Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-23
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REV. Or. TALMAeE CHOOSES A Curl
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REV. Or. TALMAeE CHOOSES A cuRi-
oUsLY UNIQUE TEXT.
~TAe Likeness Of the Hands Of Man Was
Under Their winEs--A Powerful Hor-
tasory Discourse by the Worlds Great
Preacher.
NEw YORK, May 19.-Rev. DR.. Tai
IMAGES sermon In the Academy Of Music
this afternoon was powerful and eloquent
plea for practical Christianity. The sub
-ject as announced was, "Wing and Hand, Z"
the text being Ezekiel Z, 81, 1.-THE like
mass Of the hands of a man was under their
wings"
While tossed on the sea between Austria
liza and Ceylon 1 first particularly noticed
this text, Of which then and there made
memorandum. This chapter is all a-flutter
with cherubim. Who are the cherubimf
An order Of angels, radiant, mighty, all
knowing, adoring, worshipful. When
painter or sculptor tried In temple at Jeru-
salem or in marble OF Egypt to represent
the cherubim, he made them part lion, or
part OK, or part eagle. But much Of that
is an ,,nintandad hurlaao,,a ~ tho cbar,,.
hin, xvbosa y,,aiastv and snead and snIan.
dor wa win neyer know nntiI lifted into
their presence, we behold them for our
selves, as pray by the pardoning grace of
God we all may. But all the accounts
Biblical, and all the suppositions human,
represent the cherubim with wings, each
wing about z feet long, vaster, more i'm
posing than any plumage that ever fioated
in earthly atmosphere. Condor in flight
above Chimborazo, or Rocky mountain
eagle aiming for the MONDAY son, or alba
tross In play with ocean tempest, presents
no such glory. We can get an imperfect
idea of the wing of cherubim by the only
wing we see-the birds pinion-whioh is
the arm of the bird, but In some respects
more wondrous than the human arm; with
power of making itself more light or more
heavy; of expansion and contraction defy
ing all attitudes and all abysms; the bird
looking down with pity upon boasting
man as he tolls up the sides Of the Adiron-
idacks, while the wing, with a few strokes,
puts the highest crags far beneath claw
and beak. But the birds wing is only a
feeble suggestion of cherubim's wing. The
greatness of that, the rapidity of that, the
radiance of that the Bible again and again
sets forth.
The wing OF Inspiration.
Nv attention is NOT mora attractad bv
those wings than nv what thev reveal when
I;fted Tn two niaces IN E2ekiaI yua are
toId thoro xvere hands nndor the yyings
bnman hands hands like ours "Tbe
,}keness of the hands of a man wos unde1
The WINGS - We have all noticed the vino
of the cberphim but no one see,ns vet rs
have noticed the human hand under the
wing Tbara ara whole ee,,nons wboIa an,
thems whole doxolooies. whole millenni.
INNS IN that Combination of hand and wing
Jf This world Is ever hronght IN Cod Il
will he bv annreciation Of the fact that an.
nernatpral and human apenoies are to or
tooetber. that which scars and that which
nroct,collv worts. that which ascends tbe
heavens and that which reaches forth te
earth. the Joining Of the terrestrial anf
the celestial. the hand and the wing W.
SEQ this union in the construction Of tb,
Bible. The wing Of insniration ia In every
ehanter What realms az the ransomef
earth did Isaiah flv overi Over what hat
tlefields for righteousness. what coron,,
tions. what dominions of pladness. wbai
ra,nbowa around the throne did 81 .Iobr
boverl Rnt in every book Of the Bibl,
Won iust, as certainly sec the buman hanf
that wrote it Moses. the LAWYER. show
ING his hand In the Ten Commandments
the Foundation of ali GOOD le0islation
Amos the herdsman. showing his hand II
smiles drawn from fields and fiocks: tn,
flsbernen apostles showing their bani
when writing about oospel nets. I,nke tb,
physician. showing his hand by giving es
pecial attention to diseases cured: Pau
showing his scholarly hand by quoting
from heathen poets and making arguments
about the resurrection that stand as firmly
as on the day ne planted them, and st
John shows his hand by taking his imagery
from the appearance OF the bright waters
spread around tho Island or Patmos a
hour or sunset, when ne speaks OF the set
OF glass mingled with IRE. Scores OF handi
writing the parallels, the miracles, thu
promises, the hosannas, tho raptures, thu
consultations, the woes OF ages. Oh, thu
Bible Is SO human, so ful! OF heartbeats
so sympathetic, SO wet with tears, so tri
umphant with palm branches, that i
takes hold OF the human race as nothing
else ever can take hold OF leach write
In his own style-.JoD the scientific; Solo
mon, the royal blooded; Jeremiah, the DC
spondent; Daniel the abstemious and ne
roic-why, we know their style so well tha
we need not look to the top OF the page II
see who is the author. NO more consplcu
GUS the uplifting wing OF inspiration thai
the hand, the warm hand, the flexible
hand, the skilifui hand OF human instru
mentality. "Ihe likeness Of the hands Q
q man was under the wings"
Quality OF Prayer.
Again, behold this combination Of m,