Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-09-19
THETABERN ACIEpULPIT
DIR. TALMAGE DRAWS a LESSON FROM
THE EXPERIENCE OF RUTH.
SBse Swift Wing of the swallow, tho
strong Wings of the Eagle and Condor
Used as Smiles for the wing.
of Divine Love.

Nv lheS Oh Love, me famous preacher
taking for his text the words "The Lord
God OF Israel, under whose wings thou art
come to trust. n-Ruth ii, r.
Scenc--An Oriental harvest field. Grain
standing. Grain in swaths Grain in
sheaves.
At the side of the fch a white tent in
which to take the incoming, lars of vinegar
or of sour wine to quench the thirst Of the
hot working people. Swarthy men strik-
ing their siokles into the rushing barley.
Others twisting the bands Tor the sheayes
putting one end of tho band under the arm
and with the free arm and foot collecting
the sbeaf. Sunburned women picking up
the stray straWs and bringing them to the
binders. BOaz, a fine looking Oriental.
gray bearded and bright faced. the Owner
of the field, looking on and estimating the
value OF the grain and calculating SO many
ephahs to the acre, md with his larue,
sympathetic heart plying the overtasEed
worEmeu and the women, with white f.ces
enough 90 faint, ih the hot noondGy sun
But thGre is one woman who especially at
tracts The mans attention. She is soon 10
be with him the joint owner of the field
She has come from distant laItd for the sole
purpose of heing kind to au aged woman.
know not what her feGtures were. but
when the Lord Cod sets bohind q woman q
face the lamp Of courage, and faith, and
self sacrifice there comes out Il glory indie
pendent Of features. She is to be the an
cestless Of Jesus Christ. poaz the owner
Of the field, IS soon as he understands that
ii is Ruth, accosts her with a blessing, ~
full reward be given thee Of the Lord God
OF Israel under whose wings thuu art
come TO trust" Christ compares himself
to a hen gathering the chickens under her
wings. IN Deuteronomy Goa Is represent
cd Is an eagle stirring up hT nest. In Il
great many places in the psalms David
makes olnitbological allusious, while my
text mentions the wings Of God under
which a poor, weary soul had come to
trust
l ask your attention, therefore, while.
taking the suggestion of my text, l speak
to you in all simplicity and love of the
wings of the Almighty.
TIE SWIFT WINGS.
First, ! remark That they were swift
wings under which Ruth had come to t1ust.
There is nothing in ali the hanuiworh Of
God more curious than bird wing. You
have been surprised sometimes to see how
far it could lily with one stro.e OF the wing.
Il ii aiIri-htcd the pIl>uJious Of the birds
wing ar, uuimasip2ole for velocity. The
English lords used to pride themselves on
the speed Of their falcons. These birds.
whom tanned, had in them the dart Of Ugh,
ming bow swift were the carrier pigeons
in the tins oi Anthony and at the siege of
Jerusalem. u onC-rful speed. 4 carrier
pigeon was thrown up at Euuan and came
town at CAcpt--uiuoty miles otl--in luo
hour. The carrier pigeons were the taic-
graphs OF the oldea time. Swallows haze
been shot in our laGJude having the uuli-
Gested rice OF Georgia sUdmrs in tkur
crops, showing that tAcy had come taH
.ui.cs il SIX hours II las been estimated
tLat, IA Tie ten years Of Il swallows liz,
i t S. far enough 30 have gone around the
world cILLty-nine times, 50 great is its
velocity.
And % the wings OF the Almighty,
.--Dcn OF in Tire text, are swift wings
They are swift Wh'n they drop upon fva.
Md syviit when they come u help God
1ienGs Ii father and his son Le wall
Az by the way, and has cAiid goes too u-sc
. urcnpiea, boz louE docs it take for c..e
iItIer to deliver the child from DANCE
Longer than II take, Guu TO sH-ocp Tor tLs
RI s.ue Of his children. The fact is th..
-Ou cannot got away FROM the care OF God.
II you tASe the steamship or the swift rail
rain he is all the time along with YOU.
whittier shall ! 20 from thy spirit, aud
"hit0rr shall ] ileo from thy presence u
j ascend up into heaven thou art there. Ii
mako my bed in holl behold thou art
there. II take the wings Of the mOIniuy
ana dwell III the utturmost parts of tAc
SEA, even there thy hand shall hold me"
The Arabian l,I2s!le is swift as The wind.
If 1t gets bat one glimpse Of the hunter ii
puts many CraSs between. solomon four
or five times compares Christ to an Ara
ban g2@clle calling it by another name
when he says, "My beloved is like roe. "
I he difference is that the roe speeds the
other way; Jesus speeds this Who bur
Christ could have been quick enough
TO have helped Peter when the water pave
nent broke; Who but Christ could have
been quick enough to help the Duke of
Argyle when, in his dying moment, he
cried: Good cheer. / could die Ike a
ko.aan, but l mean to die IKE n Christian
Come away, gentlemen. He who goes first
goes cleanest." | had friend who stood
by the RAD track at Carlisle, Pa, when the
ammunition had given out at Antietam
and he saw the train from HARRISBURG
lfeighted with shot and shell, as it went
down toward the battlefield.
He said that it stopped not for any cross
ing. They put down the brakes for no
grade. They held up for no peril. The
wheels were OF fire with the speed as they
dashed past. If the train did not come up
il time with the ammunition it might as
well non come at all
SO, my friends, there are times in our
H'es when we must have help immediately
or perish. The grace that comes too late
is nv grace mt all, What you and want
is a Gud-uow. Oh is it not blessed 10 |
think LLaL God is always in such quick !
pursuit Of his dear childreus When a sin
ller seeks pardon, or ba1ed soul needs |
help swiftcr than thrush's wing. swifIer |
than ptaunigan's wing, swiller than ia
lningo's wing, swfter than eagles wing. |
are the wings Of the Almighty
TIE SuELTEHING WINGS.
4remark further, carrying out the idea |
IS my text, that the wings under which |
Ruth had come to trust were very broad |
wings. There have been eagles Shot on |
the Rocky mountains with wings that |
were seven feet from tip to tip. When the
King OF the air sits on the crag the wings |
are spread over all the eaGlets in the eyrie, |
and when tho eagle starts from the rock
the shadow is like tho spreading Of a storm