Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-10-24
WHOLE NO. 1856.

bear the increase OF cold without any
bad effect.
I There are also many other creatures
who If the Winter were 10 come with
out any preparation on them, would be
unable to endure il. Two thirds Of the
insects and birds would be destroyed in
one night. But now, by the gradual
progress of cold, they have time 10 make
the necessary preparations against it
The increasing cold Of Autumn warns
them 10 seek places where they may
sleep quietly and securely during the
severe season, or to remove into warmer
countries.
The migration Of birds is as astonish-
ing as any thing in the whole compass Of
nature; and in this we may discover the
wise and kind direction Of Providence,
and the wonderful means which God en-
ploys TO preserve many birds, and point
; out their subsistences to them, when il
! fails in some countries. ! hey regular
! ly assemble at n certain time, in order
to depa IT all together; scarcely deser-
ter is seen on the day that succeeds their
/ departure; and every circumstance Of
their journey mas something in it almost
miraculous We are at "a loss, which
most to admire, the force which sustains
them in SO long passage, or the order
in which the whole is accomplished. 1t
is truly wonderful that these creatures
+, should know the most proper time for
their passage. The difference Of heat
and cold, and the want of food, may in
cline them to change their habitation, bat
how comes il to pass that, when the air
is so mild that they might remain, and
find food enough, they never fail to de-
part at the appointed time' Or how do
they know that they shall find food, and
proper degree OF beat IN other coun-
tries' Shall we suppose that they have
any remembrance Of the countfYrwhere
, they passed former Winter; that they
see the land to which they 60 from their
height in the air; that they follow the
: air; that they follow the weather, and
. continue their fight till they find cli-
# mate suitable to their present disposition,
r or, rather, that, like shoals of fish, they
pursue their prey3 Their food is in
i sects; with which, in Summer evenings,
o our atmosphere abounds; and birds, who
q prey upon them, come hther in the Sum
) mcr, because our air is moister than
Il that Of some other countries, and there
). fore produces multitudes of these insects;
r but, on the approach of cold weather,
4 they die, and then these birds necessari-
ly quit us, and follow their food.
eI But that these creatures, who are void
II of reason, should know SO exactly the
in way they are to 60; should do, what
q man cannot do, steer their course uner-
ar ringly over seas and lands, and complete
he their long journey without assistance,
ns without guide, without provisions, in
be the most regular order, through rains,
.,s and winds and darkness, that they should
;,v fly in large companies, in order to be less
20. liable to be driven out Of their course by
od storms; and that, when the wind is con-
rlv trary, they should wait ill it changes
MT are circumstances really astonishing;-
10. and they furnish n remarkable instance
Je- of powerful instinct impressed on them
rv by the Creator, who is their pilot and
q preserver. The consideration of these
cd wonderful circumstances may employ,
in in very pleasing manner, those whose
lao hearts are disposed to the contemplations
,oo of the works Of nature, apd raise them tC
md still nobler views; to the aaoration o.
re- Him from whom these creatures have
,fy rcCelNtO tlCi ldCutiCS, "ho WIZ "sA'
~ prepared and combined SO many things
Of for the support and increase of this par
,ht of his creation.
90. This, likewise, is the season In whicI
rds great part of the food for ourselves, ant
uC- many creatures, is committed to tn
earth. The farmer now sows his win
70. ter corn; he leaves his grain to corrup
his ton, to the rain, the storms and the sur
= and knows not what will be the event =
BILE for, after oil his labors, man can d
;ch nothing, but Us ON instrument in the han'
ca Of Providence, towards the production o
,ful n plentiful harvest, or even OF singh
ca ear of corn. Except the Lord bles
the ground, your labor is but lost ina
md till Il; il is in vain that ye haste to ris
har early. late take rest, and eat the brea'
'.i, oC carefulness;" if God does not caus'
w ~. hrs sup TO shine and his rain to fall u
'o,s their season, your strength, in the yer.
lust representation Of the prophet, ss bu
.to sit STILL" Man soweth, but God 81
me veth the increase and when men hav
M, done oil that is in their power, God sup
he, plieth whatever is beyond their ability
aid In the Winter, whilst the husbandms
o 90 resteth from his labors, the Almight
for covereth the precious seed, as with
tb garment; destroys, by frost, the weed
re- that would oppress the rising STAN, o
de- draw off its nourishing sap; and causet'
it, gradually, to spread beautiful yer
b.s dure over the earth, giving the promls
..i.-..c,I t.rvoef In the summer