Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-07-11

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CHICAGO. July D Under the homely
and familiar simlitude Of the barn
ward fowl the preacher illustrates the
divine love and protecting care that en-
circle all who give to the Heavenly
Father childlkc trust and confidence
The text IS Matthew XXiil, 81 LAS
hen gathereth her chickens under her
wings
This commercial age IS brutally un-
poetic. 1t has even carried its shocking
innovations into the barnyard. We are
now trying to hatch our eggs not lh'o
broods, but by the wholesale. we
would change a hens nest into Big
snuare wooden box and call 1t an lncu-
hator We would have the oil lamp OF
fine incubator do the work OF the feath-
cred breast and the outstretched wing
We would have the wire screen DIS
place the sharp pointed bill OF lhe
bornvard mistress vehemcntly piung-
inc right and left in defense of her
vounc We would do this in spite OF
the inalicnable rights OF the hens
whose maternal affections are beng
crushed by this modern custom. Inc
man cuger above all things to make
money. has not the patience TO listen 10
nrotests from man or bird against MS
methods. As John Rusllin. in some re-
suects the most aesthetic nina EnSlahu
ever produced wrote page AFTER page
in dcnunciation of the constituencies
vandalism of the mere money maker
who would plaster over the Deaulllul
nolisodes of nature with hideOus ad-
vcrtiscmcnts and with the manuiac-
turcr's wheel churn ripping Singing
lourhinc stream tumbling out OF the
crnon reservoir of the woods into a
mudholc. so everywhere the astohisheu
would be sitting hens are clucklhg
their INDIGNATION. They practically say
TO the robbers of their eggs, when hau
bncn carefully hidden away in the nay
loft or under the manager OF the empty
stall. You have no right TO place thls
indignity upon us" But in reply ava
ricious commerciaiism says: 20 hen
we can make more money by Matching
ont 800 eggs at time than by foollns
with your small nest. You provide u'
with the eggs. and our incubators VIII
do the rest
This controversy, however, does no
concern us in dealing with the simii'
Christ used in our text Ut the ulih'
Christ uttered those words the barn
yard knew nothing Of this modern III
novation of the incubator. Chlcheh
still found their natural shelter uhue
the wings of the hen, and our LORD
hearers perfectly understood the mean
inc of his Illustration. so common
q was the sight of hen gathering he
chickens under her wings that ever
J. one would recognize the truth Clrls
meant TO teach when he used the hen
wing rs II symbol Of divine love. Ihu'
nc Josus wcpt over the sinful inhai
itants of Jerusalem. in the words Q
nv text woI!d try to interpret Una
divine love in the language of the barr
vord | realize its force ana Deaul
- NIL the more because am preparih
This sermon within the echoinS soun
Of the barnyard king calling to II
barem to awaken at the first peep {
the dav. also within the sound OF u
- voice of the hen clucking to her lit
ones to come under the protection
their mothers wing.
A Lie Giving Wing.
Is Gods wing is spiritual life glyiT
g wing. The warm feathers of u
" mother bird are absolutely essentl
for the development Of the lives oi II
vounr. If it were not for the o
hens wing her chickens would iree
~ 70 death during the spring nlSh'
They would sometimes be drowned u
loss hcr wing as Il waterproof cove
ing. was placed over them. lhey won
die from lack Of warmth. even as a
tle baby would die unless the moth
every night tucked him up in his CT
or snurqlrd him up by her warm 81
in he'd. Heat is life. Cold is dea'
The hens wing is something more III
= mere poetic figure. 1t means that
warmth not only hatches out the es'
but also by It's heat develops the III
chickens after they are hatched. 10
natal care for the child in the maxi
s, OF a man is just as important as rlt
prenatal conditions.
Gods wing is absolutely essen'iai
- the DEVELOPMENT of spiritual chI
The Bible distinctly says, "1e must
horn again." That means, Ae III
be a God production as well as II
production" | am the physlcai cl
of my earthly parents. That uoes
necessarily imply that am a spirit
child of God. But some day out IN
cold. damp. destroying storm OF sn
determine to creep under God S $
final life giving wing. AS soon d
am under that shelter teel Tie Wv
life begin to creep into my life. lie
TO love my Heavenly Father ana
him nc he is. hear him telling
what ought to do and say. AS
man being by placing his hanu u
an electric battery Immediately zee
thrill as the galvanic currents ci
through his body, the physical D
and the mind and the dormant 81
oll feel the warmth and the glow
the creative and developing power
Gods wing as soon as we pace
selves in the receptive mood wlthin
radius Of the divine touch.
Gods Work Alone.
Let me illustrate this thought {
simple story: Many years ago p
of rollicking sailors left Charlesl
navy yard for days dissipation
tramped along toward Boston, stop
first at one saloon, then another,
xx-it1, drink Ell