The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-09-26

plCkeQ up tne rev StraWS Oh Udr-
ley dropped by ancient custom in the
way of the poor.
o, yes, the wings of God are broad
wings. They cover up all our wants,
all our SORROWS, all our sufferings He
puts one wing over our cradle, and He
puts the other over our grave. Yes. my
dear friends, 1t is not desert in which
we are placed; it is a nest Sometimes
it is very hard nest, like that of the
eagle, spread on the rock, with ragged
moss and rough sticks, but still it is a
nest; and. although it may be very hard
under US. over us. are the wings of the
Almighty. There sometimes comes
a period in ones life when he feels for
saken. You said: Every thing is
against me. The world is against me.
The church is against me. No
sympathy; no hope. Everybody that
comes near me thrusts at me. |
wonder if there is God, anyhow"
Every thing seems to be going slipshod
and at hapbazard There does not
seem to be any hand on the helm. Jobs
health fails David's Absalom gets to
be a reprobate. iMartha's brother dies.
Abraham's Sarah goes into the grave of
Machpelah. ''sRoe was the day in
which was bornr' has said many a
Christian. David seemed to scream out
in his sorrow. as he said: SIS His mercy
clean gone forever? And will He be
favorable no moreP And hath He in
anger shut up His tender mercies?"
Job, with his throat swollen 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 that
may swallow down my spittle?" Have
there never been times in your life
when you envied those who were
buried? When you longed for the
grave-digger to dc his work for you? o,
the faithlessness of the human heart!
Gods wings are broad, whether we know
it or not
Some times 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 chaff at the barn door,
and into the Through of the plowboy.
Meanwhile the birds in the nest SILVER,
and complain, and call, and wonder why
the mother bird does not come back
All, she has gone for food. After a
while there is a 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 the old bird spreads out her
feathers, and all is peace. So, some
times, God leaves US. He goes off to get
food for our soul, and then He comes
back after awhile to the nest and says:
open thy mouth wide. and Twill fill
it." and He drops into it the sweet
promises of His grace, and the love 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 1.6OO.-
900, 900 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" 1
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
luet. And are you not afraid that there
will be more guests than accommoda-
tons? Mol 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
Ill the earth and all the heavens.
Ye Isrselites, who went through the
Red sea, come under! Ye multitudes
who have gone into glory for the last
), 900 years, come under! Ye hundred
and forty-four thousand, and the thou
sands of thousands, come under! Ye
lying cherubim and archangel, fold
your pinions and come under! o,
And yet there is room! Ay! 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 thought wide as
from tip to tip. are the wings
Of the Almighty! o! under such provis-
ion as that can you not rejoice? Come
under, ye wander ng, We weary, ye
We SHINING, We dying souls!
Come under the wings of the Almighty.
Whosoeyer will come. let him come.
However ragged, however wretched,
however abandoned, however woe be-
gone, there is room enough under the
the broad wings of the
o, what gospel, so glori-
Gus, so magnificent in its provision! /
love to preach it 1t is my life to preach
It. 1t is my heaven to preach it
remark further, that the wings I'M
der which Ruth came to trust were
strong wings. The strength of birds
a sea fowls wings for exam
ple-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 a 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 are birds whose wings
are packed with strength to fly. to lift
TO destroy. So the wings of God are
strong wings Mighty to save. Mighty
to destroy. preach him-''the Lord,
,AHn. - IL