Smyrna times., 1856-08-13
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God Everywhere.

T. 4Au"ill was Ill lhe beautiful garden o
Eden he heard God walking there in the coo
OF the day; and long after they had been shu
out of the garden, Abel knew that God was il
the places where he was, and so he built altars
and offered sacrifices to God.
Abraham heard the command of God in hi.
distant country, and felt that God was will
MN; and III all places where he wandered, he
built his altars and put up his prayers.
Joseph knew that God was present when he
was at his fathers table; and he knew that
lie was present when he was shut in prison far
away off in the land of Egypt.
David was a shepherds boy, and when he
was chased on the mountains by Saul like n
hunted partridge, when he was on the field of
battle, and when he was on the throne. he
knew that God was present.
You have read how Jonah once thought that
he could flee from the presence of the Lord
What folly! God followed him, walking on
the wings of the wind; and you soon hear the
poor man calling upon God in the belly of the
fish, far down in the great waters, and he knew
that God was there to hear him.-Jonah i: ..
Daniel knelt in his chamber in prayer, and
when down in the den among lions, he felt that
God was also, and would hear his PRAYER.
In Jerusalem they worshipped God-his altar
was there; and when Shadrach, Meshech. and
Abednego (Dan. ii) were cast into the BURNING
furnace, they felt that God was there also.
Suppose you go away from your home among
strangers, do you not feel that God is there. as
really, as when at home by your own fathers
tireside! You might be travelling in the Great
Desert of Africa; you might faint with hunger
and lie down alone to die. Asyou look around
on the barren sand, you see little sprig of
green moss by your head. 1t is all alone and
beautiful. Do you not at once feel that God is
there taking care of that little green thing,
and that he will be there to hear you pray!
The poor sailor boy has not been taught any,
thing about God +; and yet, when he is
shiPwrecked, and hangs to the wreck of the
vessel all night by little rope, amid the dark
ness of night, and the roar of the storm. and
the raging of the seas, he feels that God is
there. He calls upon God in prayer, and knows
that no darkness can shut him from the eve Of
God, and no roar of the storm can shut his prav-
ar from the ear of God.
A poor soldier was found among the dying
and the dead, in a hospital, away in distant
land, torsaken by all human beings-not friend
or relation near him but he felt that God was
there, and God would hear his prayer for his
poor widowed mother, even when he was far
too near death to make that prayer with words,
or even to move his lips.
Men often neglect God, forsake Him, and
live In sin; but when they come to be in trou-
Bile, they always feel that God is present. Even
Thomas Paine, on his dying bed, filthy, loath-
some and forsaken, could not help crying out,
' Lord Jesus, help me-" This he did often.-I
All! with all his infdelity, his boasting how he
was not afraid to die-he knew that the Lord
Jesus was present, and he felt that he needed
his help.
Why, if you were to go to the top of the
highest mountain,where the snow and ice have
hung ever since creation, you would feel that
God was there. You might 90 into cave so
leeP that not ray of light ever entered it, and
you would feel that God was there.
Oh! the time will never come, and the spot
will never be found, where your soul will not
EEL that God is present. You will always. in
lime and eternity, feel God to be with you.-I
DR.. Todd.