The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-08-13
Union County Nominations.



ed by President KIrCuET, on Sunday
afternoon, and it justified all previous
expectations, raised by the reputed power
and magnetism, the universally rcco, nizcd
ability and clearness Of the speaker. The
depth of thought, the power of expression,
the infusion Of soul stirring earnestness
into every utterance, cannot be made TO
appear in the brief abstract we can now
give. To be appreciated fully, it must be
heard from his own lips; an approxima-
tion may be obtained by reading it entire
but IN abstract only renders it fcebly,
even if it does not do the speaker injustice.
The Text was selected from Dent.
3} - -" And as thy days, so shall thy
strength be-" Subject -" Our Strength
as our Day"
After very brief introduction lie
elaborated the subject, making two points
First, Accepting this as y special prom
Use, we find it afterwards enlarged by
many a gracious pledge, till under It's
ample terms it holds good for all the
trusting people Of God. Beyond the nat.
ural- course of events, God gives strength.
imparls wisdom, ministers grace in time
of need 10 every one who humbly seeks
his aid. lie gives light, patience, courage
-fortiics our eaknesses-invigoratcs
each virtue-sucgests, inspires, works in
us TO will and to do. Beyond all the
cunning of causaiiOn and necessity of
sequence, we have God Father Ma
lures Lord, and Master of causes, who
ministers strength, and gives comfort and
support. The worl | we live in is full OF
God. We live in no world of God.
forsakcn mechanism, spinning away down
its iron track Of causes, but in world
alive with tiod whose will of tendcrest
love touches and grasps and sways our
life cvcrmore, out TO the dcadest fiber of
matter and in to the most secret volltion
Of the heart. We receive impressions,
CLEANS of light in our crises of darkness.
cOmprehensions in our needs, which come
from God, fulfilling his precious promise,
giving US strength as our day. And the
bright bow of this promise spans every
dark passage of human trial, and in our
most poignant griefs some comforting
strengthening Angel Of his presence comes
TO assuage and comfort Our strength is
as our day. Thus, dying grace is given
in dying hour, illustrating the law of
Gods gracious help for every time of
need.
Second, This same Divine Goodness
has also its method of natural working.
God has provided in our very natures that
our strength shall rise, and our powers
unfold and expand, to the measure Of our
need. We never can know tine strength
that is in us, till we come to trial. When
that trial comes we find ourselves greater
than we knew, deeper, richer, more ca.
pable than we had ever dreamed. We
develop, under stress Of need, unfathomed
depths of resource, fresh capacities, new
adaptations. This is God handling us in
Ills natural method of mercy, making
our strength AS our day. In two ways,
diyinely natural, God has provided that
as our day is, so our strength shall be.
In one, by providing at the outset, germs
of capacity and hid treasures of resource
for each souls day. At our creation he
has provided strength for every emergency
in our historic life, and there is cnly need
Of strong necessity to develop it. Oui
capacities are elastic and stretch to the
measure Of our needs. The occasion doe,
not make the man. Gods gift was il
him, and the occasion only discovered
the man God had made him. The eaItl
was, at the beginning, suitably Stoke,
with its gold, its gems, its iron and Goa
beds, its electricity, its colors and tn
germs Of all these modern wonders o
utilized science. But the race could no
find them ill its wits were sharpened b,
its needs. SO richer and vaster discover
lea in mind and matter will be made (,
mi tch the worlds wants, when tn
fulness of time shall come.
There is another natural way whic
God has presided Trial not only rtpea