Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-30
BLOOD ATONEMENT.
BY 1T CHRIST DELIVERED ALL MEN
FROM BONDAGE.

Rev. DR.. TafEnage Clothes an Old Story In
New LanguaEe-Sacrifce Of the Defense
less Dovc-Two Efrsls OF Ancient .seru-
salem.
ICopyrfght. 1855. by American Press Asso-
ciationl
WASHINGTON, May 29.-From scene
of old DR.. Talmage In this sermon pre-
sents the old gospel under another
phase; text, Leviticus xiv, 81: And
the priest shall command that one
of the birds be killed IN an earthen
vessel. over running water. AS for the
living bird. he shall take it and the
cedar wood. and the scarlet, and the
hyssop and shall dip them and the liv-
ing bird In the blood of the bird that
was killed over the running water and
he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be
cleansed from the leprosy seven times
and shall pronounce him clean and shall
let the living bird loose into the open
field
The Old Testament to very many
people is great slaughter house strewn
with the blood and bones and horns and
hoofs of butchered animals Is offends
their sight; it disgusts their taste; it
actually nauseates the stomach But to
the intelligent Christian the Old Tesla
ment is magnificent corridor through
which Jesus advances. AS he appears at
the other end of the corridor we can
only see the outlines of his character:
coming nearer, we can descry the fea-
lures But when at last he steps upon
the platform of the New Testament,
amid the torches OF evangelists and
~ of
nounce him with blast of minstrelsy
that wakes up Bethlehem at midnight
There were q great many cages of
birds brought down to Jerusalem for
sacrifce-sparrows. pigeons and turtle
doves | can hear them now, whistlng,
caroling and singing all around about
the temple, When a leper was to be
cured of his leprosy, In order to his
cleansing two of these birds were taken.
One of them was slain over an earthen
vessel of running water-that is, clear,
fresh water-and then the bird was kill
ed Another bird was then taken. tied
to hyssop branch and plunged by the
priest into the blood of the first bird,
and then, with this hyssop branch. bird
tipped. the priest would sprinkle the
leper seven times, then unite the bird
from the hyssop branch and it would 60
soaring into the heavens
Now open your eyes wide, my dear
brethren and sisters, and see that that
first bird meant Jesus and that the Sec
ond bird means your own soul
There is nothing more suggestive than
q Gagged bird In the down of it's breast
you can see the glow of southern chimes
t., 81 10 -
fash of distant seas In it's voice you
can hear the song it learned in the wild
wood 1t is child of the sky in capitiy-
ity. Now the dead bird OF my text. cap
tured from the air, suggests the Lord
Jesus, who came down from the realms
of light and glory. He once stood in the
sunlight of heaven. He was the favurite
Of the land. He was the Kings Son.
Whenever a victory was gained or q
throne set up, he was the first to hear
it. He could not walk incognitO along
the Streets for all heaven knew him.
For eternal ages he had dwelt amid the
mighty populations of heaven. No holt
day had ever dawned on the city when
he was absent He was not like an earth
ly prince, occasionally issuing from
palace heralded by a troop of clanking
horse guards. No. He was greeted ev-
erywhere as brother, and all heaven
was perfectly at home with him.
The Kings Son.
But one day there came word to the
palace that an insignificant island was
In rebellion and was cutting itself to
pieces with anarchy I hear an angel
say: LET it perish. The King realm
is vast enough without the island. The
tributes to the King are large enough
without that. We can spare it. % mot
So, said the Prince, the Kings Son,
and l see him push out one day under
the protest of a great company. He starts
straight for the rebellious island He
lands amid the excavations of the in
habitantS that grow in violence until
the malice of earth has srnitten him and
the spirits of the lost world put their
black wings over his dying head and
shut the sun out. The hawks and vul-
lures swooped upon this dove of the text
until head and breast and feet ran
blood, until under the hocks and beaks
of darkness the poor thing persisted No
wonder it was a bird that was taken and
slain over an earthen vessel of running
water. 1t was child of the skies 1t
typified him who came down from heav-
en- in agony and blood to save our souls.
Blessed be his glorious name foreverl
l notice also in my text that the bird
that was slain was clean bird The
text demanded that it should be- The
raven was never sacrificed, nor the cor
morant, nor the vulture 1t must be a
clean bird. says the text, and 1T suggests
the pure Jesus-the holy Jesus AL
though he spent his bOyhood Ia the
worst village on earth. although bias
phenies were poured into his ear
TO have moi So,,oA .,,ax. ono olcr.