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not
THE MolHEElY WINGS.
Sometimes the mother bard goes sway
from tie nest. xnd il seems very strange
THAI shs should leave the c2llow yoang
she p.unees Ter bess into the bark of the
tree ana she drops iato the grain Geld ali
Into the ea4f st ne barn door and into
tie furrow of the p.owb0y Meanwaile
the birds in the nest saiver a1a complain
and call and wonder why tee mother bird
does not come back. al. she Las gone for
food Alter awhile there Is a whiFr Of
wings, and the mother bird stands on the
edge of the uest. and the little ones open
their moeths ard the food j. dropped ia.
and then the Old birl spreads cut her ieath
ers, aud al is peace. So, sometimes. God
isaYes Us. lie goes Of 70 get food for our
soals. and then he comes hack after awhile
70 the ness. and SAYS. open py mouth
wide and | viii lll IT," ana he drops into
it the sweet promises of his gract, aud tie
love Of God IS shed abroad. and We are
under bis wings-the broad wings Of the
Almighty
Yes. they are very broad. There is room
under those wings for the sixteen hundred
millions OF the race. You SAY, DO not
get the Invitation TOO large, FOR there IS
nothing more awkward than 70 have more
guests than accommodations. know II.
The seamen's friend society is inviting al
the sailors. The tract society is inviting
all the destitute The sabbath schools are
inviting all the children. The missionary
society IS inviting al the heather. The
printing presses OF the Bible societies are
going night and day, doing nothing bat
printing invitations TO this great gospel
banquet. And are You not afraid that
there viii be more guests than accommo-
dations; Nol All who have been invited
will not half lill up the table Of Gods sup
ply. There are chairs FOR more. There are
cups for more. God could with one feather
Of his wing cover up all those who have
come, and when he spreads out both wings
they cover all the earth and all the heavens.
Ye Israelites who went through the Red
sea, come underl Ye multitudes who have
gone into glory for the last SIX thousand
4 years, come underl Ye hundred and forty
/ four thousand and the thousands OF thou
4 sands. come under Ye flying cherubim
! and archangel. fold your pinions and come
+ underl And yet there is rooml Ay, il
! God would have all the space under his
wings occupied be must make other
worlds and people them with other my
riads and have other resurrection and
judgment days, fer broader than all space
broader than thought. wide as eternity
from tip TO tip are the wings OF the Al
mighty! Oh. under such provision as that
can you not rejoiceg Come under. ye
wandering, We weary. We troubled, We sim
/ ming, We dying soulsl Come under the
wings Of the Almighty, Whosoever will
/ come st him come. However ragged, how
! ever wretched, however abandoned, how
/ ever woe begone, there is room enough I'M
/ der the wingS-under the broad wings os
/ the Almighty On, what a gospel So
1 glorious, so magnificent in its provision,
/ love to preach it. 1t is my life to preach
| it. 1t is my heaven to preach il.
THE ALNIGHTY WINGS.
/ remark, further, that the wings under
which Ruth came TO trust were :
wings. The strength Of a birds w. Z
a sea fowls wing, for example-you light
guess it from the fact that sometimes for
five, six or seven days il seems to Fly with
out resting. There have been condors in
the Andes that could overcome an OK or a
stag. There have been eagles that have
picked up children and swung them to the
top of the cliffs The flap Of Sn eagle 5
wing has death in it To everything it
strikes. There are birds whose wings are
packed with strength TO f.. TO lift, to de-
stroy So tho wings Of God are strong
wings. Mghty 70 save. Mighty 20 de-
stroy. | preach him-"the Lord, strong
and mighty; the Lord. mighty in battle"'
He Tapped bis wing, and the anteCiluvian
world was gone lie tapped his wing, and
Babylon perisbed. He Tapped his wing.
and Herculsneum was buried. lie Aappei
his wing, and the Napoleonic dyDasty
ceased.
Before the stroke OF that pinion a feet
is nothing. An army is nothing An en-
pire is nothing. \ world Is nothing. The
universe is nothing. hing-etern2l, ON.
nipotent-he asks no counsel from the
thrones Of heaven. lie taxes not tie arch
angel into bis cabinet. He wants none "a
draw his chariots, for they are the winds.
None 70 load his batteries. for they are the
Hghtnings. None 90 tie tie Sandals of bis
feet, for they are the clouds. Mighty tc
save Our enemies nay be strong, on,
sorrows violent Our sins may lie great
But quicker than an eagle ever hurled
from the cTsEs a hawk o. raven viii tbs
Lord strike back our sins and Our tempta
tions II they assault Us when we ara
once seated on the eternal rock of bis sal
vatiou. What a blessed thing e Is 70 h
defended by the strong wing of the Al
mighty Stronger than the pa.ic&n's wing
stronger than the alhatross' wing. strou Eei
than The condor's wing are the wings 81
tie Almighty
have oaly one more thought 70 present.
TIE wings under which Ruth SD come "a
trust were gentle wings There Is nothina
softer than = feather Yo1 have uoticei
when d bird returns from eight bow esntir
it stoops over the nsst The young birds ag'
nee afraid q having heiT lives tram pied cat
bv tie mother bird The Cd whip yoor-wll
drops into its nsst - leaves. The circle intr
its cssket of bars. she humming bird int
its har1rnrck = -earfIs as IT, lieht
And 80 SAYS fhe Pes -isf. be shall cover
ties uitb bis wing 90. the geuflsaess o'
God Bat even fhst feurs does not folly
81 q forth. for have sornetiuses looked
into tle bird uert and seen a dead bird
its fs having been tranrled Gus bT ~
rsofhe4 ri Bst no che thst ever can.
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