Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-09-26
Communicated.
For the Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph.
The Providences of God.

This Providence is as general as all
creation. Vast as the Kingdom Of
Jehovah is, with its millions of suns
and their attendant planets, each OF
which is as large as our earth in q
general average, having, in all proba
bllity, as many genera and species of ami
mated beings on them as our planet has
t-covered with hair and feathers as
portion of our tenantry are, and yet SC
cared for and provided for, that not one
hair or feather can fall from one Of
them unheeded or unobserved by Him
Such are our conceptions of the sub
lime, the awful, the incomprehensible
grandeur and majesty of Him who in.
habits eternity, who fills immensity, and
who can bestow as much attention upon
any one animated atom, as though it
were the solitary tenant of the universe.
''Do I not fill heaven and earth?' says
He who inhabits eternity" What house
can you build for me, and where is the
place of my rest; has not my hands
made all of these things?" But says
Christ-"Are not five sparrows sold for
two farthings, and yet not one of them
are forgotten before God" No one,
wellread in the suggestive dialect of
the Holy Bible, can for moment doubt
that there is one eye to which every
atom Of the universe is as visible as our
brightest sun in a cloudless sky.
Let US, then, place our hand upon
our lips and be still. Let US humbly
thank God for the Bible, which is but
the primmer of the library of heaven,
and patiently wait for the university
bove, in which we may yet "see as we
are seen, and know as we are known"
But there is something consoling in
just and adequate views of Divine Prov
idence, over the affa irs of men and ma
tions, as suggested in the lessons of
Holy Writ, of which it would be we'll
for the people of this nation, at this
time, to avail themselves.
Take, for instance, the promise made
to Abra ham of the Land of Canaan
Under what special guidance did the
family of Israel make their way to the
covenanted inheritance of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same in-
heritance. Leaving out of our premi-
ses these three renowned patriarnhs, let
US, with some attention, consider the
apparent contingencies upon which the
fortunes Of Joseph and his people de-
pended. The variegated earm ent be-
slowed upon Joseph; and then his tell :
ing his dreams, and the consequent envy
all his misfortunes. When wandering
in the plains, certain man found and
directed him to Dothan; on seeing him
approach, his brothers, with one ex-
ception, conspire to kill him. Reuben
hoping for his escape, intercedes, and
they cast him into pit Provide ntially,
while they were yet eating together on
the premises. company of Ishmaelites
Ten of the brothers con-
spire and sell hin.
But, Providentially, Joseph got re-
spectacle master, Captain of Pharoah's
Life Guard. Joseph being beautiful
man, the faithless wife of Potipher
sought to seduce him; but she failed
and this sterling virtue was the cause of /
his imprisonment. Providentially, Pha
roah's chief baker and his butler were
his prison. mates. But had they not
been troubled with dreams, and had not
Joseph been an interpreter of dreams,
by a special gift, we should have heard
no more of Joseph save that he led the
life of a slave in Egypt. By some Incl
lent, as we call such things, but some
lines links Of chain that girdles the
world, the chief butler was restored to
ais Office.
Pharoah, too, Providentially dreams,
md is pGrplexed. The court hear it,
md are perplexed. The chief buffers
reacherous memory, that had forgotten
oseph, becomes now prominent link
n long chain. He recommends
oaraoh to send for him as capable of in-
his dreams.
Joseph appears before his majesty,
md reads to him his visions to the let
er. 1t is enough; he is virtually made
King or Governor Of Egypt, and only
n the honors of the throne, vas Pha-
aoh his superior.
But We need not tell all the story
Jacob and his sons, in brief, are carried
lowu into Egypt, and placed as benef-
;iaries under the wings and smiles of
)oseph, once son, once brother, once
| slave, but now virtually King Of
Egypt.
Is not this a moral demonstration Of
, special Providence, and how much Of
he worlds destiny depended upon il?
Had not Joseph been sold into Egypt
rs slave and not inspired as he was,
what would have been the consequences
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