Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-27

simply because they know not where to
10, and they perish IN the blast, but others
hear divine call, saying, Come, for all
things are now ready" 1.-THE spirit and
the bride shy come" And while the heav-
ems are laundering terror the divine voice
proGers mercy, and the soul comes under
the broodlng care Of the Almighty "as a
hen uathereth her chickens under her
wing"
WE WANT WARMTH.
The wings OF my text suggest warmth.
and that Is what most folks want The
fact IS that this is cold world, whether you
take II literally or fguratlvely We have
a biz fireplace called the sun, and IL has
very hot fire, and the stokers keep the Goals
we'll stirred up, but much of the year we
cannot get near enough TO this fireplace to
ret warmed The worlds extremities arc
cold all the time. Forget not that It Is
colder ut the south pole than at tho north
pole, ana that the Arctic is not so destruc-
tive rs the Antarctic Once In awhile the
Arctic will let explorers come back, but the
Antarctic hardly ever. When at the south
pole u ship sails IN, the door Of leo Is nj
most sure to BE- closed against its return.
SO life TO many millions OF people at tho
south and many millions Of people at the
north IS prolonged shiver. But when |
say that this is a cold world / chiefly mean
flguratively you want TO know what IL
the meaning OF the ordinary term OF re-
ccving the "cold ihoulder," get out Of
money and try TO borrow. The conversation
may have been almost tropical for lux.
uriancc Of thought and speech, but suggest
your necessities and see the Thermometer
drop to 90 degrees below zero, and In that
which till a moment before had been "A
wnrm room. Take what IS an unpopular
position on some public question and see
your friends fly as chuf before windmill.
As far as myself Is concerned, have no
word Of complaint but | look or day by
day and sec communities freezing out men
and women Of whom the world is not wor
thy. Now II takes after one and now after
another. lt becomes popular 90 depreciato
and dofame and eXecrate and lie about some
people This "a the best world / ever got
into, but it Is the mcanest world that some
people ever got into. The worst thing that
ever happened to them was their cradle,
and the best thing that will ever happen to
them will be their grave. What people want
b warmth
Many years ago man was hoating down
on the ice Of the Merrimac, and great ef-
got hold OF plank thrown to him, and
twice ho slipped away from IL because that
end OF the plank was covered with ice, and
he cried out "For Gods sake, give me the
wooden end Of the plank this time" and
this done he was hauled 10 shore.
The trouble is that in our efforts to save
the soul there Is too much codncss and
icy formality, and 20 the imperled ono slips
OF and floats down. Givcit the other end
Of the planb-wGrmth Of sympathy,
warmth of kindly association, warmth Of
genial surroundings. The world deciincs
10 give IL, and in many cases Inns no power
TO give 10, and here Is where Christ comes
In, and IA on n cold day, the rain beating and
the atmosphere full Of sleet, the hen cluCl,s
her chickens under her wings and the
warmth Of her own breast puts warmth
into the wet feathers and tho chilled feet
Of the infant group Of the barny8rd SO
Christ says TO those sick and frosted aud
Disguised and frozen Of the world come Ia
out Of the March winds Of the worlds crit
icism; come In out OF the sleet Of the worlds
assault; come in out of world that docs
not understand you and docs not want to
understand you. ! will comfort, and will
soothe, and | will DO your warmth, "as u
hen gathereth her chickens under her
wing Oh, the warm heart Of God Is
ready for all those to whom the world has
given the cold shoulder.
But notice that some one must take tho
storm for tho chickens. All. the hen takes
the storm. have watchod her under the
peltinR rain. have seen her in the pinch
ing frosts almost frozen TO death or al
most stranRled in the waters, and what n
fight she makes for the young under wing
II dog, or u hawk, or "A man come too
near! And 30 the brooding Christ takes tho
storm for US. What flood Of anguish and
tears that did not dash upon his holy SOUL
| What bcat of torture did not pierce his
vitalsl What barking Cerberus OF hell was
not let out upon him from tho kennelsl
What he endured, oh, who can toll,
To save our souls from death and HE'LL
CHRIST TAKES TIE STORM FOR US.
Yes, the hen took the storm for the chick
! ems, and Christ takes the storm for us
Once tho tempest rose so suddenly the hen
could not get with her young back from the
new ground to the barn, and there sho a.
under the fence half dead. And now tho
rain turns TO snow and 1t is an awful
night, and In the morning the Wilderness
about the gills and the bcak down In tho
mud show that the mother Is dead, and the
young ones come out and cannot under
stand why tho mother does not scratch for
them something TO eat, and they walk over
her wings and call with their tiny voices,
but there is no answering cluck. She took
tho storm for others and persisted. Poor
thingl Self sacrificing even unto death.
And does IL not make you think OF him
who endured all for usi So the wings un.
der which we come for spiritual safety arc
blood spattered wings, are night Swallowed
wings, arc tempest torn wingN In the Islo
OF Wight / saw the grave OF Princess Eliza.
beth, who died while a prisoner at Carts.
brook castle, her finger on an open Bible
and pointing TO the words, "Come unto me,
all 20 that labor and are heavy laden, aud
viii give you rest" Oh, come under tho
| wings
But now the summer day is almost past,
and the shadows OF the house and barn
and wagon shed have langthened The
farmer, with soythe or hoe GA shoulder, IL
returning from the fields. The oxen arc
unyoked. The horses arc crunching tho
oats at the full bin. The air is bewitched
OF honeysuclIle and wild brier. Tho milk
man, pail in hand, 10 approaching the barn.
yard The fowls, keeping early hours, aro
collecting their young. "CluckP' "Cluckr'
"CluekP' and soon all the eyes Of that
feathered nursery arc closed.
The bachelors OF the winged tribe have
| assembled 10 their uorrh Ii,t the ha,,s Il, N