Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-01-20

per. and they died of quaiis. Ths Bloie re,
fers to the migratory habits OF tue oirus au,,
says, "The stork Knoweth her apPoiitteu
time aud the turtle and the crane anu 1ne
swallow the time of their going, bug my pso'
pie know not the judgments OF ire LORI.
Would the nroDhet illustrate fhe fate or
fraud, he points to failure at .ncuO@V'on
and says, "As a partridge sitteth on eggs
and hatcheth them not, so ne that getoe.u
riches and not by right shall leave them IA
the midst Of his days and at his end snail DC
a fool" The partridge, the most careless OF
all birds in choice of its place OF nest, Dulio'
ing it on the ground and often near ire,
quented road or in a slight depression Oh
ground, without reference to safety, anu
soon hoof or scythe or q cart wheel ends
al. So SAYS the prophet, man who gathers
under him dishonesc dollars will hatch out
of them no peace, no satisfaction, no happl-
ness. no security.
What vivid sinilitude. The quickest way
to amass a fortune is by iniQuity. but tne
trouble is about keeping it. Every hour o.
every day some suca partridge is driven OH
the nest Panics are ONLY futier OF
partrdges. 1t Is too TEDIOUS WORK to become
rich in the old fashioned way, and If man
can by one felsenood make as much as oy
ten years OF hard labor, why not tell lty
And It one counterfeit check will bring the
dollars as easily as genuine issus. wnv not
maze it, One years frau will De equal to
a half q lifetine's sweat. Why MT live
solely hy ones witsf A fortune thus built
will be firm and everlasting. Win its
| Hal build your house on volcanoes crater;
| go to sleep on tae bosom OF an avalanche.
The volcano will blazs, and the avalanche
will tGun ier.
There are estates which have been coming
together from age to age. Many years ago
that estate started in husbands industry
ana wife's economy. It grew FROM gen.
Grafton to generation by GOOD habits ana
high minded enterprise. Old fashioned IN,
dustry was the mine from winch thas goio
was dug, and God will keep the deeas Oh sucn
an estate in His rucGler. Foreciose your
mortgage spring your snap judgments, plot
Nth acutest intrigue against family pro =
prty ike that and you cannot do 1t per-
manent damage, Better than warrantee
| dead and better than fire insurance is the
defense which Cots own hand will give 1t.
Rut here is q man to-day as poor as JOB
after he was robbed by satan or everything
but his bois, yet suddenly tomorrow ne Is
area man. There is no accounting LOT MS
rudden affiu ence. He has not ye1 IaiieI
9ften enough to become wealthy. NO one
nretenis to account for his princely ward.
robe. or The chased silver or the full curbel
,teeis that rear and nega like bucepnaus
In the grasp of his coachman. DID ne come
lo a sn len inheritancsf No. Did he make
fortnne on purchase and salef No. Every
BODY asks where did that partridge hat "a.
RE devil suddenly threw him up, and thu
devil will SUI ideniy let him come down.
That 1den scheme Go 1 saw from the first
roncsntion of the plot. That partridge,
srvift disaster will shoot it down. and the
higher it flies the harder it falls. The propa-
Of saw. as you and l have often seen, the
awful mistake OF partrldges.
But from the top OF q Biole fir tree near
the shrill cry of tne strork. JOB, Ezekle,
Jeram;ah. speak of it. David cries out las
Tor the storx. the fir tree is her house"
This lar1e white Bible bird is suppose,
without alighting sometimes to wing It's
yyav from the region o. the Rhine to Africa.
Aswinter comes all the storas fy to warmer
clio,es and the last ons OF their number tnat
arrives at the spot to whica they migrate Is
Sillat nv them. What havoc it would make
in our species if those men were kiIle1 WAC
are always oehindl In oriental CUES tne
stork is domesticatei and walks about on tae
street and W II follow its keeper.
In the CITY of EJhesus saw long 70"
If ,1,;,ars on thu TOP OF eacl pillar a storks
nast Bl the word "stork" ordinarily
means mercy and affection, from the fact
that this bird was distinguished for lJS great
love for its parents. 1t never forsakes tnen,
and even after they become leeoie proOecos
and provides for them. In migrating ble
old storxs lean their necxs on the young
storks. and wnen the old onss give @ous tls
Young ones carry them on tnelr D1cAs.
4oi forbid that dunno stors snoult nay
more heart than we. blssse1 IS tnaV VAg Ky
ar which an old father ana motner sieI
blessed that altar az WHICH an Va" -"'
and mother kneel
What If is to have mother they KNOW
host who have lost her. God only know
the agony she suffered for Us, the times sue
vent over our cradle and the anxious sign:
her bosom heaved as we lay upon II, IN
s;c, NIGHTS when she WATCHED us long atts
every one was tired out but God and nersell
Her Jifeblood beats in our hearts, ana nel
IMAGE lives in our face. That man is grace
less as a cannibal who i'll treats his parents
and be who oegrudges then daily oreao an
clothes the but shabbily, may tod nave pa
tience with him; | cannoc. heard MAJ
once saw III now have my oil mother OF
INV hands" Ye storks on your wav VIII
food To vour aged parents, shame MIMI
Hnt Wonder in this Bible sky flies oir'
4bot il speckled The prophet descrloin
the church cries out, milne heritage Is unit
me as a speckle1 bird; the birds roun
about are against her." so 1t was tneni
it is now. Holiness picked at. Consscra
ton picked at. Banevolence picKed az
Csc: uiness picked at. A specxle1 oirt Is
peculiar bird; aud that arouses 5ae an'ii
: athy of all the baa1s the foresI -.
Ihe church Of God is peculiar instltu
tion. and tnat is enou n to evo6e ATTACK
{ of the world, for IL is a spackle1 6lrd 70
nicxed at. Toe inconsistencies OF ChriStiar
! ora a hanouet on which multitu les get ia
. Thav ascriba every thing you do to wron
/ motives. Pat dollar ip the poor Dox an
! thew will say that you drcrped 1t tners on
4 that YOU might hear it ring. Invite thel
To Christ an they will call yoa a fanatl
: Lat there be contention among CHRISTIAN
: and they will say. "Hurrahl Inc cnurca
, in decadence
! Christ intended that His churca shou
always remain specxlei plr1. Let o ~
If another feather PICK at her, but tint
cannot rob her of single puma. Like u
albatross. she can sleep on the bosom Oh
. tamnest. Sac has gone through the hres
J Nehucnadnezzar's furnace aud not g
- - burned: throu gh the waters OF the hed $
. and not been drowne through the sni
. wreck on the breakers OF Melita ana II
> been fouudered. Let all earth ana neil 6ry
|" hunt down this speo5led bird, but lar 400
|, human scorn and infernai assault u sh
= = sing over every mountain TOP anu ny ov
70 every nation. and her triu npaant song sn
-. be. SThe church OF Godl The pillar a
IS ground of the truth. The gates OF he'll sn
. not prevail against her"
Is But we cannot stop here. From
'e cliff hanging over the sea [ hear the eai
% CALLING INTO the tempest and lifting
r. wings to smite the whirIwind. Moses, t ts
d mia6, Hosea and Habakkuk at times IN "a
le writings take their pen from tne Gag 3