Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-03-18

wing Oh. the warm heart OF God Is ready
for all those 10 whom the world has gwen
the cold shoulder.
But notice that some one must take tbs
stcnm for the chickens. All. thu hen tases
the storm. | have watched her uaier tue
peItin- rain. I have seen her in the pinch
ln- frosts almost frozen to death or almost
~st-an-lei in ths waters AID what a ngns
she makes for tue young under w.u- II Q
d3g or hawk or a man comes too near Ana
50 the ~brooiing Christ takes the storm for
us. VIVA. iaoi Of anguish AMI tears that
old not dash upon His holy soul. VIVA.
heak OF torture did no. pierce His vitais.
WHAT bzrsing Caroerus OF hell was not LEI
cu:9upon HIM from the kennels
VIA. He sntu:ei. Oh, who eau tsl.
To save our souls from dean sud ASH
Yes. the hen took tn. storm for the chick
eEs. AMI Christ takes the storm Tor us. Ones
the tempest rose 50 81 idaniy the hen could
not get with her young back from the new
ground 10 the barn, and there sas - unfer
thu fence hall dead. Aud now the riln turns
to snow. and il !. m awful night, and In the
morning the whiteness about thu gills and
the bcak down n the Dui show that the
mother IS deaf. and the young onaS come
out and cannot W terstanl way the mother
does not scratch for them something u eat
AID they walk over her wings and call with
their tiny voices; but there Is no answering
c.uck. She took the storm TOR Others and
perishee. Poor thing' Seissacriicins even
unto DEATH
And does it not MAKE YOU think o. Him
| wao endured all for uss So toe wings under
which W. come for spiritual safety are bIooi
spatterei wings are night shattered win IS,
are tempest torn wings. In the Isle OF
Wignt | saw the grave % Prime ass Eliza
beth, who aiel while a prisoner at Carts
brook castle. her finger on an open Billie
and 20 ntiny to the wor Is, GONE unto Me
MI sc that labor an l are heavy laden, AMI l
will give you rest Oh. como under the
wings.
Bur now the summer day is almost passed.,
am the shadows Of the house AMI barn AMI
wagon shed have heightened. The farmer,
with scythe Or hoa on shoulder, Is returning
from the fielts. The oxen ara unyoked
| ire horses are cruncning the oats aEthe full
bin. The air is bewitche1 Of honeysuckle
and wild b:ier. The milktnan. pail in hand,
is approaching the barnyard. Tho fowls.
keeping early hours, are collecting their
Young. "Ciuck." '.Cluckw '.Cluck" and
soon all the eyes of thai feathered nursery
are closed.
the bachelors of the wingel tribe have
assembled to their perch, but the liens, in a
motherhood divinely appointed, take all the
risk Of a stu II Der or the grouu1, and all
night long the wings will stay outsoreli,
and the little ones will not utter q sound.
Thus at suaiown, lovingly, safely, com.
pletely, the hen broo1s her young. SO. if
we are the Lorrs. the evenin, Of our HE
will come. The heats of the day will have
passed. There will be shadows, ard we can
not seq fer. The work OF life will be about
ended.
The hawks Of ten.tation that hoverel in
the sky will have gone to the woods and
folded their wings. Sweet Silences will coma
down. The air will be redoient with tho
breath OF whole arbors Of promises sweeter
than jasmine or evening primrose. The air
may be a little Chill, but Carist will call US,
and we will know the voice aud heed the
call, and we will come under the wings for
the nighttime strong wings, the SOFT wings.
the warm wings-a1d without iear and in
full sense Of safety, and then we will rest
from sundown to sunrisc. las 4 hen gather
eth her chickens under her wing" Dear
me, how many souls the Lori hath thus
brOoded'
Mothers, after watchin. over sick cradles
and then watching afterwar / over hayward
sons and daughters. at last themselves taken
care of by a motherly God. Business men,
after a lifetime stru ggling with the Irhcer-
talntieS of money markets, and the change
of tariffs, and the underSelIing OF men who
because of their dlslOnestieS can afford to
undersel, and years OF disappointment IN aud
struggle. at last under wings where nothing
can perturb them any moro than a bird of
prey which is ten miles off disturos q chick
at midnight brooded in a barnyarj
My text has its strongest application for
people who were born in the country.
wherever you may now live, and that is the
majority Of you. You cannot hear my text
without having ali the rustic scenes OF the
old farmhouse come back to you. Good old
days they were. You knew nothing mucl
OF the world, for you hal not seen the
world.
By law of association you cannot recall
the brOodlng hen and her chickens without
seeing also the barn, ana the haymow, and
the wagon shed, aud the house, ami the
room where you played, and the firesiie
with the big backlog before which you sat.
and the neighbors. AMI the burial, aud the
wedding, and tue deep snowoanks, and hear
the village bell that called you to worship,
and seeing the horses which, after pulling
you to church. stood around the old Gap
boarded meeting house. and those vino sat at
either end Of the church pew, and indeed all
the scenes of the first IA years, and you
think ct what you were then and of what
You are now, and ali tfiese thoughts are
aroused by the sight Of the OIL! hencoop.
Some OF you had better 90 back and start
again.. In thought return ID that place AMI
hear the c.uca and sea the outspread feath-
ers and c3me IN .er the wing and make the
Lord your portion ana shelter and warmth,
preparing for everything that may come,
and SO avoid beng CHASED among those de-
scribed by the closing words Of my text, "as
a hen Sathereth her chickens under her
wing. and ys would not Ab, that throws
the responsibility. uuon us. "Ye would
not" A'as, for the "souli nots"1 If the
"dlueliDSO tOJls OF iuc idr II D2e1 HOb LDeiI
mothers call AMI ris,,: the Ia wk nuI dara IN
freshet and expose themselves to the frost
and storm. surely their calamities are not
their mothers fault. "Ye would not!' God
would, but how many would notl
When a good man asked a young woman
who had abandoned her home and who was
deploring her wretchedness why she did not
return. the reply was: II dare not go home.
Ny. father is so provoked be would not re-
celve me home" Then" said the Christian
man, Il VIII test this" And so he wrote to
the father, and the reply came back and in a
letter marked outside Immediate" and in
SIDE saying Let her come at once: all is
forgiven So Gods invitation for you is
marked "1mmadiate" on the outside, and
INSIDE il is written, "He will a~bundantly
pardon"
Ufs V wanderers from God and happi-
ness ana nome and heaven, come under the
shelterinG wing. Under this call / sac YOU
turning from your old way 70 the new way.
the livIl- way. the gospel way. 4 vessel in
the Bristol channel was nearing tina rocks