Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-09-26
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE'5 SUM-
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "Wings of Love-"

IE1r; Ine Loru Goa OF fsrdet under
.ohose wings thou art come to tr1tst. Ruth
u. 10.
Scene-Ah Oriental harvest field. Grain
standing, Grain In swaths. Grain in
sheaves
At the side Of the field a white tent In
which 10 take the incoming, jars Of vinegar
or Of sour wine to auench the thirst OF the
hot working people. Swarthy men striking
their sickles into the rustling barley. Others
twisting the bands for the sheaves, putting
one end Of the band under the arm, and with
the free arm and foot collecting the sheaf.
Sunburned women picking up the stray
straws and bringing them to the binders.
boaz q fine looking Oriental, gray bearded
and bright faced, the owner OF the field, look
Ing on, and estimating the value OF the grain
and calculating 30 many ephahs to the acre,
and with his large, sympathetic heart pitying
the overnsked workmen and the women,
with white faces enough to faint In the hot
MONDAY sun But there Is ono woman who
especially attracts the mans attention. She
Is soon TO be with him the joint owner Of the
held. She has come from distant land for
the sole purpose Of being kind to an aged
woman.
l know not what her features were: but
when the Lord God sets behind a woman's
face the lamp Of courage and faith and self
sacrifice there comes out glory independent
OF features. She Is to be the ancestress Of
Jesus Christ Boar, the owner Of the field,
as soon as he understands that 1t Is Ruth, ac-
costs her with bleesingt IA full reward be
given thee Of the Lord God Of Israel, under
whose wing thou art come to trust" Christ
compares Himself TO hen gathering the
chickens under her wings. In Deuteronomy
aod is represented as an eagle stirring up
her nest. In great many places In tho
Psalms David makes ornitholoeicai illusions:
while my text mentions the wings Of God,
under which poor, weary soul had come to
trust
ask your attention, therefore, while, tax.
Ing the suggestion Of my text / speak to
you In all simplicity and love of the wings
Of the Almighty.
First Iremark that they were swift wings
under which Ruth bad come to trust. There
Is nothing in all the handiwork of God moro
curious than birds wing. You have been
surprised sometimes TO see how far it could
ny with one stroke of the wing; and when il
has food in prospect or when It Is affrighted
the pulsations Of the birds wing are unimag-
Unable for velocity. The English Lords used
10 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
at the siege Of jerusalem Wonderful sp.edi
carrier pigeon was thrown up at Rouen
and came down at Ghent-ninety miles of
IN ono hour. The carrier pigeons were the
tslsgraphs Of the olden time. Swallows have
boen 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 tho ten years Of q swallows life IL
flies far enough to have gone around the
world eighty-nine times SO great Is Its ve
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. Ha
father and his son be walking by tho way,
and the child goes too near O precipice, how
long does Il take for the father to deliver the
childfrom dangeri Longer than IL takes
God TO swoop for the rescue Of His children.
The fact Is that you cannot get away from
the care Of God. II you take the steamship
or tho swift rail train He Is all the time along
with you. "Whither shall 60 from Thy
spirit and whittier shall fee from Thy
presencsf III i ascend up into heaven Thou
art there. II make my bed In he'll, behold
morning and dwell In the uttermost parts Of
The sea, even there Thy hand shall hold
men
The Arabian gaxelle Is swift as the wind
IL it gets uut one sIImpsc OF TO Inter It
puts many crags between. Solomon four or
hve times compares Christ TO an Arabian
gazelle calling 1t by another name) when he
says "My beloved Is like roc" The diff
florence is that the roc 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 10 help
/ the Duke Of Argyle when in his dying mo-
ment he cried '.9ood cheerl l could die
like Roman, but mean to die Like Chris
Han. He who goes first goes cleanestF'
had friend who stood by the track at Car
lisla Penn, when the ammunition had given
out at Andetam, and he saw the train from
Harrisburg freighted with shot and shell as
II went laundering down toward the battle
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. IL the train did not come up In time
with the ammunition 1t. might as well no.
come at all.
So, my friends there are times in our Lives
when we must have help Immediately or per
lsh. The grace that comes too late is nc
grace at all What you and want is God
God is always In such quick pursuit of His
dear childreni When a sinner seeks pardon,
DR. a bafiied soul needs help, 'swifter. than
thrush's wing. swifter than ptarmi1an's
wiug, sN1rtor than namingo's wing, swlruel
than eagles wing are the wings Of the Al
mighty.
Iremark further carrying out the idea o
my text that tho wings under which Rut
had come to trust were very broad wings
There have been eagles shot on the Rock,
Mountains with wings that were seven fee
from tip to tip. When the king Of the al
sits on the crag the wings are spread over al
the eaglets in tho cyrie and when the eagl
starts from the rock the shadow is like tn
spreading Of storm cloud. SO the wing
Of God arc broad wings. Ruth had beel
under those wings In her intantle DAYS; II
the days of her happy girlhood In Moab: Ii
tne uay wnen sno gave ner nand 70 manlon
In her first marriage; In the day when sh
wept over his grave; In the day when sh
trudged out into the wilderness Of poverty
In the days when she piucked up the fev
straws of barley dropped by ancient custom
In the way Of the poor.
Obi yes, the wings Of God are broad wings
They cover up oil our wants, all our sor
rows, all our sufferings. He puts one win
over our cradle, and He puts the other owe
our grave. Yes, my dear friends It is not
desert in which we are placed, 1t is nest
Sometimes II Is very hard nest like that
bno eagle bpTodu On buo Iook. Wlbu ihbBo
moss and rough sticks, but still Is a nest; on
although 1t may be very hard under Us. owe
us are the wings of the Almighty. Their
sometimes comes period In ones Life whe
he feels forsaken. You said, "Everythin
Ia against me- Tho world Is against me
The church is against me. No sympathy, n
hope Everybody that comes near m
thrusts at me. wonder Is there is God
anvhnwr
Evsrysuing seems 10 Dc gong sIipshod an;
at haphaxard. There does not seem to b
any hand on tho helm. Jobs health fall
pavid's Absalom gets to be q reprobatt
Martha's brother dies. Abraham's Sara
goes into the grave Of Machpelah, "Wo
worth the day In which was born p he sail
many Christian. David seemed to screar
out In his sorrow, as he said. "Is His mere
| cioop rro,,o forovare And will Ha ba fsuo,