The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-07


this week is on Isaiah vi, .: "With
twain he covered his face; and with
twain he covered his feet, and with
twain he did n.y."
In IA hospital of lcprosy good King
uzziah had died, and the whole land
was shndowcd with solcmnity, and the
illogical and prophetic Isaiah was think
ing about religious things, as one Is apt
TO do In time of great national bcrcavc-
mcnt. and forgetting the presence of
his wife and two sons, who made up his
family, he has u dream, not like the
dreams Of ordinary character, which
generally come from indigestion, but
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 throne higher and grand.
err than that occupied by any ear or
sultan or emperor On that throne,
the eternal Christ. In lines surround
ing that throne the brightest cclcstials
not the chcrubim. but higher than
they; the most exquisite and radiant OF
the heavenly inhabitants, the scraphim
They are called burners, because they
look like fire. In addition To the
features and the limbs which suggest n
human being, there are pinions which
suggest the lithcst, the swiftncss, the
most buoyant and most inspiring of all
| intelligent creation-a bird. Each SER
| aph had six wings, each two of the
wings for different purpose lsaiahs
| dream quivcrs and flashes with these
pinionS Now folded, now spread, now
| beaten in locomotion. with twain he
covered his feet, with twain he covered
his face, and with twain he did ny"
| The probability is that these wings
| were not all used ut once. The seraph
standing there near the throne, over
| whclmcd mt the paths his feet had trod-
den rs compared with the paths trod-
den 10y the feet OF God and with the
| lamcncss of his locomotion amounting
almost TO dccrcpitude as compared with
the divine velocity, with feathcry veil
of angelic modcsty hides the feet.
"With twain he did cover the feet"
Standing there overpowcd 10y the
overwhelming splcndors of Gods glory,
and unable longer with the eyes To look
upon them, and wishing those eyes
shaded from the insutfcrnble glory, the
pinions gather over the countcnancc.
"With twain he did cover the face.
Then rs God tells this scraph to go tn
the furthcst outpost of immensely on
message of light and love and joy, and
get back before the first anthem, it does
not take the scraph II great while to
spread himself upon the air with un-
imagined celebrity, 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 mc-whcn we see the SER
aph spreading his wings over the feet,
! is lesson Of humility ~ impcrfcction.
The brightest angels Of God are So fan
beneath God that he charges them Will
folly. The Scraph so far beneath God
and we so far beneath the Scraph IN
service we ought Ia Toe plunged in hu
mility, utter and complete. Our feet
: how laggard they have been IN the di
5 vine service! Our feet, how many mis-
: steps they have taken! Our feet, IN
{ how many paths of worldlincss and fol
? ~ they have wallicd
p Neither God nor scrnph intended I,
put any dishonor upon that which n
one Of the masterpieces Of Almighty
God-thc human foot Psychologist anC
; anatomist are overwhelmed ut the won
= dcrs of its organization.
4 The Bridgcwater Treatise, written b,
o Sir Charles Bell, ON the wisdom ant
h goodness Of God rs illustrated in tn
I human hand, was result Of the $40,
e 600 bcqueathcd in the last will AM
IS testament of the Earl of liridgewatc
1 for the encouragement of Christian liz
c eraturc The world could nifor
= 90 forgive his ccccntricitics, thoug
= he had two dogs seated at his table, an
Is though he put six dogs aloue in "a
: equipagc drawn 10y four horses and nj
IA tended by two footmcn. With his lnrg
d bcqucst inducing Sir Charles BELL I
IL write so valuable book on the wisdor
IA of God in the structure of the huma
T. hand, the world could afford tn forgiv
II his oddities And the world could nov
Il afford To have another earl of Bridg,
le water however idiosyncratic, II h
Or would induce some other Sir Charlie
ar He'll TO write book on the wisdom an
II goodness of God in the construction {
~ the human foot The articulation {
ii its bones, the fabrication OF It's joints
e. the gracefulness Of it's lines, the II
gcnuitv Of It's cartilages, the delicacy {
its veins, the rapidity Of It's musculH
contraction, the sensitivcness of II
10 nerves | sound the praises of III
le human foot With that we no
or climb or march. IL il IN
" foundation OF physical fabric. IL Is th