The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-19
D AMONG THE BIRDS.
fTAlMAGE DRAWS MANY LESSONS
FROM THE FOWLS.

~ Is Surely Divine Scleuoe.
EsOoKLYN, Jan. 8.-Dr. Talmage
morning continued the course oI
ions begun lew Sahbalhs ago
kfng preached about the "Astrouomy '
u,s. Bible; or God Among the Stars, -
sEab IL "ChronolOgy of The Bible; or,
ceA Among The Ceuturles," this morL-
OH. discourse on the "Ornitholcgy
~ Bible or, God Amcng the Birds. -
IA rext was Matthew vi, 26, "Behol 4
,,,swls of the air!'
ere is silence now IN all our Jan.
,rMkkiIfests, except as the winds whistle
SS&Sh the bare bran ahes. Our north.
S3ood' are deserted concert halls.
Ecorean lofts in the temple of nature
ah, mnless. Trees which were full
lrol and chirp and chant are now
,r,ng for The coming back of rich
lSes and warbling v, ices. solos. duets,
pflets, cautatas aud Te Deums. But
Bible is iull o! birds at all seasons,
bi ophets and patriarchs aNd apostles
,tvahgellsts aud Cl rist himself en-
lthSmfor moral and religious pur
SsP. My text is All extract
a the sermon on the mount,
Ii perhaps it was at amoment
a flock OF birds flew past that
|. ft waved his hand toward them aud
rl5 Behold the fowls of the ah!"
y 80, IL This course of sermons on
Everywhere, l preach to you this
sermon concerning the Ornithology
' ye Bible; or, God Among the Birds
0'Pst OF the her sciences you may
or not study as you please. Use
own Judge nent; eXel else your own
q. But about this science OF orni-
u pgY we have no option. The divine
"Hand is positive when it says in NV
i"Behold the fowls Of the ai,!"
CHS, study their habits. Examine
WI" ,'Hars. Notice their speed. See
20 coio ~ God in ,heir construction.
uf me TO- 'ey the command
! Smith, ior l was brought up among
ina hosI wings and from boyhood
eas yCA71 uatins at sunri Sc and their
aAzA J'uset.
el a t's nave beeu TO me tascina'
and hs sa atisfaction is that l never
I'd one Of them, any more thnn l
d steal a child from cradle, for a
IS a child of the sky. and its nest is
cradle. They are almost human,
1htfy have their loves and hates af-
and antipathles, understand joy
Iiei> have copjugal and mat rnal
IT, wage wars and entertain jeal,
have language Of their own and
KSs oil aseC eCcialiOn. Thank God for
"A !and skies tull of them. 1t ls use
VS. expect to understand the Bible
I'B we Study natural history.
He huDdred and ninety-Lhree times
" the Bible allude 20 the facts of ma
"a history, and l do not wonder that
ahkt So many alluslon ornithological
laskles aud the caverns of Palestine
sAieHt to the winged creatures, and
Hnany y and roCst and nest aud
kA. in u region that Inspired writ.
Mo hot l. We lar to 20 TO get OrniLho-
9lal Illustration of divine truth. There
Rdsger forty species of birds recognized
De Scripture. Oh, what variety
Mpgs III Palestine!
s 3ea, Christian ,eOlogy-tor you know
5e ls a Christian geology as well az
'Yatidel geology-Chrlstlan geology
r3 an helps the Bible show whe |
III TO the bird creation. Before
acN an race came into this world
NH was occupied by reptiles and
Wutyles of destructive monsters
of creatures loa hsome and
God sent huge birds to Gear
ms OF these creatures before Adam
were created. The remulns ol
Is bids have been found imbeded III
rocks. The skeleton Of one eagle
3been found twenty feet in height aud
y ieet from Tip of wlng to tip OF wing
10y armies of beaks and claws were
lessary TO clear the earth of creatures
would have destroyed the human
} wllb one clip. l like to Hnd this
|mony Of revelation and science and
have demonstrated that the God who
kle the world made the Bible.
g bsesb the greatest lawS er OF all time
IA great man tor facts, had enough
.lspent und poetry and musical taste
4come the illumined wings and
Sices divinely drilled INTO the first
Ter OF Genesis. How should Noah,
Sid ship carpenter, 600 years OF age,
6ut when the WOrlu was tit again tor
ian resid.bce after the universal
lGeP A bird will tell, aud nothing
, can. No man Can come down from
mountain to invite Noah and his
y out 10 terra tirma, Tor the noun
we've submerged. AS u bird hrs
I'd the human race into the world
, bird will help the human race
% the world that had sh pped 1t
\ Vat whel,ned everything.
,,h stanCs on Sunday morning al
.ndUW OF the ark, in his hand Il
cove, 30 gentle, SO innocent, 81
Iponlte, and he said, Now, my lit.
ve, fly away over these waL,rs, eX
and come back ali tell US W ether
lie TO land" Alter long tight il
med hungry and weary AID wei,
~ Its looks and manners sa d To Noah
his family, 1.-The world Is not fit for
TO dlsembrak." D." Noah waite q
Z, mud ntxt Sunday morning he lei
dove fly again tor second explora.
and Sunday evening it came back
l leaf that had the sign OF just hav-
betr plucked from a living fruit tree
the bird reported the world
I'D do TO. .9blv well for a bird to live
out not yet sufficiently recovered ior
ian residence.
loah waite another week, and next
day morni4 4ng he sent out the dove
ba third collaboration. bui H. ret,irnad