Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-04

AROUND on tNt EO'kt ana IN the trees II
and on the grouad 20 serensde Adams 4
arrival. They took their places on Friday.
as the first man was made on Saturday
Whatever else he had or dfd not have,
he should have music. The frst sound 4
that strack the human ear was a birds I
voice.
As bird hrst heraded the human race
into the world. now = bird viii help The
human race back 80 the world that had 4
shipped a sea thar had Overw helmed every
thlng. Noah stands on sunday morning
at the window % the ark. In BIS hand
cooling dove. 80 gentle. 50 innocent. 30 AZ
fectionate. aad ae said. Now, my little
dove. ny away over these waters. explore.
aud come hack and tell us whether it 4
safe 20 land. IL was bird THAI told them
when 10 take possession Of the resuscitated
planet. SO the humar race were saved by
a bird's wing; for. attempting 10 land too
soon. they would have Oerished-
Isaiah compares the -desolations OF ban
tshed Israel 20 an owl and hittern and cor
morant among citys ruins Would the
prophet illustrate the fate % fraud. he
points 20 a failure az Incubation. and says.
AS partridge sitteth on eggs and hatch
eth them not, 40 he that gettcth riches and
not ~ right shall leave them IN the mitst
OF has days and az his end shall be a f0o'r
The quickest way 70 ama~s a fortune II
by iniQuitv. but tbs trouble is about keep
ing it. Every hour ofevery day some such
partridge is driven OF the nest pruics are
oaiy Gutter OF partridges. IL l. too tedi-
oHs work 90 become rich in the old fash
toned way, aad n a man can by the false
hood make a. much as by ten wears of
hard labor. Why not tell ~, aud N Cna
c0unterfeit check win bring the dollars a.
easily a. a genuine iesUe. Why not make itf
But yonder in this Bible sky dies bird
that 4 speckled. The prophet describing
the church. cries cut. Mine heritage il
unto me a. q spcckle1 bird. the birds
round about are against her. SO Il
was then: 80 Il - now. Holiness picked
az. Conservation picked az. Benevoience
picked at. Usefulness picked AZ.
I spcckled bird a. a peculiar bird. and that
arouses the autipathy ~ all the beaks Of
I the forest. The church OF God a y peculiar
/ Institution. and that Is enough % evoke
attack 90 the world. Tor N h. a s0eckled
bird 20 be picked at. The incousistencles
I OF Christians arc banquet or which multi
tudes get fat. They ascrihe evcrything
You DO 20 wronC motives. Put a dollar in
I the pouf box. and they viii say that he
dr0Dned e .herc only that be might hear q
ring. Invite them q Christ. anu tney VII
| call you n fanatic. Let thers be contention
among Christians. AMI they viii say: "Hur.
raai the church IA la decatencc." Christ in.
tended that His church should always re-
main a speckicd bird.
Disaster. failare IA business. dlsappotnt-
nieut. hcreayement. t. 1Ots wav "a
shaking Us out OF our comfortable ncst in
order that We may learn 20 fiy. You who
are complaining that you have no faith or
courage or Christian zeal have had tt too
comfortable nest. Like an eagle. Christ
has carried Us on HIS back. AT times W.
have been shaken OF. aud when We werr
about 20 fall He came under us again AMI
brought 60 out OF the gloomy valley q
the sunny mountain. Never an eagie
brOoded With such love and care over bel
, young a. Gods wings have been over IS.
: Across what oceans OF trouble We have
gone ia safety upon the Almighty wings
, From what mountains of sin We have beer
I carried aud 0t times have been borne up tai
, ( above the gunshot OF the world and The
arrow OF the devil. When oar time ca
I / earth Is closed. on these great wings o
/ God we shall speed with infinite Quick ness
{ from earths mountains 30 heavens hills
and a. from the eagles circuit under th'
81 sun. men on the ground seem small and In
> significant a. lizards on a rock. 80 all earth
! ly things shall dwindlc into speck ant
the raging seas % death 80 far beneath
7 will seem smooth and CLASSY a.
! Swiss lake. On. the goodness OF Go,
4 la showing the birds how 70 bai!'
= | their neztf What carpenters WhA
r masons. what weavers what spl.iners thi
A birls are, Out Of what small resource
q thay make what an exquisite home. curved
. / pillared wreathed. a Out % mosses. out .
! sticks. out OF hchens. out OF horse hair on
ofspiders web out OF threads swept frOr
e the door by the housewife, out OF the WOO
n OF the sheep In the pasture Held. Uph0
y stored by leaves actually sswed t0gethe
Il by its own sharp bill. Cushioned wit
-
o together with the gum OF trees and "a
Il saliva OF its own tiny dill. Such symmetr,
IA such geometry OF structure.
N Surely these nests were built by SON
'. plan. They did not just happen 80. Wh
:. draughted the plan FOR the birds nest
|. God. And do you not think that II II
v plans such house for q chaiilnch. Tor a
= Oriole. for a bobOllak. for a sparrow, II
n will see 20 IL that you always have a home
) "Ye are OF more value than many spal
IA rows" Whatever else surrounds YOU. yo
4 can have what the Bible calls the feather
J. or the Almighty" Just think OF a Nc.
n like that, the warmth OF IL. the sottness
it, the safety OF 1.-THE feathers OF tt
IN Almighty" No hamingo outfashing th
r. tropical sunset ever bad such briiliancy
a. pinion; no robin redbreast ever had plum
age dashed with such crimson and purp
and orange and gOld-''the feathers Of Il
|. Almighty" Do you not feel the touch
them now on forehead and cheek an
spirit, and was there ever such tenderne'
OF brooding-"the feathers Of the A
mighty"
ae So also In this ornlthology OF the Bib
God keeps impressipg US with the ana
omy OF a birds wing. Over afty times do.
the cid Book allDde to the wing-swings
- q dove. wings OF the morning" i" wins
- OF tho wind sssun OF rfgheeOusness wit