The Russellville Democrat., 1890-09-25

still is nest; and. although it may be very hard upon us, over us are the 1 wings of the Almighty. There some times comes period in ono's life when he feels oyertaken. You said: Every thing is against me. The world is against me- Tho church is against me. No sympathy, no hope. Every l body that comes near me thrusts at mo
 1 wonder if thero is God, anyhowP' ! Every thing seems to be going slipshod and at haphazard. There does not seem ] to be any hand on the helm. Jobs l health fails David's Absalom gets to be reprobate. Martins brother dies. Abrahams Sarah goes to the grave of Machpelah. Woe worth the day in which l was borng" has said many a Christian David seemed to scream out in his sorrow, as he said: ''Is His mercy clean gone forever? And will He be favorable no more? And hath He in anger shut up His tender mercies?" Job, with bis throat swollen and ul- cered until he could not even swallow tho saliva that run into his mouth, ex- claims: How long before Thou wilt de- part from me, and leave mo alone that may swallow down my spittle9" Have there never been times in your life whom you envied those who were buried? When you longed for tho grave-digger to do his work for you2 Oh, the faithlessness of the human heart! Gods wings arc broad, whether we know 1t or not.
 Sometimes the emother bird goes away from the nest and 1t seems very strange that she should leave the call low young. She plunges her beak into the bark of the tree, and she drops into the grain field. and into the chaff at the barn door, and into tho furrow of the plowboy, Meanwhile the birds in the nest shiver. and complain and call, and wonder why the mother bird does pot come back. An, she has gone for food. After awhile there is a whirr of wings, and the mother bird stands on the edge of the nest, and the little ones open their mouths, and the food is dropped in, and then the old bird spreads out her feath- CTS and all is peace. So, sometimes, ,1od leaves us. He goes of to get food for our soul; and then He comes back after awhile to the nest and says: s'0pen thy mouth wide and l will fill it," and He drops into it the sweet prom ises of His grace, and the love of God is shed abroad, and we are under His wings-the broad wings of the AL mighty.
 Yes; they are very broad There is room under those wings for the sixteen |. C rtl..
 Do not get tho invitation too large, for there is nothing moro awkward than to have more guests than accommoda- tions." I know it The Seaman's Friend Society is inviting all the sailors The Tract Society is inviting all the destitute The Sabbath-schools are inviting all the children. The Missionary Society is inviting all the heathens, The printing presses of the Bible Societies are going night and day, doing nothing but printing in vitations to this great Gospel banquet
 And are you not afraid that there will be more guests than accommodations? Nol All who have been invited will not half fill upgthe table of Gods sup ply. There arc chairs formore. There are cups for more God could with one feather of His wing cover up all those who have come; and when He spreads out both wings, they cover all the earth and all the heavens. Ye Israelites, who went through the Red Sea, come underl Ye niultitudes who have gone into glory for the last six thousand years, como under! Ye hundred and forty and four thousand, and the thousands of thousands, come under! Ye flying cherubim and archangel, fold your pinions, and come under. And yet there is room! Ayi if God would have all the space under His wings occupied, He must make other worlds, and people them with other myriads, and have other resurrection and judgment days; for broader than all space, broader than tn ought. wide as eternity from the Almighty! ohl under such pro- vision as that can you not re- joice? Come under, ye wandering, ye weary, ye troubled, ye shining, ye dying seulsl Come under the wings of the AL mighty, Whosoever will come. How ever rugged, however wretched, how ever abandoned, however woe-begone there is room enough under the wings under the broad wings of the Almightyi Ahl what Gospell so glorious, so magnificent in it's proyisionsl love to preach it. Itis my heaven to preach 1t. l remark, further, that the wings un- der which Ruth came to trust were strong wings. The strength of birds wing-of a sea fowls wing, for 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 flap of an eagles wing has death in it to every thing it strikes. There arc birds whose wings are packed with strength to fly, to lift, to destroy. So the ~ings of God arc strong wings. Mighty 10 save. Mighty to destroy. l preach Aim--''the Lord, strong and mighty tho Lord. mighty in battlel" He Tapped His wings, and the antediluvi- an world was gone. He Tapped His wings and Babylon perished. He Tapped Ais wings and Herculaneum was buried He Tapped His wings and Napoleonic dynasty ceased. Before tho stroke of that pinion a fleet is nothing. An army is nothing An Empire is nothing. A world is noth- ing. The universe is nothing King, eternal, omnipotent, He asks no council from the thrones of Heaven. He takes not the archangel into His cabinet. He wants none to draw His ehariots, for they arc the winds, None to load His bat teries, for they are the lightning, None to tie the sandals of His feet for they are the clouds. Mighty tosaye. Our ene- mics may be strong, our sorrows yio- lent Our sins may be great But quicker than an eagle over hurled from