The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-26

llfm.lIug solitude. Tho hai, "a H"N' i
af the darkness. The night hawk. The .
a. ifrarc. the cuccoo. the iapwinE. the F.
osprey. by the command Of God w .
Lcrltlcus. dung out Of the worlds bill .
Of fare.
would liked 10 have been with Au-
dlt1n as he went through the woods
with gun and pencil. bringing down
and fketthIng The fowls 81 heaven. his
unfoided portfolio thrilling al chris
tendon. what wonderful creatures OF
God the birds are' Some Of them. this
morning. like the SONGS Of heaven LET
loose bursting through the gates OF
heaven. Consider their feathers
which are clothing and conveyance al
the same time. tho nine vertebrae 81
the neck. the three eyellds TO each
eye. the third eyelld an extra curtain
for graduating the light Of the sun.
Some % these birds foayengers AMI
some % them orchestra. Thank God
for ouall'a whistle. and lark's carol.
and the twlttcr Of the wren. called by
the anclents the king OF birds. because
when the fowls Of heaven went into
q conieft as TO who should ny the high
est. and she eagle swung nearest the
tun. a wren on the bnck OF the eagle.
after the eagle was exhausted, sprang
up much higher. and 80 was called ~
The anclents the king Of birds Con
slider those OF them that have golden
crowns and crests. showing them 10 be
feaihered imperials And listen 10 the
humming birds serenade In the car Of
the honeysuckle. Look NJ the belted
kinghsher. striking like n dart from
the sky 70 water Listen 10 the voice
Of the owl. giving the keynote TO All
eroakers. And behold the condor
among the Andes. battling with the
reindeer. DO not know whether an
aquarium or aviary Ia the best altar
from which 20 worship God.
There ls an incident IN my text thai
bafics all the ornlthological wonder
OF the world. The grain crop had bee
cut on. Famine was IN the land
In a cave by the brook Of Cherlih cal
minister OF God. Elijah. waiting 90
something % eat Why did he no
60 20 the nelrhbors7 There we're ~
neighbour: Il was a wilderness. VIII
dld he no, pick some OF the berries
There we're none n there had beer
they would have been dried up. Scaic0
one morning at the mouth Of his cave
the prophet sees flock Of birds ap
preaching. on. n they were only part
ridges. or II he only had an arrow
with which 20 bring them down. B1
az they come nearer. be finds that the
are not oomestlhle. but unclean. an.
the eating Of them would be spiritua
death. The strength % their beak. th
length Of their wings. the blackness n
their color. their loud. harsh "cruck
crnekr' prove them 20 be ravens.
They whirr around about the proph
cts head. and then they come on tiui
terlng wing and pause on the level q
his llps. and one OF the ravens brlng
bread. and another raven brings meo'
and after they have discharged thci
tiny cargo they wheel past. and other
GENE. until after awhile the proph'
has enough. and these black servant
OF the wilderness table are gone Pa
elx months. and some say Who'll
wear. morning and evening. a break
fast and a supper bell sounded a. thes
ravens rang out on the air the.
"cruek, cruckf' Guess where they
the food from. The old rabblns 81
they cot Il from the Kitchen u Kin
Ahab. Others say that the ravens 80
their food from nlous obadiah VIII
was IA the habit 81 feeding the ,ers,
eu,od some cay that the tIven
broueht their food 10 their you 4
the trees. and that Elijah had ln'
40 climb up and SET a. Some say tha
he whole story is improbable: O.
tbese were carniyorous birds. and Oh
food they carried was the torn ncs
Of living beasts. and therefore ccrt
moniany unclcan; or q was cirr,or
and would not have been 90 Tor On
rrorhct Some say they were u1, on
vers 40 an. bat that the word trans
lated ravens" in nay tex, ought O.
have been translated Arabs" su &
would have read. "Thc Arabs brou.h
bread and fesh On 'hc morning. an
brr1 and frsh in ihc evening" ANY
u ia' admit thc u.h'r 'n he 'rre
d.. away 40 thIs mIr1.. ulW
the m ue'e Is gone. Go 900 with 'H
Depicting process. tut Lrnv. On
bros Chat you aye rlHlue or.
one man and iha' is yourself 90 oH
OF tuH most CHwlcrt.Ue beautiful %.
uuc ava triumphant lr0Hs Boz O.
thc ono. ] can tcu you who thp.
rrrt.I.rr were thcv were ravens
can '.u you who f.c.rhtcl thorn v.
prov IONS God. can teI iuI v'
I-Hrch.I thorn God. . can tgl 81
who taught them which way i1 fy
God can cen YOU who tn'i 'h.
no what cave to svoon God can %
son who introduced raven i1 prnrh
and rrapHa, to raEen-Goi There
uuD passage . will whisper r yu
car. Ir Q would u.t want tn utter
aloud. I..f ue olr should drop jH'
under Is power .l' aug man ss
tasc away f-om ODE words 90
rrurhrrr 10 tl.H book. God shalt Oh
away DTS Part ono ~ thc book 20
and out % The Holy CITY"
while. thcn we watch the rave
focdlug Elijah. lot the swift dove
Gods spirit sweep down the shy 81
divine food. and ON ou,sprad wi
pause at the lip % every soul hung
ilg f0r comfort
an tho banks of what rivers hr
been the great tttlcl Of tho wor.
v'hio you are looking over ihe m
az the world TO answer that. VI
toll ycu ihat tho ertai conflict to-t
Sc on fho Potomac. or fho Hudson.
fhe Mississippi on Che Thames ga
savannah. on iho Rhine. on th' \
on the Gangs. ga thc Hoans-lio.
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