LOST ITS VOICE | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 24, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 17.

LOST ITS VOICE.

“When visiting a gentleman in England,” says D. L. Moody, “I observed a fine canary. Admiring its beauty, the gentleman replied: ‘Yes, he is beautiful, but he has lost his voice. He used to be a fine singer; but I was in the habit of hanging his cage out of the window; the sparrows came around with their incessant chirping; gradually he ceased to sing, and learned their twitter, and now all he can do is to twitter, twitter.’ O, how truly does this represent the case of many Christians! They used to delight in the songs of Zion, but they came into close contact with those whose notes never rise so high, until, at last, like the canary, they do nothing but twitter, twitter.’”—Oriental Watchman.