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only child who came fort
congratulations, as was na
of loving reproach she sv
after her father's hasty v
the lovely and innocent j
of Canaan, ignorantlv
to God, as Iphigenia
at Aulis, as some infer,
less, childless life as a s
she was? These brief ch
can not tell what was dc
wild chief of Gilead. Lik.
ing in its frailty to soar
pears?and then vanishes
daughter! How many eyei
maidens, have wept in pi
and the sin of rash vows,
we see this truth: that an
to God is surely accepted
Then out of the Dark j
giant. "Sunshine" is his
ing is his nature. With r
the jaws of a rampant li
With the jaw-bone of a
armed, but terrified. Phili
that, too. Like Alexander
Lord Nelson of England, t
And not till the Lord, in m
out his eyes can he be de
the Philistine mill, his dyii
death, he delivers the pe
]ifp Tho o-iontV
- "v b.uui.o puuiaii
the saints.
How lovely, as a posts*
ers, is that wonderful
beautiful wild-flower in tli
ever a more charming "i
And not quite four page;
a migration from famine;
and three childless widov
by common sorrows; the
people and the return to
and goes back, but Ruth <
be my God and thy peopl
comes Marah, the Bitter o
unselfish devotion wins <
has given herself, makes
of foreign missions"; Mai
baby Obed, the little "s
her bosom; the sweet Mo
to the beautiful minstrel i
ages of waiting she is t
who is "King of kings ai
tiful think you? It is not
all know she was; yes,
but somehow it gets into
beautiful?
"Like dew
Was the
And, like w
Her voics
And of all "short stori
by poet or by prophet, is
to the sketches of the "dai
Dearly would I rejoice
fathers, that we might dr
tillian Spring" of eloqueri
among the green hills and
wondrous Book?Judah's
heart as he pleads for his
fond old father in his t
bleating flocks and lowing
tion of the follies of idolthe
Areopagus, Stephen's
drim. There are rich foi
passions of our souls and
of Canaan. But time
ward. And so let us cons
to offer us in the way of
uctru n cuanoi to Dear
ings for closer comraunio:
vates in us that sense of
some degree fit us for tt
chanting with them "the s(
Then hear John Milton,
in producing the highest
crushing force and fire." ^
like the Psalms of Davi<
others beside the Psalms.
Red Sea. Hannah's psalm
her prayer.
aut aouDtiees some he
Scottish mechanic, called
THE PRESBYTERIA
h with her affectionate greetings and
itural. To his vehement exclamations
veetly offers herself to be dealt with
ow, And what was really done with
;irl? Was she, in that darkest hour
niaiu .is an unauthorized offering
was offered in heathen worship
or was she condemned to a homeort
of Israelite nun, as others guess
ronicles are silent and, therefore, we
me to the sweet, loving child of the
e a tender and beautiful flower, clinge
giant cliff of jagged rock, she ap5
like a lovely dream! Jephtha's
s, besides those of the gentle Hebrew
ty for her! But, besides the danger
whether spoken earnestly or in jest,
y human soul completely surrendered
by him, is used, honored and glorified.
\ge comes forth Samson, the mighty
name, and mirthful, song-loving, jestlaked,
unarmed hands, he rends onen
on, and then makes riddles about it.
braying ass he routs a company of
istines, and then makes poetry about
of Macedon, Napoleon of France and
his great giant is ensnared by beauty,
lercy, as well as holy displeasure, puts
livered. But, learning better ways in
ig prayer is answered and, by a hero's
ople whom he failed to save by his
also hangs in the picture gallery of
:ript to these heavily shaded charac*
sketch of Ruth the Moabitess?a
le Lord's garden of roses! Was there
short story" written by mortal pen?
s of it, either?a national calamity:
new ties in a foreign land; deaths
rs; family ties drawn, oh, so closely
i message that God nas visited His
Canaan decided upon; Orpah weeps
:lings but the closer: "Thy God shall
le my people;" Naomi the Joyful bef
soul; but comfort is at hand; Ruth's
every heart; the God to whom she
room in His fold for the "first fruits
rah again becomes Naomi, as Ruth's
ervant" of the Lord, is pressed to
labitess in time is great-grandmother
ma nero, King David; and after long
he ancestress of the Virgin's Child
nd Lord of lords." Was Ruth beauwritten
in just so many words. But
she was beautiful with soul-beauty;
face and form, too; oh, yes, she was
on the gowan lying,
fa' of her fairy feet;
inds in summer sighing,
j was low and sweet."
es," the very sweetest ever written
that of Ruth. So ends the postscript
k ages" of Jewish history!
to pause with you, brethren and
ink together at the more than "Casice
that bubbles up here and thprp
along the flowery meadows of God's
burst of the language of the human
little brother Benjamin, and for the
ent in far-away Canaan among his
herds- Isaiah's passionate denunciaworship?Paul's
stately discourse on
i burning words before the Sanhetntains
of eloquence for moving the
inspiring us to speak in the dialect,
admonishes me to hasten fortider
very briefly what the Bible has
poetry; yes, of poetry that has ever
the devout soul upward in her strivn
with God. And poetry that cultithe
Beautiful that perhaps may in
le songs of unfallen angels and for
>ng of Moses and the Lamb."
himself second only to Shakespeare
poetry of the modern world?"For
lilton said, "the world has no poetry
3. So, for Milton. But there are
The sublime Paean of Moses at the
of thanksgiving when God had heard
re present recall the story of the
Into the mansion of a nobleman to
N OF THE SOUTH.
render some service. He was fo
absorbed and entranced before a bi
were appended these world-famed 1
"The cloud-capped towers, t
The solemn temples, the gre
Yea, all which it inherit shal
And, like this unsubstantial j
Leave not a wrack behind."
"Did you ever read Doetrv so snh
kindly nobleman? "Yes, may it pi
that 1 have read lines even mor
repeated these from Ps. 18, b-14:
"He bowed the heavens also and ea
And thick darkness was under His
And he rode upon a cherub and did
Yea, He soared upon the wings of
He made darkness His hiding-plac<
him,
At the brightness that was befo
passed,
Hail stones and coals of fire.
Jehovah also thundered in the hea
And the Most High uttered His vc
Hail stones and coals of fire.
And he sent out His arrows and s
Yea, lightnings manifold, and disco
ui matters of the highest art, eaet
taste. And perhaps if any discus:
reminded of the ancient proverb,
dum." However, Milton has given
ment of poetry which, so far as i
seriously questioned. Poetry, he si
6uous and passionate." What these
that has been written in recent tir
inquire now. But evidently the gre
quoted, will measure up well to M
instructed child of twelve ought to
each passage. They are equally "sii
second "canon," the best poetr
not Sensual, or impure, but expres
"five senses." This quality also b
speare, borrowing from the Bible
this world is to perish by and by
the terms of the senses, using th
you will easily see. So also Davit
employs vision, and also with trem
of all sounds, ' the artillery of hea'
boy in his shepherd's occupation
the storms of the wilderness, near
flock. So David is richer in the us
the last "canon" or rule is that po
K^v <4 *
uc passionate." Shakespeare is ra
Admiration for his splendid image
as his theme demanded. But the P
agitated with tumultuous joy and gr
his cry of distress and determined
human and satanic as well. His s
with his emotions. He is passion
Gratitude, love, joy, reverence and
like the halo around the saints,
noble lines seem to rest in, and to be
But David employs the created as
manifest the great Creator, and wit
is made known as Creator, as Pre
of man and of the spirit-world; b
known as the hearer of prayer and
his penitent and believing people,
above Shakespeare's as heaven is
infinite Creator is above all creat
brethren and fathers, side by side, w
following John Milton, himself a po
Shakespeare's. And unless I am m
Hence it is not from thee, O tt
thy golden hair all gleaming with
Hellas; no, not from thee, with A
rich gifts of the nine
... uoco, nun
Troy, with Plato's sublime philosoj
and the Beautiful, and Aristotle's d
machean Ethics (the highest point <
theory of morals without the help o
thee, with thy lofty tragedy portray
struggles with fate by the human so
God of mercy or of a gentle Saviour
from thee with azure-tinted eyes, likt
less morning, gazing over the horizt
glimpses of all the Sciences that are
glory of our aee- tm ?v>
a_, ..?ui me neiiocen
cus to the Evolutionary Theories of
from thee, O thou stern and relentl
conquering spear and stabbing bwc
May 18, 1910.
und later by his employer
ist of Shakespeare to which
ines from -The Tempest"?
he gorgeous palaces,
at globe itself,
1 dissolve,
>agent faded,
lime as that," inquired theease
your lordship, I think
e sublime." And then he
me down;
i feet,
fly;
the wind.
?; his pavilion round about
re Him, His thick clouds.
vens,
ice,
cattered them;
mfited them."
i is free to follow his own
sion be offered one maybe
"De gustibus non disputantbese
rules for the judgs
known, have never been
tid, should be "simple, senrules
would do with much
nes as poetry, we need not
at masters of the art, here
ilton's standard. Any well
comprehend every word in
tuple." Now, how about the
y should be "sensuous,"
sed in the language of the
oth masters have. Shakethat
solemn thought, that
, develops that thought in
e vocabulary of vision, a?
d, but more fully. For he
endous effect, the grandest
ren." Doubtless the gifted
had listened with awe te
which he liont Vi?<. *"
? ? ? ?4v|/v mo iatuci o
e of the senses. And then
etry of the best sort must
ther on the reflective key.
try is excited, but quietly
salmist's soul is seen to be
atitude, that God has heard
to save him from enemies,
oul is seen to be on fire
ate in the highest degree,
hope play around his head
And finally Shakespeare's
t satisfied with, the created.
? a system of symbols to
h complete success. God
>vidential Ruler of nature,
ut especially is He made
the gracious Redeemer of
David's theme is as high
above this earth?as the
ed things. I find myself,
ith the Scottish mechanic,
et of genius only less than,
istaken you stand with us.
iou beauteous Greek, with
the sunlight of thy dear
polio's silver lute and the
Homer's deathless song of
?hy of the True the Good
eep metaphysics and Nicoiver
reached in morals, the
f the Bible); no, not from
ing the brave but fruitless
ul ignorant of an Almighty
to pity and redeem; no, not
i me misty skies of a cloud>n
s rim to catch wondrousreputed
to be the peculiar
trie Astronomy of CoperniDarwin
and Wallace; nor
ess Roman, with thine all>rd,
so often burled to itfc