Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-03-10
WINGS OF SERAPHIM.
"an1s Physical Fabric a Divine and
Glorious Machinery
inst Sometimes Wsnders Into Path. of
Wings OF Humility Often
Needed to Cover the Feet-A Prac-
teal sermon by Rev. L.
DEWITT TaImAyn


Sunday was Wings of Seraphim 8"
and the text is Isaiah vi, .: with
twain he covered his face. and with
twain he covered his feet, and with
twain did he fiy."
In hospital of leprosy good King
Uzziah had died, and the whole land
was Swallowed with solemnity, and
theological and prophetic Isaiah was
thinking about religious things, as one
is apt TO do in times of great national
bereavement, and forgetting the pres
ence OF his wife and two sons, who
made up his family, ne has dream,
not like the dreams of ordinary char
acter, which generally comes from in
digestion, but vision most instruc-
tive, and under the touch of the hand
OF the Almighty.
he place, the ancient temple; build
ing grand, awful, majestic. Within
that temple thr one higher and grand
or than that occupied by any car or
sultan or emperor. On that throne.
the eternal Christ. In lines surround
ing that throne, the brightest celes-
tialS not the chcrubim but higher
than they, the most exquisite and ra-
diant of the heavenly inhabitants: the
seraphim. They are called burners
because they look like fire. Lips
OF fire, eyes of fire, feet of fire. In
addition TO the features and the
limbs which suggest a human being.
there are pinions which suggest the
ithest, the swiftcst, the most buovant
and the most aspiring of all intelli-
gent creation-a bird. Each seraph
had SIX wings each two of the wings
Tor different purpose. Isaiah's dream
qulvers aud flashes with these pinions.
Now folded, now spread, now beaten
IN locomotion. with twain he cover
cd his feet, with twain he covered his
face and with TWAIN he did hv."
The probability is that these wings
were not all used up at once. The
seraph standing there near the throne
overwhelmed at the insignifcancc of
the paths his feet had trodden as com
pared with the paths trodden by the
feet of God, and with the lameness of
his locomotion amounting almost TO
decreptitude as compared with the di-
vine velocity, with feathery veil Of an
gelic modesty hides the feet. with
twain He did cover his feet"
Standing there overpowered by the
overwhelming splendors of God 5 glory.
and unable longer with the eyes to
look upon them, and wishing those
eyes shaded from the insufrcrable
glory, the pinions gather over the coun-
tenance. with twain he did cover his
face Then as God tells the seraph
TO go TO the farthest outpost of i'm
menslty on message of light and love
and Joy, and 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
fly"
The most practical and useful lesson
for you and me-when we see the ser
aph spreading his wings over his feet
IS the lessen of humility at imperfec-
ton. 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 into humility, utter and com
plete. Our feet how layrard they
nave 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. Phvsiologists
and ANTAGONISTS are overwhelmed at
the wonders of its organization. The
Bridgewater Treatise, written by Sir
4 q l.. 4
ness of God as illustrated in
the human hand was 70.
suit of the $4,000 beoueatbed
IN the last will and testament
OF the earl of Bridgewater for the en-
enlargement of Christian literature.
The world could afford TO forgive his
eccentricities, though he had two dogs
seated at his table, and though he mt
SIX dogs alone in an equipage drawn
by four horses aud attended by two
fCotmen. With his large beuuest in.
ducing Sir Charles Bell 10 writ. s.,
vaIuab ole book ON the wisdom Of God
IN the structure Of the human hand
the would could afford 90 forgive bf.
oddities. And the world could now, .f-
lord 20 have another earl of BriJ0a-
water, however idiOsvncratic II IL
would induce some other Sir CharI..
Bell 90 write a book on the wisdom.
and goodness Of God in the cousfrpc.
ton II the human loot The artfcuI,.
ton Of its bones, the fabrication OF IFS
JOINTS, the graccfulues- Of its lines
the ingenuity Of It's cartilages. th. del.
lcacy Of its veins, tine rapidity OF its
muscular contraction. the ,ensitsy.-
ness Of It's nerves