The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-26

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Oh! yes, the wings Of God arc broad
wings. They cover UP all our wants,
all our sorrows, all our sufferings. He
puts one wing over our cradle, and He
put tho other over our grave. Yes. my
dear friends, 1t is not a desert i'll which
we are placed; il is nest. Sometimes.
it-s>a very hR Wi, lis -tl4 4hst Of ttte,
Ycaede, srlpad on the f6ck, With ragged
moss and rough sticks. but still is nest.
and, although it may be very hard undct
us, over us arc the wings of the AN
mighty. There sometimes comes a
period IN ones life when he feels forsak-
en-. You sad, "Evcrything is against
me-. The world Is against me. The
church is againstmc. No sympathy; no
hope. Everybody that comes near me
thrust at me. l wonder if there is God,
anyhowW Everything seems to be go
ing slipshod and at haphazard. There
does not seem to be any hand on
the helm. Jobs health fails. David's
Absalom gets TO be Il rcprobatc. Mar
tha's brother dies. Abraham's Sarah
goes INTO the grave of fMachpclah. ''Woc
worth the day in which l was bornu" has
said many . Christian. David seemed
to scream out in his sorrow. as he said:
lis His mercy clean gone forever"
Job, with his throat swollen and ulccrcd
until he could not even swallow the sa-
liva that ran into his mouth, cXclaims:
''llow long before thou wilt depart from
hc aud leave me aloue. that l may swal.
low down my spittlc Have there
never hccn times in your life when you
crvied those who were buried? When
YOU longcd for the gravcdiggcr to do his
work for you? Oh: the fathlcssncss OF
the human heartl Gods wings are
broad. whether we know it or not.
Sometimes the mothcr-bird goes away
troll, the nest. and it seems very strange
that she should leave the callow Young.
She piungcs her bcak into the bark OF
the tree, and she drops into the grain
field, and into tho chail at tho barn door,
and into the iurow of the ploughboy.
Meanwhile. the birds IN the nest shvcr
and complain, and call, and wonder why
the mothcr-bird does not come back.
All. she has gone for food. After a
while there is a whirr of wings. and the
mothcr-hird stands on the edge of the
net. and the little ones open their
mouths and the food is dropped in; aDd
then the old bird spreads out her icath-
crS. and all is peace. So, sometimes.
God leaves lis. lie goes OF TO get food
1of our soul; and then lie comes back
alter while to the nest. and saws:
open thy mouth wide. and will fill |
lt;' and lie drops into il the sweet
promises of His grace, and the love of |
God is shed abroad, and we arc under
His wjngs-thc broad wings of tho AL |
mighty.
Yes; they arc very broad! There is
room under those wings for The ,GOO.-
100000 Of the race. You say: do |
not set the invitation too large, for there |
Is nothing more awkward than to have |
more guests than accommodations. | |
know it. The Scamen's Friend society !
is inviting ali the sailors. The tract |
society is inviting ail the destitute. The |
SIbbath-schools are inviting all the chill
d. CD. The Missionary society is invit.
inS Ill the hcathcn. The printing pres
Scs OF The Bible societies arc going night
sid day. doing nothing but printing in
,ialiqns 10 this sreat G9speA BANQUET.
ill up the table of Gods supply. There
arc chairs for more. There arc cups Tor
more. God could with one feather OF
lis wing cover up all those who have
come: aud when He spread out both
wings, they cover all the earth and all
Lie heavens. Yc Israelites, who went
Enough the Read Sea, come under. 1cI
;aT,ititud2s who have gone into glory Tor
.tTe last six thousand years. come under!
&c hundred and forty four thousand, and
nc thousands of thousands, come under!
Yc lyinc chcrubim and archangcl, fold
your Ninons, and come under! And yet
tberc is room Av!ir God would have
MI the space under His wing occupied,
He must make other worlds. ana people
i;icm with othcrmyriads. and have other
resurrection and Judgment days; Tor
BROADER than all space, broader thau
thought, wide rs eternity, from TIP u?
zip. arc the wings Of thc,Almishty ON!
under such provisions as that can you
not rejoice? Come under, We wander
ing. We weary yc troubled, We SHINING,
,ve dying soals Come under ifi IhH y%UnlliGs, %U,nlliHGs
let him come. However ragged. how
every etched, howey cr abandoned, how
eyer wOe-begone. there is room enough
under tho wings-under the broad wings
Of the Almighty Oh. what a Gospel
so glorious. so magnificent III its provi-
sion | love to preach it. 1t is my life
to preach it. 1t is my heaven to preach it.
L remark, further. that the wings
under which Ruth came to trust were
strong wings. The strength Of a birds
wing-of q sca-iowls wing, for example
you might guess it from the fact that
sometimes for five. slX or seven days it
seems to fly without resting. There have
been condOrs in the Andes that could
overcome an OK or Il stag. There have
been eagles that have plckedup children,
and swung them TO the top Of the cliffs.
The fay OF an eagles wing has death in
il TO everything it strikes. There are
RF4s w&a2S96 OF TR5Ef TR5Ef aPGE Pc stP35&S tRP5SEe4 wHgs Mt
Mighty to save. Mighty to destroy.
preach him-''thc Lord, strong and
mghty-thc Lord, mighty in battlev'
He tapped His wing, and the antedllu-
wan world was gone. He tapped His
wing and Babylon perished. He Tapped
His wing arr IIcrculancum was buried.
He Tapped His wing and the Napoleonic
dynasty ceased. Before the stroke of
that piniOn fleet is nothing. An army