The Newtown bee., 1900-08-31
The Home Circle. SPIRITUAL DISLODGEMENTS.' A SERMON BY REV CHESTER FERRIS OF
 WEST CORNWALL.

Text, Jeremiah AS 11.12, "MOab hath been at ease from his youth. and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from ves. sel to vessel, neither hath he gone into cap- tivity; therefore his taste remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed. Therefore be. hold the days come, saith the Lord, that will send unto him them that pour of, and they shall pour him of and they shall empty his vessels and break their bottles in pieces"
 In this figure of the wine, Jeremiah calls attention to the fact familiar to the Jews that the liquor left standing upon its lees or settings that it may gain body and color, must before it can be drunken be poured from vessel to vessel. Leaving thus all the solid elements to be thrown away, it becomes in the process clear and refined, palatable to the taste.
 Moab, like the wine, says the prophet, -kss been le.s upon the lees, tat ease from his youth" land hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone Into captivity" Hence comes the disturber-the Assyrian invader-who will turn him from vessel to vessel. But the wrath of the Israelite against this old time foe carries him on to predict ven- geance in which even the vessels-the homes and the property that have con- tained him-shall be shattered and scattered.
 It was not good for the nation always to remain undisturbed.
 THE MYSTERIOUS HAND OF PROVIDENCE was to bring unexpected disaster and interruption which would require read. justment through much pain and tempo rary struggle. But the tunult once Quieted there might arise nation rich in taste, clear and sparkling, refined and acceptable. A principle. wider in it's application than to that little tribe in the long ago of ancient history, is found working in the outcome of every nations experience, may be learned by each man with his changes and his alarms-s prin- ciple that Horace Bushnell spoke of as spiritual dislodgements.'I
 John Watson in his delightful way illustrates this truth in the care of the eagle for her nestlings. "With instinctive wisdom the mother bird has chosen a lodge where the home can be built safe from intrusion and alarms; with labori- ous effort she shapes it stick by stick, padding the hardness with plumage from her own breast. The eaglets are brought forth in the fastnesses of the everlasting rocks; they are kept beneath the shelter of their mothers wings. Day by day she goes forth into the unknown to get their food, and they open wide their mouths as she returns. While the young birds are still helpless the eagle does everything for them: as they grow and their wings gather strength she invites them to fly. It Is natural that they should be afraid to launch into that aw- full depth with their untried pinions. While a nest remaineth, they will never dare to fly, and therefore-so the story poes-the mother deliberately wrecks her own labor of love till it lies in ruins, and the tiedglings have no shelter on the windy height. She then allures them into the air-making short flights by way of example, and safeguarding them be- heath with her wings. Driven from their 1 security and tempted into the blue, the | young eagles make their great venture.
 Very tenderly and very carefully does our Father prepare for His children an environment in this life, that at no time may we be defenceless. One nest after