Milford chronicle., 1903-07-10
TALNAGE
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FRANK DE- WITT TA1a1As1. B.R.
Pastor q JsaSFSsa Pagh Proshy-
taEiaR dAusnAs dhisaao

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Father a childli1e trust and confidence
The text is Matthew xiii, 81. AS {
hen gathGreth her chickens under bel
wings
This commercial aee Is brntaky un
1esa2- n f-93 zen caHseE ~ shocking
sanoT1tons ia.o the sasayard. We are
loU f.. ius 10 hatch 9ur eggs not. into
Aooaa bat by tae wholesale. We
would change a hen's nest INTO a big,
'loaro wooden box anc cali It an incu-
;ator. We would have the Gil lamp Of
the incubator do the work Of the feath-
cred breast and the outstrctchcd wing.
We would have the wire screen dis
place the sharp pointed bill of the
barnyard mistress vehemcutly plung-
ing right and left in defense OF her
young We would do this in spite of
the inullenable rights Of the hens.
whose maternal affections are being
crushed by this modern custom. The
man, eager above all things 10 make
money has not the patience 70 listen to
protests from mau or bird against his
methods As John Euskin, in some re-
spects the most aesthetic mind England
ever produced. wrote page after page
In denunciatiOu Of tile conscienceIess
vandalism of the mere money maker
who would plaster over the beautiful
palisades OF nature with hideous adj /
vertiSements and with the manufac. /
turer's wheel churn a ripping. singing. /
laughing stream tumbliug out Of the |
green reservoir of the woods into a
mudhole, SO everywhere the astonished
would be sitting hens are clucking
their Indignation. They practically saw
TO the robbers Of the, eggs. which had
been carefully hidden away in the hay
loft or under the manger Of the empty
siall You have no right to place this
7uuiSniU uDan US But in reply ava
.lei0u4 conras-,lsAsS saye: 80 hen.
se paa make .lsue Money - hatching
5ut 40 eggs a sSnl3 thS-1 BIZ foolipy
Tith your small Eseti You psovide us
.7ith tne eggs. ana oar incu5ators Will
So the rest
1nls controversy, however, Goes NOT
concern lis in dealing with the simile
Christ used in our text. At the time
Christ uttered those words the htrn.
ward knew nothing Of this modern in
novation Of the Incubator. Chickens
st4i found their natural shelter under
the wings of the hen. and our Lords
hearers perfectly understood the mean. :
ing Of his Illustration. So common +
WAS the sight of a hen gathering her r
chickens under her wings that every q
one would recognize the truth Christ 81
meant TO teach when he used the hens =
wang as symbol of divine love. Tins d
as Jesus wcpt over tie sinful inbab II
itants Of Jerusalem. in the words OF ii
my text | would try to Interpret that u
livine love in the language of the barn n
yard. | realize its force ana beauty | D..
4l the "orp because ] am preparing 1 d
his sermon within tie ecloing sound i,
u the barnyard king calling 10 his Il
larem to awaken at the first peep Of ol
ne day, also within the sound of tile h,
'clce OF the hen cluckiug to her little II.
mes to come under the protection of Ii
heir mothers wing. II
Life Giving wing. 81
Gods wing is a spiritual life giving
wing. The warm feathers of the ar
lother bird are absolutely essential OF
Or the development OF the lives Of her an
oung. If it were not for the Old an
ems wing her chickens would freeze do
death during the spring nights IL.
hey would sometimes be drowned un. | eli
IS her wing. rs a waterproof cover
e, was placed over them. They would |
e from lack of warmth. even as a lit ca
baby would die unless the mother caI
cry night tucked him up in his crib TO
snuggled him up by her warm side be
bed Heat is life Cold is death. | nn
4c hens wing is something more than fri
nere poetic figure. 1t means that its if,
lrmth not only hatches out the eggs. mo
t also 'r rs heat develops tho little | do.
,ckens after they are hatched Post Th
tai care for the child in the making aItr
a lr"r Is 'vst as importart as right | viii
- 'tous. le..
fo' ,'ol1tcly esseHtlrf wo
Of a spiritual child I Oh.
rely says "Ye must be Dol
h ~9-- That means. "Ye mus thil
q God production as well rs q man tect
duction." l am the physical child
my earthly parents. That does moi G.
essarily imply that / am a spiritual Son
ID of God. But some day ont in tho fam
/, damn. destroying storm of sin Bos
ern ne 10 creep under Gods. spin that
Il. life giving wing. As soon as I plet
under that shelter feel the divin he. 4
begin to creep into my life. leanI aftc
love my Heavenly Father and see ic re
as he Is ! hear him telling me hop,
1t ought to do and say. As hC lisio
} being by placing his hand upon wer,
electric l3ttcry Immediately feels his
y ms tie calyanic currents circle than
81 hie sec5- the PhvSical bod, | ones
e5e 113 a,d' the dormant sniri; ty
.ss .g1 e.1 q glow and to b;
gss eio 6 Gl5 aevcs0pias power on he NJ
2 4 .oaa u we place our enly
% -s ca9esgs -lcod wlthin the his
ID ii TIE rsla toueh take