17. So far from being in need, these trees of God afford shelter to others;
birds small and great make their nests in the branches. Thus what they receive
from the great Lord they endeavor to return to his weaker creatures. How one
thing fits into another in this fair creation, each link drawing on its fellow:
the rains water the fir trees, and the fir trees become the happy home of
birds; thus do the thunder clouds build the sparrow’s house, and the descending
rain sustains the basis of the stork’s nest. Has the reader ever walked through
a forest of great trees and felt the awe which strikes the heart in nature’s
sublime cathedral? Then you will remember feeling that each bird was holy,
since it dwelt amid such sacred solitude. Those who cannot see or hear of God
except in Gothic edifices, amid the swell of organs, and the voices of a
surpliced choir will not be able to enter into the feeling which makes the
simple, unsophisticated soul hear “the voice
of the Lord God walking among the trees.”
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