The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-09
sERAPHIC WINGS,
d.. Talmage Continues His Sermons
to Thousands in England.
An Interesting Discourse Based Upon an
Unusual Text-Covering he Foot
steps with the Wings OF Time
-1rreverence 1tebuked.

DIR. Talmage continues to preach TO
crowded houses in England. The ser
nor chosen for publication the current
week was from Isaiah v. 2: with
twain he covered his face, with twain
he covered his feet, and with twain he
did fly" The preacher said:
In a hospital Of lcprosy good King
Uzziah had died and the whole land wa
Swallowed with solemnity, and theologi-
cal and prophetic Isaiah was thinking |
about religious things, as one is apt to
do In time of great national b%ereave-
mont, and, forgetting the presence of
his wife and two sons, who made up his
family, he has a dream, not like the
dreams of ordinary character which
generally come from indigestion, but a
vision most instructive and under the
touch of the hand Of the Almighty.
The place, the ancient temple; build
ing, grand, awful, majestic. Within
that temple n throne higher and grander
than that occupied by any car or sui
tan or emperor. On that throne, the
eternal Christ. In lines surrounding
that throne the brightest celestials. not
the c%hcrubim, but higher than they;
the most exquisite and radiant of the
heavenly inhabitants; the sernphim.
They are called burners because they
look like fire. lips of fire, eyes of fire,
feet of fire. In addition to the features
and the limbs which suggest n human
being, there are pinions which suggest
the lithiest, the swiftest, the most buoy
ant and most inspiring of all intelligent
creation-a bird. Each seraph had six
wings, each two Of the wings for n diff
ferent purpose. Isaiah's dream quivers
and flashes with these pionions. Now
folded, now spread, nov beaten in loco
motion. with twain he covered his
feet, with twain he covered his face,
aud with twain he did fly"
The probability is that these wings
were not all used at once. The seraph
standing there near the throne over
whclmcd Mt the insigniicance of the
paths his feet had trodden as compared
with the paths trodden by the feet of
God, and with the lamencss of his loco
motion amounting almost to decrepi-
tude as compared with the divine veloc-
ity, with feathery veil of angelic mod
esty hides his feet. with twain he
did cover the feet"
Standing there overpowered by the
overwhelming splendors Of Gods glory,
and unable with the eyes to look upon
them, and wishing those eyes shaded
from the insutferable glory, the pinions
gathered over the c~ountenance, "With
twain he did cover the face" Then. as
God tells his seraphs to go to the furthest
outpost of immensely on message of
light and love and joy, and get back be-
fore the first anthem. 1t does not take
the seraph n great while to spread him
self upon the air with ~unimagined ce-
lerity, one stroke Of the wing equal to
10000 leagues Of air. with twain he
did fly"
The most practical and useful lesson
for you and me-when we see the seraph
spreading his wings over the feet, is n
lesson OF humility at imperfection. The
brightest angels Of God are SO far be-
meath God. and we so far beneath the
seraph in service we ought to be plunged
In humility, utter and complete. Our
feet, how laggard they have been in the
divine service! Our feet, how many
missteps they have taken. Our feet,
how many paths of worldliness and
folly they have walked!
Neither God nor seraph intended x
put any dishonor upon that which II
one of the masterpieces of Almighty
God-the human foot. Psychologist and
anatomist are overwhelmed at the Won
ders of it's organization. The Bridge
water Treatise. written by Sir Charles
Bell, on the wisdom and goodness OF
God as illustrated in the human hand
was n result of the $4,000 bequeathet
In the last will and testament of tn,
earl of Bridgewater for the encourage
ment of Christian literature. The worlt
could afford to forgive his eccentricities
though he had two dogs seated Mt hi
table, and though he put six dogs alon'
In an equipagc drawn by -four horses
and attended by two footmen
With his large bequest inducing Si
Charles Bell to write so valuable
book on the wisdom of God in tn
. structure of the human hand, the worlt
:, could now afford TO forgive his oddities
And the world could now afford To hav
another earl Of Bridgewater, howeve
idiosyncratic, IL he would induce som
other Sir Charles Bell TO write n boo
: on the wisdom and goodness Of God II
the construction of the human fool
Tho articulation of its bones, the lubr
cation of it's joints, the gracefulness q
its lines, the ingenuity of it's cartridges
, the delicacy of its veins, the rapidity .
Its muscular contraction, the sensitive
i ness Of its nerves. I sound the praise
!. of the human foot. With that we ma
. or climb or march. 1t is the Pounds
, ton of the physical fabric. 1t Is I'll
! base of a God-poised column. With
! the warrior braces himself for battle
A With it the orator plants himself IL
> eulogium. With IL the toiler reachs
4 his work. With it the outraged STAN,
: his indignation. It's loss an i~rreparabl
$ disaster. Its health m invaluab|
4 equipment. II You want to know u
X value ask the man whose foot paralys
i, hath shrivelled. o. machinery hat
crushed or surgeons knife hath amp
tated The Bible honocs II. Especii
n care: "Lest thou dash thy foot again'
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