Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-01-09

III UuSlA0SS, ClSappOlnJInenC, D6feaVe-
ment, is only Gods way of shaking Us
out of our comfortable nest in order
that we may learn how to fly. You who
are complaining that you have no faith
or courage OF Christian zeal have had it
too easy. You never will learn to fly
in that comfortable nest.
Like an eagle, Christ has carried us
On his back. At times we have been
shaken Off, and when we were about 10
fall he came under us again and brought
us out Of the gloomy valley to the sun
ny mountain. Never an eagle brooded
with such love and care over her young
Es Gods wings have been over us.
Across what oceans of trouble we have
gone in safety upon the Almighty wings!
From what mountains of sin we have
been carried and at times have been
borne up far above the gunshot of the
world and the arrow Of the devil!
When our time on earth is closed on
these great wings of God we shall speed
with infinite Quickness from earths
mountains to heavens hills, and as from
the eagles circuit under the sun men on
the ground seem small and insignificant
as lizards on a rock, SO all earthly things
shall dwindle into a speck, and the rag
ing river Of death so far beneath Will
seem smooth and CLASSY as Swiss lake.
1t was thought in ancient times that an
eagle could not only mott its feathers in
old age, but that after arriving to great
age it would renew its strength and be-
come entirely young again. To this
Isaiah alludes when he says: They that
wait on the Lord shall renew their
strength They shall mount up with
wings of eagles" Even SO the Christian
in old age will renew his spiritual
strength. He shall be young in ardor
and enthusiasm for Christ, and as tine
body fails the soul will grow in elasticity
till at death it will spring up like glad
dened child into the bosom of God.
Yea, in this ornithOlogical study see
that Job says, His days fly as an eagle
that hasteth to its prey" The speed CT
hungry eagle when it saw its prey
score of miles distant was unimagln2bla,
It went like thunderbolt for speed and
power. So fly our days. Sixty minutes,
each worth heaven, since we assembled
in this place have shot like lightning into
eternity The old earth is rent and
cracked under the swift rush Of days and
months and years and ages. Swift as
an eagle that hasteth to its prey" Be
hold the fowls Of the ART Have you con-
sidered that Shey have, as you and
have not, the power TO change their eyes
SO that one minute they may be tele-
scopic and tho next microscopic, now
seeing something a mile away and by
telescope eyesight, and then dropping to
&c 4l,o OF, 20
close by and with microscopic eyesight?
THE SWALLOWS AT THE TEMPLE.
But what senseless passage of Scrip
ture that is, until you know the fact,
which says, THE sparrow hath found
house and the swallow q nest for herself,
where she may lay her young, even thine
affairs, O Lord OF hosts, my king and my
Godr' What has the swallow to do with
the affairs of the temple at Jerusalem?
All, you know that swallows are all the
world over very tame. and in summer
time they used to fly into the windows
and doors Of the temple at Jerusalem
and build nest on the altar where the
priests were offering sacrifices.
These swallows brought leaves and
sticks and fashioned nests on the affairs of
rows in those nests, and David had seen
the young birds picking their way out
of the shell while the old swallows
watched. and no one in the temple was
cruel enough to disturb either the Old
swallows CT the young swallows. and
David burst out in rhapsody. saying,
THE swallow hath found nest Ter
herself, where she may lay her young..
even thine affairs, O Lord of hosts. my
king and my Godr'
Yes, in this ornithology of the Bible
find that God is determined to impress
upon us the architecture of u birds nest
and the anatomy of birds wing.
Twenty times does the Bible refer to
birds nest-'W here the birds max their
nest" las bird that wandercth from
her nest Though thou set thy nest
among the stars, THE birds of the air
have their nest" and So on Nests in
the trees. nests on the rocks. nests on the
affairs
Why does Gc,i c;:ll us so frequently to
consider the bras nest? Because it is
one of the most wondrous of all styles
Of architecture, and lesson of provi-
Dental care which is the most important
lesson which Christ in my text conveys.
Why, just look at the birds nest, and see
what is the prospect that God is going
to take care of you. Here is the blue
birds nest under the caves of the house.
Here is the brown thrasher's nest in a
bush. Here is the bluejays nest in the
orchard. Here is the grosbeaks nest on
a tree branch hanging over the water, so
as to be free from attack. Chickadee's
nest in the stump of an old tree. Oh,
the goodness of God in showing the
birds how to build their nest!
What carpenters, what masons, what
weavers, what spinners the birds are!
Out of what small resources they make
elf nil