Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-01-28

ani then swings back to its throne on the
rock something never to be forgotten. Scat
terrell about its eyrie OF altituiinous solitude
are the bones Of its conQussts. But while
the beak AMI the claws Of the ca gle are the
terror Of ali tie travellers Of the air, the
mother eagle is most klni and gentle TO her
young. G0i onpare His treatment of His
pe3p.e TO the eagles care OF tn eaglets.
i)euteranonvxxxii.. II, As an eagle stir
reth up her nest. 1uttereth over her young.
spreading abroad her wings, taketn them.
feare.h them on ber wings, 50 the LORI
alone did cad" =
The Old eagle first shoves thu youn, one
out nt the nest in order II mage IL H.. AMI
then taxes II on he. hack AMI aes with it
AMI shakes il of IN the air, AMI II it seems
ike falling quickly flies urier It AMI taxes
Il on her win a-ain- 50 Dol aNaS with ~
Disaster. failure N business, disappoint-
ment, bereavement. is only Gods way %
shakln. Us ous Of our co nfortable nest in
order that W. NAV learn now TO fiy. You
who are Con- lalnlng that YOU have 10 faith
or courage OF Christian al have had it too
easy. You never viii learn 70 fly IN that
comfortable nest.
Like an eagle. Christ has carried US on HIS
back. At times we have been shaken off,
All when "e were about t. fall He came
Under u. a-aln and brought Us out Of the
gloomy valley to the sunny mountain.
.stFci an III 3ip CFOO iC1 WIN Sucl love and
care over her young as Go rs wings have
teen over Us. Across what oceans Of trouble
We nave gone III safety upon the almighty
"In2sl From whats mountains Of sin we
nave been carried AMI at times have been
boTne W far above the gunshot Of the world
and the arrow of the devil,
" hen our time on earth is closed on these
great wings Of God We shall speed with in
finite qu.ckness from earth's mountains to
heavens hills, and as from the eagles cir
cut under the sun men on the ground seem
SNAIL ana lnsi 3~niilcant as lizards on a rock.
50 all earthly things shall dwindle into a
speck, anu the raging river of death 80 far
beneath Will seem smooth and CLASSY as a
Swiss lake.
1t was thought in ancient times that an
eagle could not only mott its fea theirs in old
age, but that after arriving to great age it
would renew its strength and become en-.
TREY 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 spirit
ual strength. He shall be young in ardor
and enthusiasm for Christ. and as the body
fails the soul will grow in elasticity till at
death 1t will spring up like a gladdenei child
INTO the bosom of Got.
Yea. in this archaeological study I see
that Job says. "His days AZ as an eagle that
hasteth to his prey" The speed of a hungry
eagle when 1t saw its prev a score of miles
distant was unimaginable. 1t went like a
thunderbolt for speed and power. SO fly
our days. Sixty minutes. each worth q
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 his prey" Behold the fowls Of the air
Have you considered that they ha We. as you
and l have not, the power to change their
eyes SO that one minute they may be tele-
scope and the next microscopic, now seeing
something a mile away AMI by telescope
eyeslght, and then dropping to its food on
the ground, able to see it close by and with
microscopic eyesights
But what a senselesS passage of Scripture
that Is, until you know the fact, which says,
THE sparrow hath found a houss and the
swallow a nest for herself, where she NAV
lay her young, even thine affairs, O Lord of
Hosts, my King and my God" 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 fy into the win
dows and doors Of the temple at Jerusalem
and build a nest on the altar where the
priests were offering sacrifices.
these swallows brought leaves and sticks
and fashioned nests on the affairs of the tenn
pie and Matched the young iparrows in those
nests. and David had seen the Young birds
picking their way out of the shell while the
Old swallows watches !, and no one in the
temple was cruel enough to disturb either
Lne Ola swallows or the young swallows, and
David burst out in rhapso Nv, saving. ''The
swallow hath found a nest for herself. where
sue may lay her young, even Thine affairs
Lord of Hosts, my KING and my Gods'
What carpenters, what masons, what
weavers. what spinners the birds are! Out
OF what small resources they make so ex-
quislte a home, curved. pillared, wreathed.
Gut OF moses, out OF sticks, out of lichens.
out or horsehalr. out Of spiders web, out OF
threads swept from the door by the house
vile, out or the wool or the sheep from the
pasture field. Upholstered by leaves actually
sewed together by its own share bill. Cush-
Toned with feathers from its own breast
Mortared together with the gum of trees
and the saliva OF its own tiny bill. Such
symmetry, such adaptation, such convent
ence. such geometry OF structure.
surely these nests We're built BY some
plan. They did not happen Just so. Who
drafted the plan for the birds nests God,
And do you not think that if He plans such
q house for a chatfinch, for an orlole, for q
bobolink, for a sparrow, He will see to it
that you always have a home? "Ye are of
more value than many sparrows." What
ever else surrounds you, you can nave what
Na-o tHt 1cdlIcTS OF fhh A.
mighty Just think of a nest ike that. the
warmth OF 1t, the ~softness Of it, the safety
OF lt-HHthe feathers of the Almighty"
No hamlnso outfiashing the tropical sun
set ever hal such b%rnliancv of pinion. no
robin redbreast ever nae ~plunage dashed
with such crimson ami purple an orange
and gold-"the feathers Of the Alrnightyn
Do you not feel the touch of then now on
forehead and cheek ana spirit, and was there
ever such tenderness OF ~brooding-'.the
feathers Of the Almightyy' SO also in this
ornithology of the Bible God keeps i'm
pressing Us with the anatomy Of a birds
wing.
over fifty times does the old Book alIu,a
to the wing-"Wings Of a dove" Wing
OF the morning" Wings Of the wind
sun OF righteousness with healing in his
wings, Wings u til Almightv.r ssAu
fowl OF every wing Wha. does il all
mean. SIT suggests uplifting. 1t tells Won
OF flight upward. Il means to remind Won
that you yourself have wings. David cried
out, IN, ttat | had wings like a dove, thai
l rnlshI ty away AMI be at restr1 Thank
Gof that YOU have better wings than any
dove OF longest or swi;teet flight. Cacat
no" III bars Of flesh are those wings but ,ha
Gay comes when they will be uber atei. Go-
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