The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-15

Moses time compared with the ten thousand
forms Of life which spring up all around9 We
are astOnished at the doings of death among
the cattle and ancient people Of Egypt and vet
more people and creotures die every hour now
Than ieil under alft The plaques OF that period of
WV should we think It the greater exhibi-
tion OF the Godhead 70 obscure, eclipse, or stop
tie sun. than to give the sun power to roll It's
golden chariot through mid-heaven every day,
without stopping, without Varlalion9 We sigh
hing is full of the power of mi races. preaching
cod as eloquently as in the ancient deeds OF the
A{r,fgbtv We are amazed at the putting forth
- mower at the marriage at Cana, when the
Em6dest water saw its God and blushed" Yet
.eveIy summer revives IT ten thousand fold,
onJ every ripening cluster exhibits the same
result from the same hand. - -, -,
tee'ation ofliIe in n peculiar manne by the hand
OF Moses, or at the glory of Christ, and yet the
same is occurring every day under our own eye,
in our own hands. The dust rises from beneath
mnr feet 10 move in our limbs and pulsate in
our hearts. The cold metals of the rocks are
continually taking vitality In our veins. Even
ciods from the field are daily being transmitted
INTO brains TO lead hosts and thrill the world.
Every spring-t time Is a resurrection more mag
nificent than the calling up OF Lazarus.
We wish for miracles to show us God, and yet
the age of miracles is forever here. We want to
see the ann OF Jhe LOrd, by the strength of
which as in ancient days, It formed as it
would when, N we but observe, we shall see
that Al is perpetually manifesting its power in
and ntound US with no less energy and with
results ns great ana wonderful, as when il placed
the stars or brought creation from nothing
Neither is there anything framed but with
the view OF declaring Gods eternal power and
Godhpad. Every day the handful of Sunbeams
cast around upon Us from The Unknown speaks
To us TO lead our spirits off in grateful and ad ..
miripp wonder of the Great Father of light
with whom there is neither Varlableness nor
shadow of turning" Every night is the open
ing of The Divine temple, with the beautiful
STARS set around its sublime altar, with balmy
music coming from celestial galleries to lift
mans soul into communion with the heavenly
worshppers in doing homage to the great Lord
of all.
ing touch of Gods fingers upon our eyes to shut
us into the solemn realm of the spirit-world to
impress ideas of life apart from the gross things
OF the body and earth. So everything-hills,
valleys, mountains, plains, forests seasons, his
tories, accidents, sickness, death, sorrows, ioys
societies-everylhing has voice for him VINO
will listen to it, spelling out continually that
awful monosyllabe-GOd; and every heart
throb, If it will listen, will be found to echo it
back again-"GoD."
And ever and anon, from world to world we
hear the echoing shout returning-"GoD," and
forever from the mighty soul of things pulsates
the same tremendous voice, speaking Cod
GOD GOD-foreVer and forever Conf whose
signs are great and whose wonders are mighty
AS God has manifested Himself in the innu.
merable foIms of life, and III the providential
power He exercises over us, man is equally
inclined 10 defy himself and usurp Gods place
People first forget God or get Him out of their
\ thoughts, and then seek TO put themselves in
His position. 1t was so with Nebuchadnezzar
/ and IL is so general that TO humble this vain
/ and wicked loftiness of man is, therefore, the
| next great intent oI the Almightys Divine ad-
ministratiOn concerning us.
IL was so in the case of the ancient idoators
| in which we have an example of what is true in
general. All history shows that it is Gods pur
! pose to bring down whatsoever eXalteth itsel
undulY. Our Lord baniShed Adam from Para.
| disc but for the reason that he was proud, wher
| Satan told him he was God. The floods swep
over the world, leaving it almost tenantleSs
| because the people refused to acknowledge
| higher ruler than their laws
Why was it Shinar was made the.scene of tina
| confusion which made the world Babel o
tongues but because they had sought to defy
| God, and build themselves a memorial which
the Almighty floods could not wash away? Ye
the minds OF men could never learn the lesson
but continued banding themselves up in pride
together, to set themselves up, and filling the
world with boastful imaginings and false glories
all giving the glory one TO another and eX-
halting self into the Creator Of things and
Hence came the fearful doings of God among
the idols of Egypt and the people of Canaan
when Pharaoh lifted himself up, saying, "WhC
| is the Lord that l should obey His voice? .
! And from the guileless babes doomed to de-
! struction one was picked out TO smlte the
naughty blasphemer, and call down judgmen
after judgment upon him, till all the grandeur
took wings from the bright empire, anu the
! waves of the Red Sea closed over the last o
Egypts glory.
Pharaoh Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, Alexander
! Cesar and others of other Kingdoms have on
! by one, come down from their nigh elevation
! like some great pines of the forest overthrow
by their own gigantic growth in struggling I
reach as high as heaven,
The reverend gentleman pursued this grea
! theme of Gods prOvidentlal exercise of Hi
| power through all lLs varied phases IN lie, AM
the manifold wondrous events which hav
come over this earthly abode, showing how Hi
hand guideth all things and shapeth events
which will rebound to His great glory as tn
sublime and holy creator of all. The preache
spoke also rof the manifestation of Hi
will in every small occurrence of life at tn
present time, no less wonderful and seeming
Strange than in the days when miracles wer
the astonishment of the ancient monarchs
showing that in life, in death, in health, II
sickness, in poverty, or wealth, in joy or sor
row. all phases which are common with th
existence of humanity at the present day
God isIcontnually sbaping,themlas He sees bes
ana in which, in the most minute particular
if examined closely, the miraculous working
are as wonderful as in days OF old.