The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-10-21
THE HUNTS LESSONS.
d.. Talmage breaches UeSa he
suAiset Of the Chase
ne Gospel a. . KefrssAn<at eraBA-
really sci Fersh-Refuge IN GeSs
Werd fer Ths,s Pursued
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The Gospel a. great rsfreshnsut 10
here ss; forth BY Dr.. Talnags rncer .
figure wkish viii Be found p~4rtisaArsy
grsphie By those who have 10 Out IS
hunten to fad game Il the mountains
Text. Psalm fa:i. IA the hArt pantstA
after the water brooks"
Daria, wko must some tine have seen
= 6eer huRt. points u here 10 4 hunted
stag making for the water. The fAs-
chatting animal. called In ray text the
hart Il the sane aniaAl that IN Sacred
and profEne literature IL called the stag.
the r0ebuek. the hind. the gaEeIlA the
reindeer. In central Syria in Bible
times there were whole pasture helds
OF them. as SolOnOa suggests when be
Says; I charge you By the kinds Of
the Ae!d.- Their antleu jutted from the
long grass ~ tksy lay down. No hunter
who has been long in John Browns
tract" win won6er that in the Rhls
they were CHASED anong clean 4zinalA
for the eswL the sh0vsuL the lskes
washed them a. clean a. the sky. When
Isaac. the patriarch. longed fOr vsnisOn.
Esau shot and brought honsaroeb1sk.
Isaiah compares the sprightliness Of
the restored cripple Of miilsnniL dnes
TO the long and quick jump Of the stag.
saying; The lame khAl leap a. the
hart" Solomon expressed kis dIsgust
1t . hunter who, having shot = deer, Il
TOO lazy to cook IL, saying: The sl0th-
ful man roas;sih not that which he took
IN hunting."
But Z day David. while far from the
home trom which he had been driven,
and sitting near the mouth OF a lonely
cav where he had lodged and on the
banks Of s pond or river, hears q pack Of
hounds IN swift pursuit. Because Of the
previous silence Of the forest the
changer startiss him. and he says to
himself: Il wonder what those dogs
are zfter?" Then there Is a cracking
In the bruShwood and the loud breath
ing Of ONE rushing wonder Of the
woods. and the sntlers Of 9 deer rend
the leaves Of the thieket. AE5 BY an in
stinet which all hunters recognize IL
rlunges into = pond or lake or river to
cool its thirSt, aud At The sane time,
BY its capacity for swifter and longer
swimming. to get away from the foam
ing hAfriers-
David says to himself: Aha ThAth
myEeifi Saul after me. Absalon after
me- enemies without number after ma.
/ am chased, their bloody muEzlss at
my heels, barking at my good name.
barking after my body. barking after
my soul. Oh. the hounds. the houndsi
But look therei" ssys David. That
hunted deer has splAshed into tina wa
ter. II puts its bot lips and nostrils into
the cool wave that washes the lathersd
fanki. and Il svims away from the
hery CANNES, and IL Is free At iast. Oh,
that I might nnd In the deep. wide lAks
Of Gods mercy and consolation escape
from my pursuersl Oh. for the waters
Of LIE and rescued AZ the hart pAntetA
after the water brooks. 80 pantsth my
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come ron .hs
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roy! do The Ger AWAY fhaks .
the water when they are pursuedY- q.
said: -oh, yes, mister. You zee, they
are . bot and thirsty animal, and they
know where the water IA. and when
they hear danger in the distance they
lift their sntlers and snuff the breeze
and start for Racquet or Loon or sar.
anAe, and we get into our cedar ahell
boat or stand by the n W. with RIA
loaded ready TO blaze away"
Ny friends, that In on. res.op vhv I
like the Bible 40 much. It's a~Ilp,Ion, ar.
90 true 10 nature. Its PARTRIDGE are raj
partridge. its ostriche, real o.tyiche,
and its reindeer real reindeer. do not
wonder that thi. antlered slorv az tbs
text makes the hunters eve ,psrkl. ana
his cheek glow and bis resoirstion
quicken, 10 saw nothing Of n. p,eful.
ness, although IL 4, IN. mo.t n.esul !,
all game, its fe.h delicious. n, aim
turned into human wearing ann.r.l A..
Enewu fashioned into bow strius,. ~
sntlers putting handles on cutlery and
the shavinss Of its horns used "A a re.
I~terative, its name taken from the hart
and called h~artshorn. By putting asids
its usefulnsss this epchautng crea.
ture seems made out Of grscefuIpe,,
and elasticity. What an eve ui,h /,
LIQUID brightne,.asif ga,h.rsd nm ,ro,n
hundred lakes At .un,sti tn. horn,
4 coronsl branching into ever no..,h,.
curve. and. after n seem, aons $500.
Ing into other protectIon, =, .,or,.,,..
cess. a tree Of poiI,b,d hon. nn,,,,.d
IN ur,as or ms 49, ,or - ao-r-
batl II 4, velocity .mboSi,d t,r,S,,v
im-personatsd. the enchantmsnt =, IN.
woods. eve iu,trous IN no. ana n.,h.,I.
in death. The snI.naid snIrsI n-r,n,,.,s
rhythm OF muscle and hons ma colo,
and attitude and locomotion. whether
couched IN the grass among ths ,had.
owl. Of n LIVING holt .ho, k,.r~h a..