The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-16

ground squirrels here to shoot" mo
ground suuirrels?' he exclaimed. Why
there ore thousands of them. about
THAT Is strange" answered. 81
have not seen any of them" But one
evening a short time after alone ! took
walk away from camp. | left behind
me for the first time little spaniel
dog which generally followed me Oh
my tramps He always ran ahead In
nv walks. This evening | found that
the mountaineer was right. There
were literally hundreds of squirrels
around. Then soliloquized thus: "Ab
now | understand why | did not see
the ground squirrel before, My dog
with his hunting blood would run
ahead Then whenever he saw
ground squirrel he would dart after It,
Then t.lat squirrel and all the other
squirrels about would seek safety by
running into their holes. which they
had dug into the ground where the dog
could not follow them" God gives to
the squirrel n hole in the ground fer
his place of safety. "The ants are
people not strong. yet they prepare
their meat I'm the summer. The comics
are but feeble folk, yet make their
homes IN the rocks. The locusts have
no king. yet go they forth all OF them
by hundreds. The spider taketh hold
with her hands and is in kings pal
aces" God gives to all of his creatures
not only means of subsistence. but also
means of defense or escape from their
enemies Thus 1t is with the sparrow.
Thus it Is with man.
When | see the little birds building
their nests high in the trees to escape
dhs dangers of earth ! seem to hear
God say. Child. come and build thy
nest high up In the tree of Calvary to
escape the dangers Of sin" oh, ye
who are weak and helpless. why will
We try to rest amid the deep entangled
grasses and thickets Of earth when
the great broad beam of the cross Is
such safe place upon which to rest!
Nests High Up.
But, though | am struck with many
wonderful characteristics of the little
birds of the woods. after all. their alb
sences at certain seasons of the year
Impress me just as much as the bless
ings with which they are surrounded
In the spring and the summer and the
autumn November slips into Deccm
Der. The beautiful tapestries Of the
woods have faded away and been de
stroyed Now, instead of the leaves Of
the trees rustling with gladncss. eatD
tree trunk covered with white snow
looks like column of spoticss marble,
Where are the birds? Where are the
little birds that used TO make the wei
kin ring with their never ending
choruses? "Oh' you answer. they
have gone" They have migrated. No
sooner did the billiards. of the arctic
begin to howl than God seemed to call:
"Come, little birds come! l want you
to come with me to the land of flowers.
1t is too cold for your little wings and
your tender throats. Come with me to
the sunny south" And away they |
fly. Yes. they fly out of arctic colds
They fly away from the white shrouds
of frost They fly to where the sun ls
never clouded where the springs and |
brooks are never turned into Ice They |
fly to where they will not slivcr and
where they will not die. Thus God has
called to some of our little birds called
children and some Of our big birds call |
ell men and women. He called and
said: Come. father; come. mother;
come, wife; come. husband: come |
child. Come into the land of lowers |
Come into the land of eternal sunshine.
Come into the land where you win new
err be troubled and never fear again
Oh. the land Of the eternal sunshine. |
called heaven, how many of our dear
ones are being blessed III thee. Oh |
land of flowers, so far away and yet
so near! How much thou hast rcioiced
the redeemed of heaven with the IN |
finite and never ending JOS of C',riHt.
And will we never See oar dear o." |
again as the silver trumpet Of -,
spring brings back to lis tn ii,i |
birds of the woods: Perhaps. lr'othe.' |
Perhaps, sister. They cannot come t.
you. But you may go to them. :a -" |
vid said he should one day - - ianc
his beloved son. Christ hc.c IN nn-
stands ready to guide VS. to t.tt lit
of eternal sunshine. The Uilc:' fn''
are settling down for ra:iy Of u
Christ Is even now saril :: "f,,:il =.
you go with me? VIII yon - {, = |
land Of flowers? VIII ynI riHeh IL
rose of Sharon and the Ill; Of the yc'
ley where the Decent r frp,ts n |
never palsy a leaf or b'ilg q l.,l%',
sin to the cheek! VIII you 90. chill,
As have cared for the sra"Tr,,' %
will care for YOU
VIII you go, sinner. to your Gei
ones and to the land of that elena
joy?
Copyright 1907. by Louis Klopsoh.
Beecher's Defense to be Published.