Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-16
FOMLs OF EVERY WING
That CT. stcr Under the Royal Ce-
dars of Lebanon.
There All tho Dying WIN Find Their Nest
Over Them Are ..tIse Feathers of the
Almighty"-Sermon by Rev. 4.
Dewitt TalmaGc. ID. ID.

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| Or. Talmage's subject Sunday was
the refuge offered by the Christian
religion to people of all ages and every
variety of character. His text was
Ezekiel xviii. 23. "A goodly cedar and
under it shall dwell all fowl OF every
| wing"
The cedar OF Lebanon is a royal tree.
It stands 5000 feet above the level of
the sea A missionary counted the con.
centric circles. and found one tree 3, 500
years old-long-rooted.b broad branches,
all the year in luxuriant foliage.
The same branches that bent in the
hurricane that David saw sweeping
over Lebanon. rock to-day over the
head of the American traveller. This
monarch of the forest with it's leafy
| fingers, plucks the honors of n thou
sand years and sprinkles them upon
its own uplifted brow, as though some
great hallelujah of Heaven had been
planted upon Lebanon, and IL were ris-
ing up with all its long-armed strength
TO take hold of the hills whence il
came. Oh! what n fine place for birds
To nest in. In hot days they come
thither-the eagle, the dove, the swat
low. the sparrow and the raven. There
is To many of us n complete fascination
in the structure and habits of birds.
They seem not more of earth than of
Heavcn-eveu vascillating between the
two. No wonder that Audubon. with
his gun, tramped through all of the
American forests in search of new spec
linens.
biologists have spent years in finding
the track of birds claw in the new
red sandstone. There is enough of
Gods architecture in snipe's bill or a
grouse's foot to confound all the uni
vcrsities. Musicians have with clefs
and bars, tried TO catch the sound of
the nightingale and robin. Among the
first thing that n child notices is a swal-
low at the caves. and grandfather goes
out with n handful of crumbs to feed
the snow birds The Bible is full OF
archaeological illusions. The birds of
the Bible are not dead and stuffed, like
those of the museum, but living birds,
with fiuttering wings and plumage.
Behold the fowls of the air." says
Christ Though though exalt myself
as the eagle, and though thou set thy
nest among the stars, thence will /
bring thee down." exclaims Obadiah.
"Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the
peacocks?" says Job. David describes
his desolation by saying: 81 am like a
pelican of the wilderness; am like an
owl of the desert; watch, and am as n
sparrow alone upon the housetop. ""Yea,
the storlS 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.
Ezekiel in my text intimates that
Christ is the cedar. and the people from
all quarters are the birds that lodge
among the branches. ut shall be a
goodly CEDAR, and under it shall dwell
the fowl of every wing" AS in Eze-
lSieis time, so nowLChrist is 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. Gan fowls of every wing"
First, the young may come. OF the
1,S92 years that have passed since Christ
came, about |, GOO have been wasted by
the good in misdirected efforts. Until
Robert Railes came there was no or
gained effort for saving the young.
We spend all our strength trying to
bend old trees when o little pressure
would have been sufficient for the sap
ping. We let men so down to the
very bottom OF sin before we try to lift
them up. 1t is great deal easier to
keep n train on the track than to get it
on when it is off The experienced reins-
man checks the fiery steed Mt the
first jump, for when he gets in
full swing the swift hoofs, click.
ing fire from the pavement and
the bit between his teeth, his
momentum is irresistible. 1t is said
that the young men must be allowed to
sow their wild oats" have noticed
that those who sow their wild oats sell
dom try TO raise any other kind of crop.
There are two opposite des;ines II
you are going to Heaven you had better
take the straight road and not try TO
go to Boston by way of New Orleans
What is to be the history of this multi.
tude OF young people around me to-day?
will take you by the hand and show
you 4 glorious sunrise I will not whine
about this thing. nor groan about il:
but come, young men and maidens, Je.
sus wants you His hand is love; His
voice is music; His smile is Heaven. Re.
ligion will put no handouts on your
wrists, no hopples on your feet no
brand on your forehead.
| went through the heaviest snow
storm have ever known 10 see n diving
| girl Her cheek on the pillow was as
| white as the snow on the easement.
Her large, round eye had not lost any
of its luster. Loved ones stood all
around the bed trying 10 hold her back.
Her mother could not give her up; and
one nearer 20 her than either father or
mother was frantic with grief. said:
Fanny, how do you foel?" oh" she
said. HAPPY! happy! Mr.. Talmage tell
all the young folks shat religion will
make them happy" AS came out OF
the room, louder than all the sobs of
wailing and grief, ! heord the clear.
sweet voice Of the dying girl: Good
/ night; we shall meet again on the other
/ side OF the river" The next Sabbath we
buried her. We brought white flowers
and laid them on the coffin. there was
in all that crowded church but one real.
~ happy aud delighted face, aad that
was the face 81 Fanny
! Oh! ] wish that now my LORD jesus
would go through this audience and