The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-24

underl 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 resur-
rection and judgment days, for broader
than all space, broader than thought,
wide as eternity, from tip to tip, are
the wings of the Almighty Oh! under
such provision ms that can you not re-
joice2 Come under, ye wandering, ye
weary, We troubled, We SHINING, We dy-
ing souls! Come under the wings of
the Almighty. .Whosoever will come
let him come. However ragged, how
ever wretched, however abandoned,
however woe BECOME, there Is room
enough under the wings-under the
broad wings of the Almighty! Oh,
what a gospel SO glorious, so magnii
cent in its provision! love to preach
it. 1t is my life to preach it. 1t is my
heaven to preach 1t.
THE STRENGTH OF HIS LOVE.
l remark, further, that the wings
strong wings. The strength of birds
wing-of sea fowls wing 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 stag.
There have been eagles that have pick
ed up children and swung them to the
top of the cliffs. The flap of an eagles
wing has death in it to everything 1t
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,
strong and mighty the Lord, mighty
in battle" He tapped his wing, and
the antediluvian world was gone. He
tapped his wing, and Babylon persisted.
He tapped his wing, and Herculaneum
was buried. He tapped his wing, and
the Napoleonic dynasty ceased.
Before the stroke of that pinion a
feet is nothing An army is nothing.
An empire is nothing. A world is moth
ing. The universe is nothing. King
eternal, omnipotent-he asks no ooun-
sci from the thrones of heaven. lie
takes not the archangel into his cabinet.
He wants none to draw his chariots,
for they are the winds. None to load
his batteries, for they are the light
nings. None to tie the sandals of his
feet, for they are the clouds. Mighty
to save. Our enemies may be strong
our sorrows violent, our sins may bt
great. But quicker than an eagle eve
hurled from the crags a hawk or raver
will the Lord strike back our sins an(
our temptations if they assault us wheI
we are once seated on the eternal rocl
of his salvation. What a blessed thini
it is to be defended by the strong winl
, of the Almighty! Stronger than tn
. pelican's wing, stronger than the al
, batross' wing, stronger than the con
! doris wing are the wings of the Al
mighty.
, have only one more thought to pre-
, sent. The wings under which Rut
. had come to trust were gentle wings
q There is nothing softer than feather
= You have noticed when bird return
, from fight how gently it stoops owe
|, the nest. The young birds are nc
! afraid of having their lives trample
!, out by the mother bird; the old whil
. poor-will drops into its nest of leaves
9 the oriole into its casket of bark, tn
a humming b into its hammock
moss-gentle as the light. And 81
g says the psalnist he shall cover the
y with his wing. Oh, the gentleness I
- God! But even that figure does M
q fully set it forth; for have sometime
% looked into the birds nest and seen
- dead bird-its life having been tramplt
- out by the mother bird. But no OF
that ever came under the feathers
II the Almighty was trodden on.
IS wHosoEvER WILL MAY COME.
,r Blessed nest warm nest! Why W
Of men stay out in the cold to be shot
N temptation and to be chilled by Il
IS blast when there is divine shelte
is More beautiful than any flower / ev
d saw are the hues of birds plunae
is Did YOU ever examine it2 The blac
s. bird, floating like flake of darkne
Il, through the sun light; the meade
le lark. with head of fawn and throat
tn velvet and breast of gold; the red 4
ps mingo, flying over the southern swan
e, like sparks from the forge of the setti
I'd sun; the pelican. white and black
nd morning and night tangled in its win
give but very faint idea OF t
beauty that comes down over the sc
is when on it drop the feathers OF the
en- mighty.
v: Here fold your weary wings. This
or the only safe nest. Every other m
TO will be destroyed. The prophet 81
Ia, so: "Though thou exalt myself like
nd eagle and set thy nest among the sta
he yet will l bring thee down, saith
I'll Lord of Hosts" Under the swift win
no under the broad wings, under
ci- strong wings, under the gentle wings
ho | the Almighty find shelter until TIL