The Birds of the BibleJazzybee Verlag, 2017 M02 6 - 308 páginas Gene Stratton-Porter, the Indiana novelist and bird lover, offers the fruits of several years' loving labor in "Birds of the Bible”, a handsome volume. The riches of bird lore that Mrs. Porter has unearthed will surprise anyone who opens the book. "Birds of the Bible " is designed for all lovers of birds in general, and lovers of Bible birds and Bible poetry in particular. It contains every reference made to birds in the Bible: describes the location, and explains the characteristics of the bird. In this book, the author, one of the most successful writers of her days, both as a naturalist and a novelist, has made her greatest effort to do something worth while for the world, having given three years to the preparation of the text. |
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... voice, And that which hath wings shall tell the matter." Jeremiah complained, "Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds around about are against her." Jesus, in illustration of His devotion to His ministry, was thinking of ...
... voice." His store of unexpected adjectives in birdlore is a delight, as witness these detached phrases: "The chlorion is a clever and diligent bird." "The elea has an excellent mode of life." He said of another: "Its colors are ...
... voice imploring God for help. He can not save himself, therefore he cries into space for rescue by the Unseen. This impulse to worship is not found in civilized nations alone, it is a universal thing. No savage band ever has been ...
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