p. 10 | WIND-BLOWN LIVES

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 17, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 46.

WIND-BLOWN LIVES.

WILD geese by the wagon load were slaughtered in the suburbs of Topeka, Kansas, not long ago. It appears that some extraordinary atmospheric condition had brought vast flocks of the fowls down from their lofty courses through the air, and caused them to sail in dismal perplexity within ten or fifteen feet from the ground. As night began to come down, the geese were attracted by the blazing electric lights, and around and around these lights hundreds of the geese fluttered in blind confusion. It did not take long for the people living in the vicinity to discover the opportunity for laying up a supply of the poultry. All who had guns or revolvers began to shoot into the thick flocks, and geese by the score came tumbling to the ground. Those who had no guns took long poles and knocked down the distracted birds almost as fast as the gunners did. Men and women are caught in the winds of life like that, sometimes, and fall an easy prey to the devil’s pot-hunters. Nothing is more pathetic than the confused souls who fly hither and thither without a guide. No one need become thus endangered, for Christ offers to be our sure Guide, and those who follow Him shall not come into danger.—Homiletic Review.