The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-09-17

''ths Lord, strong and mighty--the LORD,
mighty in battlel" He tapped His wing,
and the antediluvsn world was gone.
He tapped His wing and Babylon per-
ished. He tapped His wing and Her
culaneum was buried. He tapped BIS
wing and the Napoleonic dynasty
ceased. Beiora the stroke OF that pinion
"a feet IL pothin9 An army Is nothing.
Ar empire y nothihg. A world Is moth
ing, The universe is nothing. King
EtbrnaL Omnip ptent-He asks no coun-
sci from tho thrones Of heaven.
Ha takes not the arohangel into HIS
cabinet He wants none to draw His
chariots FOR they are the winds. None
to load His batteries. for they are the
lightnings. None 10 tie the sandals OF
his feet, for they are the clouds Mighty
TO save. Our enemies may be strong
our sorrows violent Our sins NAV pc
great. But quicker than an eagle ever
hurled from the crags hawk or raven.
will the Lord strike back our sins and
our tempts IS, II they assault us whom
we are once seated on the eternal rock
Of his salvation. What q blessed thing
1t Is to be defended by the strong wing
Of the Almighty Stronger than the
pelicsn's wing, stronger than the alba
tross' wing, stronger tiAn the condor's
wing, are the wings of the Almighty.
have only ono more thought to pre-
sent. The wings under which Ruth had
come to trust were gentle wings. There
is nothing softer than feather. You
have noticed whom bird returns. from
flight how gentlyit stoops oyer the
nest. The young birds are NOT efrsid Of
having their(liyes trampled out by the
mother bird; the old whip-or-wiil drops
into It's nest Of leaves, the oriole into
Its casket Of bark, the humming-bird
into Its hammock OF moss--gentie as the
light. And so, says the Psalmist He
shall cover thee with His wing. o. the
gentlensss Of Godl But even that figure
does not fully set IL forth; FOR I have
sometimes looked into the birds nest
and seen dead bird-its life having
been trampled out by the mother-bird.
But no one that ever came under the
feathers Of the Almighty was trodden on.
Blessed nesti warm nestl Why will
men stay out in the cold TO be shot Of
temptation and TO be chilled by the
blast, whom there Is divine shelter?
More beautiful than any flower ever
saw are the hues Of birds plumage.
Did you ever examine It; the black
bird, floating like fake Of dark
ness through the sunlight; the mea-
dowlark, with head Of fawn, and
throat of velvet and breast Of
gold; the red damingo flying over the
Southern swamps, like sparks from
the forge Of the setting sun; the pelican
white and black-morning and night
tangled In Its wings-give but o very
faint idea Of the beauty that comes
down over the soul when on 1t drop the
feathers Of the Almighty. Here fold
your weary wings. This is the only safe
nest Every other nestwill be destroyed.
The prophet says so: Though thou
exalt thyself like the eagle, and set
thy nest among the stars, yet will l
bring thee down, saith the Lord Of
Hosts." Under the swift wings, under
the broad wings, under the strong wings,
under the gentle wings Of the Almighty,
find shelter until these calamities be
overpast Then when you want 10
change nests 1t will only be from the
valley Of earth TO the heights OF heaven,
and instead Of ''the wings Of dove" for
which David longed, not knowing that
in the first mile Of their fight they
would give out, you will be conducted
upward by the Lord God Of Israel, under
whose wings Ruth, the beautiful Moab
itess, came 10 trust
God forbid that An this matter Of eter-
nal veal or woe We should be more stu
pid than tho fowls Of heaven. "for the
stork knoweth her appointed time; and
the turtle, and the crane, and the swal-
low observe the time OF their going; but
my people know not the judgments OF
the Lord"