Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-09

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like an eagle, Christ has carried us
ON hls back. A. times we have been
shaken oil. and when we we're about 70
fall he came Under us again and bfc'igh'
M ont of the gloomy valley 20 the sun.
nv mountain. Never an eagle brOoded
with such love and care over her young
aa Gods wings have been over us
Across what oceans Of trouble we have
gone IN safety upon the Almighty wings
From what mountains Of sin we havi
been carried and at times have bee
horne up far above the gunsbot OF th'
world and the arrow Of the devil
When our time on earth Ia closed on
these great wings Of God we shall speed
with infinite quicknese from earths
mountains TO heavens hills. and NJ from
The eagles circuit under the sun men on
tho ground seem small and insigni6can
as lizards ON rock, 80 all earthly thing
shall dwindle into speck, and the rag
ing river of death so far beneath viii
seem smooth and CLASSY as Swiss lake.
II was thought in ancient times that an
eagle could not only molt its feathers in
old age, but that after arriving TO great
age it would renew it's strength and be
come entirely Young again. To this
Isaiah alludes when he says: "They tina
wait on the Lord shall renew thei
strength. They shall mount up witt
wings Of eagles" Even 30 the Christian
in old age will renew his spiritual
strength. He shall be young in ardor
and enthusiasm for Christ, and as the
body fails the soul will growi in elasticity
till at death it will spring up like glad
dened child into the bosom Of God.
Yea, in this pathological study see
that Job says. "Ifis days fly as an eagle
that hasteth to its prey" The speed OF
q hungry eagle when 1t saw its prey a
score of miles distant was unimaginable.
Il went like a thunderbolt for speed and
power. SO fly our days. Sixty minutes,
each worth heaven. since we assembled
in this place have shot like lightning into
eternity. The old earth is rent and
cracked under the swift rush Of days and
months and years and ages Swift as
an eagle that hasteth to its prey" Be
hold the fowls Of the air! Have you con-
sidered that they have, as you and
have not, the power to change their eyes
80 that one minute they may be tele-
scopic and the next microscopic, now
seeing something a mile away and by
telescope eyesight, and then dropping tc
its food on the ground, able to see II
close by and with microscopic eyesight'
THE SWALLOWS AT THE TEMPLE.
But what senseless passage of Scrip
ture that is. until you know the fact
which says, 1.-The sparrow hath found 6
house and the swallow nest for herself
where she may lay her young, even thine
affairs, o Lord Of hosts, my king and my
Godr What has the swallow to do will
the affairs of the temple at Jerusalem
All, you know that swallows are all thu
world over very tame, and in summer
time they used to fly into the Windows
and doors of the temple at Jerusalem
and build nest on the altar where tn,
priests were offering sacrifices.
These swallows brought leaves ant
sticks and fashioned nests on the affairs O.
the temple and hatched the young spar
rows in those nests. and David had seer
the young birds picking their way ou
of the shell while the old swallow
watched. and no one in the temple wa
cruel enough to disturb either the olt
swallows or the young swallows. ant
David burst out in rhapsody. saying
1.-THE swallow hath found nest TO
herself, where she may lay her young
even thine affairs, q Lord of hosts. m,
king and my Godw
Yes, in this ornithology Of the Bible
find that God is determined TO impress
upon us the architecture of birds mes
and the anatomy of a birds wing
Twenty times does the Bible refer to
birds nest-"Whe the birds max thei
nest" AS bird that wandereth iron
her nest" Though thou set thy mes
among the stars" 1.-THE birds of the al
nave tntir nesl, anu 80 on. NeStS
the trees, nests on the rocks. nests on tn
altars.
Why does God call us SO frequently t
consider the birds nest? Because it i
one Of the most wondrous of all style
of architecture, and lesson of provi
dental care which is the most importan
lesson which Christ in my text conveys
} Why, just look at the birds nest, and Sc
what is the prospect that God is goinI
to take care Of you. Here is the blue
birds nest under the caves of the house
Here in the brown thrasher's nest in
bush. Here is the bluejay's nest in tn
orchard. Here is the grosbeak's nest o.
a tree branch hanging over the water, s
as to be free from attack. Chickadee'
nest in the stump of an old tree, Oh
the goodness Of God in showing tn
! birds how to build their nestl
What carpenters, what masons, wha
weavers, what spinners the birds ART
Out Of what small resources they max
! 30 exquisite home, curved, pillared
wreathed. Out of moSses, out of sticks
out OF lichens, out Of horsehair, ou
! Of spiders web. out Of threads swep
from the door by the housewife. on
Of the wool of the sheep from III
; pasture field. Upholstered by leave
actually sewed together by It's own shar
bill. Cushioned with feathers from it