The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-01-11


out Of the gloomy valley to the sunny o
mountain. Never an eagle brooded with Il
such love and care over her young al Q
Gods wings have been over us Across
what oceans of trouble we have gone II
safety upon the almighty wings. From
what mountains Of sin we have beer
carried, and at times have been borne ]
up far above the gunshot of the world
and the arrow Of the devil. When ou'
time on earth is closed, on the greai
/ wings Of God we shall speed with inf
mite quickness from earth's mountains
to heavens hills, and as from the
eagles circuit under the sun men Oh
the ground seem small and insignificant
as lizards on rock, so all earthly
things shall dwindle into speck and
the raging river Of death SO far beneath
I, will seem smooth and CLASSY as Swiss
lake.
1t was thought in ancient times thai
an eagle could not only moult his
feathers in old cge, but that after ar
irving to great age, 1t would renew IT.
strength and become entirely young
again. To this Isaiah alludes when he
says: ''They that wait on the Lore
shall renew their strength, they shall
mount up with wings Of eagles" Ever
so the Christian in old age will renew
his spiritual strength. He shall b'
| young in ardor and enthusiasm 10,
Christ, and as the body fails the sou
will grow in elasticity, till at death !,
will spring up like gladdened child
into the bosom Of God. Yea, in thii
ornithological study / see that Jot
says: "His days fly as an eagle
that hasteth to its prey" The
speed Of a hungry eagle when it saw it,
prey score Of miles distant was un'
imaginable. Invent like thunder
bolt for speed and power. So fly ou'
days. Sixty minutes, each worth Q
heaven, since we assembled in thii
place, have shot like lightning into
eternity. The old earth is rent and
cracked under the swift rush of day;
and months and years and ages. "Swift
as eagle that hasteth to its prey" Be
hold the fowls of the air. Have you
considered that they have as you and J
have not the power to change then
eyes so that one minute they may be
telescope and the next microscopic,
Now seeing somethinga mile away, and
by telescope eyesight; and then drop
ping to its food on the ground, able K
. see it close by, and with microscopic
: eyesight
!, But what senseless passage Of Scrip
ture that is until you know the fact
, which says: 'The sparrow hath found
!. house and the swallow a rest for her
4 self, where she may lay her young, evei
thine altars, o Lord of Hosts, my KIM
- and my God" What has the swallow
g to do with the altars Of the temple a
Jerusalem? Ali you know that swal
,s lows are all the world over very tame
r and in summer time they used to a
= into the windows and doors of tn
n temple at Jerusa EN-, and build mes
d ON the altar where the priests wer
"a offering sacrifices. These swallow
"a brought leaves and sticks and fashione
:. nests on the altars of the temple, an
4 hatched the young sparrows in tho:
~ nests, and David had seen the youn
n birds. picking their way out Of the she
~ while the old swallows watched, an
lv no one In the temple was cruel enoug
n. TO disturb either the old swallows
Iu the young swallows, and David burs
n out in rhapsody, saying: THE swallo
III hath found nest for herself where 81
A. may lay her young, even thine altar
ch 0 Lord Of Hosts, my King and my God
d. Yes, in the ornithology Of the Bible
,r. find that God is determined TO pre-
,Ie upon us the architecture of a birt
nm nest and the anatomy Of a birds win
he Twenty times does the Bible refer To
M birds nest: "Where the birds ma
M their nest" "Asa bird that wandere
ed from her nest" Though thou set Il
he nest among the stars" ''rhe birds
Ia the air have their nests" and 30 G
tn Nests In the trees, nests on the rocl
ed nests on the altars. Why does God c.
nd us so frequently to consider the bir,
,rv nest? Because IL is one Of the mt
IN. wondrous styles Of architecture, a
he lesson OF providential care which
nd the most important lesson that Christ
all my text conveys Why, just look
the birds nest and see what is the pr
A a pect that God is going TO take care
ear you. Here is the blue-bird's nest int
nd the caves Of the house. Here Is
nd. brown thrush's nest in bush. Her,
ak the blue jays nest in the orchard. HI
Ike is the grossbeak's nest on tree brar
| Is hanging over the water, so as TO be I
eet from attack. Chickadee's nest In
,ad stump Of an old tree. o,
, Of goodness OF God in showing
-or birds how 10 build their. me-
r is What carpenters, what masons, w
.ea- weavers, what spinners the birds 9
8 Il Out OF what small resources they mi
or what an exquisite home, curved,
The Jared, wreathed. Out Of mosses, ou
,ite sticks, out Of lichens, out Of horseh
its out of spiders web, out Of thre
AXE swept from the door by the housew
INTO out of the wool Of the sheep in
r. a pasture field. Upholstered by lea
ack actually sewed together by its G
Iino sharp bill. Cushioned with featf
,out from its own breast Mortared
the gether with the gum Of trees and
the saliva Of It's own tiny bill Such s
the metry, such adaptation, such conv
the ence, such geometry Of structure;
Q TO Surely these nests were built by 81
eat plan. They did not just happen
Q Of Who draughted the plan for the bi
II: nest? Godl And do you not think
flut- II He plans such house for chaffii
road for an oriole, for bobolink, for s
hem row, He will see to II that You alv