The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-09-17
WINGS OF LOVE"
The Subject Of Sermon VI How.
T. Dewitt Talmass, p. p
The wings of God sfs sM,ts Brosd,
b, strong and Gentle ~ HiRos of
Refuge-why Rnth Beeeised the
Blessing OF Boas q the Orir
entail Harveat Field.

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In his recent discourse, at the Brook
lyn Academy Of Music, Rev. T. DeWitt
Tslmage chose as his text, Ruth H., ID:
1.-THE Lord God of Israel, under whose
wings thou art come to trust" Follow
ing Is the sermon: Il
6cene-an Oriental harvest field.
Grain standing. Grain in swatha Grain
IN sheayes. At the side Of tho field, Q
white. tent in which to take the noon.
ing, jars OF vinegar or Of sour wine to
quench the thirst Of the hot working
people. Swarthy men striking their
iiekles into the rustling barley. Others
ttisting the bands for the sheaves, put
ting one end Of the band under the arm.
and with the free arm and foot collect
ing the sheaf Sunburned women pick.
ing up the 81 ~ straws and bringing
them to the binders, Boaz, hne-
looking Oriental, gray-bearded and
bright;faced, the owner Of the field,
looking on, and estimating the value oi I
the grain and calculating so many,
ephahs to the acre; and, with his largo,
sympathetic heart plying the over
tasked workmen and the women, With
white faces enough 10 faint in the hot
MONDAY sun. But there is one womAn
who especially attracts the mans atten.
ton. 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. I
know not what her features were, but
when the Lord God sets behind Q Wo-
mans face the lamp Of courage, and
faith, and self-sacrifce, there comes ont
: q glory independent Of features. She
10 TO be the ancestress Of Jesus Christ
Boaz, the owner OF the field, as soon as
he understands that 1t is Ruth, accosts
her with blessing: "a full reward be
given thee Of the Lord God Of Israel,
under whose wings thou art come 70
trust" Christ compares Himself to q
hon gathering the chickens under her
wings. In Deuteronomy, God is repre-
sented as an eagle stirrisg up her nest
In great many places in the Psalms,
David makes pathological allusions;
while my text mentions the wings Of
God, under which q poor, weary soul
had come TO trust. -
I ask your attention, therefore, while,
taking the suggestion OF my text, !
speak to you in all simplicity and love
of the wings Of the Almighty.
Frst-I remark that they were swift
wings under which Ruth had come 10
trust There is nothing In all the handi-
work Of God more curious than a birds
wing You have been surprised, some
times, TO see how far It could fly with
one stroke of the wing; and, when II
has food In prospect or when 1t is af-
frighted, the pulsations Of the birds
wing are unimaginable for velocity
The English lords used TO pride them
solves on tho speed Of their falcons.
These birds, when tanned, had in them
the dart OF lightning. How swift were
the carrier p, ,,uons in the time OF An
thony and at the siege OF Jerusalemi
Wonderful speed Acarrier pigeon was
thrown up at Rouen and came down al
Ghent-ninety miles of-in one hour.
The carrier pigeons we're the telegraphs
otthe olden time. Swallows have been
stiot in our latitude having the undi.
gested rice of Georgia swamps In their
crops, showing that they had come four
hundred miles in six hours. 1t has been
estimatedf in the ten years Of
swallows 1ife, n 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 they come TO help Gods
friends II father and his son be walk
ing by the way and the child goes too
near precipice, how long does it take
for the father TO deliver the child from
danger? Longer than II takes God to
swoop for the rescue Of His children
The fact is that you can not get away
from tho care Of God. II you take the
steamship or the swift rail-trsin, He is
al the time along with you. "Whither
shall 60 from Thy spirit, and whittier
shall nee from Thy presence7 II as
csnd up into Heaven Thou art there. II
make my bed in hell, behold Thou art
thsyeg II take the wings Of the morn
Ing snd dwell n the uttermost parts Of
the sea, eysn there Thy hand shall hold
me-" and f4s rly r..l ~ Vngl
Tho Arabian gazslle Il swift as the
wind Ifit gets but one glimpse Of the
hppter IL puts many crafs between. sol.s
onion four o.. Ave tmes compared christI
toan Arsbian ssreiio calling Il by an
other name) WHOM he says my be-
loved 10 like o roe.~ The difference 10
that the roe speeds the other way, Jesus
speeds this. Who bat Christ could have
been quick enough TO have helped Peter
when the water pavement broker Who
but Christ could have beep quick enough
70 help the Duke Of AryRls when. In his
dying moment he cried: Good cheeri
could die like o Roman, but ! mepn 70
de Hike Christian. Come away, gen
tismen. He who goes first goes clean
estr ] had . friend who stood BY the
rsil-track at Carlisle, Pa, when the am
munition had given out at Antietan:
and he saw the train from Harrisburg.
freightsd with shot and shell, asit went
thunderiAg down toward the battle
my crossing. Tbeypus down the brakes
for no grade. They held up for no peril.
tho wheels were on FIRE with the speed
% they dashed past II the train did
not come upin time with the smmuni-
tion, II might as well not come at all
30, my friends, there are times In our
lives when we must have help immsdi'
sssly Or perish. Tho grace that s conss