The Russellville Democrat., 1890-09-25

Wings, Ample to Enfo1d All
 Who Would Come to Him.
 The following discourse was deliv-
 ered by Rev, T Dewitt Talmage in the
 Brooklyn Academy of Music, the text being:
 The Lord God Of Israel. under whose wings thou art come to trust. . Ruth, IL, I2
 Scene; An Oriental harvest field.
 Grain standing. Grain in swaths.
 Grain in sheaves At the side of the
 fold, white tent in which to take the
 incoming, iars of vinegar or of sour wine
 to euench the thirst of the hot working people. Swarthy mon striking their sickles into tho rustling 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 wom- en picking up the stray straws and bringing them to- the bind CTS Boaz, fne-lookina ori- ental, gray-bearded and bright faced, the owner of tho field, looking on, and estimating the value of the grain and calculating so many ephahs to the acre; and, with his large, sympa- thetic heart, pitying the oyertasked workmen. and the women, with white faces enough to faint, in the hot noon- day sun. But there is one woman who especially attracizs the mans attention. She is soon to be with him the joint owner of the field. Sae has come from distant land for the sole pur- pose of being kind to an aged woman. know not what her features were; but when the Lord God sets be- hind woman's face the lamp of cour- age, and faith, and self-sacrifce, there comes out glory independent of feat ures. She is to be the aneestress of Jesus Christ Boaz, the owner of the field, as soon as he understands that it is Ruth, accosts her with a 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 chickens under her wings. In Deuter- ononny God is srepre esented as an eagle stirring up her nest In a great many places in the psalms David makes orni- thclogical allusions while my text men, tions the wings of Godsunder which. a poor, weary soul had come to trust
 l ask your atten tion, therefore, while, taking the suggestion of my text speak to you in all simplicity and love of the Almighty.
 First, l remark that they were swift wings under which Ruth had come to trust There is nothing In all the handiwork of God more curious than a birds wing. You have been surprised. sometimes. to see hsw far it could fly with one strolSesof the wing; and, when it has food in prospect, or when it is affrighted, the pulsations of the bird s wing are unimaginable for velocity. The English lords used to pride them selves on the speed of their falcons, These birds, when tanned, had in them the dart of light ming. How swift were the carrier pig cons in the time of Anthony and at the siege of Jerusalemi Wonderful speedl 4 carrier pigeon was thrown up at Rouen and came down at Ghent ninety miles off--in one hour. The carrier pigeons were the telegraphs of the olden time Swallows have been shot ill our latitude having the undi- gested rice of Georgia swamps in their crops, showing that they had come four hundred miles in six hours. It has been estimated that in the ten years of a swallows life it flies far enough to have gono around the world eighty nine times, so great is its ve- locity. And so the winds of the Al mighty, spoken of in tho text are swift wings. They are swift when they drop upon a foe, and swift when they como to help Gods friends. If father and his son Do walking by the way, and the child goes too near precipice, how long does it take for the father to der liver the child from danger? Longer than it takes God to swoop for the rescue Of His children. The fact is that you can not get away from the care of God If you take the steamship, op the swift rail train, IIe is all the time along with you 'Whither shall I go from Thy spirit and whither shall I fee from Thy presence. If I ascend up into Heaven Thou art there. If make my bed in he'll. beholdl Thou art there. If take the wings of morning and dwell in the uppermost parts of the sea, even there, Thy hand shall hold me" esa.
 The Arabian gazelle is swift as the wind. If it gets but one glimpse of the hunter it puts many crags between. Solomon, four or five times, compares Christ to an Arabian -gazelle, calling 1t by another name, when he says: My Beloved is like roe." The difference is, that the roe speeds the other way; Jesus speeds this. Who but Christ could have been quick enough to have helped Peter when the water-pase- ment broke? Who but Christ could have been quick enough to help the Duke of Argyle, when, in his dy ing moment, he cried: ''Good oheer could die like Roman. but l mean to die like Christian. Come away gentlemen. He who goes first, goes cleanest?' l had friend who stood by the rail track at Carlisle, Pa, when the ammunition had given oub dt Antfetahls ana ne saw the tram from Harrisburg, freighted with shot and shell, as 1t went laundering down toward the battlefield. He said that it stopped not for any crossing. They put down the brakes for no grade. They held up for no peril The wheels were on fire with tho speed as they dashed past. If the train did not come up in time with the ammunition, it might as we'll lot come at all. So, my friends, there gre times in our lives when we must nave help immediately or perish. Tho grace that comes too late is no grace at H. What you and want is a God low Ohl Is it not blessed to think hat God is always in such quick pur- .uit of His dear children? When a inner seeks pardon, or . hafiied soul needs help, swifter than thrushes' wing, 'wifter than ptarmigan's wing, swifter han hamingo's wing, swifter than ,agle's wing, are the wings of tho AL mighty.
 l remark, further, carrying out the