Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-03-04
WINGS OF SERAPHlM.
Mans Physical Fabric Divine and
Glorious Machinery
That Somctim"$ WHndrrs Into Faiths of
N"rthItnrsS-NirC~o OF Itumi.Ity often
Seeded 10 Cover toe Feet rrHc-
teal ~rtInp 10y E"N. 4.
noniIt TaIurASr.

The subject Of DIR. Talmayc's sermon
/ sunday was Wings OF Srraphim,
ant the test Is isaiah Vi, e: with
twain lac covered his face. and with
twain l." covered la, feet, and with
TWAIN i,d hr ~.
la - hospital "f lrpr",v good King
,liah hAi died, aud the whole land
~, Swallowed with snicmnity. and
theological aud prophetic Isaiah was
thinking about religious things, As one
d, apt To- do IN times Of great national
hcrcavcmcut and forgetting the pres
cucc ri hlS wife ami two sons, who
made up his family, he haa a dream
not like the dreams of ordinary char
artvr, which generally comes from in
digestion, hat Il vision most in>truc-
tIv". aud under the touch of the hand
| of the Almighty.
The place, IL" ancient trurplc: build
ing grand, awful, majestic Within
that tcmpl" a thr one hig her and grand
cr than that occupied 10y any ear ar
sultan or emperor. CA that throne.
ia" eternal Christ. In l,ucs surround
ing that throne, the brightest crIcs-
tials, not the ChrruhIu but higher
than they. the most exquisite and IA
diant Of the heavenly inhabitants; the
Srrlphtm. They are called TURNER'S
hvcIurc they lurl, like tire. I.p~
of tire, eyes ri tire, feet Of fire. In
addition To the features and the
limbs which suggest 4 human being,
there are piulnnS which suggest the
49, 4.
aud the most aspiring of all intclli-
gent CREATION bird. Zach svraph
had six wings. each two uf the wings
for a different purpose. I>aIah's dream
quiVcrS and flashes it'll these pIniouS.
Now folded. now spread, now beaten
in locomotIun. with twain he cover
cd his feet, with twain ne covered his
face, and with TWAIN Ia did ny
The probability IS that these wings
were not all used mp at once. The
Scraph standing there near the throne
ovcrw hcImcd at the in>igniicancc of
the path, his feet had troddcn a. com
pared with the paths trnddcn 10y the
feet ~ cod, aud with the lamcncSS of
his locnmotion amounting almost To
dccrcptitudc A. compared with the ii-
vine velocity. with fcathcry veil Of an
gclic modcSty hides tn" feet. with
twain lie DID cover his feet"
Standing there ovcrpowcrcd 10y the
overwhelming splcudorN Of Gods glory,
and unable longer with the eyes To-
look upon them, aud wishing those
eyes shaded from the iusuircrablc
glory, the pinious gather over the coun-
tcnancc. with twain he did cover his
face Then as God tells the scraph
10 go to the flrthcat OUTPOST of inn
mcn>Ity ON message of light and love
and joy, and get back before the first
anthem. it does not take the scraph q
great while To spread himself upon
the air with uuimagincd celebrity,
one stroke of the wing equal To TO-
900 leagues of air. with twain he did
fly"
The most practical and useful lesson
for you and mc-when we see the SER
aph spreading his wings over his feet,
is the lessen of humility at imperfcc-
ton. Tha brightest angels of God are
so far beneath God that he charges
them with folly. The scraph so far
beneath God and we 50 far beneath
the seraph in service we ought To be
plunged into humility, utter and COM
plete. Our feet, how lasgard they
have been in the divine service. Our
feet, how many misSteps they hare
taken. Ok f,,t, III now many paths
of wOrldlincss and ,olly they have
walked.
Neither God nor scraph intended To
put any dishonor upon that which i,
one of the masterpieces of Almighty
God-the human foot. Psychologists
and anatomists are overwhelmed at
the wonders of IFS organization. The
Bridgewater Treatise, written by Sir
Charles Bell, on the wisdom and good
ness of Col as illustrated in
the human hand, was re-
suit of the $4,000 bequeathed
in the last will and testament
of the earl of Bridgewater for the en-.
couragcment of Christian literature.
The world could afford to forgive his
eccentricities, though he had two dogs
seated at his table, and though he put
six dogs alone in an equipagc drawn
10y four horses and attended by two
footmen. With his large bequest in
ducing Sir Charles BELL to write so
valuab bic a book on the wisdom of God
in the structure of the human hand,
the would could afford to forgive his
oddities. And the world could now af-
ford to have another earl of bridge
water. however idiosyncratic, if it
would induce some other Sir Charles
Bell to write book on the wisdom
and goodness of God in the construc-
q & q h.,
ton of its bones, the fabrication of its
joints, the graccfulnrsS of its lines,
the ingenuity of its cartIlageS. the del
icacy of its veins, the rapidity of its
muscular contraction, the sensitive
ness of its nerves.
] sound the praises of the human
foot. With that we halt or climb or
march. IL is the foundation OF the
physical fabric IL is the base OF a
God poised column. With it the war
rior braces himself for battle. With
the orator plants himself for eulogium.
With it the toiler reaches his work.
With it the outraged stamps his indig-
nation. Its loss an irreparable dis
aster. Its health an invaluable equip
ment. IL YOU want To know
It's Natue, ask inc man
whose foot paralysis hath shrivci-
led. or machinery hath crushed, or sur
geon's knife had amputatcd. The Bible
honors it. Especial care: LEST thou
dash thy foot against 4 stone ''he
will not suffer thy foot to be moved"
thy feet shall not stumble" Especial
charge: Keep thy foot when thou
goest to the house of God Especial
peril: Their feet shall slide in due
time" Connected with the worlds
dissoIution: ''IIc shall set one foot on
the SEA and the other on the earth
Give me the history of your foot, and
| will give YOU the history of your life
time. Tell me up what steps it hath
gone, down what declcvitics, and in
what roads and in what directions,
and | will know more about you than
want To know. None of us could
endure the scrutiny. Our feet
not always in paths of God.
Sometimes in paths of worldli-
ness Our feet, a divine and glorious
machinery for usefulness and work,
50 often making missteps, SO often
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