The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20

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. that the roe speeds the other way;
,ssus speeds this. Who but Christ
have been quick enough to have
.elped Peter when the water pavement
Who but Christ could have
quick enough to have helped the
Duke of Argyle when, In his dying mo-
nent, he cried: Good cheer! l could
lie like o Roman, but l mean to die
ike a Christian. Come away, gentle
men. He who goes first goes c~leanest!'
had a friend who stood by the rail
.raok at Carlisle, Pa, when h ammu-
milton had given out at Antietam, and
be saw he train from Harrisburg,
freirhted with shot and she'll, as 1t
went laundering down toward the
battle field. He said that 1t stopped
not for any crossing. They put down
the brakes for no grade. They
held up for no peril. The wheels were
ON Are with the speed as they dashed
mast. II the train did not come up In
time with tho ammunition 1t might as
we'll not come at all. So, my friends,
there are times In our lives when we
must have help Immediately OF perish,
The grace that comes too late is no
grace ct alrr What you and l want Is q
God-now. O. is 1t not blessed to think
that God is always in such quick pursuit
OF his dear children? When a inner
seeks pardon, or o bafied soul needs
helm. swifter than thrush's wing, swift
or than ptarmigan's wing, swifter man
fiamingo's wing, swifter than eagles
wing are the wings Of the Almighty.
l remark further, carrying u inc
idea of my text, that the wings under
which Ruth had come to trust were very
broad wings There ave >been'eagies
shot on the Rocky Mountains with
wings that were sever feet from tip to
tip When the king OF the air sits on
the craig, the wings are spread over all
the eaglets in the eyrie, and when the
eagle starts from the rock the shadow Is
like the spreading of'a storm cloud. 80
the wings Of God are broad wings
Ruth had been under those wings In
her infantile days; in the days oil her
| happy girlhood in Moab; in he day
when she gave @ .hand to Mahlon, In
her first marriage, in the day when she
wept over his grave; in the day
when she trudged. out int the wilder
ness Of poverty; in the days when she
picked up the few straws OF bar
ley dropped by ancient custom In the
way OF the poor.
o, yes, the wings Of God are broad
wings. They cover up all our wants,
all our sorrows. all our sufferings. He
nuts one wing over our cradle, and He
puts the other over our grave. Yes. my
dear friends, 1T is not q desert In which
we are placed; it Is a nest Sometimes
1t is q very hard nest, like that OF the
eagle, spread on the rock, with ragged
moss and rough sticks, but still 1t Is q
nest; and, although 1t may be very hard
under US, over US are the wings OF the
Almighty. There sometimes comes
n period in one's life when he feels for
saken. You said; Every thing is
against me. The world is against me.
The church Is against me. Nc
sympathy; no hope. Everybody thai
comes neal me thrusts at me. J
. wonder If there Is a God, anyhow
Every thing seems to be going slipshoc
and at haphazard. There does no
seem to be any hand on the helm. Job
health fails. Dayid's Absalom gets Il
be q reprobate. Martha's brother dies
Abraham's Sarah goes into the grave o
Machpelah. "Woe was the day II
le&hich 1 was bornr" has said many
Christian. Davidsseemed to scream GU
> in his sorrow, as he said: as His mere
clean gone .foreverP And will He b
favorable no more?. And hath He 1
anger shut up His tender mercies?
Job, with his throatswollen and ulcere
t until he could, not ven swallow tn
Q saliva that ran into his mouth, 81
claims: Chow long before thou wi
depart from me and leave me alone thu
Q / may swallow down my spittle?" Hay
there never been times in your Iii
when you envied those who wei
n buried? When you longed for tn
. grave-digger to do his work for your {
. the faithlessness Of the human hear
b Gods wings are broad. whether we kno
1t or not
o Sometimes the mother bird goes ava
9 from the nest and it seems very stranl
9 that she should leave the callow youn
. She plunges her beak into the bark
o the tree and she drops into the gra
Q field. and into the chaf at the barn doc
Q and into the Through of the plowbo
l. Meanwhile the birds in the nest shivt
l. and complain. and call, and wonder wi
v the mother bird does not come bac
= All, she has gone for food. After
l. while there is a whirr of wings and t
= mother bird stands on the edge Of t
n nest, and the little mes open thu
70 mouth, and the food is dropped in; a
d then the. old bird spreads out b
20 feathers, and all is peace. So, son
n. times, God leaves us He goes off to 6
NJ food for our soul, and then He CON
m back after awhile to the nest and So.
OF "Open thy mouth wider and l will
w it" and He drops into 1t the sw'
promises OF His grace, and the love
Is God is shed abroad, and we are UNI
no His wings-the broad wings Of
,ry Almighty.
Yes; they are very broad! There
~ room under those wings for the l,6I
M 600, 900 of the race. You say: DO
get the invitation too large, for there
nothing more awkward than to b
more guests than accommodations"
y know it. The seamen's friend soci
~ is inviting all the sailors. The tt
society Is inviting all the destit'
The Sabbath schools are inviting all
children. The missionary society is
viting all the heather. The print
presses of the Bible societies are &c
IN night and day. doing nothing but pr
ing Invitations to this great gospel I
Ia quet. And are you not afraid that ii
will be more guests than accomm
lions? Mol All who have been inv
will not half fill up the table Of G
10. supper. There are chairs for m
There are cups for more. God CT
with one feather of his wing cover
all those who have come; n "
- He spreads out both wings they o,
all the earth and all the heav'
Ye Israelites, who went through
e Red sea, come underl Ye multitl
a.. who have gone into glory for the
H. 5000 years, come under! Ye hum
~ and forty-four thousand. and the t
sands Of thousands, come underl
flying cherubim and a~rchangeL
your pinions and come under!
An And yet there Is room! Ay! II
am, would have all the space under
waa wings occupied, He must make O
/, AZ worlds, and people them with Q
,rr myriads, and have other resurreC
ele- and judgment days; for broader tina
val. space, broader than thought, wild
eternity, from tip to tip, are the "
Of the Almighty o! under such pr
bev ion as that can you not rejoice? {
has under, ye wandering, ye weary
troubled, ye SHINING, ye dying s
IN Come under the wings OF b Almil
,,no Whosoever will come. let him C
4 az However ragged. however wrett
bouavar Id hOWeV9r WOO