The Dickinson press., 1892-09-10

OF God are so far beneath God that he
charges them with folly. The seraph
SO far beneath God, and we SO far
beneath theseraph 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, in how many paths
of worldliness and folly they have
walked"
Neither God nor seraph intended to
put any dishonor upon that which is
one OF the masterpieces of Almighty
God-the human foot. Psychologist
and anatomist are overwhelmed at the
wonders of its organization. Give me
the history of your foot, and I will give
youthe historyo OF your lifetime. Tell
ME up what stepsit hath gone, down
what declivities and in what roads
and in what directions, and 1 will
know more about you than I want
to know. None of US could endure
the scrutiny.
All this talk about the dignity of
human nature is bragggadocio and a
sin. Our nature started at the hand
OF God regal, but it has been pauper-
lied.
Another seraphic posture in the
text: "Withtwain he covered thetace."
That means reverence Godward. New
er 80 much ~irreverence abroad in the
world as today. You see it in the de.
faced statuary, in the cutting out OF
figures from iinepaintings, in the chip
ping of monuments for a momento, in
the fact that military guard must
stand at the grave OF Grant'and Gar
field, and that old shade trees must
be cut down for firewood, though SO
George P. Morrises beg the woodsmen
to spare the tree, and that calls a
corpse a cadaver, and that speaks of
death as going over to the majority,
and substitutes FOR the reverent term
father and mother, "the old man."
and the "old woman" andf finds moth
ing impressive in the ruins Of Baal-
bee or the columns of Karnac, and see
no difference in the Sabbath from
other days except it
ALLOWS MORE DISSIPATION,
and reads the Bible in what is called
higher criticism, making it not the
Word of God but agood book with
some fine things in it. ,Irreverence
never so much abroad. How many
take the name of God in vain, how
many trivial things said about the
Almighty. Not willing to have God
in the world, they roll up an idea of
sentimentality and humanitarianism
and impudence and imbecility, and
call it God. No wings of reverence
over the face, no taking off of shoes
on holy ground. You al tell from
the way they talk they could have
made a better world than this, and
that the God of the Bible shocks every
sense of propriety. They talk of the
love of God in a way that shows you
they believe it does not make any
difference how bad a man is here, he
will come in at the shining gate.
They talk of the love of God in such
a way which shows you that they
think it is a general jail delivery for
all the abandoned and the scoundrel.
ism of the universe. No punishment
hereafter of any wrong done here.
The Bible gives US two descriptions
of God, and they are just opposite,
and they are both true. In one place
the Bible says God is love. In one
place the Bible says God is a con
Stunning fire. The explanation is plain
as plain can be. God through Christ
il love. God ont of Christ is fire. TIC
WIN the one and to escape the othe7
we have only to throw ourselves
body, mind and soul into Christi
keeping.
Another seraphic posture in tn
text. The seraph must not Away
stand still. He must move, and i
must be without clumsiness. Their
must be
CELEBRITY AND BEAUTY
in the movement. "With twain h
did fy." Correction e1hilaration
Correction at our slow-gait, for W
only crawl in the service when "
oueht to fly at the divine hidd ne
Exhiiaration in the fact that the sou
has wings as the seraphs have wings
What is a wing? An instrument Q
locomotion. They may not be Xix
seraph's wing. they may not be lik
birds wing, but the soul has wings.
See that eagle in the mountain nest
It looks 80 sick, SO ragged feathered
so worn out and SO half asleep. ]
that eagle dying? No. The ornitho|
ogist will tell youit is moultingseaso
withthat bird. Not dying. but moultine
You see that Christian sick and wear,
and worn out and seeming about t,
expire on what iscalled his death bed
The world says he is dying. Isay j
is moulting season for his south
body dropping away, the c~elestia
pinions coming on. Not dying, blu
! moulting. Moulting out Ct darknea