Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-09-02

10 throw ourselves, body mind and soui In
to Christs keeping. "Nc," says Irrever-
ance, ~ want no atonement, want no par
don, want no Intervention; will 20 up and
facs God, and | will challenge Him, and
will defy Him, and 1 will ask Him what He
wants to do with me-" SO the finite con.
fronts the infinite so tack hammer tries 20
break thunderbol6, 50 the breath OF human
nostrils dehes the everlasting God, while the
herarchs Of heaven bow the head and bend
the knee as the Kings chariot goes by, ami
tn archangel turns away because he cannot
endure the splendor, and the chorus OF all
the empires of heaven comes In with full
diapason, Holy holy, holyp
Reverence for sham. reverence for the old
merely because it is old, reverence for stu
pidity however learned, reverence for IN.
capacity, however finely inaugurated, have
none. But we want more reverence for
God, more reverence for the sacraments,
more reverenc3 for the Bible, more rever-
ence for the pure, moro reverence for the
good. Reverence n characteristic OF all
great natures. You herr it in the roll of
the master oratorios You see it in tho
R1phaels and TItians AMI Ghirlandijos. Yo,t
stu1y IL in the architecture OF the Aholiabs
aud Christopher Wrens. Do not be flippant
about God. Do not joke about death Do
nOJ lndht Aul VI Tue DlDlc. DO uDS NcIluc
the Eternal. The brightest an1 mightiest
seraph cannot look uuabash ID upon Him.
Involuntary the wings cone up. with
twain he covered his face"
Another seraphlc posture Ia ths tx. This
seraph must not always stani still. He
must move ami it must be without clumsi-
ness. There must DO celebrity aud beauty in
the movement. with twain he did hy.n
Correction. exhilaration. Correction at our
SOW gait, for we only crawl in the service
when we ought to fly at the divin, bidding.
Exhilaration in the fact that the soul has
wings as the seraphs have wiags. What is
wing? An instrument Of locomotion. They
may not be Ike seraphs wing, they may not
be like birds wing, but the soul has wings.
God says so. HE shall mount up on wings
rs eagles We are made in the divine i'm
age, ami Col has wings. The Bible says so.
"Healing in His win ys.n "Under the shadow
Of His Wings Under whose wings thou
hast come to trust" We have foldei wing
now, wounded wing, broken wing, bleeding
wing, Gagged wing Ayel | have it now,
Gagged within bars Of bone and under cur
tains of flesh, but one day 10 be free. hear
the rustic of pnions in Seagraves poem,
which we often sing:
Rise, my soul, aud stretch thy wings.
Ihear the rustic OF pnions in Alexander
Popes stanzl, which says.
Imount, | hV;
o Death, where Is thy victory
A diving Christian not long ago cried out
"Wings, wings, wingsw The air is full OF
them. coming and going, coming and going.
You have seen how the dull, sluggish chrysa-
I'D becomes the bright butterfly; the dull,
and the stupid, and the lethargic turned into
the Alert and the beautiful. Well, my friends.
in this world we are in the chrysald state.
Dcath viii unfurl the wings. Oh If we could
only realizs what gran thing 1t will be 10
get rid OF the old clod OF body and mount
the heavens neither seagul nor lark nor
albatross nor falcon nor con Tor pitching
from highest range OF Andes, so DuoYant OF
so majestic Of stroke.
See that eagle in tho mouutlin nast. 1t
looks so sick. so ragged feathered, 50 worn
out and so half asleep Is that eagle dyinR9
No The ornithologist will tell You it IS
Noting season with that bird. Not dying,
Int Noting. You see that Christian SICK
and weary and worn out and seeming about
10 expire on what is called his deathbed.
The world says he is dying. say IL is the
melting season for his sou!--.he body
dropping away, the celestial pinions com
ing on. Not dying, but Noting. Molting
out OF darkness aud sin end struggle INTO
glory and into Col. Why do you not shout!
Why do you sit shivering at the thought oil
death and trying to hold back and wishing
YOU could stay here forever, aud speak os
departure as though the subject were hlled
with skeletons and the varllsh Oh conlns,
and as though you preferred lama ioot 10
swift wing? A..
O people of God, let us stop playing the
fool and prerare for rapturous flight. When
vour soul stands on the verge OF this llle anu
there are vast precipices beneath and sap
inbred domes above, which way Will You N.Y.
WIN YOU swoop or will you soar VIII you
Nv downward or will you fly upwardr
Everything on the win; this morning DE-
ding us aspire. Holy Spirit on the wing.
ANGEL of tho new covenant on the wing.
Time on the wing. flying away from US
Eternity on the wing, flying toward US
Wings, wings, wings
Live so near TO Christ that when you are
dead people standing by your hfeless oody
lii not soliloouizs, saying: what dis
annointment life was to him; how averse ne
was Ia departure; what pity it was he mad
N die. what an awful calamity" Rather
standing there may they see sign more
vivid on your still face than tn, vestiges OIL
,oi, somethinV that Will lntlclte tnae u
1vas happy exit-she clearance IRON %
,'rsssiva nn1rautne the cast of chrysaiio,
Tho melting of the fade1 and useless aut suo
ascent from malarial valleys 70 uIleu',
Shining mountain tops, and be leo 70 FAY a.
thov stand there contemplating youV NUM- unI
itv and your reverence III iiIe anq YOU o u~p
piness in death, Win twaln ne .ha focs
the feet, with twain ne coverel 'uT w TO-
III, tus twain he dill 1y." Wings! "lnge
Wingsl