Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-01-12

swallows brought leaves NGi Sticks
and fashioned nests on the affairs oil
the temple, and hatched the young
sparrows in those nests, aud 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, or the young swallows, and
David bursts out in Rhapsody saying:
"rhe swallow hath found nest for
herself where she may lay her young,
even thine affairs, q Lord of Hosts, my
King and my God!'
Ycs, In this ornitbology of the Bible
! find that God is determined TO i'm.
press upon M the architecture of the
bird s-nest and the anatomy OF u birds
wing. Twenty times does the Bible
refer to II birds.nest. "Wherc the
birds mako their nest" "As n bird
that VANDERBILT from her nest"
Though thou set thy nest among the
stars The birds of the air have
their nests, and SO on, Nests In the
trees. nests ON Che rocks, nests on the
almrs. Why does God call us So fro
duently to- consider the birds nest? he.
cause IL is one Of the most wondrous of
all styles of architecture, and lesson
OF Proyidential care which Is the mos
important lesson that Christ in my
text conveys Why, Just looN at the
birds nest, and see what Is the ptoS
pect that God Is going to take care o.
You. Here Is the blue-bird's nest IN
| der the caves of the house. Here Is thu
| brown thrcsher's nest In u bush Her,
| Is the blue lays nest In the orchard.
| Here Ia the gross. bcaks nest on u tree.
branch hanging over the water, so as
| 10 be free from attack. Chickadcc's
most In the stumpof IN old tree. Oh,
! tho goodness of Tod In showing
| the birds how to build their
nests. What carpenters, what masons,
what wcavers, what spiuncrs the birds
are! Out OF what small resources they
make what an exquisite home, curved,
pillared, wreathcd. Ont OF MOSES, ont
of sticks, out of lichens out OF horse
hair, out of spiderA' web, out OF the
| threads swept from the door by the
housewife, out of the wool of the
sheep In the pasturc.ield. tpholst
cred 10y leaves actually sewed together
by It's own sharp hill. Cushioned with
feathers from It's own breast. Mort,
AIRED together with the gum OF trees
and the saliva OF it's own tiny bill Such
symmetry, such adoption, suck con
ycucnco, such geometry of structure,
Surely these nests were built ly
some plan. They did not Just happcn
So Who draughtcd the plan for the
birds nest? God! Aud do you not
think that IL ho plans such house for
n chnilnch, for an oriolc, for bobo'
link, for sparrow, he will SEQ to IL
that YOU always have home, "No
are OF more value than many spar
rows?" Whatever else surrounds you,
YOU can have what the Biblo calls "the
feathers OF tho Almighty. just think
of u nest like that, the warmth OF 1t,
the softness OF It, tho safety Of it
"thc feathers OF tho Almighty" No
numingo publishing tho tropical
sunset, ever had such brilIiancy
OF pinion; no robin rcd-bYeast ever had
plumagc dashed with such crimson.
and purple aud orange and gold--"tho
feathers OF the Almighty" DO you
not feel the touch of them now on
forehead and check, aud spirit, and
was there ever such tenderness %
brooding-'t feathers of the Al
mighty" So also in this ornithology
OF the Bible God keeps imprcssing rs
with the anatomy of birds wing.
Over fifty times does the old book nj
lnde to the wing, "Wings of dove
wings Of the morning, wings o.
, the wind" "Son OF Righteousness
with healing in his wings" wing
OF the Almighty" "All fowl ~
every wing" What does 1t al
mean 1t suggests uplifting 10 tells
you of flight upward. 1t means to re-
mind you that you, yourself, have
wings. David cried out, 20 that had
wings like dove that might fly away
and be at rest" Thank God that you
have better wings than any dove o,
longest o" swiftest flight Gagged now
IN bars of flesh are those wings bu
the day comes when they will be liber
ated Get ready for ascension. TAX
the words of the old hymn, ard To thu
tuno unto which that hymn is married,
sing:
Rise my soul and stretch thy wing,
, Thy better PORTION trace.
Up ont of these lowlands into tbs
heavens of higher experience, and
wider prospect But how shall We
rise? Only ms Gods Holy Spirit gives
us strength. But that IL coming now
/ Not ms u condor from Chinborazt
peak, swooping upon the affrighte.
, valley, but as dove like that which
, put its soft brown wings over the we
: locks of Christ at the baptism in TIN
, Jordan. Dove of gentleness! Dove o
. peace.
Como Holy Spirit heavenly dove,
With all thy quickoning powers,
Come shed abroad n Saviours love
u And that shall kindle ours.