Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-02
THE WINGS OF LOVE-"
DIR. TALMAGE DELIVERS A NOTA.
BILE SERMON.
Graphic Word Picture OF the Al.
mighty and His Protecting Wings.

mighty and His Protecting Wings.
Tho Only Safe Nest.
In the Brooklyn Tabernacle on Sunday
the l4th inst, DR.. Talmage preached from
Ruth .. H. his subject being The wings OF
love-" He said:
Scene: An Oriental harvest field. Grain
standing. Grain In swaths. Grain in
sheaves. At the side of the field. white
tent In which to take the incoming. Jars OF
vinegar or OF sour wine to uucnch the
thirst OF the hot working people. Swarthy
men striking their sickles into the Trusting
barley. Others twisting the bands for the
sheaves, putting one end OF the band under
the arm. and with the free arm and foot
collecting the sheaf. Sunburned women
picking up the stray straws and bringing
them to the binders. Boaz, "A fine looking
Oriental. gray-bcarded and bright faced,
the owner OF the field, looking on and esti-
mating the value OF the grain and calculate
Ing SO many ephahs to the acre; and, with
his large, sympathetic heart, plying tho
oNcrtaskcd workmen and the women, with
white faces enough to faint in the hot noon
cay sun. But there is one woman who
especially attracts the mans attention.
She is soon to be with him the joint owner
OF the field. She has come from distant
land for the sole purpose of being kind to
an aged woman. l know not what her feat
ures were; but when the Lord God sets
behind woman's face the lamp OF courage
and faith, and self-sacrifce. there comes
out glory independent OF features. She
Is to be tho ancestress OF Jesus Christ
Boaz, the owner OF the field. as soon ns he
understands that it Is Ruth. accosts her
with blessing: "a full reward be given
thee OF the Lord God OF Israel. under whose
wings thou art come to trust" Christ COM
pares himself to hen gathering the chick
ems under her wings In Deuteronomy. God
is represented as an eagle stirring I'm her
nest. In great many places in the Psalms,
David makes ornitholorical illusions: while
my text mentions the wings of God, under
which Q Door, weary soul had come to
trust.
l ask your attention therefore, while
taking the suggestions OF nv text, / sneak
to you in all simplicity and love OF the
wings OF the Almighty
First l remark that they were swift
wings under which Ruth had come to trust.
There Is nothing in all the haudiwork of
God more curious than n birds wing. Won
have been surprised, sometimes to see how
far it could tly with one ST roke OF the wing:
and when it has food in prospect, or when
1t Is afyrightcd, the pulsntions of the bird =
wing are unimaginable for velocity. The
English lords used to pride themselves on
the speed of their falcons. These birds
when trained had in them the dart of
lightning. How swift were the carrier
pigeons in the time OF Anthony and at tho
siege OF Jerusalem. Wonderful speed! A
carrier pigeon was thrown up at Rouen and
one hour The carrier pigeons we're the
telegraphs OF the olden time. Swallows
have bean shot in our latitude having the
undigested rice of Georgia swamps in their
crops, showing that they had come four
hundred miles in six hours 1t has been
lows life 1t flies far enough to have gone
around the world eighty-nine times, so
great Is Its velocity. And so the wings Of
the Almighty, spoken of in the text, are
| swift wings They are swift when they
drop upon foe, and swift when thew come
| to help Gods friends. If a father and his
son be walking by the way and the child
! goes to near precpice. how long does. 1t
| take for the father to deliver the child from
danger2 Longer than it takes God ia
swoop for the rescue OF his children. The
fact Is that you cannot get away from the
the swift rail train He is all the time along
with you. .Whither shall / go from Thy
| spirit, and whittier shall fee from Thy
presence2 II ascend up into heaven
Thou art there. II l make my bed In
hell. behold Thou art there. If take the
wings OF the morning and dwell in the ut
| termost parts OF the sea- even there Thy
hand shall hold me-
The Arabian gazelle Is swift as the wind
II it gets but one glimpse Of the hunter II
puts many crags between. Solomon, foul
or FIVE times. compares Christ to ar
| Arabian gazelle calling It by another
name), when he says: my beloved Is like .
rOe." Tho difference Is, that tho roc
speeds the other way. Jesus speeds this
Who but Christ could have been quick
enough to have helped Peter when the
water-pavement broke? Who but Chris
could have been quick enough to help the
Duke of Argyle when In his dying moment
he cried: Good cheer! could die like q
Roman, but l mean to die like Christian
Come away, gentlemen. He who goes frs
goes cleanest!'' had friend who stood
by the rail track Mt Carlisle, Pennsylvania
when the ammunition had given out a.
Antietam; and he saw the train from Har
risburg. freighted with shot and she'll. as 1
went laundering down toward the battl,
field. He said that 1t stopped not for an!
crossing. They put down the brakes for n,
grade. They held up for NO peril. Tn
wheels were on fire with the speed as they
dashed past. II the train did not come vi
In time with the ammunition 1t might q
we'll not come at all. So, my friends, Their
are times in our lives when we must hav,
helD Immediately or perish, The grac