The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-26
Dr.. Talmage Discourses Upon
the Attributes of the ..
Almighty.
Under Whose Wings are to
be Sheltered oil His
Children.


Others twisting the bands for the steavcs,
putting one end Of the bnnd under the arm,
md with the free arm aud foot collecting
the sheaG Sunburnei women picking up
the stray straws and bringing them to the
hinders. 1'oax, fine looking Oriental.
gray bearded and bright.'aced, the owner
Of the field, looking on. and estimating the
value OF the grain and calculating SO many
ephahs to the acre; and, with his large. sym.
pathetic heart. pitying the overtasketi work.
men aud the women, with white faces
enough to flint. in the hot monday sun.
But there ia one woman who especially ut.
tracts the mars attention. SHE is soon to
be with him the joint owner OF the field. She
has come from n dis tant land for the sole
purpose of being kind to an aged woman.
know not what her features were; but when
The Lord Of Israel sets behind " woman's
face the lamp Of courage, and faith. and self
sacrifice, there comes out glory in,lepcnd.
snt Of features. She is to he the nncestress
of Jesus ChIiat. l'oaz, the owl5r of the field,
o. soon MS lie understands that it is Ruth
sscosts her with blessing: "a full reward lie
given thee of the Lord God of Israel under
whose wings thou art come to trust" Christ
chickens under her winga. In deuteronomy,
God ia represented as an eagle stirring up
her nest. Ina great many places in the
Psalms, David makes ornitholopicai nllu.
eions: while my text mentions the wings OF
God, under which q poor weary soul hnd
come to trust.
ask your attention, therefore. while. talk.
ing and tn" euggrhtiOn oi my text. speak to
you in all simplicity and love of the wings Of
the almighty.
First; ! remark that they were swift wings
under which Ruth had come to trust. There
ia nothing in all the handiwork of God more
curious than II birds wing You have been
surprised. sometimes to see how fur it could
fly without one stroke OF the wing; and when
1t has food in prospect or when it il alright
ed. the p,ilsations Of the birds wing are i'm
aginnble Tor velocity. Tho English lords
used to pride Themselves o' the speed Of their
falrous. These birds. when tanned, had in
them the dart OF lightning. How swi werc
the carrier pigeons in the time OF anthony
and Mt the scige of Jerusalem! Wonderful
speed! A carrier pigeon was thrown up at
ltoncn md came down ut Ghent-ninety
miles ot1-in one hour. The cnrrier-rig
cons were the teleSraphs of the olen
time. Swallows have hren shot in our Inti.
tude having the hndigestcd rice of Gcorgu
swamps in theirrrols, rowing that they had
como 400 miles in six hours. 1t l,as tmrn cs.
tiuuteu ltlt, III lHe Nv yours VI u HWHllOw n
lie. it flies fur enough to have gone IL round
the world 80 times, 40 great is it's velocity.
And SO the wings ot the Almighty. spoken OF
in the text, are swift wings. They are swi t
when they d,op upon IL Toe, nnl swift when
they come to help Gods friends. II a tlther
md his son lie walking by tho why and tho
child eors to near the precipice. how long
child from danger? Longer than it takes
God to svoup for the rescue Of Ills children.
The fact ia TINT you cannot get away rom
the care nl God. ltyou take the steamship,
or the swift rail trnln, He is nli the time
along with you. whittier shall go from
Thy spirit, and whittier shall flee from thy
presence? II ! ascend up into heaven Thou
art there iii make my bed in hell, behold!
Thou art there. III take the wings oi the
morning aud dwell in the uttcrmost pnrts OF
tie aen. even there Thy hand shall hold me. "
The Arabian gazelle is swift as the wind.
lfit gets hut one glimpse of the hunter, it
puts many crngs between. Solomon. four
or five times. compares Christ to an Arnbinn
gnzclie (cnllng it by another nnnie) when he
says: MY beloved is like n roc' The dif.
terence H. that the roe speeds the other wnv
Jesus speeds this. Who hut Christ could
have been quick enough to have helped Peter,
when the wnterpavement broke? Who hut
Christ could have been quick enough to help
the duke of Argyle. when in his dying mo.
ueHth NC CrIeu. OOOu clecf! cOulu ult IKE
Roman. but mean to die lik" n Christian.
Come away gentlemen. He who goes first,
goes ceanest?" | had n friend who stood hy
the rn-trnck at Carlisle. Pa. when the am.
muniton hnd given out at Antietum; and
ho 1aw tho train ut Harrisburg. irrishted
with shot md shell. MS it went thunleriug
down toward the battlefield He said that
i stopped not for any crossing. They put
down the brakes Tor no gra'le They held
up Tor no peril. The wheels were on fire with
the speed as they dnsicd pnkt Ifthe train
did not come up in time with the nmmuni-
ton, it might us well not come at all. So,
my friends, there IRE times in our lives when
we must have help Immediately OF perish
The grace that comes to late IN no grace Mt
Oh! is it not blessed to think that God is nj
ways In snch quick pursuit of his dear chill
tren? When IL sinner seeks pardon. or a
bafted soul needs help, switrr than thrush q
wing. swiftcr thnn ptnrmignn's wing,
swi ter than flnmingo's wing, awter
than eagles wing. are the wings Of the Al
mighty.
remark further, carrying out the idea OF
my text, that the wings under which Ruth
had come to trust were very brond wings
There have been eagles shot on the Rocky
mountains with wings that were seven feet
from tip to tip. When the king OF the mir
sits on tile crag, the wings are spread over
oil! the rnglets in the eyric. md when the
engle starts from the rock, the shadow is
like the spreading of n storm cloud So the
wings of God are broad wings. Ruth mad
been under these wings in her in'nntile days;
in the days OF her happy eirhood in Moab;
in the day when she gnvo her hand to
Mnhlon, in her first marriage; in the day
when she wept over his grave: in the day
poverty; in the days when she picked up Tho
straws Of barley dropped by ancient custom
in the way o, the poor.
Oh! yes; the wings Of God are broad wings.
They cover upall our wants. all our aorrows,
oil our snfIarings. He put one wing over our
cradle. and He put the other over our
grave. Yes. my d.ar friends. it is not dies.
ert in which We are placed; it irn nest.
Sometimes it ia very hard nest. like That
OF the cagle, spread on the rock with ragged
moss and rough sticks but still is n nest:
and. although it may be very hard under us,
over ra arethe wings o. the Almighty. There
sometimes comes n period in ones Ii when
he 'eeIs forsakcn. ion said, Every is
against mo The world is against me. The
hope. Everybody that comes near me
thrusts Mt me- wonder j there is u God,
anyhow Everything seems to lie going
sIipsl,od and Mt haphnzzard. There does not
seein to le my hand on the helm. Jobs
health fnils, David's Absulon gets to t'ca rep.
TOuute. murtHu DrOtner uIeS. ADr1iin
Sarah goes into the grave Of Machpelnh.
Woe worth the day in which was born!"
has said many Christian. David seemed
to scream ont in his sorrow. US lie
said Ills His mercy clean gone for
ever? And will lie be favorable no moreo
And hath lie in anger shut up His
tender mercies?' Job, will, his tliront swol
len and ulcered until he could not even
swallow the saliva that ran into his mouth.
exclaims: "How long before thou wilt de-
part from me- and leave me nlone. that
may swallow down my spittle?" Have there
never h'en times in your life when you en-.
longrd for the graved;gger to do his work
for you? oh. thu taithlessness Of the human
hearti Gods wings ars abroad, whether wo
know 1t or not.
Sometimes the mother-bird goes away
from the nest and it seems very strange that
she should leave tho callow young. She
plunges her benk into the bark OF the tree,
and she drops into the grain field, AMI into
tn" clnff at the barn door. and into the fur.
row Of the plough boy. Meantime the birds
In the neat shiver. and complain. and cnll.
and wonder why tho mother-brd does not
come back. All. she hns gone or food.
Alter a while there liz whirr OF wings. and
the mot her-b bird stands on the edge Of the
net. md tho little ones open their mouths,
and the food is dropped in; and then the old
bird spreads ont her feathers. and all is
pence. So. sometimes God leaves us. He
goes of to get food for our souls and then
he comes buck after while to the nest. and
says: "0pe9 h vide. and will fill
IT." and y KS sweet promises