While you watch this ceaseless ac-,
Hvitj of "i" bird you maj
"If Cod la good and God ls kind, whj
tines be not make life easier for tbe
sparrows 7" Then I would ?
good God who keeps the little birds on
Hie move, lt would Ix a ? niel (J.si j
V.l.O Would allow the sp,?; i ,w 1
still and do nothing." Supposing I
should go out today and caleb a little'
sparrow and shut him in a gol 1. Q
as son,,, women do with th. lr sweet
throated canaries Then, supposing I
Should till the seed cup of thal
with tin.' most enticing bird food and.
put the clearest, purest water into the
cup. Then, supposing I should snj to
this caged bird. "Now, sparrow, I am !
going to make your life a life of Joy.
for it shall be a life of ease. I will
give you all the sunlight you want, all j
the food you want and all the dulnk
you want. I shall clean out the cage
at least twice a day, so no dirt shall be
about you. All that you nen] to do ls
to sit upon a perch, Just as you sit
Upon a tree branch, and twitter and
talk and talk and twitter." What
Would be the result? Why, soon, very
soon, th" plumage of that sparrow
would le timi.d. Then his head would
droop, and he would sicken and die.
Ah, tlie sparrow does not lind health
ami strength and happiness in doing
nothing! 1 !od blesses his creal ;;
giving til in opportunity for ceaseless
activity, fie never blesses a life by
never endlU - "ise.
Thu Trout's Fin.
