The times., 1897-11-22

The Rev. Or. Talmage delivered thethird
of his series of sermuns on the genera
subject ot God Everywhere at the First
Presbyterian Church yesterday morning
Ills text was from Matthew vi, 20: Be
hold the fowls cf the air" His subject was
the "ornittology Of the Bible; or, God
Among the Bir.ls." DR.. Talmage said in
part:
Nv text is an extract from the SernoiS
on the Mount, and perhaps it was at
moment when 3 flock of birds flew pas6
that CHRIST waved mis- hand toward them
and said. "Rehold the fowls Of the air"
Tnat IS study their habits. Examine their
colors. Notice Their speed See the hand
of God in their construction. They are
almost hLman, for they have their loves
ard hates, Iffinities and antipathies, un-
derstand Joy and grief, have conjugal ana
maternal instincts, wage wars, AMI enter
tam JeatoaSies. have language oI VheI
own and powers Of association
Thank God for birds, and skies full OF
them. IL is useless to expect TO under
stand the Bible unless we study natural
history. They were at the creation placed
all around ON the rocks and in the trees
and on the ground TO serenade Adam
arrival They took !heir places oil Fri
day, as the first man was made ON sat
urday. whatever else he had or did not
have, lie should have music. The first
sound that struck the human ear was
| bird S voice.
AS Il bira first heralded the human race
INTO the world, how a bird VIII help the
human IA se back To the world that lad
! shiDped a sea that whelmed everything
| Noah stands on Sunday morning at tho
| windy " Of the ark, in his hand cCoinS
| dove, - gentle, So Innocent, so all ectloh-
1 10 a..
| fly away over these waters, explore, AMI
| come bacl; and tell us whether it Is safe
| 10 .aua." 1t was bird that told then
! when totake poSSeSSionof the resusfitated
| Dlanet. So the human race We're saved b.
BIRDS wing; for, attempting to land teo
soon, they would have perished.
| Isaiah compares tue desOlatiGns OF ban
| Isned Israel to an owl and bittern and
/ corrtur8nt among "a City's ruins. Would
| the prophet Illustrate the fate Of fraud.
| he points to q failure at incubation, ana
says. As a partridge stitch un eggs
| and hatCheth them not, 50 he that gettcJE
! riches aud n,t by right shall leave thein
| in the midst of his days and at his end
| suGll be a foul
| The quickest way TO amass a fortune is
by inidaity but the trouble is about
keeping II Every hour OF every daJ
| some such partridge is driven off the nest
Panics are only a Ilutter OF partridges-
IL i loo iCNlfOhS WIN ~ J-ADtA- st4i sla stS
old-f lshlontd way, and II man can By
He tiI,AhD make as much as by ten
years OF hard IA Dor, why not tell il. ami
il one counterfeit check Will bring the
dollars is easily as a genuine issue, why
por make lt2
Bnt yonder in this Bible sky flies bird
that is speckleC. Inc prophet, describing
the church, cries ont, Mine heritage is
unto nae as "a speckled bird, the birds
| round about are Eaiust her. SO it
was then; 80 il is now Holiness picked
at Conservation picked at. Bene-olence
| picked lt. Usefulness picked at. \
| speckled bird is d peculiar bird, and that
arouses the antipathy of all the beaks OF
tie forest The church Of God is a pc
cuiar institution, ana that is enough t.
evoke attack of the world, for 1t is s.
speckled bird. to be picked at The il
consisteucies Of Christians are 4 banquet
on which maltitudes get fat They as
criDe everything you do to wrong motives
Put a dollar in the poor box, and they wlll
| say hat he drcpped it there only that he
mignt hear it ring. Invite them TO Christ.
and they Will call you a fanatic. Let
there be contention among Christians, and
they win say: 'Hurrahi the church is IN
.lecadence - Christ intended that His
c. urch should always remain a specklea
bird
Disaster, failure in business. dIs9ppoint
meut. bereavement, is Gods way D.
shaking lis out of our comfortable nes
in order that we may learn how 10 fly
You v no are complaining that you have
no fai.h or couTa &c or Christian zeal hav,
had it too easy. You never Will learI
to fly in that comfortable nest. Like II
eagle, Christ has carried us on His back
AT times we have been shaken off dn:
when we We're about TO fall he can.t
under Gs again and brought US out o,
the gloomy valley TO the sunny noun
tain. Never an eagle hrooded with such
love ard care over her young as Gods
wings have been over us.
in his notices, pr. Talma ge said:
The Presidents proclamation Of Thanks
giving VIII be heartily responded to Fl
this chruch. I viii preach Thanksgiyin.
morning at II o'clock, and our choir viii
render uS unusual music. ami tle ladies
OF the chGrch VIII make the wheat o.
the North ana the rice Of the South. the
corn and the cotton meet each other i
the decorations"