The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-01

one stroke. while other styles OF beak give
prolongation of torture.
And 80 the temptations Of this life are
various Some make quick work of death,
and Others agonlze the mind and body To-
many years, and some like the living blood
of great souls, and Others prefer those al
ready gangrened. But for every style Of
youth there is q swooping wing, and u sharp
beak. and cruel claw. and what the rising
generation needs is n wing OF protection.
Fathers. mothers. older brothers and sisters,
and sabbath school teachers, be quick and
earnest and prayerful and importunate, and
get the chickens under wing
May the Sabbath schools of America and
Great Britain within the next three months
sweep all their scholars into the kingdoml
Whom they have now under charge is I'M
certain Concerning that scraWny, puny
child that lay in the cradle many years ago,
the father dead, many remarked, What
mercy If che Lord would take the childP
and the mother really thought so too But
what a good thing that God spared that
child, for il became world renowned in
Christian literature and one Of Gods most
nlustrious servants-John Todd.
Remember, your children will remain
children only little while What you do
for them a. children you must do quickly
or never do at all why have you never
written book :" said some one to a talent
ed woman. She replied: i writing
two and have been engaged on one work 10
years and on the other 3 years-fny two
children They are my life work" When
the house Of John Wesley's father burned.
and they got the eight children out-John
Wesley the ast-bcfore the roof fell in the
father said Let us kneel down and thank
God The children are all saved; let the
rest of the place go"
My he3rers if we secure the present and
everlasting welfare OF our children, most
other things belonging TO us are OF but lit
tie comp rstive Importance. Alexander the
Great allowed his soldiers 20 take their
families with them 10 war, and he ac-
counted for the bravery OF his men by the
fact that many Of them were born In camp
and were used TO wGrIike scenes from the
start Would God that all the children Of
our day might be- born into the army of the
Lordl No need of letting them 20 a long
way on the wrong road before they turn
around and 20 on the right road. The only
time to get chickens under wing Is while
they are chickens
Hannah Whitali Smith, the evangelist,
took her little child at years OF age when
/ Ill out OF the crib and told her plainly OF
Christ. and the child believed and gave eyi-
deuce of joyful trust which grew with her
growth into womanhood. Two years are
not too young The time will come when
/ b. the faith Of parents children will be
born into this world aud born into the bos-
ON OF Christ at the same time Soon we
parents viii have to go aud leave our chill
dren We fight their battles now, and We
stand between them aud harm, but our
arm will after awhile get weak, and we
cannot fight for them, and our tongue will
| be palsied, and we cannot speak for them.
/ Are We going - leave them out IN the cold
world 10 take Their chances, or are we Go
ing all we can 10 get them under the wing
OF eternal safety
VIZ NEED TIE PROTECTING WING.
But re ali need the protecting wing. II
you had known when you entered upon
| manhood OF wonIanhood v hat was ahead
OF you would you have dared TO undertake
litei How much You would have been
| through With most life has been disap-
| pointment They tell me so They have not
attained thst which they expected to At
tain They have not had the physical and
mental ySOr they expected, or they have
met with rebuffs which they did not antic-
pate Nou are not ~ 20 or 80 or 90 or 20
or 50 years Of age where you thought you
would be | do not know any one except
myself to whom life has been happy sur
prise never expected anything and so
when anything came in the shape OF human
favor or comfortable position or widening
field Of work Il was TO me surprise.
was told in the theological seminary by
some of my fellow students that l never
would get anybody to hear me preach un-
less | changed my style, that when !
found some people did come to hear me IL
4 n i
/ according to their own statement, have
found life a disappointment. Indeed we
all need shelter from its tempests. About
| 3 O'Clock on a hot August afternoon you
have heard a rumble that you first took for
a wagon crossing a bridge, hut afterward
there was a louder rumbling, and you said
Why, that is thunder" And, sure enough
the clouds were being convoked for full
diapason A whole park of artillery went
| rolling down the heavens, and the blinds of
| the windows in the sky were closed. But
/ the sounds above were not more certain
\ than the sounds beneath
| The cattle came TO the bars and moaned
/ for them 70 be let down that they might
J come home 70 shelter. and the fowl whether
dark Bmhms or Hamburg or Leghorn or
Dominica, began to call to it's young,
! "Cluck" "ClGckr "Cluckr' and take them
under the wagon house or shed, and had
them all hid under the soft feathers by the
/ time that the first plash Of rain struck the
/ roof
80 there are sudden tempests for our
souls, and, obi how dark it gets, and threat
ening clouds Of bankruptcy or sickness or
1 persecution or bereavement gather and
thicken and blaeken, and some run for
shelter To bank, but 1t is "A poor shelter,
and others run 70 friendly advisers, AID
they fail TO help, and others fly nowhere,
simply because they know not where to
! 20. ana they perish in the blast but others
hear a divine call saying Come, for all
things are now ready" The spirit and
the bride say come" And while the heav
ems are laundering terror the divine voice
proffers mercy, and the soul comes under
the brOoding care % the Almighty "as a
/ hen gtthere5h 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 Il literally or fguratively. We have
/ big fireplace called the sun. and il has a
very hot fire, ana The stokers keep the Goals
well stirred mp. but much of the year we
Saunct zee near enough TO ais fireplace 70
! get warmed. The world extremities are
cold all the time. Forget not that il Is
colder at tho south pole than at the north
| pole, and that the Arctic is not so destruc-
tive as the Antarctic Once IN awhile the
Arctic viii let explorers come back, but the
Antarctic hardly ever When AT the south
pole ship sails In, the doorO ice is al
| most SIRE Ia he closed again II ire roturn