Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-31
WORD OF THE LORD
Or. Talmage Points 10 the Bird
as a Lesson for Man.
HON The PROPHETS STUDIED
Birds Aakz Music a. They Fiy-TheY
kno~ ThelE Times, They Fiy m Sea-
soa, ut Man Il LSss WISE.

BEOOELYs, Oct. S9.-The ftutter OF
bright cal0red leaEes which every wind
blows from the trees Ia the avenues
around the Tabernacle reminded the
thousands VINO entered It's doors this
nl0rning that winter Is approaching
DIR. Tahnage, with his usual tact, tarned
the impression ~ account ia us sermon.
which was Oh the text, jeremiah viii, 7,
''.fhe stoEk In the heaven knoWeth hep
appointed times. AMI the turtle. and the
crane, and the swallow observe the time
II their coming; bat my people know
not the Judgment u the Lord.
When God would set fast beautiful
thought, he plants IL IA a tree. When
be- would pat IL ahoat, he fashions it
into hsh. When he would have 1t
glisie the air, DO molds il into a bird.
Ny text speaks OF four birds Of beauti-
ful nstinct-the stork, II such strong
affection that Il - allowed familiarly 10
come, IN Holland and Germany, and
build IFS nest over the doorway; the
sweet dispozitioned turtledOve, min
Cling IN color white and black and
brown and ashen aud chestnut; the
trumpet; the swallow, swift as dart
shot out of the bow Of heaven. falling.
mounting, Swimming. sailing -four birds
started by the prophet twenty five cen
turtles ago, yet dying on through the
ages. with rousng truth under glossy
wing and Ia the clutch Of stout claw.
/ suppose It may have been this very
season Of the year-autnmn-and the
prophet ont Of doors. thinking OF the
impenitenee OF the people If his day,
hears a great cry overhead.
Now you know 1t Is no easy thing for
one with ordinary delicacy of eyesight
10 hook into the deep blue OF the noon
day heaven; but the prophet looks up,
and there are fiocks OF storks and turtle
doves and cranes and swallows drawn
out IA long lines FOR flight southwark.
As Is their habit. the cranes had ar
ranged themselves into two lines max
ing an angle, wedge splitting the air
with wild velocity, the old crane, with
commanding call, bidding them onward
while the towns, and the cities. and the
continents slid under them. The prophet,
almost blinded from looking into the
gins ~ think how much superior the
birds are in sagacity about their safety
than men about theirs, and ne puts his
hand upon the pen and begins To write.
1.-The stOrk IN the heaven knoweth her
appointed times. and the turtle, and the
crane, and the swallow observe the time
Of their coming; but my people know
not the Judgment Of the Lord"
THE LORDS MARCHING ORDERS.
IL you were in the field today, in the
clump q trees at the corner Of the field
you would see convention of birds,
noisy as the American congress the last
night before adjournment, or as the
English parliament when some unfor-
innate member proposes more economy
in the queens households convention
OF birds all talking at once, moving and
passing resolutions on the subject Of
migration; some proposing To go to-
morrow, some moving that they 20 to-
day. some moving that they go to Bra
ziI. some 10 Florida. some u the table
lands OF Mexico, bat all unanimous IN
the fact that they must go soon, for
they have marching orders from the
OF the frost and IN the pictorial Of the
changing leaves.
There Is not belted kingfsher. or n
ehafiinch. or a ire crested wren. OF u
plover. or q red legged partridge but
expects to spend the winter at the south,
for the apartments have already been
ordered for them in South America or
in Africa. and after thousands OF miles
of ight they wiz stop in the very tree
where they spent last January. Fare
well. bright plumagei Until spring
weather. away Fly on, great band of
heavenly Musicians. Strew the CONT
uents with music. and whether from
northern fields. OF Carolina swamps, or
Brazilian groves men ses your wings or
hear your voice. may they bethink them
selves of ths solemn words OF the text,
The srork in the heaven knoweth her
appointed times. AMI the turtle, aEd the
crane. and the swallow observe the time
81 thsar coming. but my people know
not the Judgment of the Lord.
propose. So far as God may help me,
this morning. carrying cat the idea Of
the tsxt. - shov that the birds Of the
AIR nave more 49, tNtkf ttstti A4tA- Rtti
begin BY p,srtic aiarizing and saying
si,at they nungle music with their work.
The u,ozt serious undertaking - birds
Hfs rs shis annual travel FROM The Hud
son, =, the Amazon from the Thames g
fhe NUs. Naturaiists tell IA that they
arrivs There thin and weary and plum
axe rafied. and yet 5bey - singing AL
ths eav. the ground. the lower line a
the -sir-i,.- tae sSy. the upper line Il shs
rs,usssr. themselves. the notes scattered
IN a7s,i iewn between.
srfrpose thsir song gives elasticity q
taasr wing snd helps IN with the Jour
~ f,sini ing n thousand miles into four
k,,r,lrssf " auld 30 God that W. Ner'
szwiSe "a they in minSiing Christian
san4 with our everyday wars' I heiisv'
fh..rs "a such q thing ~ taking The pitci
sf christian devotion IN the morning Ans
ksepi,,r it At to lay think W. mich
sske ssns ~ the dalIest, heaviest. mos
d5sarrpeahle wyus - our life and sat )
e. sha time Il Antioch or Noun
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