The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-09-27

IduCuiHH Ci'uO dIu CCupSSG,duu Lll6 III
{mament of darkness; behind the ebb AM
flow of the billowy waters; there is
voice that comes to us speaking of tn
Eternal One Behind all these phenom
ena of nature indeed, there is, there
must be an Infinite Being-else there
could be no phenomena. And it is thu
that we should learn to look upon tn,
outward world; and discover what il
bach of its varied creations, and trans
formations. A changeless, tireless Love
is there ; Goodness that is inexhausti
BILE; Providence that never sleeps
And thus do we defeat the fipp ant
Atheist, who wonld set God aside, and
nullify his power.
Yes, in spite of skepticism, old and
new, there is one Eternal Love presiding
over the affairs of the universe a Love
so great that it enfolds creation in its
arms. So wise that it looks upon eter-
nal consequences and sees the end fl ON
the beginning. So comprehensive that
while it watches the destiny of every
soul, it weaves up that one fate into the
web of destiny which includes all crea-
ted intelligences. Nature and it's
mighty laws, are but the utterance of
that love; as they are the modes of it's
ceaseless action. Man and his affairs,
involved as they are with the workings
Of nature, are but the affiuence Of that
ineffable benovolence.
In proportion as we rise into the up
per region of Gods domain, where
realities are clearly seen, do we not find
proofs more convincing that a loving
Father guides the affairs of man proofs
so strong that conviction ripens into
faith and we feel that the best philoso-
ply as the only religion, is to trust in
the Supreme Lo0e of God. And when
we can really believe, that God is nei-
Their misty essence nor strong
law an implacable despot, nor weak
man ; but an Omniscient, an Omnipo.
tent, an Omni- benignant and an Omni-
present Love; that this Eternal Love is
the lower deep that yawns beneath, and
the upper deep that arch above the
universe and that whatever sorrow.
evil, calamity, error, goes on, is all
within the boundaries of this all-embra-
cling good and however hard to be re.
conciled with it in our philosophy, may
yet, from some higher mount of vision,
be contemplated as not inconsistent with
this Universal Benevolence then can
we look upon a spectacle like that of the
Lady Elgin with the submission wisdom
and GOODNESS appropriate to the chris
tian of our own time.
There may be events in regard to it
which appear only evil. To us there
may seem confusion and dlscord and
a sad waste of happiness; suffering S
that can result in no good but it cannot
IN reality be so. What though our own
hopes and wishes are often Knocked
and disappointed? What though the
course of events runs counter to our
cherished expectations and seems to
threaten final and hopeless still if we
had but sufficient depth of insight, suf-
ticlent prehensiveness of view to
discover the real tendencies of Provi-
dence if we could take in the vast com.
pass and endless relations of the divine
ways, the case would be vastly different.
The world is but an atom in immensitv.
All its history is but a point of Gods
eternity. To the mere child of earth
and time, there may seem danger of the
failure of heavens design, the wrecks
of human life; but he who enfolds and
penetrates all things can tell what isbest
for ultimate issues of good.
If as our text is found asserting there
are times when "There is sorrow on the
sea, y yet it should not be forgotten that
there is still something in the sky
We are to 'judge nothing before the
time" but rather to
-" wait and see