Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-10-21
THE WATER BROOKS.
Or. TALMAGE TELLS OF GOSPEL RE-
FRESHMENT.
Elbows How We May EIudc the Pur-
saing Hounds of Trouble and Safe
~ Reach the Lake of Divine solace
md ReAcue.


saing Hounds of Trouble and snfe-
" Reach the Lake of Divine Soiace
md Rescue.
Copyright. Louis Klopsch, 1901
WASHINGTON. Oct. 15.-The gospel rs
n great refreshment Is here set forth
by DR.. Talmnge, under figure when
Will be found particularly graphic by
those who have gone out as hunters TO
find game In the mountains; text,
Psalm xiii, /, LAS the hart pantcth
after the water brooks"
David. who must some time have
seen deer hunt, points as here to
hunted stag making for the water.
The fascinating animal, called In my
text the hart, is the same animal that
in sacred and profnne literature Is call
ed the stag. the roebuck, the hind, the
gaZelle, the reindeer. In central Syria
IN Bible times there were whole pas
tltre fields of them, as Solomon sug-
gests when he says. II charge you ny
the kinds of the field" Their antlers
iutted from the long grass rs they lay
down. No hunter who has been long
in John Browns tract" will wonder
that In the Bible they were classed
among clean animals. for the dews.
the showers. the lakes. washed them
rs clean rs the sky. When Isaac, the
patriarch, longcd for vcnlson, Eshu
shot and brought home roeDucK.
Isaiah compares the sprightliness or
the restored cripple Of mlllennini times
TO the long and quick jump of the stag,
saying. THE lame shall leap as the
hart" Solomon expressed his disgust
at hunter who. having shot deer IS
too lazy to cook 1t. saying, THE sloth'
ful man rousteth not that which he
took In hunting.
But one day David. while far from
the home from which he had peeh
driven and sitting near the mouth OF Il
lonely cave where he had lodged ana
on the hunks OF Il pond or river. hears
n pnck of hounds in swift pursuit BE-
cause OF the previous silence OF the fof'
est the clungor slartles him. and he
saws TO himself. Il wonder wlnI those
dogs are after" THEN there Is Il
cracking In the bruslwood and the
loud breathing of some rushing won
dor of the woods. and the nntlrrs OF
deer rend the leaves OF the thick"t'
and by an Instinct which all hunters
recognize 1t piungrs into II pond or
hike or river to cool It's thirst nnd III
the same time. by its cll. city for
swifter and longer swimming. TO get
away from the foamlng barriers.
True to MIXTURE.
David says to himself Aha! That
Is myself! Saul after me. Absaiom
after ME, enemies without number aft
or ME. am chased. their bloody muz-
zles at my heels. barking nj my good
name, barking after my body. barking
after my soul Oh, the hounds. the
hounds! But look there!' says David
Tint hunted deer has splashed into
the water. 1t puts Its hot lips ana
nostrils into the cool wave that washes
the lathered hunks. and 1t swlms away
from the fiery Cuniues. and II is free at
last. Oh. that might lind In the deep
wide lake Of Gods mercy and consola-
ton escape from my pursuers! Oh,
for the waters of life and rescue! AS
the hart panteth after the water
brooks. SO panteth my soul after thee
O Cod"
Some of you have just come from
the Adlrondncns. and the breath Of
the balsam and spruce and pine Is still
on you. The Adirondacks are now
populous with hunters. and the deer
are being slain by the score. Once
while there talking with a hunter
thought would like to see whether
my text was accurate in its allusion.
and as heard the dogs baying little
way off and supposed they were on the
track of a deer | said to the hunter
in rough corduroy. do the deer al
ways make for the water when they
are pursuedY He said: "Oh. yes. mis-
ter! You soc. they are hot and thirsty
animal, and they know where the wa
ter Is, and when they hear danger In
the distance they lift their antlers and
snuff the breeze and start for Racquet
or Loon or Sarnnac. and we get Into
our cedar shell boat or stand by the
runway with rifle loaded ready to blaze
away"
My friends. that Is one reason why
like the Bible 80 much. Its illusions
are so true t., nature. It's cartridges
are real narlri,lgeS. It's Ostrlches real
'ostriches and its reindeer rRll reindeer.
do not wonder that this antlered
glory Of the text makes the hunters
eye sparkle and his cheek glow and his
respiration quicken. to say nothing of
It's usefulness. although 1t Is the most
useful Of all game. It's flesh delicious,
It's skin turned into human apparel, Its
sinews fashioned into bow strings. Its
antlers putting handles on cutlery and
the Shavings OF its hornR used as Il re-
storative, its name taken from the hart
and called hartshorn. BY putting aside
Its usefulness this enchanting creature
seems made out Of gracefulness and
elasticity. What an eye. with a liquid
brightness as If gathered up from q
hundred lakes 1T sunset! The horns q
coronal branching Into every possible
curve, and, after il seems done, ascend
ing into other projections Of exquisite
ness, tree of polished bone, uplifted
In pride or swung down for awful
combat! II is velocity embodied. IT,
nudity impersonated. the enchantment
of the woods. eye iustrous In life and
pathetic in drath. the splendid animal
q complete rhythm OF muscle and bone
and color and attitude and locomotion,
whether couchcd In the grass among
the shadows or II living bolt shot
through the forest or turning at bay to
attack the hounds or rearing for Its
last fall under the buckshot OF the
trapper.
1t is a splendid appearance. that the
painters pencil falls to sketch. and
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