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The Sparrow on the House-Top

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 26, 1869

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 34, No. 18.

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The Sparrow on the House-Top.

Sparrows abound in all Palestine, and are beautifully referred to in the Scriptures. They are still sold at a price not greater than that mentioned by our Saviour in Matt. x, 29: “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?”
When a sparrow loses its mate, he will sit on the house-top through the whole day mourning. David, in allusion to this characteristic, speaking of himself, says, “I watch, and am like a sparrow alone on the house-top.” Ps. ci, 7. See also Ps. lxxxiv, 3.
“As on some lonely building top, The sparrow tells her moan, Far from the tents of joy and hope, I sit and grieve alone.”