Eastern Proverbs And Emblems Illustrating Old Truths
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Bengal. — Dancing on an unbaked water vessel. Talmud. — Be very humble ; the hopes of men are worms. Oriental. — More disappointing than the fire of a glow- worm. The Lord the Stay of the Righteous. — 2 Sam. 22. 19. A house or wall is tottering, a beam of wind stays it up, such are the ropes to a ship, so creeping plants, unable to stand upright, cling by their tendrils to some ILLUSTRATIVE OF OLD TRUTHS. 73 stick which becomes their stay ; similarly the soul clings to God by the tendrils of fa...ith. The Nick of Time Taught by the Stork. — Jer. 8. 7. In many countries the storks and many birds are not able to stand the winter ; on its approach they congregate and depart in a body for the sunlit lands, returning in the spring, so do the crane and swallow. Men know the signs of the weather, and when it is time to start on a journey ; but when the shadows of life's evening are coming, people do not see the signs of death's approach, Hos. 7. 9. The Italians- say, " time is an inaudible file, " which destroys gradually without its being noticed.
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