Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24
TALMAGES SERMON
INTERESTING THEME BY THE
MN YORK PREACHER.
Subject f; " Wing and Hand"

While tossed on the sea between Australia
and Ceylon flrsl particularly noticed this
text. Of which then and there made memo
randum. This chapter l. all aiiutier with
,herubim. Who are the cherubimg An or
Ger Of angels radiant. mighty, all knowing.
ai0ring. w0rshipiul. When painter or srulp-
tor tried in temple al Jerusalem or ia may
ble Of E-yut to represent the cheruhim he
made them par lion or part OK or part
eagle. But much Of that i an unintrntet
burlesque Of the cherubim Whose majesty
and speed and splendor We will never know
until lifted into their presence "" behold
them for ourselves, a. ! pray ty the pardon
ing grace Of God we all may. Butall the a.
counts Biblical and all the suggestions hui
man represent the rhsrubim with wings,
each wing about seven feet long, Naster,
more imposing than any plumage that ever
floated in earthly atmosphere.
Condor in flight above Chimbor0zo, or
Rocky Mountain eagle aiming for the noon
day sun. or albatrosS in play with ocean
tempests. present, np such glory. We can
get an imperfect idea oi the wing OF ch-ru-
bin by thu only wing We sea-the birds
linian-which is the arm Of the bird, but III
some respects murt woudrous than the hu-
man arm: with power Of making itself more
light or more heavy. Of expansion and con-
Traction: deiying all attitudes aui allabysmsi
the bird looking down with pity upon boast
ing man a. he tlils up the sides Of the Adj
rondarzs while the wing with few strokes
puts the highest crags far beneath claw and
beak But the birds wing is only feeble
suggestion Uf cherubim's wing. The great
ness of that. the rapidity Of that, the
radiance Of that. the Bible again aud again
sets forth.
NV attention isno. more attracted by those
wings than by what they reveal when lifted.
In two places in Ezekiel we are told there
Were hands under the wngs-humAn hands,
hands like ours. THE likeness Of the hands
Of man was under the wings We have
all noticed the wing of the cherubim, but no
one seems yet to have noticed the human
hand under the wing. There are whole ser
mons, whole anthems. whole doXologies, whole
mtllenniums in that combination OF hand
and wing. II this world is ever brought To
God it will bee 10y appreciation OF the TACT
that supernatural and human agencies are TO
20 together-that which soars aud that which
practically works that which a,rcnds the
heavens and that which reaches forth TO
earth the joining OF the terrestrial ana the
CELESTIAL. the hand and the wing.
We see this union in the construction OF
the Bible. The wing Of inspiration Is IN
every chapter. What realms Of the ran
somei earth did Isaiah fly over, over what
| baltlei-ld- for righteousness. what corona
/ tious. what dOmiuiOn- Ofgladne~-, what rain
! bows around the throne did st. John hover,
/ But in every book of the Bible YOU just a.
certainly see the human hand that wrote it.
/ Moses, the lawyer showing his hand ia tn"
/ Ten Commitments. the foundation OF all
/ good legislation: Amos. the herdSman, show
/ Ing his hand in SMILES drawn from fields
and hocEs the fishermen apostles showing
/ their hand when writing about Gospel nets:
/ Luke. the physician; showing his hand 10y
/ giving especial attention to dlsea' cured
/ Paul showing his scholarly hand by quoting
oh Ttr4ls
about the resurrection that stand n
firmly as on the day he planted them, and
! st. John shows his hand hy taxing
his imagery from the appearance oil the
| bri ght waters spread around the island OF
! PatmOs at hour Of sunset. when h. speaks Of
the sea Of glass mingled with fire; scores OF
| hands writing the parallels, the miracles.
| the promises, the hOsannas, the raptureS, the
! cOusOlations the Woes OF ag~s. On, the
/ Bible is 50 human. 50 full OF hcartbeats, 80
/ sympathetic, SO wet with tears, SO trium-
| phant with palm branches, that il takes hold
, OF the human race a. nothing else ever can
! take hold oft each writer in his own style
job. the scientific; solomon, the royal
hlooded; jeremiah, tine Respondent; Daniel
| the abstemiuus and herJic-why, we know
their style 50 well that we need not lOoh to
the top OF the page 70 see who is the author.
! No more conspicuous the uplifting wing OF
| inspiration than the hand, the warm hand,
the flexible hand, the skiiltul hand Of hui
! man iustrumeutality. The likeness Of the
hands of "A man was under the wings.
Again behold this combination Of my text
| in all successful Christian work. We stand
! or kneel in our pulpitS and social meetings
! and reformatory associations Offering pray er.
Now, if anything has wings, it is prayer. il
can fly farther and faster than anything
can now think Of. In one second OF time
from where you sit it can fly TO the throne OF
God and alight in England In one second
of time from where YOU sit it can fly to the
throne Of God and alight in India. 1t can
giTdle the earth in ashorter time than you can
seal letter. or clasp a belt or hook IN eye.
Wings. whether that prayer starts from au
infants tongue or the trembling lip of a cen
tenarian rising from the heart Of q farmer,
wife standing at the dashing churn, or be-
fore the hot breath OF country
oven, they soar away and pcS
out of all the shipping OF the earth on al
the seas the craft on which her sailor boy
is vOyaging. Yea, prayer can fly clear down
into the future When the father OF Queer
Victoria was dying he asked that the infant
Victoria might be brought while he sat up il
bed. and the babe was brought, and thl
father prayed, If this child should live t
become Queen of England may she rule il
the fear Of Godr Having ended his prayer
he said. Take the child away Blu
all who know the history of Eng
land for the last fifty years know tina
the prayer for that infant more than sevent,
years ago has been answered, and with wha
emphasis and affection millions Of tn
Queens subjects have this day in chapel
and cathedrals, and sea, duplicated, Zoo
save the Queenr'
PRAYER flies not only across continents. bu
across centuries. If prayer had only feet, j
might run here and there and do wonders
D.; T.. In, a tEa,r liat,
plume and as swift to rise or swoop or dar
or circle as the cherubim's wings whicl
swept through Ezekiel's vision. But. oh. m
friends. the prayer must have the hand un
der the wing. or it may amount to nothing
The mothers hand. or the fathers hand
must write to the hayward boy as soon Il
you can hear how to address him. Christina
souls must contribute to the evangelism q
that far off land for which they have bee
praying. Stop singing ely abroad. tho
! mighty Gospel unless you are willing t
give something of your own means to max
it fly. Have you been praying for the saliva
ton of young mans soul? That is right
but also extend the hand Of invitation t
come to religious meeting.
1t always eXciteS our sympathy to see
man with his hand in sling. We ask hin
What is the matter! Hope it is not
| felon:' or Have your fingers bee
crushed?" But nine out of ten Of all Chri.
; tians are going their life long with thei
= : hand in a sling. They have been hurt by ii
difference or wrong ideas of what is bes
or II is injured OF conventionalties and the
; never put forth that hand to lift or help c
} rescue any one Theypray, and their prayc
? has wings, but there is no hand under tn
= wings. From the very structure of the han
: we might make up our mind as to some
the things it was made for--to hold fast.
] lift, to push, to pull, to help and to rescu,
: And endowed with two hands, we might TAX
. the broad hint that for others as well as fC
, ourselves we were to hold fast, to lift, {
l push, to pull, to help, to rescue Wondror
4 hand! You know something of the 'Bridgt
| water Treatises" When Rev. Francis Hem
Bridgewater in his will left $4,000 for e
says on THE Power, Wisdom and Goodne
= of God, as Manifested in the Creation" an
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