Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1850-10-31
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Gods Estimate Of Moral Results.

Whether it be to fit living stones for
his temple, or to prepare instruments for
his work-whether to cultivate some
Christian grace or to eradicate some sin,
the process is not unfrequently such as
to indicate the value of the end to be OBJ
tanned.
Jesus meets man who had been blind
from his birth. All his DAYS he had
CROPPED his way through thick darkness.
Never had bis eyes rejoiced in the light
Of day. His life had been oae perpetual
night, cherries, useless, DEPENDENT
Why was 1t? His neighbors and friends
regarded it as a judgement on account of
some gross sin either of his parents or of
himself in a former birth. Jesus did not
say the man was not sinner, but that
his affection was not in consequence of
any particular sin. 1t was that the works
of God might be manifested in him
that Christ might work miracle for his
healing. and thereby display his power
and benevolence, and add another testi-
mony to his divine commission. This
was moral result of an importance album
dainty to justify all the expense of its
realization. aaf
Lazarus of Bethany is like example.
His sickness and premature death--the
bereavement of the sisters-the unfortu-
nate absence of Jesus, all seemed calam>
itous. Why might he not have been
healed? Why not his sickness been pre-
vented :? Why not the painful watch
ings and the last overwhelming anguish
been spared those good sisters? IL had
been easy for Jesus to have been there,
to rcbuke the disease, and Lazarus had
not died. But the life, the sickness, the
death Of Lazarus were all needful to the
accomplishment of specific purpose, the
glory of God" That the Son Of God
might be glorifed thereby" A moral
purpose was gained. which more than
justified the expensive preparation.
Job must be bereaved Of his children,
despoiled Of his property. forsaken Of his
wife; misrepresented, maligned and vex-
ed by his friends; reproached and con-
temned by the vilest of the vile and
more than all, his flesh corroded with al.
GERS, till he becomes loathsome in the
sight of his nearest friends-cast down,
cast out, forsaken, till his very soul cried
out in anguish more than he could bear.
Why was all this? What result follow
ed important enough to justify such
melancholy array of misery? God was
teaching Job patience-a quiet grace, to
be sure, little esteemed among men it
may be, but highly esteemed by Coda
priceless gem in heaven and we'll worth
tie price Job paid for it.
Joseph is hated of his brethren--cast
into the pit--sold to company of Lstma-
elites--carried slave to Egypt--malig-
ned, falsely accused, and cast into prison
liberated, exalted and honored to be
governor Of Egypt. And why? Why
God was preparing him aninstrument by
which to bring his chosen people into
Egypt; that, first. he might sustain them
there during long and painful famine;
and then, they might for several genera
tons enjoy the advantages of residence
among the most civilized, refined and en-.
lightened nation then on the earth--that
they might. under these favoring auspices,
be the sooner and the better prepared to
commence their own national existence,
their leaders being instructed in all the
wisdom Of the Egyptians The train of
circumstances which followed the depor-
tation Of Joseph into Egypt was long and
illustrious /; the result far reaching and
magnificent.
Moses is subjected to long, and for
period, to severe course OF discipline ;
first in the schools of Egypt, then in the
court Of the Pharaohs. and finally in n
forty years residence in the land of Mid
ian. The design on the part of God was
to raise up, in the person of Moses, a
prophet, a military leader. and a law Civ
er to his people. Seldom has it been the
wont of Providence to unite so many and
SO important offices in one man. Hence
the extraordinary training Of Moses. 1t
was FIRST needful that he should be en-
dued with an uncommon share OF human
learning. lie was therefore in hi, very
infancy indicted into the royal family
that he might be educated as a prince in
all the learning Of the Egyptians. His
connection also brought him into an init
mate acquaintance with the usages Of the
most refined and enlightened court Of the
age. Here he formed his character as a
statesman and law-givcr. He is also
believed to have been the commandant OF
Pharaoh's armies, where he formed that
skilful military character which is SO just
ly conceded to him. But the most val
liable training for his future career was
during those forty solitary years in the
land Of Midiap. In this far off seclusion,
away from the pageantry of courts. or
the tactics of the schools, or the hustle
of the camp. Moses pursued the hardy
life of shepherd. where, in the solitudes
of the desert. or amidst the rugged hills
of Horeb, he meditated on the things Of
eternity, worshipped mis- God. and pray
ed for his oppressed people. and uncon-
sciouslv prepared himself for the illustri-