St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-04-03

eternal Christ In lines surrounding
that throne, the brightest celestials,
not the cherubim, but higher than
they, the most exquisite and radiant Of
the heavenly Inhabitants, the seraph-
inn. 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 q
human being, there are pinions which
suggest, the lithest, the swiftest, the
most buoyant and the most inspiring
Of all unintelligent creation-e bird.
Each seraph had six wings, each two
of the wings for . different purpose.
Isaiah's dream quivers and flashes with
these pinions. Now folded, now spread,
now beaten in locomotion. "With twain
he covered his feet, with TWAIN he Gov
cred his head, and with twain he did
dy."
The probability is that these wings
were not all used at once. The seraph
standing there near the throne. over
whelmed at the insignific9nce of the
paths his feet had trodden rs compared
with the paths trodden by the feet Of
God, and with the lameness of his
locomotion amounting almost to de-
crepitude rs compared with the 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,
and unable longerw with the eyes to look
upon them, and wishing those eyes
shaded from the insufferable glory, the
pinions gather over the countenance.
with twain he did cover the face.
Then, as God tells this seraph to 60 to
the farthest outpost Of immensely on
message of light and love and joy, and
get back before the first anthem, 1t
does not take the seraph great while
to spread himself upon the air with un-
imagined celebrity, one stroke Of the
wing equal to 10000 leagues Of air.
''Nith twain he. did n.y."
The most practical and useful lesson
for You and me-when we see the sersph
spreading his wings over the feet-is
the lesson of humility 1T imperfection.
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 complete. Our
feet, how laggard 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 intendea.ta
put any dishonor upon that which Is
one Of the masterpieces Of Almighty
God-the human foot. Psychologist
and anatomist are overwhelmed at the
wonders of its organization. The
s.Bridgewater Treatise" written by Sir
Charles Bell, on the wisdom and good.
ness of God Is illustrated in the h1:
man hand, was the result of the &c..
900 bequeathed in the last will and
testament Of the earl Of Bridgewater
for the encouragement Of Christian
literature. The world. could afford "a
forgive his eccentricitfe6, Though he
had two dogs seated ut his table, and
though he put six dogs alone in m
equipage drawn by four horses
and attended by, two footmen.
With his large bequest inducing Sin
Charles Bell to write 90 valuable Z
book on the wisdom of God in the struc.
ture Of the human hand, the world could
afford to forgive his oddities And the
world could now afford to have another
earl Of Bridgewater, however idiosyn'
cratic, If he would induce some other
Sir Charles Bell to write = book on the
wisdom and goodness. of God in the
construction of the human foot. The
articulation of its bones, the lubrica
ton Of its joints, the gracefulness o.
its lines, the ingenuity Of its cartilages
the delicacy of its veins, the rapidity o.
its muscular contraction, the sensitive
ness of its nerveA
/ sound the praises Of the human
foot. With that We halt orSlhmb o.
march. It is the foundation of the phys
ical fabric. II u the base of . God
poised column. With it the warrior
braces himself for battle. With it the
orator plants himself for eulogium
With it the toiler reaches his work
With It the outraged stamps his indig
nation. Its loss an irrepaEable disas
ter. Its health I'm invaluable equip
ment.: II you want to know it, value
ask the man whose foot paralysis
hath shriveled, or machinery hath
I crushed, or surgeons knife hath ampu
tated. The Bible honors It. Especia,
care: ''Lest thou dash thy foot agains,
=. stone;" HE win not suffer thy foo,
to be moved" Thy feet shall not STUN
fbles" Especial charge: Keep thy foo,
when thou goest to the House Of God.
Especial peril: Their feet shall slide
in due time Connected with the
worlds dissolution: HE shall set ON
foot on the sea and the other ON The
earth"
Give.me the history Of your foot, and
I will give you the history Of your life
time. Tell me mp what steps it haiti
gone, down what declitities, and In
| what roads and in what directions, and
Twill know more about you than
want to know. None Of M could en-
~AeAAO SaAC 90 OtA0ys OO1 xCCe 0V6 ~
ways in paths Of God. Sometimes II
paths of worldliness. Our feet, I
Divine and glorious machinery for use
fulness and work, 50 often making mis-
steps. 30 often going in the wrong di
Heetion. God knowing every step, III,
k@3tiArch saying: ''Thou settest ,
print ON the heels Of my feets Crime,
ffAhe hand, crimes 81 the tongue
crimes Of VI eye,,AFimes Of M ear no
worse than crimes Of the foot. or. ",
want the wings Of humihty 70 cove,
the feet Ought We not 70 90 into eli
atnegzs3ol before the all-ssaxchins
isali-serutinixinss all-tfyime eye of God
EhA serephs do. How mneh moge We.
fAsWith twain He covered The 5eeks
d Al ,this talk about the dignity a In
FMhn nature = htlggadoeio end I'm
OR nature started g the hana q Go,
regal, but Il has been panpogispd
TAere 81 wen n BeletGn whleA 90
had vszy pUs waAsF. and itwss s4oatl,
Hnooned with stpao and bs3ek; but II
IWol aftetunzd beeame - eoaA9 .