The naturalist reminds us how the furious eagerness of the
winged insects, which seem to be the agents of death, is
frequently a cause of life. By an incessant persecution of the
sick flocks, enfeebled by hot, damp airs, they insure their
safety. Otherwise they would remain stupidly resigned, and hour
by hour become less capable of motion until they could rise
no more. The inexorable spur of the furious insects knows,
however, the secrets of putting the flocks on their legs; tho
with trembling limbs, they take to flight; the insect never
quits them, presses them, urges them, bleeding, to the wholesome
regions of the dry lands and the living waters where their
afflictions cease.
On life’s lower plains, living lives of ease and indulgence, the
strength and dignity of the soul would perish; but the ills of life
disturb us, sting us, incessantly attack and pursue us, until bleeding
we find the higher planes of thought and life, until at last we
reach the sweet table-lands of which God Himself is sun and moon.
The fiery law is a chariot of fire, lifting true souls into heavenly
places.--W. L. WATKINSON, “The Transfigured Sackcloth.”
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=Blessings Shared=--See RESPONSIBILITY.
=Blessings Unappreciated=--See APPRECIATION, LACK OF.
“=Blest Be the Tie that Binds=”--See CHRISTIAN UNITY.
=Blind Children in India=--See INDIA, MEDICAL OPPORTUNITIES IN.