The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-09-19
81 WINGS aOF 7fE0FR.
Or. Talmage on the Goodness of
the-Almighty.
The Lords Headlines. to Ala Those In Need
Ever Present In Times OF Emer-
gency-His Power to Save
~ The Final Refuge.

{ The sub ect OF late discourse at
Brooklyn by Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage
was wings of Love-" the preacher tax.
ing for his text: ''Fhe Lord God of Is
rael, under whose wings thou art come
TO trust"-Ruth H. IL.
=. Scene: An Oriental harvest field.
Srain standing Grain in swaths. Grain
IN sheaves- At the side of the field
s white tent in which to take the incoming,
Jars of vinegar or of sour wine to ouench
the thirst Of the hot working people.
Swarthy men striking their si:kies in to
the rustiing baE;ey. Others twisting
the bands for the sheayes, putting one
end of the band under the arm and with
the free arm and foot collecting the
sheaf Sunburnt women picking up the
stray straws and bringing them to the
binders Boaz, n fine looking Oriental,
gray bearded and bright faced, the own
or of the field, looking on. and estimate
ing the value Of the grain and calculate
ing so many epahs TO the acre; and,
with his large, sympathetic heart
plying the overlRsked workmen
and the women, with white
faces enough 70 faint. in the hot noon
pub lltEt 10 OlO 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 solo purpose of
being kind to an aged woman Iknow
not what her features were, bat when
the Lord God sets behind a woman's
face 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 I'M
derstands that it is Ruth, accosts her
with 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 a hen gath
ering the chickens under her wings. In
deuteronomy. God is represented as an
eagle stirring up her nest In great
many places in tho Psalms, David
makes archaeological illusions; while
my text mentions the wings of God, un-
der which a poor, weary soud' had come
to trust
ask your attention. therefore, while,
taking the suggestion of my text
speak to you in all simplicity and love
OF the wings of the Almighty.
Eirst-I 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 a
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 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 Jerusalemi
Wonderful speedi A carrier pigeon was
thrown up at Rouen~and came down at
Ghent-ninety miles 0ff-in one hour.
Tho carrier pigeons were the tele-
graphs OF tho olden time. Swal-
lows have 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 thatin the ten years of
swallows life it flies far enough TO
have gone around the world cighty-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 a foe, and
swift when they come to help God S
friends II father and. his son be
walking by the way and. The child goes
too near a precipice, how long does it
tako 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 lie is all the time along with you.
whittier shall 1 go from Thy spirit
and whittier shall flee from Thy pres
ence? II l ascend up into Heaven,
Thou art there. II I make my bed in
hell, behold thou art there. II take
the wings OF the morning and dwell in
tho uttermost parts of the sea, even
there Thy hand shall hold me-"
The Arabian gaelic is swift as the
wind II 1t gets but one glimpse of the
hunter IL puts many crags between.
Solomon four or five times compares
Christ to an Arabian gazelle calling ii
by another nancy, 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 tho water pavement
broke? Who but Christ could have
been quick enough 70 have helped the
Duke OF Argyle when, in his dying mo
ment he cried: Good olieerl / could
die like Roman, but L mean to die
like Christian. Come away, gentle
men. He who gees first goes cleanestt'
had friend who stood by the rail
track at Carlisle, Pa, when the ammu-
milton had given out at Antietam, and
saw the train from Harrisburg.
reighted 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 II the train did not come up in
time with the ammunition it might as
we'll not come at all So. my friends,
there are times in our lives when we
must have help Immediately or perish.
The grace that comes too late is no
grace ut all What you and want is a
God-now. o. is it not blessed to think
that God is always in such quick pursuit
OF his dear children? When a sinner
seeks pardon, or baf1led soul needs
help, swifter than thrush's wing, swift
err than ptarmigan's wing, swifter than
flamingo's wing. swifter than eagles
wing are the wings of the Almighty.
l remark further carrying out the
idea OF my text that the wings under
which Ruth had come to trust were very
broad wings There hive been eagles
shot on the Rocky Mountains with
wings that were seven feet from tip TO