Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-01-20

It's ecN ana tha long nap N IN wtag MAI
glimps~ of 10 a. q swings down Into the vsl,
lev to piok IN rabbit, or q lamb or chile
and then swings back tn IL throne On ~
rock something never 10 he for Sottea. scat
tsrei about its evrts of sltitutinoas solitu !,
are the bones OF tts conqutsts, Hat vhtl'
| the hesk and the claws % the Eagle are ~
terror " all the travellers of the air th,
| mother eagle IL most Kind ami gentle N he,
Young, Got compsres His trestmeat of HI,
people 10 the eagles care of the esglets
Deuteronomy xxxiL, II, AS an eagle site
roth un her nest, hatterrth over her young
spreading abroad her Wings tsseth them
heareth them on her wings 10 the Lor
alone did lead"
Tho old eagle first shovvs ths Young one
out NJ tho nest In orier To make II av, aud
then takes II IN her hack ani dies with II
aud shakes u OF IN thu air, aud u u seems
like falling quickly flles under u aud takss
70 on her wing again. No God does with us
Disaster, failure In business, d,sappolas
ment bereavensnt Il onlv Gods way ot
shaking us out OF our contor,>ble nest In
oricr that We may learn how 30 ~, You
who ara eomplaluluv that YOU have no faits,
or courage Of Christian ssal h>vs hsi u too
easy, You never will learn IN ~ in that
comfortable most
Lake an eagle, Christ has carried us on His
back. At times we have heen shaken OF
aud when se we're about 10 fall He came
under us again AMI brought us out Of 1t
gloomy valley to tho sunny mountain.
Never an eagle broo tel with such love and
care over her Young N COTS wings have
been over Us, AcroS' what oosans OF trouble
w have gone in S,tety un'n the Almighty
winlsl From VIVA, mNuntsinS OF sin We
have been carried an A. TINS have been
borne up far above the gunshot Of ths world
aud the arrow OF thu devill
When our time on earth Is closed on those
great wings OF Gol W. shall spssi with In.
inits quickness from csrth's mountains 20
heavens hills and a. from the eagles cir
cult under the sun men on tho ground seem
small an iui ynihcsnt as liar 10 on q rSoSS,
80 all earthly things shall dwlndle into a
speck, anl the raging river OF death 50 far
beneath will seem smooth ani CLASSY as q
Swiss lake.
Il was thought In ancient times that au
eagle could not only molt Its foathers In old
age. but that after arriving ~ great ags II
would renew Its strength aud become en-
tirely young again, To this Isaiah alludcs
when no saws: "They that wait on the Lord
shall renew their strength. Tnev shall
mount up with wings OF eagles" Even 90
tho Christian In old age viii renew his spirit.
ual strength. lie shall he young In arior
and enthusiasm for Christ, aud ~ tue DO iy
tUa Whi ktbW III
death II will spring up like u gladdsnsi child
into the bosom Of God.
Yea, In this archaeological study I SEQ
that job says, "tiis days dy as an eagle that
hasteth 10 his prey" The speed OF q hungry
eagle when u saw its prey score OF miles
distant was unimaginsble, IL went like q
thunierbolt for spec ant power So fy
our days. Sixty minutes each worth q
heaven, since we assembled in this place
have shot like lightning into etern,ty. The
old earth Is rent and cracked under the
swift rush OF DAYS and months aud years
and ages. "Swift as an eagle that haste,a
70 his prey" Behold the fowls Of the airl
Havs you considered that they have. as you
and have not, the power to change their
eyes 80 that one minute they may be tels.
scopic and the next microscopic, now seeing
something q mile away aui by telescopic
eveslyht ami then dropping TO It's food on
tho ground, able 10 SEQ 1t close by ant with
microscopic syesight'
But what senseless passage OF Scripture
that Is until you know the fact, which says,
The sparrow hath found a houss and tue
swallow a nest for he-sslf, wasrc sh~ may
lay her young, even thine a'tsrS o Lord OF
Hosts my King aud my GoiT What has the
swallow to do with the affairs OF the tsmple
at JerusalemS All, you know that swallows
are all the worlt over verv tams and In
summer time they use 70 dy into the win
dows AMI doors OF the temple at jerusalem
and build nest on the altar wnere the
priests were offering sacrifices.
These swallows brought leaves aud sticks
and fashioned nests on the altars of the TEN.
pie and hstchsd the young sparrows In those
nests, and David had sesn the young birds
picking their way out OF the shell while the
old swallows WATCHED and no one In the
temole was crual enough to disturb either
the old swallows or the young swallows, aud
David burst out in Rhapsody, saying, "rhs
swallow hath found a nest for herself, where
she may lay her young, even Thine altars,
o Lord Of Hosts my King AMI my Godr'
What carpenters what masons what
weaverS Whist spinnsrs the birds are Out
OF what small resources they make 10 ex-
qusite home. curved, pillaret, wrsathsd.
Out OF MOSES, out OF sticks out Of iichens,
out OF horsehair. out OF spiders web, out OF
threads swept from the door by tho house
wife, out OF the wool OF the sheen from the
pasture field. Upholstered by leaves actually
SO we'd together by Its own sharp bill. Cush'
iouei with feathers from its own breast.
Mortared together with the gum OF trees
aud the saliva OF its own tiny bill. such
sy ymmstry, such adaptation, such convent.
ence. such geometry OF structure.
Surely these nests were built by soms
plan. They did not happen just so. Who
drafted the plan for the biri's most, Godi
And do you not think that II He plans such
a house FOR chadiuch, for an oriole. for q
for q sparrow, He will SEQ to IL
that you always have no nep "Ys are OF
more value than many sparrows" WAT
ever elss surrounds you, you can have what
the Bible calls "ths feathers OF the Al
mighty" Just think OF nest like that, the
warmth OF II, the softness OF 1t, the safety
Of 1.-THE feathers OF the Almighty"
No fimingo outf ,sh'ng tue tropical sun.
set ever had such Drilltancy Of pinion; no
robin redbreast ever hal plumags dashed
aud gold-"the feathers OF the Almighty"
Do you not feel the touch OF them now on
forehead and cheek and spirit, ami was there
ever such tenderness of broodlng the
feathers of the Almlgatyf' 80 also In this
ornithology OF the Bible Col keeps i'm
pressing US with the anatony OF birI's
wing.
Over fifty times does the old Book alluds
to the wing-"Wings OF dove" "Wings
OF the morning." "Wlngs OF the wind"
'.Sun of righteousness with healing In his
wings" "Wings OF the Almighty" "Ali
fowl Of every wing" What does II all
OF flight upward. Itmeans TO remind you
that you yourself have wings David crlsi
out "0i, that | had wings like dove. that
might fly away aud be at restl' Thank
Goi that you have better wings thar any
dove Of longest or swiftest h,ght. agei
now In bars OF flesh are those wings, but the
day comes when tIey will be liberated. Get
ready for ascension. Take the wor Is OF the
old hymn, and to the tuus unto watch that
hymn is married sing:
Rsc, my sonl and stretch thy wing;
Thy better portion trace.
Up out of theIe lowlands into the heavens
OF higher experience AMI wider prospect.
But how shall va riss' Oaly a. GDfs holy
spirit gives US strength But that Is coming
now. Not as condor fro n a ChimboraE1
peak swoopinK upon the Affrlghtei vallsy