The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15
REV. DR.. TALMAGE
THE BROOKLYN DIyINEss SUN.
DAY SERmoN.
Subject: awnings of Love.s

Scene~An Oriental harvest field. Grain
sheaves.
At the side of the field a whits tent in
which to take the incoming, jars Of vinegar
or OK sour wine to quench the thirst OF the
hot working people. swart1y men =.rikng
e''A'r sickies into The rlstling barley. Others
.1rliig -. .anas for the sheaves, putting
me end OF the band under the arm. and with
the Tree arm and foot collecting the shsaf.
Sunburned wome picking mp the stray
straws n bringing them to the binders.
Boaz, O fine looking Oriental, gray bearded
and bright faced, the me of The field, look
ing On, and estimating the value OF the grain
and calculating so many ephahs to the acre,
and with his large, sympathetic heart plying
the overtasEed Workmen and the women,
with white faces enough to faint, in the hot
monday sun. But there is one woman who
especially attracts tho mans attention. She
is soon to be with him the 3ointo owner of the
field. She has eonee fToia o distant land for
the sole purpose OF being kind 70 an aged
woman.
know not what her features were. bnt
when the Lord God sets behind a wonar's
face the lamp Of courage and faith and self
sacrifice there comes out Q glory independent
Of features. She is to be the oncestress OF
Jesus Christ Boaz the owne of the field.
as soon as he understands that it Is Ruth, DC.
costs her with a blessing: "a full reward be
given thee of tho Lord God Of Israel, under
whose wing thou art come TO trustn Christ
compares Himself to hen gathering the
chickens under her wings. In Deuteronomy
God Is represented as an eagle stirring up
her nest In q great many places in the
Psalms David makes ornithoiogical illusions:
while my text mentions the wings Of God.
uldsr which apoor, weary soul had come TO
trust
Task your attention, therefore, while, tai
ing tho suggestion of my text ! speak to
yon In all simplicity and love Of the wings
of the Almighty.
First remark that they were swift wings
under which Ruth had come to trust. There
is nothing In all she handiWors Of God raore
curious than a birds wing. You have been
surprised sometimes to see how far &c could
fly with one stroke of the wings and when 10
has food IN prospect, or when it Is ai2righted,
the pulsattons of the birds wing are Rnirnag.
Unable for velocity. The English Lords used
to pride themselves on the speed ofst1eir fals
ccns Th-a birds when f:noL. hadin then
carrier pigeons il the time Of Anthony and
at the siege Of Jerusalcml Wonderful speed
A carrier pigeon was thrown up ut Rouen
and cams down at Ghent-ninety miles Off
ID one hour. The carrier pigeons were the
tel graphs OF the olden tins Swallows have
be D shotin oar latitude having the undi
gested rice ofll5eorgia swanips in their crops,
showing that they had come four hundred
miles in sK hours It has been estimated
that in the ten years Of Q swallows life ID
Lies lar eraough to havs gone around the
world eishty-nins times 50 great Is It's We
1ocity.
And 50 the wings Of the Almighty gpoken
OF in the text ars swift wings. They arb
swift when they drop upon q foe. and swift
when they come 10 help Gods friends. liza
father and his son be walking by the way,
and the child goes too near a pTecipice how
long does it take for the father 20 deliver the
child from danger2 Longer than &c takes
God to swoop for the rescue of His children.
The fact Is that you cannot get away from
the care Of Cod If you take the steamship
or the s1iftrail train Heis all the time along
with you. ttWhither shall ] go from Thy
spirit, and whittier shall ] fee from Thy
preseness If / ascend up into heaven Thou
6rt there If make my bed in hell, behold!
Thou art there. If I take the wings OF tho
morning and dwell in The utterniosb parts Of
the sea. even there Thy hand shall hold
me.o
The arabian gaZeile isswift as the wind.
II it gets but one glimpse of the hunter 10
puts many cragE between. Solomon four OF
6ve times compares Christ TO an Arabian
gaze1ls fealling it by another nance when he
aaysMy beloved is ike q roe.n The dit
aer6nes Is that the roe speeds bne oLneF way
Jesus speeds this WHO but ChTist eoutI
have been quick enough nave neipea Fe1sr
when the water pavement broker Who bnt
Christ couid have been quick enough to laip
the Duke Of Argyle when in his dying no
ment, he cried: GOOD ehesri / could die
10 a Roman, but ! mean TO die Eken Chrie-
uaan. re VINO goes nrsg SOS eAeansaII !
bad g friend VINO s.eol Dy Voc track az
lisle, Penn., when the anlnauoiilon nag slysIi
put at Antleta.a. ana pc saw me ssain !, ION %
4 Iar,4 aaannsierInr down toward the battle
fe5d. He said that il stopped NOT for ang
mroessrg Thew NIT dawn tha brakes for M
crsda1 they held upfor no neril. The wtAAs
49, - SGI xz;Eb tha enaa1 40 4bav n ,sfa.s
rsss IF 4Ra fraia did Yot con1s m n .:.n.a
Win 4hs arnm,nition it MIGHT as ven nsa
snr.a e. al
o. me fries,5s there are times in our iivas
rhan Re r,f1sf have haIr irnpaediafeIy or ser
81 Tic grara FRAT zones Too late is a.
r,aoa 81 ali What you and I want is a gsj
5naw IN Is ii j blessed to think ts~S
r15 i afways Il grch ouiok pursuit OF IA
Sear chiidrsng when . sinner SEEKS pa Al,
=. : baf5sd soul needs help, s.ifter tins
fhi11sIs wing. swifter than ptarrnirana
wsnp swifter than flauoi1ro's wing. ssyifter
than eagles wing are the wings Of the Al
mighty.
remark further. carving ont the idea Of
nv text, that the wings under which Ruth
had como ID trust were yerv broad VINES.
There have been eagles shot on the Rocky
Mountains with wings that were seven feet
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si's ~ W claI sne y .nss gre splsa1 oVsl q.
ane eagseLs "a Ihs eyrle' ana Wlsh vac eagis
s1aIss lIoln sne Toes tns snaaow q me ~
spfeausng q 2 seo5fnpllouu ao uIe sgLlgS
e 20 arg 9soanz VS.: nuen I. nau negn =
~ saos5 49, ~. n neI ~ aa1iss uas' =
Wy eaJs - ~ Aappy sniAooa e loao
the day when she gave her hand 10 Mataion,
in her FIRST marriage; in the q when shs
sept over his fsrave. in he dry yghaal sic
fr1f7rrn d into nae wilderness DI poverty: