Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-03-17
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
REFUGE OFFERED TO ALL PEOPLE
BY THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

ppoortYN. March 6.-The congregation
a, tbe Brooklyn Tabernacle this morning
ssnr with fervor the hymn beginning
Ny faith looks up to thee
Thou lamb Of Calvary.
Dr Talmage's subject was the refuge
offered by the Christian religion to people
n all ages and every variety of character.
Ills text was Ezekiel xvii, q, "A goodly
CEDAR. and under il shall dwell all fowl of
every wing.
The cedar of Lebanon is royal tree. Ii
Glands six thousand feet above the level of
,be Sea- A missionary counted the concen-
tric circles and found one tree thirty-five
hundred years old-long rooted, broad
BRANCHES. all the year in luxuriant foliage
The same branches that bent in the hur-
rieane that David saw sweeping over Leb-
anon rock today over the head of the Amer
lean traveller This monarch of the for
81 with its leafy fingers, plucks the hon
ors of a thousand years and sprinkles them
mon its own uplifted brow. as though
some great halleluiah Of heaven had been
,lantel upon Lebanon and it were rising
nm with all its long armed strength to take
hold Of the hills whence il came.
Oh. what fine place for birds to nest in!
In hot days they come thither-the eagle,
tbe dove. the swallow, the sparrow and the
raven. There is to many of us a complete
fascination in the structure and habits of
birds. They seem not more of earth than
heayen-ever vacillating between the two.
No wonder that Audubon, with his gun,
tramped through all Of I'm american for
ests in search of new specimens. Biologists
have spent years in finding the track of
binds claw in the new red sandstone
There is enough Of Gods architecture in a
snipe's bill or a grouse's foot to confound
all the universities Musicians have, with
elefs and bars, tried to catch the sound of
the nightingale and robin Among the
first things that child notices is swal-
low at the caves, and grandfather goes out
with handful of crumbs to feed the snow
birds
The Bible is full Of archaeological allu-
sions The birds Of the Bible are not dead
and stuffed, like those Of the museum, but
living birds, with huttering wings and
plumage Behold the fowls of the air."
SAYS Christ. Though thou exalt thyself
as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest
among the stars, thence will ] bring thee
down, exclaims Obadiah. "Gavest thou the
coodly wings unto the peacocksY" says job
David describes his desolation by saying
Il am like pelican of the wilderness, !
am like an owl of the DESERT | watch and
am a. a sparrow alone upon the housetop."
YEA the stork in the heaven knoweth her
appointed time; and the turtle, and the
crane. and the swallow observe the time of
their coming; but my people know not the
Judgment Of the Lord"-so says jeremiah.
A GooDLY CEDAR.
Ezekiel in my text intimates that Christ
is the cedar, and the people from all quar-
tiers are the birds that lodge among the
branches 1T shall be a goodly cedar, and
under it shall dwell all fowl of every
wing. As in Ezekiel's time, SO now
Christ is a goodly cedar, and to him are
flying all kinds of people-young and old,
rich and poor, men high soaring as the
eagle, those fierce as the raven, and those
gentle as the dove "All fowl of every
wing"
First, the young may come. OF the
eighteen hundred and ninety-two years
that have passed since Christ came, about
sixteen hundred have been wasted by the
good in INSTRUCTED efforts. Until Robert
for saving the young. We spend all our
strength trying to bend old trees, when
little pressure would have been sufficient
Tor the sapling. We let men 20 down to
the very bottom of sin before we try to lift
them up. 1t is great deal easier to keep
train on the track than to get it on when
soil The experienced reinsman checks
the fiery steed at the first jump for when
ne gets in full swing, the swift hoofs click
ing lire from the pavement and the bit be
tween his teeth, his momentum is ire
sistible
II is said that the young must be allowed
osow their wild oats" | have noticed
mat those who sow their wild oats seldom
Try to raise any other kind of crop There |
are Two opposite destinies If you are go
ing to heaven, you bad better take the |
Straight road, and not try 10 go to Boston
Athe way Of New Orleans. What is to |
[ethe history Of this multitude of young |
people around me today | will take You |
y The hand and show you glorious sun
Hse' viii rot whine about this thing, |
a9f sfoan about il, but come, young men |
ana maidens, Jesus wants you. His hand |
love- his voice is music, his smile is !
N''-iNh VIII pun no HdutCulIs
~ your wrist. no hopples ON your feet. no |
oldhu on your forehead.
RELIGION MADE HER HAPPY.
went through the heaviest snowstorln |
lave ever known to see dying girl. Her |
oneek Oh the pillow was white as the snow
~ the easement. Her large, round eye
lau not lost any Of its luster Loved ones
svO9u al around the bed trying to hold her
a'gA Her mother could not give her up
gu, one nearer to her than either father OF
ny Io'iler was frantic with grief. said,
Fanny, how do you feelg" "Oar' size
sn L happy, happyl Mr. Talmage, tell
:. ~ lhe young folks that religion will make
them happy"
As came out of the room, louder than all
~ ~ soos and wailings of grief, heard the
s,Sll' sweet glad voice of the dying girl,
~, IOou night; we shall meet again on the
1.usr slde Of the river" The next Sabbath
9eVurled her. We brought white flowers
m S iaiu them on the coffin. There was in
tina, mat crowded church but one really
wy! and delighted face, and that was
lace Of Fanny Oh, / wish that now
49,. ,1ord Jesus would 20 through this au-
s.eloe and take all these flowers Of voutb