Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-10-21
THE HUNTS LESSONS.
DR.. ralmage breaches Upon the
Subjsct Of the Chase
The Gospel .s q Refreshment Graph
fonliy Set Ferkh-FtefuE IN Gods
word for Those Pursued
By Trials
fcopyriRht. Louis RIopsoh. tsoe)


figure which viii be found particularly
graphic by those who have gone out as
hunters 90 find game in the mountains.
Text. Psalm 42:l, "As the hart pan1etn
after the water brooks.
David, who must some time have seen
q deer hunt, points US here 10 hunted
stag making for the water. The fas-
cinating animal. called in my text the
hart, IL the same animal that In sacred
and profane literature il called the stag,
the roebuck, the hind. the gazelle, the
reindeer. In central Syria in Bible
times there were whole pasture fields
of them. as Solomon suggests when be
save: II charge you by the hinos OF
the field" Their antlers jutted from the
long grass as they lay down No hunter
who has been long in John Browns
tract" will wonder that in the Bible
they~Dcre classed among clean animals,
for the dews. the showers, the lakes,
washed them a. clean - the sky. When /
Isaac. the patriarch. Iongod for venison'
Fsau shot and brought home roebuck. I
Isaiah compares the sprightliness OF
the restored cripple OF millennial times
TO the long and quick jump of the stag,
sayinr: The lame shall leap os the
hart" Solomon expressed his disgust
at a hunter who. having shot deer. is
too lazy TO cook a, saying: The sloth-
full man roasteth not that which he took
In hunting"
But one day David, while far from the
home from which he had been driven,
and sitting near the mouth OF lonely
cave where he had lodged and on the
banks OF a pond or river. hears pack OF
hounds In swift pursuit.. Because OF the
preSious silence OF the forest the
clanCor startles HIM. and he says 10
himself: Il wonder what those dogs
are after?" Then there is a cracking
IN the brushwcod and the loud breath
ing OF some rushing wonder OF the
woods and the antlers Of a deer rend
the leaves ot the thicket, and by an in
stinct which all hunters recognize II
plunges into a pond or lake or river 20
rool its thirst, and at the same time,
by its capacity FOR swsfter and longer
swimming. 10 get away from the foam
ting barriers
David saws 20 himself: "Ahal That II
myself. Saul after me, Absalom after
me. enemies without number after me
am chased. their bloody muzzles a
nv heels, barking at my good name
barking after my body. barking afte
my soul. Oh, the hounds, the hounds
But look therel" says David Iha
hunted deer has splashed into the wa
ter. II puts ita hot lips and nostrils int
the cool WAVE that washes the lathere
tanks. and IL swims away from III
aery CANNES, and il is free al last. Of
that might hnd in the deep. wide lax
OF Gods mercy and consolation escAF
from NV pursuersl oh, for the water
of life and rescuei As the hart pantet
after the water brooks, so panteth n
soul after Thee. o Cod"
Some Of YOU have just come from II
Adirondack, and the breath of 81
balsam and spruce and pine Is sun
you. The AdirondackS are now pop
ious with hunters. and the deer are Q
ing slain by the score Once while the
talking With a hunter thought wou
Ike 10 see whether my text was acc
rate in its allusion. and as heard I
dogs baying a little way OF and su
posed they were on the tracks OF a de-
Y said 20 the hunter in rough corc
-rov: "Do the deer always make
the water when they are pursuedT
xaid: "Oh, yes. mister. You see, n
are a hot and thirsty animal, and n
know where the water Is. and WI
they hear danger In the distance II
uft their antlers and snuff the bre
and start for Racquet or Loon or
anac. and we get into our cedar 81
boat OF stand by the runway with 7
loaded ready 10 blaze away"
Nv friends, that Ia one reason WI
like the Bible so much. It's illusions
otrue 90 nature. It's partridges are
partridges. its ostricaes real ostriS
and It's reindeer real reindeer. do
wonder that this sntlered glory OF
text makes the hunters eye sparkle
his cheek glow and bis respira
quicken. to say nothing OF Its use
ness, although IL is the most usef'
all game. its flesh delicious. its
turned into human wearing appare
rinsws fashioned into bow strings
antlers putting handles on cutlery
the shavings of its horns used az
storatfye. It's name taken from the
and called hartshorn. BY putting
its usefulness this enchanting
ture seems made out of graceful
and elasticity. What an eye, WI
hauid brightness as il gathered up
hundred lakes at sunset! The \
Q ooronal branching into every pos
curve. and, after IL seems done an
ing into other projections of exqu
aess. q tree Of polished bone, up
- in pride or swung down for awful
bati II is velocity embodied, tin
81 cha M M emit