The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-09-20
WINGS OF LOVE.
DR.. Talmage on the Goodness OF
the Almighty.
The Lords Readiness to Aid Those In Need
Ever Present In Times of Emer-
gency-His Power to Save
III Final Refuge.

The u cot OF q late discourse at
Brooklyn by Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage
was 'sWings OF Love-" the preacher tax,
ing for his textsasrhe Lord God of Is
rael, under whose wings thou art come
trust"-Ruth H. H.
Scene: An Oriental harvest field
Grain standing. Grain in swaths. Grain
in sheaves. At the side Of the field q
white tent In which to take the noonings
Jars OF vinegar or OF sour wine to quench
the thirst OF the hot working people
Swarthy men striking their sickies into
the rustling barley. Others twisting
the bands for the sheaves, putting
end Of the band under the arm and with
the free arm and loot collecting b
sheak. Sunburnt women picking up b
stray straws and bringing them to the
binders. Boaz, O fine looking Oriental,
gray bearded and bright faced, the WIN
or OF the field, looking on and estlmat-
ing the value of tho grain and c~alculat-
ing so many epahs to the acre; and,
with his large, sympathetic heart
plying the ~overtasked workmen
and the women, with white
faces enough to faint, in the hot
day sun. But there is M woman who
especially attracts the, mans attention.
She Is SOON to be with him the joint
owner of the field. She has come from
o distant land for the sole purpose Of
being kind to an aged woman. know
not what her features were, but when
the Lord God sets behind q woman's
face the lamp Of courage, and faith, and
self sacrifice, there comes out q glory
independent of features She Is to be
the ancestress OF Jesus Christ Boaz,
the owner OF the field. as soo as he un-
derstands that 1t is Ruth, accosts her
with q blessing: "A full reward be given
thee of the Lord God OF Irael, under
whose wings thou art come to trust
Christ himself to a hen gath
erinQ the chickens under her wings In
Deuteronomy, God is represented as al
eagle stirring up her nest In a grea'
MANY places in the Psalms, DaviC
makes ornithological illusions; while
my text mentions the wings Of God. un
der which q poor, weary soul had com'
TO trust
/ ask your attention, therefore, while
taking the suggestion of my text,
speak to you in all simplicity and low
Of the wings OF the Almighty.
First-I remark that they were swift
yinqasunder which Ruth had come ;
trust There is nothing in all tn
thnndiwork OF God curious than
birds wing. You have been surprised
sometimes. to see how far 1t could a
with one stroke of the wing; and, whe
It has food in prospect, or when 1t 10 O.
frighted, the ~pulsstions OF the bird
wing are unimaginable for velocity
The English Lords used to pride them
selves. on the speed Of their falcons
These birds when tanned had in theI
the dart OF lightning. How swift wer
the carrier pigeons In the time OF Al
thony and .. the siege OF Jerusalem
Wonderful speed A carrier pigeon WI
thrown up ut Rouen and came dow .
Ghent-ninety miles off-in n hou
The carrier pigeons were the tell
graphs of the olden time. Swa
lows have been shot in our latitude ha'
ing the un6igested rice OF Georgi
awampsin their crops, showing that the
had come 400 miles in six hours. 1t hd
heen estimated that in the ten years
a swallow's life 1t flies far enough
nave zone around the world eighty-nir
times. so great is its velocity. And
the wings OF the Almighty, spoken
In the text are swift wings They al
swift when they drop upon a foe, al
swift when they come to help Goo
friends. II q father and his son
vaIkIng by the way and the child go'
TOO near a p~recipice. how long Toes
AXE for the father to deliver the chi
from dangerP Longer than 1t tax
God to swoop for the rescue OF a
ehildren. The fact is that you can III
set away from the III Of God. ye
sske the steamship or the swift ra
train He is all the time along with yol
"Whither shall ! go from Thy splr
and whittier shall ! fee from my pre-
enceq II / ascend up into heave,
Thou art there,s II make my pea
heli, behold thou arr there. III IA
she wings Of the morning and dwell
che uttermost parts Of the sea- eve