Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

1917 FAITH IN GOD 423
world the people will learn rightecusness;" for it is true,
that when_ we have all that heart can wish we feel no
need of God's spirit to guide and keep us, and nothing
would induce us to move from our place; but when our
place becomes unbearable, then we, like the young
eagles, seek another place. Moses said, "As an eagle
stirreth up her nest, and fluttereth over her young,
spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them
on her wings; so YAHVEH alone did lead him, and there
was no strange god with him."
That was not only a beautiful symbol of how God had
dealt with his people Israel in Egypt, but a symbol of
how God always leads and guides and deals with his
people. It is said that an eagle always builds her nest of
th mans, and then fills in between the thorns and covers
them with soft down.
There she raises her young until
they are old enough to fly. But the young eagles are
lazy and will not leave that delicious nest where they are
fed abundantly and have all that heart can wish; so tie
old eagle pulls out the soft lining of the nest and lets
their little breasts down upon
the sharp thorns, which
makes the nest wherein they were raised unbearable; and
so. by their own volition, they are forced to get out of
it, and as they sit upon its edge the mother eagle will
push them off so that they find themselves suspended in
mid-air, where they are forced to ily or fall. Then the
old eagle fiutters over them, and when the little ones get
tired and are likely to fall she fiies under them, takes
them upon her back and bears them up until they are
rested, and so teaches them to fly. How like God's dealings
with his people under all circumstances this is! Are
the thorns making your nest unbearable? Then look to
the parent spirit for guidance, that you may know what
to do; then try to cast yourself-like the young eagleupon
the strong pinions of the King of spirits, and he