The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-15
THE EAGLES MES 7"
TOPIC STRONG SERMON
BY DR.. R. |. DAVIDSON


A crowded house at the Broadway
Baptist church heard the pastor, Rev.
h. L. Davidson. Sunday night, ON the
subject THE Eagles Nest from
the text, AS an eagle s,irreth up
her nest, flutteroth over her young
spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh
Them beareth them on her wings;
SO the Lord alone did lead him and
there was no strange god with him"
Deut. 32:l0-ll. Or. Davidson said in
part;
AS the majestic scquoia among
trees; the gorgeous cactus among
plants; the Numidian lion among
beasts, 50 is the eagle among birds
Possessing superb strength in beak
and claw, keenness Of vision almost
incredible, magnificent sweep Of pin
ion and power OF rapid, unwearied
flight, the eagle is here employed.
in a figure to set forth some of the
most striking charac eristics of God
in his relation to his people The
nestlings suggest his people and the
nest their earthly homes and aspira-
tons.
Divine Aspirations
The eagle is a creature OF the sky
and playmate Of the storm Earth
i'll becomes it. 1t descends to the
earth for its food only. Its pleasures
are in the skies. Man i'll becomes
earth He possesses heaveu-bom and
eternal aspirations. Here he is rest
] less and i'll vt ease. Time is too
short and this world is too small
/ for hip lie thinks out beyond the
sky line. He was made for eternity
and the universe. He finds his food
ON earth but his highest pleasures in
the skies.
Divine Example
The eagle flutters over his young
to show them how to fly God sent
His son into the world to show men
how to live. In the life Of Christ
man sees his own possibilities God
intends that we shall be like Him.
An an eagle fluttereth over her
young, showing them the way to
/ fly, SO God sets before us the oX-
ample of the good, the striyinGs OF
/ the great, the lives Of the saints, and
chiefly the perfect pattern, the per
feet life Of His incarnate Son. God
means that every soul shall soar. God
gave fins to fish that they might
swim; wings to birds thlt ,hey might
fly; and heavenly aspirations TO man
that he might soar. Chickens and
Of hn, ha Rttr1e how.
but they do not fly. They are con-
tent to build their nests and dwell
on earth and this is why they are so
soon in the frying pan. The man
who initiates these foolish fowls will
share their sad end The man who
initiates Christ and by his faith
scars to realms on high shall abide
forever.
Divine COmpulsi0n
"As the eagle stirreth up his nest"
The callow brood are much warmer
and more comfortable in the nest
than when they are turned out Of it,
but the eagle knows the peril Of
nest-loafing, Incidence and ease and
so destroys the nest that the young
eaglets may learn To fly. The world
is alive with nest-building and self
indulgence Men are wont to seek
spiritual ease and luxury. God deals
with his people as the eagle deals
with her young. He sometimes strikes
in upon their nests with crushing
disaster. Think you that this is un-
kind? 1t is our salvation. We all
shrink from change, but what would
we do if we had it not? We should
stiffen into habits that would dwarf
and weaken us. We all recoil from
storms. What should we do il we
had them not? Sea and air would
stagnate, and become heavy and put
rid and pestilential, if it were not for
the wild west wind and the hur.-
ling storms. So all of our changes,
instead Of being whimpered over, and
all of our sorrows, instead of being
taken reluctantly, should be recog-
nizcd as being what they are, loving
summonses to greater efforts and
higher living.
God sometimes breaks up the earth
ly nest that He may give ms "a
heavenly mansion. lie sometimes
dashes to pieces our earthly hopes
that lie may give US heavenly aspira-
tions,
Divine Protection
The eagle flutters over her young,
spreads abroad her wings and keeps
close TO it in its initial flights tha.
she may protect it from all enemies
when it grows faint and weary. This
suggests how near how all-pru,ectlng
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