The Forrest City times., 1890-09-20

i0NlltUX MI N0c HHikOrHs The tI0It St>titty Is inviting all the destitute. The sabbsth- schools are inviting all the children. The missionary society Is inviting all the heathen Tho printing presses of the bible societies are going night and day, doing nothing but printing invitations to this great gospel banquet. And arc you not afraid that there will be moro guests than accotnmoda- tionsY No' All who have been invited will not half i'll up the table of Gods supply. There are chairs for more. There are cups for more. God could with one feather of hIs wing cover up all those who have come: and when He spreads ont both wings. they cover all the earth and all the heavens. Yc israeltcs. who went through the Dead Sea. come undcrl Yc multitudes who have gone into glory for tho last six thousand years. como undcri Ye hundred and forty four thousand. and thousands of thousands, come under? Ye flying cherubim and arch angel, fold your pinions, and como underl And yet there is room, Ay. If God would have all the space under His wings occupied, lio must make other worlds, and people them with other myriads. and have other resurrection and judgment days; for broader than all space. broader than thought, wide as eternity, from tip to tip, arc the wings of tho Almighty! Oh! lnder such provision as that can you not rejoice? Come under. yc wandering. ye weary, ye troubled. yc shining. ye Uying souls! Come under the wings of tho Almighty. whoso- ever will come, lot him como. However ragged, however wretchcd, however aban- doned, however woe -bcgope. there is room enough under tho wings under the broad wings of tho Almighty Oh. what gospel! SO glorious. so magnificent in it's provision! !! iovc to preach It. It Is my life to preach it. It Is my hcayun to preach it.
 remark. further, that the wings under which Ruth came to trust were strong wings. Tho strength of n birds wing-of a sea fowls wing for cxample-you might guess 1t from the fact that sometimes for five, six and seven days it seems to fly with out resting, There have been condors in tho Andes that could overcome an OK or q stag There have been eagles that have picked up children and swung them to the top of tho cliffs. The flap of an eagles wing has death In 1t 10 everything it strikes. There are birds whose wings are packed with strength to fly. to lift, to destroy. So tho wings of God are strong wings. Mighty tos save. Mighty to destroy. preach him--"the Lord. strong and mighty the Lord, mighty in battie' He Tapped His wing. aud the antedediluvian world was gone. llo Tapped His wing and Baby lon perisbed. He Tapped His wing and IIercuianeum was buried. He flapped His wing aud tho Napoleonic dynasty ceased. Before the stroke of that pinion fleet is nothing. An army is nothing. An empire Is nothing world Is nothing. X universe Is nothing. king-~Eternal. Omnipotent-- lIe asks no counsel from tho thrones oi heaven. iIc takes not the archangel into His cabinet. He wants none to draw His chariots for they arc the winds. None to load His batteries. for they arc tho light nngs. None to tie the sandals of His feet for they arc the clouds. Mighty to save. Our enemies may he strong, our sorrows violent. Our sins may bc great. But quicker than an eagle ever hurled from the crags n hawk or q raven. will the Lord strike back oar sins and oar temptations, if they assault us when VIC aro once seated upon the eternal rock of His salvation. What a blessed thing it Is To be defended by the strong wing of tho Almighty, Stronger than the pelicans. stronger than the albatross's wing, stronger than the con- dor's wings arc the wings of thc Almighty,
 | have only ono more thought to present. Tho wings under which Ruth had como to trust were gentle wings here is nothing softer than n feather. You have noticed when a bird returns from flight. how gently 1t stoops over tho nest, Tho young birds are not afraid Of having their lives trampicd out by tho mother bird: the old whip-or -wiil drops into It's nest of leaves, the otiolc into Us caskct of bark, tho hum ming bird Into It's hammock of moss--gcn- tle as the light And so. says the psalmist, Iic shall cover thee with His wing. Oh. the gentlencss ot God Bat even that figure does not fully set II forth; for have some times looked Into tho birds nest and seen n dead bird-its ltfc having been trampled out by the mother .hird Rat no ono that over came under ihc feathers of ri,o AL mighty was troddrn on.
 Blessed nest, Warm nest, Why will men stay out In tho csid Ia he shot of tempta- tion aud tn he ehiii.d hy the blast, when there is divine sheli.sY More beautiful than any flower lever saw are the hues of a t.t h The blackhirsl. floating like flake of dark ness through the sunlight: The meadow lark. with head of lawn. aud throat of vol vet and breast of gold the red naintngo Hylug over ihc southern swamps. Ike sparks from tho forge of the setting sun. tho pelican white and black --faorning and night tangled in its wings ~Etse bot very faint Idea of the beauty that comes down over the soul when au 1t drop tho feathers of thu Almighty Hero fold your weary wings, rhis ts the only safe nest Every other nest will he destroyed. Tho prophet says sn: Though thou cxaIt thyscif ukc the csxic. and set thy nest among tho stars, yet will bring thee down. saith the Lord of iia~ts Under tho swift wtags. under the hrsstd wings, under th, strong wings, under ttn @esstie wings of the
 Aluighty. Hnd shelter uutit these caiamk ties bc overpast- Thcn whom you want ie change ucst< tt will ouly isc from the valley of earth io tho hishts of heaven; and in- stead of ''thc wings of T dove" for which Dasid lonx.d. not knowing In the first mile of their iiight they would give out. you will be conducted upward bs ths Lord God ot israel. under whtse wings Ruth, tho beau tstmi MoRhi ramc to trust.
 God forbid that la Int. latter of eternal veal or woe wr should be more stupid than Inc fowls of heaven: tor the stnrk know eth her appointed lime; and the turtle, and the crane. aud the swallow observe the tsmc of their going; but my people know not the judgments of Inc Lord.