The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-09-17

cd up children and swung them to the
top of the cliffs The flap Of an eagles
wing has death In it to everything it
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-s'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- asks no coun-
sci from the thrones Of heaven. He
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 be
great But quicker than an eagle ever
hurled from the crags hawk or raven
will the Lord strike back our sins and
our temptations If they assault us when
we are once seated on the eternal rock
of his salvation What blessed thing
1t is to be defended by the strong wing
of the Almighty Stronger than the
pelican's wing, stronger than the al
batross' wing, stronger than the con-
doris wing are the wings of the Al
mighty.
l have only one more thought to pre-
sent. The wings under which Ruth
had come to trust were gentle wings.
There is nothing softer than feather.
You have noticed when bird returns
from fight how gently it stoops over
the nest The young birds are not
afraid OF having their lives trampled
out by the mother bird; the old whip
poor-will drops into its nest of leaves,
the oriole into its casket OF bark, the
humming bird into its hammock OF
moss gentle as the light. And so,
says the psalmist, he shall cover thee
with his wing OH the gentleness of
God But even that figure does not
fully set 1t forth; for have sometimes
looked into the birds nest and seen a
dead bird-its life having been trampled
out by the mother bird. But no one
that ever came under the feathers OF
the Almighty was trodden on.
wHosoEvER WILL MAY COME.
Blessed nest warm nest Why win
men stay out in the cold to be shot OF
temptation and to be chilled by the
blast when there Is divine shelterG
More beautiful than any flower I ever
saw are the hues Of birds plumage.
Did you ever examine it9 The black
bird, floating like flake of darkness
through the sun light; the meadow
lark, with head Of fawn and throat Of
seivet and. brxast Of gold; the red iiaS
mingo, flying over the southern swamps
like sparks from the forge of the setting
sun; the pelican, white and black
morning and night tangled in It's wings
give but very faint idea Of the
beauty that comes down over the soul
when on 1t drop the feathers of the Al
mighty.
Here fold your weary wings. This is
the only safe nest Every other nest
will be destroyed. The prophet says
SO: Though thou exalt myself like the
eagle, and set thy nest among the stars,
yet will bring thee down, saith the
Lord of Hosts" Under the swift wings,
under the broad wings, under the
strong wings, under the gentle wings of
the Almighty find shelter until these
calamities be overpast. Then when
you want to change nests 1t will only
be from the valley of earth to the
heights Of heaven; and instead of ''the
wings of dove" for which David
longed, not knowing that in the first
mile of their fight they would give out,
you viii be conducted upward by the
Lord God of Israel, under whose wings
Ruth, the beautiful Moabitess, came to
trust
God forbid that in this matter of eter
nal veal or woe we should be more stu
.pid than the fowls of heaven; ''for the
stork knoweth her appointed time, and
the turtle, and the crane, and the swal-
low observe the time OF their going;
but my people know not the Judgments
of the Lord