The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1893-02-24

IL was Matthew vi 20; Behold tho
Iwls OF the airl"
HThcrc Is silence now In all our Jnnu-
IL forests, except rs the winds whistle
Rough the bare branches Our north
~ woods are deserted concert halls
IThc organ lofts in tho temple of ma
Irc AFRO hymnless. Trees which were
LIN OF carroll and chirp and chant are
Inv waiting for the coming back OF
Il rich plumcs and warbling voices,
Alos. duets. quartets, cuntatas and Te
Iuns hut the Bible tx full Of birds
tnll seasons, and prophets and patri-
k,hs and apostles and cvangelists and
krist himself employ them for moral
In religious purposes. My text is an
Iiract from the sermon ON the mount,
In perhaps IL was at "A moment when a
kcls Of birds flew past that Christ
lived his hand toward them aud said:
.Eehoid the fowls of the air." And so
81 this course of sermons on God
1crywherc" preach To you the third
Ermon concerning the ornithology Of
H. Chile or God among the birds
4Alost of the other sciences you may
.tdv or not study, as you please. ESQ
tnr own Judgment, exercise your own
n,,c. hut about this science OF orni-
koopy we have no option The Di-
he command is positive when It says
n ms text "Behold the fowls OF the
II" That is, study their habits. Tx
.linc their colorS. Notice their speed
~ the hand OF God in their conStruc-
In. lt is easy for me To obey the
Hnnaud OF the text for was brought
II amoug the race of wings, and from
Nrhood heard their mathis ut sunrise,
AMI their vcspcrs at sunset Theirncsts
i've been To me u fascination, and my
Itisiaction is that | never robbed one
II them. any moro than l would
nal a child from n cradle, for bird
child of the sky, and its nest is the
ahdlc.
s3fhcy are almost human. for they
I've their loves and hates, atliniticS
Ill antipathics. understand joy and
Ref. have conjugal and maternal in
4nct, wage wars and entertain jcal-
sics. have language of their own
d. powers of association. Thank God
T N birds and skies full OF them. II is
{ teless To expect to understand the
}bc unless we study natural history.
i've hundred aud hinety-threc times
tes the Bible alludo to the facts of
ttnral history, and l do not wonder
tat IL makes so many illusions ornith-
hgical The skies and the cavcrns of
Rlcstinc are friendly to the winged
natures, and so many fly and
est and nest and hatch in that
MON that inspired writers do
have far To go to get or
biological illustration Of divine
lh, There are over forty species of
bis recognized in the Scriptures oh,
at variety of wings in Palestine!
Dc dove, the robin, the eagle, tho cor
TanL or plunging bird, hurting itself
pm the Sky % wave, and with long
biz clutching its prey, the thrush,
tirh especially dislikcS n crowd; the
Hrtridgc, the hawk, bold and ruthless,
Nscring head to windward while
Eiching for prey; the swan. at home
Dong the marshes, and with feet So
MaNNi ~ hhlA NhAN WI Wv ''hNN'
water plants; the raven, the lap
fng, malodorous, and in the Bible de-
nanccd as iucdiblc though IL has cN-
fordinary hcad.drcsS; the Stork, the
Mirage, that always has u habit of
kpping on a stone the turtle IL has
Eed, and so killing II for food, and on
occasion mistook the bald head OF
Eyhylus the Greek poet Tor a white
Hne and dropped turtle upon IT, kill
n the famous Greek; the cuckoo, with
fxtcd head and crimson throat and
kngS snow-tippcd. but too lazy Ia
~ its own nest and so have the hab'
~ dcposlting its eggs in nests belong
TO other birds; the blue jay, the
&nse. the plovcr, thr magpic, the
NgIishcr. the pelican, which is the car
Sure of all the fcathered creation;
owl, the goldfnch. tho bittcrn, the
4flcr, the bulbul. the osprey, the
mre, the king of scavengcrs, with
covered with rcpulsive down in
NJ OF attractive feathers; the quar-
one startling, tho swallow dying "a
minute, and sometimes ten hours
nccession; the heron. the quail. the
eoclS, the ostrich, the lark, the crow,
Kite, the bat, the blackbird, and
ny others with oil colors, all sounds,
Nsyles OF flight, all habits, all arohl-
ure of nests, leaving nothing want
N snggestivcuesS
hey were at the creation placed all
and on the rocks aud in the trees
on the ground To sencrads Adams
III They took their places on
Ay, as the first man was made on
wday. Whatever else no had or did
have he should have music The
sound that struck the human ear
birds volrc.
~, Christian geology tfor you know
MS n Christian geology rs well as