The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-03-17

Dwell.
BR R)OKLYN, March G.-Thc congrc"a-
tlon at the Brooklyn Tabernacle this
morning sang with tcrvor the hymn be-
ginning
My faith looks up to thee
Thou lamb of Calvary.
DR.. Talmage's subject was the refuge
offered by the Christian religion t. pCo-
pie of all ages ard every variety o.!
character. His text was EzcKlCl xvii,
90, "a Goodly cedar, and under il shall
dwell all fowl OF every wlnG.'
The cedar Of Lebanon is a royal tree.
1t stands six thousand feet above the
level OF the sea. n missionary counted
the conCCntric circles and found one lrCo
thirty-livc hundred years old--long root
ed, broad branches, all the year III luNu-
RANT foliage. The same branches that
bent III the hurricane that David saw
sweeping over Lebanon rock today over
the head OF the American trNv!cr. This
monarch Of the forest, with It's lrNy
fingers, plucks the honOrS OF Il thousand
years and sprinklcs them upon It's own
upliftcd brow, as though some great
halleluiah Of heaven had been planted
upon Lebanon and it were rising up with
all ils long armed strength to take hOld
Of the hills whence it came.
Oh, what fine place for birds TO nest
in! In hot days !lry come thithCr-thC
eagle, the dove, tho swallow, the spar
row and the raven. There is TO many
ofus complete fascination in the
structure and habits Of BIRDS. They
seem not more of earth than heaven
ever vaclllating between the two. 40
wonder that Audubon, " ith his gun,
trampcd through all Of the American
forests in search OF new specimens.
Gco.ogistS have spent years in finding
the track Of a birds claw in the new red
sandstone. There s enough OF Gods
architecture in snipc's bill or a grouso's
foot to cOniound all the universities.
Musicians have, with cicis and bars,
tried to catch the sound of the night
ingalc and robin. Among the first
things that child notices is swallo ow
at the caves. and grandfather goes out
with a handful Of crumbs to feed the
snowbrds.
The Bible is full OF orniLholoHical allu-
sons. The birds OF the Bible are not
dead and stuffed, like those Of the mu-
scum, but living birds, with lluttcrln%
wings and plumagc. "BChold the fowls
of the air." say S Christ. "Thouyh thou
cXalt thysc as the eagle, and thou.h
thou set thy nest among the stars, thence
will | bring thee down." cNclaims
Obadiah. "Gavcst thou the goodly
wings unto the pcuc0ckS:N says Job.
David describes his dcsolutiuu by say
ING, 81 am like a pelican Cl' The wilder
ness; am like an owl of the desert; |
watch and am as Il sparrow alone upon
the housctOp." "I ca, the stork in lhc
heaven knowcth her appointed .iulr; and
the crane, and the swallow observe the
time of their coming; hi my people kn"Y
not the Judgment OF the LordH--SO says
jeremiah.
Ezekiel in my text intlmatcs U,Ht
Christ is the cedar. and the rcopIc IRON,
all quarters are the birds that lndyt
among the branches. ut shall nc 1
goodly cedar. and under il shall dwell
all fowl ofcrcTy wing.' As i'll Ezrllr )
time. SO now Christ - Il "a, dlN cn,iar
and to him arc lly in all kinds Of p'u,,',
young and old, rich and poor, mcn
high soaring rs the eagle, those fierce
rs the raven, and those "crtlc HS Tie
dove. IAN fowl OF every wiug.o
First, the young may come. Ot the
eighteen hundred and ninety two years;
that have passed since Christ canic,
about SiNtccn hundred have hccn wasted
by the good in misdircct,h efforts. l'HIi
Robert Raikcs came thcrc WAS no "r,rl-
nIZcd cilnr! for saving tie Young. we
spend all our strength try iuy lu bead old
trees, when littlc pressure would have
been sufficient for thc saplm~. "" !ct
men 90 down to the very hultum Of sin
before We try to lltl them up. 1t is Il
great deal easier to keep train on ,hc
track than 10 get on when il is of.
The experienced rciusman checks the
fiery stced at the first iLmp. tor when
ne gets in iull swing, the swift hoOis
clicking fire from the pavement and thc
bit between his teeth, his momentum is
Irresistible.
II is sad that the young must bc al
lowed to SOW their "wild cats" have
noticed that those who SOW their wild
oats seldom try to raise any other kind
OF crop. There arc to opposite dcstinics.
III you are gong tOhcaVcn, you had bet
ter take the straight road. and not try to
90 to Boston by the way OF New Or
leans. What is to be the history Of this
multitude Of young people around me
today; | will take YOU by the hand and
show YOU glorious sunrise. | willno;
WHINE about this thing, nor orOan about
II, but come, young men and maidcns,
Jesus wants you. His hand is love, his
voice is music, his sIniic is heaven.
Religion will put no handouts on your
wrist, no hoppleS on your feet, no brand
on your forehead.
l went through the heaviest snow.
storm | have ever known to see dying
girl. Her check on the pillow was white
as the snow on the easement. Her
large, round eye had not lost any of its
lustcr. Loved ones stood all around
the bed trying to hold her back. Her
mother could not give her up, and one
nearer to her than either father or moth
er was frantic with grief | said, Fan
ny, how do you feol!" con-" she said,
'"'happy, happy! Mr.. Talmagc, tell ali
the young folks that religion will make
them happy"
AS came out Of the room, louder
than all the sobs and wailings of grief,
heard the clear, sweet, glad voice OF
the dying girl, Good night; VIC shall