on the road to
heaven, has no right to be gloomy. He
says: ~ have 80 many doubts" That
is because "you are lEz5," Go actively
to work In ChfisHs cause, and your
doubts will vanish. You say az have
lost my property" bat reply: HYou
hsve INFINITE treasures laid up in heaven"
You say: 81 am weak and sickIY, and
going to de-" Then be congratulated
that you are 50 near eternal health and
perpetual gls 1ness. Catch few mprn-
ing larks for your soul, and stone This
owl Of your premises. e.
as little girl was eating, the sun
dashed upon her spoon; and she crieGs
80, mamma, hsve swallowed @ spocn1I
full ofsunshinel" Would God that wei
might all indugs in the same beverage II
CneeIfulness; it makes a. i
THE HoMKLIEsT FACE HANDSOME; "a
it makes the hardest matsEsss softfeFi
runs the loom that wskvess Auttercups, |
and rainbows, and auror.s. Cpd made |
the grass black? No; that wouff tie too |
sombre. God made the grass red? No,
that would bs too gsudy. God mtde the |
grass green, that by this parable al the |
world might be led to subdued cheerful J
ness. Read your Bible in the sunshine. !
Remember tha.syour physical health Is
closely allied TO Sysug spiritual. The
heart and the liver Ire eniy few inches
Rpari, and what aftS3s one sEScss the
other. A historian fsotds fHs# by the
sound Of great kagh!esin Rome,
assaulting srfss Was fright
tened away in. retrest. And there is In
The great outbdfsting Soy CTS Christian
iSnA thst which can ,urive back any in
lernal4, bssiesamenE Rats love dark
S2Siploves to burrow in Q
gNnmy soul. kHeJoice in the Lord, O
7eTghtegns And again say, rejoicei"
Hdfst window OF your soul in this,
he 12 o'opck Of your spiritual night.
20. the guh to your shoulder and aim at
be black Jingle from which the hoosing
;cmss, spuf2tne trigger, and drop that
.ieakihg. Soathsome, hideous owl OF re-
igious melancholy into the bushes.
again: TAkicg the suggestion OF the
ext, drive on. the vulture from your
oAi. God would not allow the Jews to
Ef3t. II lives on carcagses; 1t fattens
taong the dead: with leaden wing It cir
ies about battleHelds. Wilson, the ,
Lmerican ornithologist, counted 237
futures around one CARCASS. II crossing |
de desert, when there Is no sign Of wing !
q the sir, camel perish out OF the cara {
an, imme distely the sir begins to darken !
nth vultures. There sre many professed
christians who have Vulture in their {
ouls. They prey upon II
THE CHARACTER AND FEELINGS 7
{ others. A doubtful reputation is
sDquet for them. Some rivsl IN trade
r profession fslle, and thu yulture puts 4
ut its heSd. These people revel In the 1
etails OF S mans ruin. They ssy: HI '
I'D you So" They rush into come store i
nd say: "Have you hesrd the news? I
ust IS expected! Oar neighbor has b
ali e.