The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-03-10
SOAR LIKE A SERAPH.
WHIcHls SWIFT, AsPlRANT, RA 9IANT
AND BUoYANT.

siiuu rneme, put Ho Make es IL Practical
vino Velocity.
WAsmINdToN, Feb. 30. Tn this dis
course DR.. Talmage takes most ex-
alted theme and makes it practical
and useful to the last degree. The
subject is Wings Of Seraphim," and
tho text is lsaiah vi, 2, with twain
he covered his face, and with twain
ne covered his feet, and with twain he
did fly"
In 9 hospital Of leprosy good King
Uzziah had died, and the whole land
was shadowed with solemnity, and
theological and phophetic Isaiah was
thinking about religious things, as
ono is apt to do in time OF great nation
al bereavement, and, forgetting the
presence. Of his wife aud two sons,
who made up his family, he has a
dream not like the dreams Of ordinary
character, which generally came from
indigestion. but a vision most instruct.
Two and under the touch of the hand of
tho Almighty.
The place, the ancient templo;
building grand, awful, majestic
"
and grander than that occupied by
czar or sultan or emperor. On that
throne the eternal Christ. In limos.
surrounding that throne, the BRIGHTEST
celestials. not the cherubim. but high.
or than they, the most exquisite and
radiant of the heavenly inhabitants-
the seraphim. They arc called burn
ers because they look like fire. Lips
of fire, eyes of fire, feet OF fire. In
addition to the features and the limbs,
which suggest human being, there
are pinions, which suggest the lithest
the swiftest, the most buoyant and the
most aspiring of all unintelligent crea.
tion, bird. Each seraph had six
wings, each two Of the wings for q
dlilerent purpose. Isaiah's dream
qulvers and flashes with these pinions.
Now folded, now spread, now beaten
in locomotion with twain he GOV.
cred his feet, with twain he covered
his face, and with twain he did tly."
The probability is that these wings
were not all used at once. The seraph
standing thero near the throne, over
whelmei at the insignificanco OF the
paths his feet had trodden as compared
with the paths trodden by the feet Of
God, and with tho lameness of his 10.
comotion, amounting almost to dc.
crepltude as compared with tho divine
velocity, with feathery veil of angelic
modesty hides the feet. "With twain
he did cover the feet"
Standing there, overpowered by The
overwhelming splendors Of Gods glory
aud unable longer with tho eyes to
look upon them and wishing those
eyes. shaded from the insuiferable
glory, the pinions gather over the
countenance. "With twain he did
cover the face" Then, as God tells
this seraph to go to the farthest out
post of immensity on message of light
and love and JOY aud get back before
the first anthem; It does not take the
seraph great while to spread himself
upon the air with unimagined celebrity,
one stroke Of the wing equal TO 10, 600
leagues Of air. with twain he did
hy.a
The most practical and useful lesson
for you and mo when we see the SER
aph spreading his wings over the feet
lis the lesson Of humility at imper.
fection. The brightest angels of God
are SO far beneath God that he charges
them with folly. The seraph SO far
beneath God, and we so far beneath
the seraph in service, we ought to be
plunged in humility, utter and com.
plete. Our feet, how slaggard 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. Physiologist
and anatomist are overwhelmed at
tho wonders of its organization. "The
Brida owater Treatise" written by Sir
Charles Bell, on the wisdom and good.
ness OF God as illustrated in the hui
man hand, was result Of the $40, 900
bequeathed in the last will and testa
ment Of the Earl of Bridgewater for
the encouragement of Christian liter.
ature. The world could afford to for.
give his eccentricities, though he had
two dogs seated at his table and though
he put six dogs alone in an equipage
drawn by four horse and attended by
two footmen. With his large bequest
inducing Sir Charles Bell to write so
valuable book on the wisdom of God
in the structure of the human hand the
world could afford to forgive his oddi-
ties. And the world could now afford to
have another Earl of Bridg how
ever idosyncratic, if he would induce
some other Sir Charles Bell to write
Q book on the wisdom and goodness of
God in tho construction Of tho human
foot. The articulation of its bones,
the fabrication Of its joints, the grace.
fulness Of its lines, Che ingenuity of
its cartilages, the delicacy of its veins,
tho rapidity Of its muscular contrac-
tion, the sensitiveness Of it's nerves.
sound tho praises OF the human
foot. With that we halt or climb or
march. It IS the foundation of the
physical fabric. 1t is the base of a God
poised column. With it the warrior
braces himself for battle. With it tho
orator plants himself for eulogium.
With it the toiler reaches his work.
With it the outraged stamps his indig-
nation. It's loss an irreparable disas-
ter. It's health an invaluable equip.
mont, If you want to know it's value,
ask tho man whose foot paralysis hath
or machinery hath crushed,
or surgeons knife hath amputated.
Tho Bible honors it. Especial care,
"Lest thou dash thy foot against a
stone" "He will not suffer thy foot to
be moved" "Thy feet shall not stun.
bio. Especial charge, "Keep thy
foot when thou goest to the house Of
God" Especial peril. "Their feet
shall slide in duo time" Connected
with the worlds dissolution, "He shall
aet one foot IN tho GOO oni ibo <,tb a..