The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1892-09-08
REV. DIR. TALMAGEl
THE BROOKLYN btviiir,s SUN.
DAY sHsslaa

h.d IN dis HCsp,sst !nd tss o. iepr9s Sing Uszat
with solemnity, and thecldxiesf and proph.
ettc Isaiah was thinking ebos1t religious
things as one is apt to do ttau1 Of great
national Bereavement; and kofnetting the
Pfessnee bf his. wife aid twd sJaS who made
Efsems OF ordinary charactel. which gen
erniy come from indigestion, bat a vision
most Instructive, and under the touch of
the hand OF tho Almighty.
Inc piaceEthe ancient tsmRls, building
temple a throne higher and erander than
that occupied by any csar, or snItan or, enn-
peror. On that throne ths etnrnal Christ.
In lines surrounding that three tho bright.
est ceiestials. not the cherubims but higher
Of the heavenly inbabitants, ~ seraphim:
They are called burners becatzse they look
like fire. Lips of fire, eyes of IRE. feet of
fire. In addition to tte features and the
! hmbs. Taiah suggest q hun,an being, there
swiftcst. the most buoyant es;d most in:
spring OF all intelligent creaSSon-a bird
Each seraph had six wings. lsach two of the
Tings for a different p ose. Isaiah's
dream. dIesm qusysrs and and fasI With these
Bsassn in iosonosion Ss% sG1ae' .:ss1 :.
cred bis feet with twain he covered his taco
and with twain he did hyY
The probability is that these wings were
not all used at once, The teEsPh standing
signincsncs Of the paths Ss Ssst Had II trodden s I
as compared with the path{ trodden by the
teet OF God, and with the ,lamepess OF his
Iocomotion amounting almo,t TO decrepitude
as compared with the divine velocity. with
feathery veil Of angelic mSiesty hides the
feet. with twain he did cover his feet"
Standing thsTs overpowesed by the over.
matching Splendors of Gods glory, and un.
shle longer with the eyes 70 loox upon them,
and wishing those eyea Shadsd from the in.
eountensnes. @ith s~sin g dd cover over the tine
face" Then as God tells this seraph to 90 to
the farthest outpost OF iE1ne111ty on messa 40
OF light and love and ~, AMI eet back be.
Tore the first an.hem, g dses neg take the
the air with unimagined cei,ritJ ;'one stroke
OF the wing equal to ted yAotsana Leagues Of
air. with twain he did 1nn3
The most practical and lssfuf lesson for
you and me, when We Bee the seraph
spreading his wings ovss. tn, fest is lesson
OF humility at imperfection The bright ct
angels OF God are SO far btneath God that
He charges them with foilyJ Tho seraph so
FAR beneath God, and we sofsr beneath the
seraPh In service we ought Is We plunged in
isa1srd ,b.v s,sea h.Ha ssd bee feet how
takeni Our feet, in how paths of
worldl!ness and folly tfny hive Walkedl
Neither God nor seraph i,tsndsd to put
m.sterpieces Of Almighty pd-shs humaa ean
foot. Ply siologist and "a a6mist ar. over
whelmed at the wonders Of IS organisaton.
''l'he Bridgewater Treatise,' written by Sir
Charles Bell, on the wisdom and goodness of
God, as illustrated in the human hand, was
result OF the $40. OOO bsqussthed In the last
will and testament OF the IAri OF Bridge.
water for the encouragement OF Christian
literature. The world oouluafIori to for
give his eccentricities, thoua he had two
dogs seated at his table. andthough he put
sin coss alone In an eauipaa drawn by four
With his large nques lnduc,ng Sir
Charles Bell to write 50 vaiSble book on
the wisdom o. God in the tructure OF the
human hand, the word cou1 affori to for
give his oddities. And the torld could now
afford to have another Earbf Bridgewater,
however idiosyncratic If 70 would induce
some other Sir Charles Bell to write a BOOK
on the wisdom and goodness otHod in the
ilculaIion OF its bones, sSdc.tion Of its
joints. the .gracefuness osts lines, the in-
Renuity OF its cartilage., th delicacy OF its
veins. the rapidity OF its mscular contrao-
tion, the sensitiveness Of itaerv~.
i sound the praises OF hs human foot.
With that we halt Oh climber march. It's
the s,.n at od od the ne pSy fasro T.
tho warrior braces himself II battle. With
It tho orator plants hims6 for eulogium.
With 1t the toiler reaches is work. With
It the outraged stamps his ndignation. Its
iosa an irreparable disaster; II health an
know its vaiue, ask the ian whose foot
paralysis hath shriveled, ormachinery hath
crushed, or surgeons knifS4Afh amputated.
The Bible honors it. T.. ,cial care, LEST
thou dash thy foot agaiE . stone;" "hs
viii not suffer thy foot to movedi' "thy
hal nj, n. ~l.t has
Keep thy foot whsu tn goest to the
shall slide in duo tims Connected with
the worlds dissolutiou, SHs shall set one
foot on the sea and ths ot>f on the earth.
xys ys you mt the sS ssory ans T Ts
We up what steps It tatn e, down what
decfivities. and In what I'd 8 and in what
directions, and will knowaors about YOU
than / want to know. Non sf us could en.
dnre the scrutiny. Oor fee not always in
worldliness Our feet dime and gloriou,
machiuery for usefulns "a work, So often
wrong direction. God knoins every step.
the pstriarch saying. afhs settest print
on S.,S shs ts. heal: Of Of my my &c. Crimes Of the
eye. crimes of the cor nc worse than ths
crimes OF the foot On, wswaut the wings
Of humility to cover ths. se<, Ought we not
to 90 into self begnatioubefore the all
searcbing, all scrutiniEing, II trying eve OF
Godf The seraphs DO. Ew much more
WEI with twain he covGd ths feet"
All this talk about de dsnity OF human
nature Is braggadocio and sin. Our ma
turs started at the hand 0f3od regal. but
II has been pauperized. Tire is we'll in
Belgium which once had Wy pure water,
and 1t was stoutly masone Nth stone and
brick: but that we'll afterayd b,came the
centre Of the battle Of yWsSrloo. At the
opening Of the battle the soisrs VITA their
80, p.| :. a~"- '1e ossY Tie ais's WI! fof
them, and It vas very pure ter
But the battle ragged, am f4e hundred
dead and half dead were O., into the we'll
for quick apd easy burial, soNhat the we'll
Of refreshment became the ,sll of death,
and long after people looke down into the
well, and they saw the bleaied skulls, but
no water. SO the huunan n was well OF
good, but tho armies ok se,havs fought
around IL. and fouaht acs33 1t and been
sam, ana ~ mas oeoonsea wis oI sKeleJons.
Dead hopes, dead resojntio{ dead oppor-
tunfties, dead ambitioue. M aban lone
well unless Christ shall rcocn and purify
and fiil It AZ the well OF Belann never was.
UDclean. uncleanl E
Another seraphic poeknr In the text.
with twain he covered tt sace." That
means reverence Godwari evei. so much
irrsverencs abroad In tho syfd as to-day
You rec 10 in the defaood ktuary, in the
cutting out Of figures ffomans- paintings,
In the chipping OF monuuAts Tor a me
neuto, In The fact that Silftary guard
must stand at the graVeD UfrAut AMI Gar