Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-29
50 FAR BELOW GOD
Wonderful Powers and Beau
ties OF the Seraphim
SUBIECT0F TALnAGESSEanOa
The Eioqusnt DIVINE breaches C im-
me1se CoagEzg aloas "a BiFlllRg
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LogDos. Aug. z8-During the past
Week Dr. Ialmags has been preaching
y enormous audieaees IA the great man
uslcturing t0Nns IT the English md
land counties. II Birmingham, II spite
Of the great size u tAs churches placed
81 bis disposal, Il was necessary 70 en-
gage the town hall, the spacious build
Ing Ia which John Bright delivered his
famous speeches % the electors, and
even tins ediice would not contain hall
the people wh0 tried - get entrance. Al
Leicester, Cardiff and swansea there
was the same eagerness ID hear him. and
hs was received with unbou ded en-
thusiasn. The sermon select for pub
Lcation this week is On Isaiah Vi. 2,
with twain he covered his face. with
twain hs covered bis feet, and with
twain DO did Is"
In a hospital OF lepEosy good King
Uzziah had died. aud tho whole land
was Swallowed with solennity, and thee
logical and prophetic Isaiah was think
ing about religious things, as one Is apt
u 90 ia time Il great national bereave
meat. and forgetting the presence OF his
wife aud two sons, who made up his
family, DO had a dream, not like the
dreams o. ordinary character. which
generally come from indigestion. but a
vision most instructive, and under the
touch Of the hand Of the Almighty.
The placs-ths ancient templei build
fng-grand, awful, majestic. Within
that temple a throne higher and grand
sr than that occupied by any car or
sultan or emperor. On that throne the
eternal Christ. In lines surrounding
that throne the brightest celestIals, not
the chsrubim, but hi her than they; the
most exquisite and radiant Of the heav-
enly inhabitants, the seraphim. They
are called burners because they look
ike ire Lips OF fire. eyes Of ire. feet
OF fire. In addition 10 the features and
the limbs, which suggest a human be-
Ing. there are pinions, which suggest the
hthest. tie swiftest, the most buoyant
and most inspiring OF all intelligent
creation bird. Each seraph had six
wings, each two u the wings for dif-
ferent purpose. Issiah's dream quivers
and flashes with these pinions. Now
folded. now spread, now beaten in loco
motion with twain he covered his
feet, with twain he covered his face, and
with twain be did fly"
The probability Is that these wings
were not all used at once. The seraph
standing there near the throne over
whelmed at the insignifcance OF the
paths his feet had trodden as compared
with the paths trodden by the feet Of
God, and with the laTneness Of his loco
motion amounting almost 70 decrepitude
as compared with tho divine velocity,
with feathery veil of angelic modesty
hides tho feet. with twain he did
cover the feet"
Standing there overpOwered by tho
overwhelming splendors OF Gods glory,
: and unable longer with the eyes TO look
upon them. and wishing those eyes
shaded from the insuferable glory, the
pinions gather over the countenance.
with twain be did cover the face
Then as God tells this seraph TO 60 to
The garthess outpost Of immensely on
message Of light and love and joT, and
get back before the frat anthem, it does
not take shs seraph great while -
spread himself upon the air with unim-
Rgined celebrity; one stroke Of the wing
equal 70 ten thousand leagues Of air.
"With twain he did fly"
HUMILITY THB PROPER STATE or NAN.
The most practical and useful lesson
Tor you and ms when we SEQ tie seraph
spreading bis wings over the feet, IS a
lesson = humility at imperfectiou. The
brightest angels Of God are SO far be-
meath God that ho charges them with
folly. The seraph so far beneath God
aad we 50 far beneath the seraph in serv-
ice We ought 70 Be plunged IN humility.
utter aud completes. Our feet. how lag
gard fhsy have been in she divine scrvicet
Our fset how many missteps they have
taken. Our feet. In bow many paths of
wcridhness and folly they have wglkedl
Neither God nor seraph intended 20
PIT any iishonor upon that which Is one
q ths masterpieces Of Almighty Cod
The humsn foot Psychologist and anat-
ooiss are overwhelE3ed nc the wonders
o. is organization. The Bridgewater
Treatise. written by Sir Charles Bell
ga the wisdom AID goodness Of God as
illustrated la the human hand. was a
result Of the s4o 600 bequsathed ia the
last viii and testament Of the Earl Of
Hrid-ewafer for the ercouragelneuf Of
Christian literature. The world could
sEorl CD forgive his ecoentricities
though ha had two dogs seated az his
table. lnd though he put six dogs alone
IN an sqaipage drawn By four horses
and attended by two f0otm0n
WITH his large bequsst inducing Sir
Charles Fell TO write So valuable a book
on tire wisdom IF Cod in the structure
Of The human hand. the world could AZ
fora 10 forgive his oddities. And che
world could noVT uTori % have another
Earl of BridEewater, however iiiosyn-
cratic K be would inance some ether
81 Charles Bal to write a BOOK on TIE
wisdom and goodness of God In Che con
sfrlch.n ~ fhe human foot-the ar
ticulaHan ~ - torss. the luhuicaaon &c
is icirts. the graccfniuess ~ ia lines
fhe ins.anfrr-v ~ rs caraisges. the ieii-
carv of it4 VEINS tie r3pi.itr of its Uu-
cnlar contraction. the sensiuveuess q
IT. uerres
souad che praises n tae human foot.
We taat ne halt ~ climb or march.
T. Is tas fouuasaan 81 tbe physical
fsbric Is Is taa base af q tiod poise
roinur. with it fte Warrior hrscss
hrnseif f1r barie With BE- che oratrr
plant himssig for euIsg nm. WITH %