Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-03-12
ROOM FOR ALL.
DR.. TalInage on the Refuge offered
By Religion.
Christianity Ample For Ali Conditions and
Chara cters-Tho Infinite Mercy OF
God-How Easy It IL For tho
Christian to Die.


.riety of character. His text wa
Ezekiel xvii %: "A goodly cedar and
under it shall dwell all fowl Of every
wing" Dr. Talmage said:
The cedar of Lebanon is aroyal tree.
1t stands 5000 feet above the level OF
the sea. A missionary counted the
.concentric circles and found one tree
$500 years old-long rooted, broad
branches, all the year in luxuriant
foliage. The same branches that bent
in the hurricane that David saw sweep
ing over Lebanon, rock to-day over the
head of the American traveller. This
monarch of the forest with its leafy
fingers, plucks the honors OF thou
sand years, and sprinkles them upon
Its own uplifted brow, as though some
great hallelujah of Heaven HAD been
planted upon Lebanon and 1t were ris'
Ding up with its long-armed strength TO
take hold Of the hills whence it came.
o. what q fine place for birds to nest in.
In hot days they come thither-the
eagle, the dove, the swallow, the spar
row and the raven. There is to many
of us O complete fascination in the
structure and habits Of birds. They
seem not more of earth than OF Heaven
ever vacillating between the two
No wonder that Audubon, with his
gun, tramped through all OF the Amer
lean forests in search Of new speci-
mems Biologists have spent years in
the new red sandstone. There is
enough OF Gods architecture in a
.snipe's bill or a grouse's foot to con-
found all the universities. Musicians
have, with clefs and bars tried to
catch the sound of the nightingale and
robin. Among the first things
that q child notices is a swallow ut
the caves, and grandfather goes out
with handful of crumbs to feed
the snowbirds 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 huttering wings and plumage.
''Behold the birds Of the air." says
Christ Though thou exalt myself
as the eagle and thou set thy nest
among the stars, thence will bring
thee down." eXclaims Obadiah.
-''Gavest thou the goodly wings unto
tho peacocks?" says Job. David de-
.scribes his desolation by saying: II am
like q pelican of the wilderness; / am
like an owl of the desert; watch and
am as q sparrow alone upon the house
top" "Yea, the stork in the Heaven
s7enoweth 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" says Jeremiah.
Ezekiel in my text intimates that
Christ Is the cedar, and the people
from all quarters are the birds that
lodge among tho branches ut shall
be goodly cedar. and under it shall
dwell all fowl Of every wing" As in
Ezekiel's time, so now-Christ is q
;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
1899 years that have past since Christ
came, about 1000 have been wasted by
the good in misdirected efforts Until
Robert Raikes came there was no or
gained effort to save the young. We
spend our strength trying to bend old
trees, when little pressure would
have been sufficient for the sapling.
We let men 60 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 1t on when
it is of. The experienced reins-
man checks the fiery steed at the first
jump, for when he gets in full swing, the
swift hoofs clicking FIRE from the pave
tment and the bit between his teeth,
his momentum Is irresistible. 1t Is said
that the young must be allowed to SOW
their wild oats" have noticed that
those who SOW their wild oats seldom
try to raise any other kind of a crop,
There are two opposite destinies. II
you are going to Heaven you had better
talkc the straight road and not try to
get TO Boston by the way OF New
Orleans What is to be the history of
this multitude Of young people around
me to-dayP will take you by the
hand and show you glorious sunrise.
Il will not whine about this thing or
groan about 1t; but come, young men
and maidens Jesus wants you His
hand IL love; his voice Is music; his
ssmile is heaven Religion will put no
handouts on your wrists, no hoppels
ON your feet no brand on your fore
head.
Iweut through the heaviest snow
storm have ever known TO see q dying
girl. Her cheek on the pillow was
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 to hold her back.
IL ,-.okhor con1d not yivA her mn. and