Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1892-03-10
FOWLS OF EVERY WING
That Cluster Under tho Royal Co.
dars of Lebanon.
There AL the Dying WIN FIND rbc,r Nest
over Them Are "the Feathers 81 tho
Aimirbty"-scrmon by Rev. r.
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There AL the Dying WIN FIND Ti,c,r Nest
over Them Are "the Feathers 81 tho
Aimigbty"-scrmon by Rev. r.
Dewitt Taimar-. D. ~.
Dr. Talmage's subject Sunday was
the refuge offered by the Christian
religion 10 people Of all ages and every
variety Of character Ills text was
Ezekiel xviii, 81, "a goodly cedar and
under IL shall dwell all fowl OF every
wing"
The cedar Of Lebanon Is a royal tree.
IL stands @, 900 feet above the level OF
the sea- A missionary counted the CON
centric circles, and found one tree $500
years old-lopg-rootcd. 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 its leafy
fingers, pluclSs the honors Of thou-
sand years, and sprinklcs them upon
its own upliftcd brow. rs though some
great hallclujah 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 "a fine place for birds
70 nest in. In hot days they como
ththcr-the eagle, the dove. the swal.
low, the sparrow 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
lTeavcn-cven vascillating between the
two. No wonder that Audubon, with
his gun. trampcd through all of the
American forests in search of new spec
linens.
biologists have spent years in finding
the track of n birds claw in tho new
red sandstone. There Is enough Of
Gods architecture in n snipc's bill or a
Crouse's foot to confound all the uni
vcrsitics. Musicians have with clcfs
and bars, tried to catch the sound of
the nightingale aud robin. Among the
first thing that child notices is n swal-
low at the caves, and grandfather goes
out with n handful of crumbs to feed
the snow birds The Bible is full Of
pathological illusions. The birds of
the Bible are not dead and stuffed, like
those of the museum. but living birds,
with nutterng wings and plumagc.
"Bchold the fowls Of tho air." says
Christ Though though exalt thyself
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
pcacocks?" says job. David describes
his desolation by saying: 81 am like
pelican of the Wilderness; I am like an
owl of the desert; watch, and am as a
sparrow alone upon the housctop. ""Yea,
the stork 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 intimatcs that
Christ is the cedar and tho people from
all quarters are the birds that lodge
among the branches. at shall be
goodly CEDAR and under It shall dwell
the fowl of every wing" AS in Eze-
kicl's time, so now-Christ is a goodly
cedar, and to him are flying all kinds of
peoplc-yonng and old, rich and poor;
men high-soaring rs the eagle, those
fierce as the raven, and those gentle as
y - dove "All fowls of every wing"
FIRST IA. young may come. OF the
..... .s0e iat have passed since 'Chrisy
CAM, about 1000 have been wasted bt
the good In INSTRUCTED efforts. Until
Robert Raikcs came there was no orr
ganized effort for saving the youngl
We spend all our strength trying u
bend old trees when little pressure
would have been sufficient for the sap
pling We let men go 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 it
on when it is off, The experienced reins-
man checks the fiery stccd at 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 dcstinies. IL
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?
J will take you by the hand and show
You n glorious sunrise. ] will not whine
about this thing nor groau about it;