Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-27

md u - a aUful hight. and u The uoR1r
inx the whifeness about the gllls and lie
bsak down IN sh~ mud shcw that the
moeher y deea. and the yosang ORES come
cut and cannot und,ustsnd Why u
mother Doe not scratch for them ssxne-
thing 70 ct. and they walk over her
wings and call with their tiny vo6c~s.
hut ihere i 20 answering eluck. She
took the storm for others aud p~rishea.
Poor thing: Self sacrificing even unto
assshs
And dos II no. make you think Of him
who endured al Ior Is; So the wings
under which We come FOR spiritual safety
ere bleed slstsersd wings. are might sLAt-
tered wings. are seup<ss torn wings.
In tn IsIe Of Wight ! saw the grave Of
Princess Elizabeth. who died while a
prisoner ~ Csrishreok castle, her finger
On al oEen Bible and pointing 70 the
words. Come unto rne al ye that labor
and arc heavy laden. and viii give you
rest" Oh. come under the wingsl
But now the summer day u almost
passed. and the shadows OF tho house
and barn and wagon shed have length
ened. The farmer. with sr,the or hoe
on shoulder. u returning fro the zelda
Tho oxen are unvokei. Tho horses ara
crunching the oats at the full lin The
air u bewitcled Of honsysucale and wild
byier. The milkman. pail in hand. IL
approaching ths barnyard. The fowls.
keeping early hours. are collecting their
young. "CIuck.' "Cluck" ''Cuck.- and
soon all the eyes Of that festhered nursery
are closed
The bachelors Of the winged tribe have
assembled to their perch. but the hens. Ia
u motherhood divinely appointed. take
ali the risk VI a slumber on the ground,
and all night long the wings VIII stay
outsprcad. and the little ones will not
utter q sound. Thus at shutdown. low
ingly. safely. completely. tho hen broois
her Young. So. II we are the Lords. the
evening of our life viii come. Tin heats
OF the day viii have passed. There viii
be shadows, and we cannot see as far.
The work Of life vii, 10 about ended.
The hawks OF temptation that lowered
in the sky viii have gone to tins woods
and folded their wings. Sweet silences
viii como down. The air will be redo
lent with the breath Of whole srbors Of
promises swecter thnn jasmine or even
ing primrose. The air may be q little
chill. but Christ will call Us. and we will
know the voice and heed the call. and we
will come under TIE wings for the night
the strong wings, the soft wings. the
warm wings-and without fear and in
full sense Of safety, and then we will
rest from shutdown 70 sunrise. las hen
gathereth her chickens under her wing"
Dear me, how many souls the Lord hath
thus brooded!
Mothers. after watching over sick era
dies and then watching efterward over
wayward sons and daughters. at last
themselves taken care of by a motherly
God. Business men, after a lifetime
struggling with the uncertainties Of
money markets. and the change Of tariffs,
and the undertaking OF men who be-
cause Of their dishonesties can afford TO
underscll, and years of disappointment
and struggle, at last under wings where
nothing can perturb them any more than
q bird of prey which is 10 miles of dis
turbs q chick at midnight brooded in q
barnyard.
TRUSTING IN DIVINE SHELTER
Ny 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 all the rustic
scenes Of the old farmhouse come back
TO you. Good Old days they were. You
knew nothing much Of the world, for
you had not seen the world.
By Inv OF association you cannot recall
the brooding hen and her chickens wi.hS
out seeing also tho barn. and the hay
NOW. and the wagon shed. and the
house, and the room where you played,
and tho fresidc with the big backlog
before which you sat, and the neiehbors,
and the burial, and the wedding. and
the deep snowbanks. and hear the viii
lage bell that called You to worship. and
seeing the horses which. after pulling
you TO church. stood around the old clap
boarded meeting house, and those who
sat at either end Of the church pew. aud
indeed all the scenes of the first Ia years.
and you think Of what you were then
and OF what you are now. and all these
thoughts are aroused by the sight of the
old hencoop.
Some Of you had better 60 back and
start again. In thought return to that
place and hear the cluck and scs the
outspread feathers and come under tbs
wing and make the Lord Your portion
and shelter and warmth. preparing for
everything that may come. and 80 avoid
being clsssed among thoee described by