Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-12-03

vault l heaven, he sees and touches each
individual creature in all.
The minuteness of his providence, is no
less glorious and wonderful, than the gran
deur Of his government. His infnity
adapts Him to all circumstances, and in
cludes al conditions. Events, the greatest
and tlp least, are equally known to and
controlled 10y hili.
The gorgeous explosion of burning
world is not pore noticed than the smoking
of straw. y
The huge mountain chains that rib the
earth, obtrude themselves no more upon the
arc fhis vision, than the little furruws Of
gard,n.
The magnificent hues of the rain. bow
spanning the tirmanent, from horizon to
horizol-arc no more his work and admira-
ton tlan the painted down on butter
hy's wing.
Theworm and the serpent, the mouse and
the elephant, the minnow and the whale, the
gnat aid the eagle, each attract to itself
its @prate and cqua, share of notice.
He marks the twittering sparrow -tumbled
from is twig by the well-aimed missile of
some wanton boy /; three of which are
sold fo1a farthing. He guides the arrow,
drawn 1t venture, to the heart of the King.
lie dis,oses the lot ellat is cast carelessly
into th' lap; and he numbers the hairs of
our he,d.
SUPPOSE not then, for moment fellow
Christin and fellow man, that you are un-
knownto God or that your affairs are too
small and trifing to claim his attention.
Thougl legions of shining beings of supe-
ri2r might and mould, are ever in his pre-
sence, filing high-heaven with their lofty
praises, they divert not his attention from
| you anC,me.
Were you the only creature God ever
made, .ou could not be more the object of
his cartand notice.
Yourwhole life from birth to death, is
before ,im-open. You whole conduct,
good AM bad, is written down. Your every
idle wod, stray the desire, and fugitive
thoughtare remembered.
80 Lord, thou hast searched and known
me, says the Psalmist. Thou knowest my
down-siting, and my uprising: thou under
standestmy thought afar off Thou COM
/ passcst ny path and my lying down. and
art acquainted with all my ways. for there
/ is not word in my tongue, but 10, o Lord,
thou knCwest it altogether"
Ills e!es" also, ''arc in every place be-
| holding he evil and the good" There is
neither llace nor state hidden from his
/ view. nor secure from his power. If you
would hide from him, Il mountain could not
cover you. If you would flee from him, the
speed of thaght could not aid you. Whittier
shall flee rom thy presence 2" continues
the fsalmit 'lf | ascend up into heaven
thou art thee if make my bed in he'll,
be hold, thoulart there.
! If take tie. wings of the morning and
dwell IN the uttermost parts of the sea
even there Snail thy hand lead me, and thy
! rjght;hand SheN hold me. If say, surely
the darkness shall cover me, w'... 81 NIGHT
shall be light about me, for the darkness
and the light are both alike unto thee"
His control of US, body and soul, is
equally absolute "In Him we live and
move, andhave our being" "In His hand
is the soulof every living thing, and the
breath of al mankind" We are the clay
and He thdpotter. Our times are in His
hand, and Il we have at his sovereign dis
posal. Al Hihath made of one blood all the
nations Of nen, and hath determined the
times befos appointed and the bounds of
.heir labitiion,n
Such is tie minute providence and the
general govrnment of our God, dear breth
ren. Is it sch as may be relied upon Can
you opposeor thwart it Is there anything
you can suggest, or imagine, that God has
not anticired1 Is there anything you
want he cailot give
What hig handed Uicke9nesS can he not
punish or bscure merit can he not reward?
what conditn Of life can he not make either
better or icoiis and which of you can he not
kiU or sicke,or damn for your sins or heal
or prosper, osaue, of his mercyl
Our Hres, he a crystal vase, are suspended
by syngle bread upon. his finger, which
he may droand shatter into fragments at
any momen
Our heal, is the exact agreement of
thousand nllral conditions and influences
of mind an body, which may be domaged
and ruinedby the slightest jar Of one of
them.
Our circnstanccs of failure or success in
business uprotession and our lot of pain or
pleasure irhe world, are hung upon long
Chain Of sondary causes and effects, every
link of With is forged, either by the per
mission, otircct agency of our heavenly
Father.
And yesc, ephemeglal insects of a sum-
, mcr's day ere to-day, and gone tomorrow;
r whitfield aht in our ignorance, by every
: wind of dirine, would distrust our All
= Wise, Alyhty, and ALLOWING God. We
r would taAh bit between our teeth, and
= gallop oneedless of the driver. We would
snatch thielm from the hand of the Om-
!. nipotent lpt, to steer ourselves, amid the
o worlds bkers. We would seize our fate
: and fortu in our own hand, and tear II
I from its anection In Gods providence, to
!. carve oupaths for ourselves, and fashion
. things adding to our own notions.
e We pl and struggle with the energy of
II despair tnake ourselves safe. We clutch
e at every ting rock, and tie d line Of assu
IS rance ardd it, that nothing may move US.
s. All oulans are based on ourselves or
/, friends, our already acquired resources
.e on our lille inventive faculty, or, on
o some dc last-resort which we keep Sc
cretly load in 'ur bosoms against the day
IF of tribulon.
le But worget that "there is a Divinity
d that shai our ends, rough-h -hew them, how
$, we will We forget to say. "lf God will"
II Yes sept the Lord build the house, they
D. labor inain, that build it. Except the
lie Lord kettle city, the wstchman waketh
d but in VI"
le With, his blessing, and our trust upon
him, "ityain to rise up early, or sit up
le late, to the bread of sorrows"
,g Our sess and safety are with him. Our
c, bread alwater to nourish, and our raiment
ne to warrhd cover our trambling limbs, are
And len, dear friends, we can discern
rs, these G, coming from his hand through
h. the ags of nature and the elements and