The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-09-19

saken. You said: Every thing is
against me. The world is against me.
The church is against me. No
sympathy; no hope. Everybody that
comes near mo thrusts--at me.
wonder IL there is a God, anyhowi'
Every thing seems TO be going slipshod
and at haphazard- There does not
seem to be any hand on the helm. Jobs
health falls. David's Absaiom gets to
be a reprobate. Martha's brother dies.
Abraham's Sarah goes into the grave of
MachpelRh. Woe was the day in
which was bornr'--has said many
Christian David seemed to scream out
in his sorrow. as he'said: SIS His mercy
clean gone forever And will He be
favorable no more? And hath He in
anger shut up His tender mercies?''
job, with his throat swollen and ulcered
until he could not even swallow the
saliva that ran into his mouth, ex-
claims: '-How long before thou wilt
depart from me and leave me alone that
may swallow down my splitter" Have
there never been times in your life
when you envied those who were
buried7 When you longed for the
grave-digger TO do his work for you? o.
the faithlsssness OF the human heartl
Gods wings are broad, whether we know
it or NOT
Sometimes the mother bird goes away
from the nest and it seems very strange
that she should leave the callow young
She plunges her beak into the bark OF
the tree and she drops into the grain
field, and into the chat at the barn door,
and into the Through of the plowboy.
Meanwhile the birds in the nest SILVER,
and Complain, and call, and wonder why
the mother bird does not come back.
Alb, she has gone for food After
while there is a whirr of wings and the
mother bird stands on the edge of the
nest and the little ones open their
mouth, and the food is dropped in; and
then tho old BIRD spreads out her
feathers, and all is peace. So. some
times, God leaves us He goes off to get
food for our soul, and then He comes
back after awhile to the nest and says:
Open thy mouth wide, and l will fill
it." and He drops into it the sweet
promises OF His grace, and the love of
God is shed abroad, and we are under
His wings-the broad wings of the
Almighty.
Yes; they are very broadl There is
room under those wings for the I,6OO.-
600, 900 of the race. You says '.Do not
get the invitation too large, for there is
nothing more awkward than to have
moro guests than accommodations" /
know II. The seameh's friend society
is inviting all the sailors. The tract
society is inviting all the destitute
The Sabbath schools are inviting all the
children. The missionary society is in
viting all the heather. The printing
presses of the Bible societies are going
night and day, doing nothing but print
ing invitations to this great gospel ban
quet And are you not afraid that there
will be more guests than accommoda-
tions? mol All who have been invited
will not half fill up the table of Gods
supper. There are chairs for more
| There are cups for more. God could
with one feather of his wing cover up
all those who have comet and when
He spreads out both wings they cover
all the earth and all the heavens.
Ye Israelites, who went through the
| Red sea, come 'underl Ye multitudes
who have gone into glory for the last
5000 years, come underl Ye hundred
and forty-four thousand. and the thou
sands OF thousands, come underl Ye
| flying cherubim and archangel, fold
| y
And yet there is rooml Ayl If God
would have all the space under his
wings occupied, He 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. are the wings
of the Almighty OF under such provis-
| ion as that can you not rejoice? Como
under ye wander ng, We weary, ye
troubled, ye SHINING, ye dying souls!
Come under the wings of the Almighty.
Whosoeyer will come, let him come.
| However ragged, however wretched,
however abandoned, however woe be-
! gone, there is room enough under the
wings-under the broad wings of the
Almighty o. what a gospel, so glori-
GUS, so magnificent in its provisioni
love to preach it 1t is my life to preach
it 1t is my heaven to preach 1t.
l remark further, that the wings I'M
der which Ruth came to trust were
strong wings. The strength of a birds
wings-of sea fowls wings, for exam
ple-you might guess it from the fact
that some times for five, six or seven
days it seems to fly without resting
| There have been condors in the Andes
| that could overcome an OK or a stag.
There have been eagles that have picked
up children and swung them to the top
of the cliffs The flap of an eagles
wing has death in it to every thing it
strikes. There arc birds whose wings
are packed with strength to fly, to lift
to destroy. So the wings of God are
strong wings Mighty to save. Mighty
to destroy. preach him-sthe Lord,
strong and mighty-the Lord, mighty
in battle!" He tapped his wing, and
the antediluvian world was gone He
Tapped His wing and Babylon persisted.
He tapped His wing and Herculaneum
was buried He tapped His wing and tho
Napoleonic dynasty ceased. Before the
stroke of that pinion fleet is nothing.
An army is nothing. An empire is moth
ing. world is nothing. The universe
is nothing. King-Eternal, Omnipotent
He asks no counsel from the throne of
Heaven He takes not the archangel
into His cabinet He wants none to
draw His chariots. for they are the
winds. None to load his batteries for
\ they are the lightnings None to tie
the sandals of His feet for they are the
clouds Mighty TO save. Our enemies
may DO strong our SORROWS violent Our
sins may be great But quicker than
an eagle ever hurled from the crags
hawk or raven, will the Lord strike
back our sins and our temptations if
they assault US when we are once seated
on the eternal rock of His salvation
What blessed thing it is to be defend
ed by the strong wing of the Almighty
Stronger than the pelican's wing,
stronger than the albatross' wing,
stronger than the condor's wing, are the