Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-26
REV DIR. TALMAGE
The Brooklyn Divine's Sum
day Sermon.

De f-iHE "a I-IJtIiJa Is z rowan tree. It
stands six thousand feet above the level q
the seq. 4 missionary couatei the couceD-
tflc circles anu found one tree rhlrt five
hundret years old = long ro5t-i. broad
branches, all the year II !sxur3sut foliage.
Tie same branches tnat bent IL tie hurrl
cane that David saw s.re8.e.- over l.a!-
anon. rock to-day Ger thu naai - tua
American traveller. Iai- monarch of sa-
forest, with rs .-afv tln3er-. piu-l- the hon
ors OF Il THOUSAND years an sprinkleS them
upon its o~u uptifte.t bro>. as though soma
great halleluj4 III or heiy-n had b-el plantei
upon Lebanon AMI i were RISING up vita a.!
its long arineI strength = tak4 hold II tte
bills whence II cam.
On, what a I'm p.ac- foI oi":s to ues. i'll
In hot DAYS they come III thtr-the eagle
the dove, the swallow, the sparrow aad the
raven. There is 10 many Of us Il complete
fascination in the structure ana habits OF
birds. They seem not more o. earth than
~heaven-ever vaciliating between t,e two.
No wonder that Auiub5n. with his gun,
tramped through all of the American Iu.-
ests IN search of new specimens. biologists
have spent years IN finding tbs track o Il
bird $ c!aw III tie flew red stut.tDne. There
Is enough OF Co.'s architecture N u snlpe:
bill or a grous-'s toot t. coutOunt all the
universities. Musicians have, with c.tt> All
ia rs tried TO catch the sound u the nlgutnt-
gale and robin. Among the first things that
Il child notices is a swallow at the caves, and
STauuIathef Cos onr WIN a haLdf4i or
crumbs to feed the snuw blr,is
The Bible is fun OF ornlthological al!u-
sions. The birds os the bi!j.e are not dead
and stuffed, like those OF the museum, but
living birds, with iuttering wings am plu-
mage. 'Behol the fowls o. thu air, - sats
Christ. Though thou rzalt thysell as the
eagle, and thou ia thou set thy nest among
the stars, thence viii | bring thee down,2
exclaims Obadiah. "Gavest fhoa the gooily
wings unto the peacock says Job. Davi!
describes his desoltt!On bv saving, i am
like u pelican OF the Wilderness. al Ike
an owl Of the desert; | watch ani am asa
sparrow alone upon the hou>etop Yea.
the stork III the heaven knoEr-n her az
polntet~tlme and toe turtle, aud the cram,
and the swallow observe tie tune of til-ir
coming but my people kno" not tie iuig-
Inent of the Lord So says jeremiah.
Ezekiel in my text intiinates that Christ
is the cedar, and the people from all quar-
tiers are the birds that lodge among the
branches. ut shall be a goo: iy cedar, AMI
under it shall dwell all fowl OF every wing
AS i'll Ezekicls time, 50 now-Christi is a
good!y cedar, AMI to Him are flying all kinds
Of people-young and old, rich AMI poor,
men high soaring as the eagle, thos. fierce
as the raven, and those gentle as the dove.
"All fowl of every WING
First. the young may come. OF the elgtl-
teen hundred and nlnety-tWo years that
have passed siuce Christ came, about SIX
teen hundred have Leen wasted by the good
ia misdirected efforts, Until Robert Raikes
came there was nc organized effort for saw
ing the young. We spend all our strength
irving to bend Old trees, When a little pres
ureswouId have been sufficient for the sap
ling. We let men go down to the very bot
tom OF SIN before we try t. lift them W.. It
is a great deal easier to keep a train on
the track than to get it on when it Is of.
The experienced -einsman checks the tierY
stood n M fir-$ nltty tnr. xCt.arp ta rrnt- T.,
full swing, the swift hoofs clicking fire from
the pavement and the bt between his teeth.
> his momentum is Irresistible.
| 1t is said that the young must be alioNe1
to SOW their wild oats" [ have noticed
that those who SOW their wild oats seldom
l try to raise any other KIND Of crop. There
are two opposite destinies, Ii YOU are goin.
to heaven, you had better take the stralgh'
road, and net try 70 go to Boston by way .
: New Orleans. What is to be the history o
this multitude of young people around ~
to-day? ] will taAe You by the hand an,
show you a glorious sunrise. / will no
whine about this thing, nor groal about il
} but come, young men aul maiienS JeStl
wants you. His hand Is love, His voice
music, His smile is heaven. religion will pa
no handouts on YOUR wrist, 10 hopp.es .
z your feet, no brand Oh You. forehead.
Invent through the heaviest snowstorm
have ever knOWnt t. see Il dying girl. He
A
h'ne cass"ent: reI 'a'St ioun' eseha
: noI lbs, all. " iustei' io'T1 ~ so
al AROUND the bea trying 10 iioid her Dac-
her motner could not give hef up, ana %
nearer to her than elther father OF notut
Z was frantic with greet. sad 'FannN
how do Won fnel>" 'nDar1 she sad 'hapu
han,v, Mr. ra'n,,. ,eli all tina Won,
foifts hot r.J;r,on VII ,,.L.. tba,, ba,,v
Al oo,na,,,+ ~ TIA r,n,, louder -ban :.
+bo sohs ana ,y,iiinoS at orief heard T!
cIaar swaat Glad Voice ~ tn. Ivin- p!,
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