The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-12

rock something never % he for rrottan Scat
terei about its evrisof altitudinons soiitu ie
are the bones of it's conaucsts But while
the bsak and the claws of the ea xle are the
terror of all the travAie Of the air. the
mother eagia Is most kini and gentle IN her
Young. God compqres His trastmsnt of His
pcople to the eagles care OF the eaplets
Deuteronomy xxxii. II. "As sn eagle stir.
reth up her nest. ilrttersth over her young
spreadiny abroad her wings taketh them,
heareth them oo her wings, so the Lors
alone did leal"
The old eagle first shoves the vounr one
out vt the nest in order 10 maze It dv. aud
then takes IL on her back and llies with it
aud shakes IL or IN the air. aui it it seems
like falling quickly nics unier II aud takes
IL on her wing again. so God does with Ne
Disaster. failure In business. disapooint
ment, Bereavement. Is only Gods wav Ut
shaking us out OF our % nfortable nest in
order that we NAV lelrn how to fly. You
who are complaining that Won have no faith
or courage OF Christian zAal hlva hal IL too
easy. You never will letra to n7 in that
comfortable nest.
Like an eagle. Christ has carried US on HIS
back. At times We havs been shaten OF.
nni when Sc were about TO fall He came
under US again AMI brou ght us out of the
gloomy valley 10 the sunny mountain.
Never an eagle broo led with such love aud
care over her Young a. GoPs wings hIvs
been over US. Across what ocsius of trouble
We have gone in safety upon che Almighty
win ,si From what mountains NJ sin wo
hav, been carried an ! at times have bean
bornr no far above the yuushoe Of the wcrlJ
AMI the arrow o. ths devil
When our time on earth 4; closed on thess
gralt wings of COL W. shall spesi with IN.
huith pu'c;uess from earth's mountains to
hetyan's hills ami as rom ths "a doc cir.
cat under the sun men on tn, .grouui seen
small nnl insi yniict NJ liar Is on "a rocs,
50 all earthly things shall dwin1lc into a
speck. ani ths raging river os death so IA:
beneath wall seen smooth lnt CLASSY as
Swiss lake.
lt was Ga .J sht IN ancient times taat an
eagle could not only mott its feathers in old
age. but thas after arriving % gtslt 1Le il
would renew its strength and become en-
tirely young again. 10 this fslilh allu ios
whel he says: They that wait On the Lord
shall renew their strength. Tlev shall
mount up VITA wings Of eagles Even -
the Christian IN old age viii renew his spirit.
ual strength Re SHALL be young In artoi
and enthusiasm iO- Clrist, AMI a. t1e bo iy
fails the soul will grow in elasticity till Al
death 1t will spring upltle sladdene lch'li
into the bosom ot Goi.
Yea. in this ornthoozi,al study SEQ
that job says. dis DAYS ayas an eagle that
hastoth 20 his prey" IA, speed ot hungry
eagle when It saw it, prey score OF miles
distant was unimaginable, IL went like a
thuu 1erbolt for spec an power So fly
our days. Sixty mlautas. eacl worth a
heaven, since we nsianblel IN tlis plRcs
have shot like lightning into etsrn,5s. Tne
old eartd is rent ana cracked under the
swifI rush o. days anl months and years
and a Ses. swift a. an eagle that hnststh
70 his prey Baholi tao fowls OF tae airl
Havs YOU considered thai they have. as you
and have not, the power TO ci1nye their
eyes 50 that one mnuto they may be tele-
scopic an the nsxs mcrO3,Dpic. nov SEEING
something a mile away AMI by telescope
eyssight, an then dropping 10 its food on
the ground, able % see it close by and with
microscopic eyesightP
Bat what senselass passage OF Scripture
that is, until you know th, facS which says
the sparrow hath found "A hDuss AMI the
swallow nest for herself. where sne may
lay her young, even thine a tqrs, q Lori OF
Hosts my King aud my God" What has the
swallow TO do with the altirs OF the temple
at Jerusaleni' All, you know thst swallows
are all the worl1 Ovcr very tam, and in
summer tins they use | to fly inco the VIM
dows aud doors OF the temple st Jeruslleui
md build nest on the altar wnsr the
: Stiests wpi'e 5Ho ..9gE - VA ~ .,
These swallows brought iaava- and sticks
and fashioned nests on che affairs OF the tenn
pie and hatched the young sparrows in thoss
nests. and David had seen the yong birds
picGin. their way ont Of the shelf wnile tn
old swallows watcae ana no one in the
tempa was cruel enough % disturb either
She OLD swallows or the young swallows, and
David burst GU, in rhapso iy, saying, The
swallow hath found "A nest for herself, VIII ars
she may lay her young, even Ihina altars,
o L)r1 Of Hosts, my KING ani my COR
What carpenters, what masous. what
wsayers what spinus.a the birds are. Out
al ,aly
qu.site home. curved, pillarsi. wreathed
Out Of moses, out OF s.icds, out Of iclens,
out OF horsahlir. out of spiders Woo, out OF
threads swspt from the door by tho house
wife, out OF the wool OF tho shesp from the
pasture ileid. Upholstered by leaves actually
sewsi together hy it, owh sharl hill. CuSh-
ionel vita feathers from It's oTn breast.
Mortared together with tae gum OF trees
aud the sa,ivl OF It's own tiny bill. Such
symmetry SUCH adaptation, slch conyen.
ence. ,ucn gsoue5ry ot structure.
surely thsss nests wsra bIiit by soms
pan. they did not happen JUS So Who
drdttal the plan tor tn, birts ned' God!
Aud 30 you not thin tuat II He plans such
a house Tor A clattilcl, for an oriole, for a
booolink. for a sparrow, tie will ses to 1t
that you always have no NJ? "Gs are OF
more value thlu many sparr1ws' WHAT
ever else surrounds you, you can have what
the Bible calls "ths feathers o. ths A.
mighty Just think of a nest like that, the
warmth OF r. ths sottness OF 1t, tho safety
Of 1.-THE feathers oS the Almighty"
No flsmingo outh Ishing tue tropical sun
set ever had such orllancy of pinon; no
robin reibrsast ever hal piumags dashed
with such crimson ami purple AM orange
aud gold--''the feathers OF the Almighty
Do you not feel tho touch oe them now on
forehead and cheek ami spirit, and was there
ever such tenderness OF broodinG-' -''ths
feathers OF the Almighty So als) IN this
ornitholoyy Of the Bible Goi keeps inn
pressing Us with the anatomy OF birfS
wing.
Over tifty times does the old Boo; ullule
TO the wing-"Wings o. dove" "Winss
OF the morning" "Wnys OF the wind
'Suu of Righteousness, WITH healing in his
| wings,' Wings OF the Almighty" "Al
fow! OF every wing What does il all
mean 1t suggests uplifting. 1t tells you
OF hght upward. Ii means % remind you
that you yourself have wings. David cried
out, "OI, that had wings ike dove, that
| might ily away aud b. at rest" Thank
God that you have better wings than any
dove of longest or swittest flight. Cages
| now ia bars OF flesh are those wings, but the
day comes when they will 0e liberated. Get
! ready for ascension. Take ths woris OF the
old hymn, and to the tuus unto which tha'
/ hymn is married sing;
Sc, my soul and stretch thy wing;