The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-25

ana hhth RE IN anger shut up Ills
tender mercies?" Job, with his throat swol,
swallow the saliva that ran into his mouth.
exclaims How long before thou wilt de
part from me, and leave me alone, that !
may swallow down my spittle?" Have there
never been times in your life when you en-.
Wed those who We're buried? When You
longed for the gravedigger to do his work
Tor you! Oh. thu tathlnssness of the human
heart! Gods wings are abroad, 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 calow young. She
plnnges her beak into the bark of the troe,
and she drops into the grain field, and into
the chatf at the barn door. and into the fur
row OF the plough boy. Meantime, the birds
in the nest shlVer, and complain. and coll.
ana wonder why tho mother-bird does not
come back. All. she has gone tor food.
After while there is a whirr ofwings. and
the mother-brd stands on the edge of the
nest and the little ones open their mouths.
and the food is dropped in; and then the old
peace. SO, sometimes God leaves us. He
goes OIL to get food for our souls; and then
he comes back after while to the nest, and
SAYS: open thy mouth wide, and will fill
lt;n 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 broad! There is room
under those wings for the sixteen hundred
millions OF the race. You say: "Do not get
the invitation too large, for there is nothing
more awkward than to have more guests
than accommodations. l know it. The
Seamen's Friend Society is inviting all the
sailors. The Tract Society is inviting all the
destitute. TIE Sabbath schools are inviting
all the children. The Missionary society is
inviting all the heather. The printing press.
es of the Bible societies are going night and
day. doing nothing but printing invitations
to this great Gospel banquet. And are you
not afraid that there will be more guests
than accomodations?'' No! All who have
been invited will not fill up the table of
GODS supply. There are chairs for more.
There are cups for more. God could with
one leather of his wing cover up all those
VINO have come; and when he spreads
out both WINGS they cover all the
earth and all the heavens. Ye Israel
ties, who went through the Red Sea, come
under! Ye multitudes who have gone into
glory for the last 6, 900 years come under!
Ye144 600, and the thousands of thousands,
come under! Ye flying cherubim and arch
angel, told your pinions and come under!
And yet there is room! .Ay! il God would
have all the space under his wings occupied
de must make other worlds and people them
with other myriads and have other resurrec-
ton and judgment days, for broader than
all space, broader than thought, wide as
eternity, from tip to tip, are the wings of the
Almighty! Oh! under such provision as that
can you not rejoice. Come under, We wander
ing, ye weary, We troubled, We SHINING, ye
dying souls! Come under the wings of the Al
mighty! whatsoever will come, let him come.
however ragged, however wretcbed, however
abandoned, however woe BECOME there is
room enough under the wings-under the
broad wings OF the Almighty! Oh. what u
gospel 80 glorious, SO magnificent in it's pro-
vlslons love to preach it. 1t is my life to
preach it, 1t is my heaven to preach it.
remark, further, that the wings under
which Ruth came to trust were strong wings.
The strength of a bird s wing-o sea fowls
wing, Tor example-you might guess it from
the fact that sometimes 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 stag. There have been
eagles that have picked up children, and
swung them to the top of the cliffs. The
nap OF an eagles wing has death in it to
wings are packed with strength to fly, to
nit, to destroy, So the wings of God, are
strong wings. Mighty to save Mighty to
destroy. preach him-"the Lord. strong
and mghty-the Lord, mighty in battle!''
he Mapped his wing, and the antediluyian
no.'o "oo GoHc. -Ac Hdppeu Ills wing and
Babylon persisted. He tapped His wing
and Herculaneum was buried. He tapped
his wing and the Napoleonic dynasty ceased.
Before the stroke OF that pinion a fleet is
nothing An army is nothing. An empire
is nothing. A world is nothing The uni
verse is nothing King-Eternal, Omni
potent-He asks no counsel from the
thrones OF heaven. He takes not the arch.
angel 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 sor-
rows rows violent. Our sins may be great. But
quicker than an eagle ever hurled from the
crags hawk or raven, will the Lord strike
pack our sins and our temptations
II they assault us when we are once seated
on the eternal rock of His salvation. What
a blessed thing it is to be defended 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 wings of the Almighty
have only one more thought to present
The wings under which Ruth had come to
trust were gentle wings. There is nothing.
softer than feather. You have noticed
when a bird returns from fight. how gently
it stoops over the nest. The young birds
are not AFRAID of having their lives tramn}ed
out by the mother bird; the old whip-or. will
drops into its nest of leaves, the oriole into
its casket of bark, the humming- bird into it's
hammock of moss-gentle as the light. And
80, says the Psalmist, He shall cover thee
with His wing. Oh. the gentle ness of Godl
But even that figure does not fully set it
forth; for have sometimes looked into the
birds nest and seen a dead bird-its life
having been trampled out by the mother
bird. But no one that ever came under the
feathers OF the Almighty was trodden on,
Blessed nest! warm nest Why will men
stay out in the cold to be shot of tempta-
ton and to be chilled by the blast. when
there is divine shelter? More beautiful than
any flower | ever saw are the hues of O birds
plumage. Did you ever examine it; the black
bird, floating like a flake ofdarkness through
the sunlight; the meadow lark. with head OF
lawn and throat ofvelvet and breast of gold:
the red famingo flying over the Southern
swamps, like sparks from the forge of the
setting sun; the pelican, white and black
morning and night tangled in it's wings-riye
but very faint idea OF the beauty that
comes down over the soul when on it drop
the feathers OF the Almighty. II ere fold your
weary wings. This is the only safe nest.
Every other nest will be destroyed. The
prophet says SO: Though thou exalt
thysel like the eagle. and set thy nest among
the stars. vet will bring thee down, saws
the Lord If Hosts" Under the swift wings.
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