The Forrest City times., 1890-09-20
''THE WINGS OF LOVE
DIX. TALnAGE DELIVERS A N0TA.
 BILE SERMON
Graphic Word Picture of the Ai- mighty and His Protecting Wings. Tho Only Safe Nest.

In the Brooklyn Tabernacle on Sunday the t4th inst, Dr. Talmagc preached from Ruth ?. IF, his subject being The wings of love-" He said:
 Scene: An Oriental harvest field. Grain standing. Grain in swaths. Grain In sheavcs. At the side of the field, white tent in which 10 take tho incoming. jars of vinegar or of sour wine to qucnch the thirst of the hot working people. swarthy men striking their sickles into tho trusting barley. Others twisting the bands for tho sheaves, putting one end of the band under tho arm, and with tho free arm and foot collecting the sheaf. Sunburned women picking up the stray straws and bringing them to the binders. Boax, a fine looking Oriental. gray-bearded and bright-faced, the owner of tho field, looking on and esti- mating the value of the grain and calculat- Ing so many ephahs to the acre; and, with his large, sympathetic heart, pltying the overtasked workmcn and the women, with white faces enough to faint in the hot noon- day sun. But there is one woman who especially attracts the mans attention. She is soon to be with him the joint owner of the field. She has come from a distant land for the sole purpose of being kind to an aged woman. I know not what her feat ures were; but when the Lord God sets behind woman's face the lamp of courage and faith, and sclf-sacrifce, there comes out glory independent of features. She Is to be tho ancestress of Jesus Christ. Boaz, the owner of the field, as soon as hc understands that 1t IS Ruth. accosts her with blessing: "A full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust" Christ con- pares himself to q hon gathering the chick ems under her wings, Tn Deuteronomy. God is represented as an eagle stirring up her nest. In great many places In the Psalms, nxsid 10 my text mentions the wings of God. under which poor. weary soul had come to trust.
 I ask your attention, therefore. while. taking the suggestions of my text, l speak to you in all simplicity and love of the wings of the Almighty.
 First: l remark that they were swift wings under which Ruth had come to trust, There is nothing In all the handiwork of God more curious than birds wing. You have been surprised, sometimes to sec how far 1t could fly with ono stroke of the wing; and when 1t has food in prospect, or when 1t is affrighted, the pulsatiops Of the birds wing are unimaginable for velocity. The English lords used to pride themselves on the speed of their falcons. These birds when trained had In them the dart of lightning. How swift were the carrier pigeons In the time of Anthony and at the siege of Jerusalem. Wonderful speed A carrier pigeon was thrown up at Rouen and came down at Ghent-ninety miles oR-in one hour Tho carrier pigeons were the telegraphs of the oldcn time. Swallows havc been shot in our latitude having the undigested rice of Georgia swamps in their crops. showing that they had como four hundred miles in six hours. It has been estimated that In the ten years of T swai- lows life 1t flies far enough to have gone around the world clghty-nine times. so great is Its velocity. And so the wings of the Almighty. spoken of in the text, are swift wings. They are swift when they drop upon foe, and swift when they como to help Gods friends. If father and his son be walking by tho way and the child goes to near n precipice, how long does it take for the father to deliver the child from dangerl Longer than 1t takes God to swoop for the rescue of his children. Tho fact Is that you cannot get away from the care of God. If you take the steamship. or the swift rail train He Is all the time along with you. "whifher shall I go from Thy spirit, and whithcr shall I flee from Thy presenceY If l ascend up into heaven Thou art there. If I make my bed in hell behold Thou art there. If takc the wings If tho morning and dwell in the ut terniost parts of the sea. even there Thy hand shall hold me-
 The Arabian gaxclle is swift as the wind. If It gets but one glimpse of tho hunter it puts many crags between. Solomon. four or Ave times. compares Christ to an Arabian gaxclle tealling lt by another name). when he says: My beloved is like roe. The difference Is, that the roe speeds the other way. Jesus speeds this Who but Christ could have been quick enough to have helped Peter when the water pavement brokcs Who but Christ could have been quick enough to help tho pnke of Argyle, when in his dying moment, he cried; Good cheer, could die iike Roman. but l mean to die like n Christian Come away. gentlemen. He who goes first goes clcanest." had friend who stood by the raii track at Carlisle. Pcnnsyivauia. when the ammunition had given out at Antietam; and hc saw the train from liar risburg. frcightcd with shot and shell, as it went laundering down toward the battle field ilc said that is stopped not for any crossing. They put down the brakes for no grade. They held up for no peril. The wheels were On lire with the speed as they dashed past. If the train did not come up in time with tho ammunition it might as well not come at all So, my friends. there are times In our lives when we must havo help immediately or perish. The grace that comes too late Is no grace at all. What you and want is q God now. Ohf is it not blessed to think that God k always iu such quick pursuit of his dear childrcnv When sInn.r socks pardon. or n bailicd soul needs help. swlfter than thrush's wing sslfter that ptarmlgan's wing. swiftcr than hamsago's wing. swifter than eagles wing, are the wings Of tho Almighty.
 l remark further. carrying out the Idea of my text, that tho wings under which Ruth had come to trust were very broad winss- There have boon eagles shot on the Rocky Mountains with wings that were seven feet from tip 10 tip. Whom the king of tho air sits on the crag. tho wings arc spread ovor all tho @agietx in tho eyrie. and when tho caglc starts from the rock, the shadow Is Ike the spreading Q: "A storm cloud. So tho wings Of God are broad wings. Ruth had been under those wings la her infantilo days. in tho days of her happy glrlhood in Moab; In tho day when she gave her hand to Mahlon. In hsr drst marriage. in tho day when she wept over his grave; in the day whom she uudged out into the wilderness of poverty; iu the days when she picked up tho fcw strawx Of bar ley dropped by ancient custom in the way of the poor.
 Oh yos, tho wings of God are BROAD wings They cover up all our wants. all our sorrows, all our sunerinas. He puts one wing over our cradle and iic puts the other over our grave. Yes. my dear friends. it Is not desert in which ~e are placed: It is \ nest Sometimes it is very hard nest. like that of tho eagle, spread on tho rock. with ragged moss and rough sticks. but still is nest; and. although it may be very hard under us. over us are the wings of tho Almighty. There sometimes comes n period in ones life when hc feels forsaken. You said. Everything Is against me The world Is against me. The church Is against mo. No sympathy: no hope. Every body that comes near mo thrusts at mo. ] won- der if there is a God, anyhow" Every thing seems to be going siipshod and nt haphaxard. There does not secn to be any hand on the helm, Jobs health fails. David's Absalom gets 10 he reprubatc Martha's brother dies. Abraham's Sarah goes into tho grave of Macbpelah, .woe worth the day in which l was hornw has said many a christian. David seemed to scream out in his sorrow, us he said .ls His mercy clean Eonc forevcrs And will He be fAvprahle na morcf And hath Hc In anger shut up Ills tender mcrciess Jons with his throat swollen and ulcercd until he could not even swallow the saliva that ran into his mouth, cxclAimss How long be- forc thou wilt depart from me. and leave mo alone. that l may swallow down my spittlef" Have therc never been times In your lifo when you envied thosc who were buriedS When you longed for the grave digger to do his work for youf Oh, the faithlcasness of the human heArtl Gods wings arc broad whether we know 1t or not.
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