The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-10-09
THE RALNAGB SBRNON.
Brooklyn'S Divine breaches on The
Wings Of Love-"
The Almighty 0ffrrs II Refuge TO All Who
Desire His Care.

TEXT: "Tnc Lord God of Israel, under
tchose 1rinyS thou art come TO t,ust."-Ruth
il. 12.
Scene-An Oriental harvest field Grain
standing. Grain i'll swaths. Grain in
Sheavcs.
At the sidc Of the field white tent in
which to take tho nooning. jars of vinegar
or of sour wine to quench tho thirst Of tho
hot working people. Swartlly men striking
their sickles into the rustlinG barley. Others
twisting the bands for the shcavcS, putting
cne end Of the band under the arm, and with
the free arm and foot collecting the shcaf.
Sunburned women picking up the stray
straws aud bringing them to the binders.
Boaz iine locking Oriental, gray boarded
and bright faced, the owner OF the fled, look
ing on, and estimating the value of the grain
and calculating so many ephahs to the acre,
nnd with his large, sympathetic heart pitylug
tho overtaSkel workmen and tho women,
with wEitc faces enough TO faint, in the hot
monday sun. But there is one woman WHO
especially attracts the mans attention. She
is soon to be with him tho joint owner of tho
field. She has colre from distant land for
tho sole purpose OF being kind 10 all aged
woman.
know not what her features were: but
when tho Lord God sets behind woman's
face tho lamp of courage and faith and self
sacrifice there comes out glory independent
of features. Sho is 10 be tho ancestress of
Jesus Christ. Boaz, the owner of the field,
pssoon as he understands that it is Ruth, ac-
costs her with blessing: "a full reward be
given thee of the Lord God OF Israel, under
whose wing thou art come to trust" Christ
comparcs Himself to hen gathering the
chickens under her wings. In Deuteronomy
God is represented as an eagle stirring up
her nest. In great many places i'll the
Psalms David makes pathological illusions;
while my text mentions tho wings of God,
under which poor, weary soul had come to
trust.
ask your attention, therefore, while, TAX
ing tho suggestion of my text, speak to
you in all simplicity and love of the wings
of the Almighty.
First, remark that thcy were swift wings
under which Ruth had come to trust There
is nothing in all tho handiwork of God moro
curious than birds wing. You have been
surprised sometimes to see how far it could
fly with one stroke Of the wing; and when it
has food in prospect, or when it is affrighted,
the pulsations of the birds wing are unimag
Unable for velocity. The English Lords used
to pride themselves on the speed of their fal-
cons These birds when tanned, had in them
the dart of lightning. How swift were the
carrier pigeons in the time of Anthony and
ut the siege of Jerusalem! Wonderful speed!
A carrier pigeon was thrown up Mt Rouen
and came down at Ghent-ninety miles Off
in one hour. Tho carrier pigeons were tho
telagraphs Of tho olden time. Swallows have
BEEN shot in our latitude having The uudi-
gested rice Of Georgia Swamps in their crops
showing that they had come four hundred
miles in six hours. 1t has been estimated
that in The ten years OF swallows lifc it
flies far enough to have gone around tho
lnt0 &c Sc
locitY.
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 come to help Gods friends. If o
father and his son bo walking by tho way,
and the child goes too near precipice, how
long does it tako for tho father to deliver tho
child from danger? Longer than it takes
God to swoop for the rescue of His children.
the care of God. If you take the steamship
or the swift rail train Lcis all the time along
with you. "Whithcr shall / 60 from Thy
spirit, and whittier shall / nco from Thy
presence? If ascend up into heaven Thou
art there. Ii l make my bed in he'll, behold!
Thou art there. II I take the wings Of tho
morning and dwell in the uttermost parts Of
the sea, oven there Thy hand shall hold
me-"
The Arabian gazelle is swift as tho wind.
Ii it gets but ono glimpse Of tho huuter it
puts many crags between. Solomon four or
1--WE times compares Christ to an Arabian
gazelle calling it by another name) when ho
says "My beloved is like roc" Tho diff
ference 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 to help
the Duke of Argyle when i'll his dying mo-
mcnt, he cried: Good cheer! I could die
like Roman, but mean to die Ikea Chris
tian. He who goes first goes cleaneStp 1
had friend who stood by the track at Car
Isle, Penn, when the ammunition had given
out at Antietam, and lie saw the train from
Harrisburg frcighted with shot and shell as
it went laundering down toward the battlo
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 rs they dashed
past If the train did not come up in timo
with the ammunition it might US well not
come at all.
So, my friends there are times in our lives
when we must have help Immediately or per-
ish. The grace that comes too late is no
grace at oil. What you and want is God
now. Oh, is it not blessed to think that
God is always in such quick pursuit Of His
dear children? When n sinner seeks pardon,
or O bafiled soul needs help, swifter than
thrush's wing, swifter than ptlrmgan's
wing, switSer than lllmingo's wing, Swiftcr
than eagles wing arc the wings Of the Al
mighty.
remark further, carrying out the ilea OF
my text, that the wings under which Ruti
had come to trust were very broad wings
There have been eagles shot on tho Rocky
Mountains with wings that were seven feet
from tip to tip. Whep the king of the air
sits on the crag the wings are spread over all
line eaglets in the cyr:e, and when the eagle
starts from the rock the shallow is like the
spreading Of a storm cloud. SO tho wings
OF God are broad wings. Ruth had bceu
under those wings in her intaut!o DAYS; in
the days Of her happy girllIool in Moab: in
the day when she gave her hand to Mahlon,
in her first marriage; in the day when Shn
wept over his grave; in The day when Sho
trudged out into the wilderness Of poverty;
IN the days when she pucSed UD the few
straws OF barley dropped 10y ancient custom
in the way of tho poor.
Oh! yes, the wings OF Col are broai wings.
They cover up all our wants, NIL our s0r-
rows, all our SuEcrinCs. lie puts cn, wing
over our cradle, and He puts the other over
our grave. Yes, my dear friends, it is not n
desert in which we are place l. it is a nest.
Sometimes it is very hard ncst, like that OF
the eagle, spread on the ro.'g with ragged
moss and rough sticks, but still is nest; and
although it may b. very harl under us, over
us are tho wings of the Almighty. There
sometimes comes period in ones life when
he feels IorSlkcu. You said, "Everythns
is against me-. Tho world is aganst me-
The church is against me- No sympathy, no
hope. Everybody That comos near mo
thrusts at me. w9nlcr is there is God,
anYhowr
Everything soon., to bo going slipSrol AMI
ct haphaz>rd. There dos not seem ID 10