The Red Cloud chief., 1890-09-26
WINGS OF LOVE
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The sub ject Of . late discourse n
Brooklyn By Rev. I. Dewitt Talm.ee
was wings Of Love-" the preacher ~.
Ing Tor his text: The Lord God ~ m.
rael. under whose wings thou srt come
to trust"-Ruth Il. u.
-eene: An Oriental harvest 6eld.
Srain standing. Grain in swstha. Grain
IN sheaveA At tbs side of the field n
white tent in which to take the noontnv
Jars OF vinegar or OF sour wine to ouepcb
the thirst of the hot working people.
Swarthy men striking their sickies into
the rustling barley. Others twisting
b for the sheaves, putting one
end OF the band under the arm and With
the free arm and foot collecting the
sheaf. Sunburnt women picking M the
stray straws and bringing them to the
binders Boaz, . fine looking Oriental
gray bearded and bright faced. the own.
or Of the field. looking on and estim.t-
ing the value Of the grain and calculat-
ing 30 many epahs to the acre; and.
with bis large. sympathetic heart
plying the overtasked workmen
and the women, with white
faces enough 10 faint In the hot noon.
day sun But there il 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 Tor the sole purpose of
being kind to an aged woman. know
not what her features were, but when
the Lord God sets behind . woman's
a c the lamp Of courage, and faith, and
self sacrifice, there comes out a glory
independent of features She is to be
the ancestress of Jesus Christ Boaz
the owner OF the field, as soon as he IN.
derstands that it is Ruth, accosts her
with a blessing: "A full reward be given
thee of the Lord God of Irael, under
whose wings thou art come to trust"
Christ compares himself TO q hen gath
ering the chickens under her wings In
Deuteronomy. God is represented as an
eagle stirring up her nest In q great
many places in the Psalms, David
makes pathological illusions; while
my text mentions the wings of God, un-
der which a poor, weary soul had come
to trust
j ask your attention. therefore, while,
taking the suggestion of my text, I
speak to you in all simplicity and love
OF the wings Of the Almighty.
First-I remark that they we're swift
wings under which Ruth had come to
trust There is nothing in all the
handiwork of God more curious than a
birds wing. You have been surprised,
sometimes. to sec how far it could fly
with one stroke of the wing; and, when
1T has food in prospect, or when it is af-
frighted, the pulsatiOns Of the birds
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 them
the dart of lightning. How swift were
the carrier pigeons in the time Of An
thOny and at the siege Of jerusalem!
Wonderful speed! A carrier pigeon was
thrown up at Rouen and came down at
-Ghent-ninety miles off-in one hour.
The carrier pigeons were the tele-
graphs Of the olden time. Swal-
lows rave been shot in our latitude hav-
ing the undigested rice of Georgia
swampsin their crops. showing that they
had come 400 miles in SIX hours. 1t has
been estimated hat in the ten years OF
a swallows life it flies far enough to
have gone around tho world eighty mine
times, SO great is its velocity. And SO
the wings OF the Almighty, spoken of
in the text are swift wings They are
syaft when they drop upon q foe. and
swift when they come to help Gods
friends. II . father and his sol be
walking by the way and the child goes
too near a precipice, how long does it
take for the father to deliver the child
from danger? Longer than it takes
God to swOop for the rescue of his
children. The fact is that you can not
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.
''Whither shall / 60 from Thy spirit
and whittier shall 1 fee from Thy pres
ence? II / ascend up into Heaven.
Thou art there. IL I make my bed in
hell, behold! thou art there II take
the wings of the morning and dwell in
the uttermost parts of the sea, even
there Thy hand shall hold me-"
The Arabian gazelle is swift as the
wind. II it gets but n glimpse of the
hunter it puts many crags between.
Solomon four or Ave times compares
Christ to an Arabian gazelle calling it
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
broke? Who but Christ could have
been quick enough - have helped the
Duke Of Argyle when. in his dying mo-
meut, he cried: Good cheer! l could
die like a Roman. but l mean TO die
like q Chr stan. Como away. gentle
men. He who goes first goes ~cleanest!"
1 had a friend who stood by the at
track at Carlisle, Pa, when the ammu-
milton had given out at Antietam. and
e saw the train from Harrisburg.
rcighted with shot and she'll, as it
went laundering down toward the
battle field. He said that. it stopped
not for any crossing. They put down
the brakes for no grade. They
held up for no peril The wheels were
on fire with the speed as they dashed
past If the train did not come up in
time with the ammunition it might as
well not come at all So. my friends.
there are times in Our lives when We
must have help Immediately or perish.
The grace hat comes TOO late is no
grace at all. What you and l want is a
GOd-now. q. is it not blessed TO think
that God is always in such quick pursuit
OF his dear children? When = sinner
seeks pardon, o. . bafied soul needs
help. swifter than thrush's wing, swift
er than ptarmigan's wing. swifter than
fiamingo's wing, swifter than eagles
wing are the wings of the Almighty.