The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-05-14

ious development to go to his corn-field
for lesson. Ho watches first the green
shoot pressing up through the clods,
gradually strengthening into stalk,
and last of all the husk swelling out
with the pressure Of the corn: First
the blade, then the ear, after that the
full corn in the ear"
Would David set forth the freshness
and beauty of Genuine Christian char
acter--he sees an eagle starting from its
nest just after the melting season, its
old feathers shed, and its wings and
breast decked with new down and
plumes, its body as finely feathered as
that of her young ones just beginning
to try the spread of their wings. Thus
rejuvenated and replumed is the Chris
tian's faith and hope, by every season OF
communion with God. ''Thy youth is
renewed like the eagles" Would Sol
ONION represent the annoyance OF con-
tentious woman's tongue, he points to q
leakage in the top Of his house or tent,
where, throughout the stormy day, the
water comes through, falling upon the
hoor-drip! drip! drip! And he says:
IA continual dripping in very rainy
day and contentious woman are
alike" Would Christ set forth the
character Of those who make great pro-
fessions Of piety, but have no fruit?
He compares them to barren fig
trees which have very large and snowy
leaves and nothing but leaves. Would
JOB illustrate deceitful friendships, he
speaks OF brooks in those climes that
wind about in different directions, and
dry up when you want to drink out Of
them: "My brethren have dealt de.
ceitfully as brook, and as the stream
of brooks they pass away" David, when
lie would impress us with the despond.
ency into which he had sunk, compares
it to quagmire of those regions,
through which he had doubtless some.
times tried to walk, but sunk in up to
his neck, and he cried: II sink in deer
mire where there is no standing" Would
Habakkuk set forth the capacity which
God gives the good man to walk safely
amid the widest perils, he points to the
wild animal called the hind, walking
over slippery rocks, and leaping from
wild crag to wild crag, by the peculiar
make Of it's hoofs able calmly tosustair
itself in the most dangerous places
''The Lord God is my strength and HI
will make my feet like kinds feet"
Job makes all natural objects pa!
tribute to the royalty of his book. Al
you go through some chapters of Jol
you feel as il it were bright spring
morning, and, as you see the glitterini
drops from the grass under your fee
you say with that patriarch: "Who hail
begotton the drops of the dew?" AM
now, as you read on, you seem in tn
silent midnight to behold the waving O
q great light upon your path, and yo
find it the aurora borealis, which 10
described SO long ago as ''the brigh
light in the clouds and the splendor tina
cometh out of the north" As you rea
on there is darkness hurtling in tn
heavens, and the showers break loos
till the birds fly for hiding-place and tn
mountain torrents in red fury foam owe
the rocky shelving; and with the sam
poet, you exclaim: Two can numbe
the clouds in wisdom, or who can sta
the bottles of Heaven?' As you rea
on, you feel yourself coming in frost
climes, and, in fancy, wading throug
the snow, you say, with that same IL
spired writer, blast thou entered int
the treasure of the snow?" And Will
the sharp sleet drives in your face, an
the hail stings your cheek, you quot
him again: Hast thou seen the trea
ures of the hail?" In the Psalmist
writings / hear the voices Of the SCI
deep calleth unto deep;" and the TO;
of the forests: 1.-THE Lord shaketh tn
wilderness of the Kadesh;" and the lou
peal of the black tempest: "The God
glory thundereth; and the rustic of II
long silk on the we'll filled husks: "Tt
valleys are covered with corn;' and IL
cry Of wild beasts: ''The your
lions roar after their prey;" the hum
palm trees and cedars: 1.-The righteo,
shall flourish like palm tree, he sha
grow like cedar in Lebanon;" IL
: sough of wings and the swirl of fin
Dominion over the fowl of the air ar
the fish of the sea-"
The truths Of the Gospel might ha,
been presented in technical terms ar
by the means of dry definitions, but u
der these the world would not have lis
ened or felt. How could the safety
trusting upon Christ have been presen
ed were it not for the figure Of o rOcl
How could the gladdening effect of Il
Gospel have been set forth had n
Zacharias thought of the dawn of Il
morning, exclaiming: ''The day-sprir
from on high hath visited US to 81,
light to them that sit in darkness
How could the souls intense longil
for Christ have been presented so wei
as by the emblem of natural hunger al
: natural thirst? As the lake gathers
its bosom the shadow of hills aroun
and the CLEAN of stars above, so in the
great dceps of divine truth all objec
in nature are grandly reflected. v
; walk forth in the spring-time, and e
erything breathes Of the resurrectio
; Bright blossom and springing gra
speaks to US of the coming ,
: those whom we have loved, VIII,
in the white robes of their j
and coronation they shall appear. Al
when in the autumn of the year Natu
breaches thousands of funeral sermo
: from the text, I'VE all do fade as
leaf" and scatters his elegies in o
path, we can not help but think of sic
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