Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-03

sarnfsrtalIg nest. Like au eagle. Christ
has carried Us on His back. A. times We
have been -hasen on. aud when w. were
about 10 fall he came under u- again and
brought "a. out Ol the gloomy valley io
the SUNNY mountain. Never un eagle
hraOded with such love aud care over her
youn. a. Gods wings have been uyerus.
Across what oceans ~ trouble We have
gone in safety upOn the Almighty wing.
From what mountains 81 sin We have been
carried and al times have been borne up FAR
above the guu-hUt 81 the world amt the
arrow Of the devil. When our time on
earth j. closed ON these great wing oi
God We shall speed with infinite quicEne-S
from earths mountains tu heavens hills,
and a. from the eagles circuit under the
sun. men on the ground seem small and in
significant as lizards on a rock. So all earth
~ things shall dwinile into a specE and
the raging seas of death So FAR beneath
will seem smooth and CLASSY a-
Swiss lake. Oh, the goodness OF God
Ia showing the birds how tD build
their nest What carpenters, what
masons what weavcrs, what spinner the
birisarel out Of what small resources
they make what an exquisite home, curved
pillared, Wreathed. y out of Wo-srs, out ui
sticks. out Of lirhcns, out of horse hair, out
Of spiders web. out Of threads swept from
the door by the housewife out ui the wool
OF the sheep in the pasture field. tphol-
stored hy leaves actually ~cwed together
by its own sharp hill. Cushioned with
feathers from it, own breast. Nurigrrd
together with the gum of trees and the
saliva Of its own tiny bill. such symmetry,
such geometry Of structure.
Surely these nests were built 10y some
plan. They did not Just happen So Who
draughted the plan for the bird nest?
God. Aud do you no. think that If lie
plans such a house for a chainrh. for an
OriOle. for bobOlnk, for a sparrow, lie
will see 10 it that you always hav" home;
'Ye are Of more value than many spar
rows" Whatever else surrounds Won, you
can have what the Bible calls the feathers
of the Almighty Just think of u nest
like that. the warmth Of it, the sOftness Of
1t, the safety of 1.-THE feathers OF the
Almighty" No llamiGco Outila-hng the
tropical sunset ever had such hrilligncy Of
pinion: no robin redhreast eyer had plum
age dashed with such crimson and purple
and orange and gOld-"thc feathers of the
Almighty" Do you not feel the touch Of
them now on forehead AMI check and
spirit, and was there ever such tenderness
of brooding-'the feathers OF tho Al
mighty"
So also in this ornithology OF The Dibin
God keeps impressing Us with ia" unat-
Omy Of birds wing. Over nifty times does
the old Book alludc To the wing wings oi
Il dove, '"wingS Of the morning. wings
Of the wind, sun OF righteousness With
healing in his wings wing, of the Al
mighty" "all fowl Of every wing
What does it all mean? It suggests
uplifting. It tells You of flight upward.
II means to remind You tina: Won,
yourself, have wings. David cried out,
"Oh that / had wings like a dove that /
might fly away and be at rest Thank
God that YOU have better wings than any
dove OF longest aud ~wiftest flight, Gagged
now in bars of flesh are those wing hut
the day comes when they will be liberated.
Get ready for ascension. fake tn" words
OF that Old hymn. and to the tune unto
which that hymn i, carried sing:
Rise my soul ar' stretch thy wing.
Thy better portion trace.
Up out Of these lowlGuds into the heavens
Of higher experience and wider prospect.
But how shall we risc2 Only a. Gods Holy
Spirit gives us strength. But that is conf
ing now. Not rs a condor from q Chin
bOra2o peak swooping upon the aifrighted
valley, but as dove like that which mat
it, soft brown wings over the wet locks of
Christ at the baptism IA the Jordan. Dove
Of gentlencss! Dove of peace,
Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove.
With all thy quickenng powers.
Come shed abroad a Savlour's love
And that shall kindle ours.