The Red Cloud chief., 1890-09-26

Ae"ss mo. 4no Woe10 70 against ma
h church - against ma III
sympathy; % hopa Everybody thaa
comes near mo thrusts Ct ma
wonder IL there = . God, anyhowr
Every thing seems 70 b eoine siipshol
and ct hapbasnrd There aoes nel
seem to b any hand on tho helm. Jobit
health falls Dsvid's Ahsslom gets d
b . reprobsta Narths;s bcothsr diss
Absaham's Sarah goes into the grave d
M~achpelah. "Woe was the day In
which ! was bornr' has said many Z
Christian David seemed to scream out
In his sorrow. - he said: "Is His mercy
ciean gone forever? And will He be
favorable no more7 And hath He in
anger shut up His tender mercies?'
job. with his throetswollen and ulcered
until he could not even swallow the
saliva that ran into his mouth, ex.
claims: 'How long before thou wilt
depart from me and leave me alone tina,
l may swallow down my splitter" Have
there never been times in your life
when you envied those who were
buried? When you longed for the
grsvediggsr to do his work for you? O.
the f~aithlessness Of the human heart!
Gods wings are broad. whether we know
IL or not
Sometimes the mother bird goes away
from the nest and It seems very strange
that she should leave the callow young.
She plunges her beak into the bark OF
the tree and she drops into the grain
field. and into the chaf At the barn door.
and into the Through of the plowboy.
Meanwhile the birds in the nest shiver,
and complain. and call, and wonder why
the mother bird does not come back.
All, she has gone for food. After .
while there is q whirr Of wings and the
mother bird stands on the edge Of the
nest, and the little ones open their
mouth, and the food is dropped in; and
then tho old bird spreads put her
feathers and all is peace. So. some
times, God leaves us HeRoes on to get
food for our soul. and then He comes
back after awhile to the nest and says:
open thy mouth wide, and l will I'LL
it." and He drops into it the sweet
promises of His grace, and the lave 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 1000
DOC, 600 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" !
know it. The seamen'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 in
viting all the heather. The printing
presses Of the Bible societies are going
night and day. doing nothing but print
ing invitations to this great gospel ban
quot And arc you not afraid that there
will be moro guests than accommoda-
tions? No! All who have been invited
will not half fill up the table OF Gods
supper. There are chairs for more
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
We Israelites, who went through the
Red sea come under! Ye multitudes
who have gone into glory for the last
1000 years, come under! We hundred
and forty-four thousand. and the thou
sands Of thousands, como under! Ye
flying cherubim and archangel, fold
your pinions and come under!
And yet there is room! Ay! il 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 thought wide As
eternity. from lip to tip are the wings
of the Almighty; O! under such provis-
ion as that can you not rejoice? Come
under. ye wandering. ye weary. ye
troubled. We SHINING. We dying souls!
Come under the wings of the Almighty.
WhosOever will come, let him come.
However ragged, however wretched.
however abandoned, however woe be-
gone, there is room enough under the
~wings-under the broad wings of the
Almighty! o. what q gospel, SO glori-
Gus. SO magnificent in its provision! l
love to preach it 1t is my life to preach
it 1t is my heaven to preach it.
i remark further, that the wings I'M
der which Ruth came to trust were
strong wings Tho strength Of . birds
wings-Of a sea fowls wings for exam
ple-yOu might guess it from tho 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 rave 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 every thing it
strikes. There are birds whose wings
are packed with strength to ny. to lift
to destroy. So the wings of God are
strong wings Mighty to sav Mighty
to destroy. ! preach him-"the Lord.
strong and mighty-the Lord. mighty
in battle!" He tapped his wing. and
the antediluvian world Was gone. He
tapped His 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 q fleet is nothing.
An army is nothing. An empire is moth
ing. A world is nothing. The universe
is nothing. King-Eternal, Omnipotent
He asks no counsel from the throne of
Heaven. He takes not the archangel
into His cabinet He wants none to
draw His chariotS for they are the
winds None to load his batteries for
they are the ~lightniugA None to tie
the sandals Of His feet for they are the
clouds Mighty TO " Our enemies
may be strong. our sorrOws violent Our
sins may he great But quicker than
an eagle ever hurled from the crags
a hawk or raven. will the Lord strike
back our sins and our temptations il
they assault US when we are ono seated
the eternal rock OF His salvation
What . blessed thing 1t is to be defend
ed by the strong wing Of the Almighty!
Stronger than the pelican's wing.
StrOumop than Tho ~1h>tNo0 ~im~