The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-06
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list. In our preservation. DAVID
saws in the los Psalm "WhO redeem
eth thy life from destruction: Lie
is a blessing to the sinner and to the
saint-to the sinner because 1t afIcros
him AN opportunity Of repeHsing,
and to the saint because IT. enaDiss
him to became more holy II aDunu-
ant in good works, and this increases
his eternal reward.
(a) We are surrounded with the ell
ements of destruction Man is very
feeble compared with the mighty
agents around him. We live AMID
cold and heat, water, vapor ana hfe.
storms electricity; any II OF
which is sufficient 10 destroy our Dody
in a moment. 1.-TWO young men, one
a Christian and the other a skcptlc,
travelling through Swltzefian1.
walked along the brow of u steep cliff,
c~onversina Of the Providence of God.
81 should not be willing to NV an
other day" said the Christian earn.
estly, If l could not oelfeve thaI
the Almighty directed my steps. l
have no anxiety, for l trust His un-
erring guidance; no circumstance Is
too trifing for his control" Inc
other replied. II control nfyseh.
See here" And he paused TO y
| stone down the steep precipice; "Did
the Lord direct that pebble See
| this lonely tree standing 50 near d
edge: do you suppose God ordained
| II should grow Just i'll that spot!
| Some traveller threw the seed; did n
| Almighty decree just where it should
fall and take root? He threw II
arm around q limb of the tree and
leaned against the trunk for his COM
panion to reply. The soil began to
crumble and, before he could move,
| that part Of the bank had fallen upon
the rocks below. Only his arm
ayesnd the Tres and onc foot upon
the Store where It partly rested saved
his life. For All instant both stood
motionless. Then the Christian fell
upon his knees in prayer. The skep-
tic came and reverently knelt beside
him. Silently they arose and resumed
their Journey. God himself had re-
piled to the skcptic. He was thereby
Influenced to give his heart to God,
and beeSme . devoted minister OF the
gospel. 49,.
6) And then there are manifold
diseases ready to seize upon every
part and tissue of our frames, upon
the brain, membranes, the lungs and
organs of respiration, the heart aud
blood vessels, stomach and various
organs of digestion, the skin, bones
and nerves. These arc all subject to
MANY diseases. from q great variety OF
causes. 1t is a constant repelling OF
destruction which bcsieges us like q
beleagucring army ard tries all posi-
BILE u to make n breach in the cit
adel of life.
(c) Then we walk in the midst OF
accidents, in the house, in the streets,
from instruments OF business,
while travelling by land and by sea;
By the carclcssness of ourselves and
others and the violence of dumb ami
mails or the force Of material impulses.
The wonder is, how we can live in so
frail q body--in such o dangerous
world. God preserves us by the in
terposAioa 81 Ills mcrciful .provi-
e.ence. instanccd in the case Of Daniel,
the three Hebrew Children, Elijah,
and Lsthcr. When John Bunyan
wa a soldier I've was drawn out for
sentry duty. One of his comrades
was anxious TO take his place. He
went. and was shot dead. John Wes-
Icy, when a chia1, was only preserved
from burning. Almost the moment
after he was rescued, the roof of the
house where Nc had been fclfin. John
Knox was always wont to sit ut the
head ofthe table with his back to the
window. On one particular evening,
without being able to account for it,
he would neither himself sit i'll the
chair, nor permit any II else to Dc
cupy his place. That very night a
bullet was shot in nj the window
purposcly to kill him il grazed the
chair in which he usually sat and
made a hole In the foot of the candl c
! stick OH the table.
I'd Provisions.
David says in one OF his Psalms: who salts
freth thy mouth with good things, SO thy youth
Is renewe,t like the eagles?' In q world OF such
clashing interests, where 80 many are 10 be fed,
where man iss selfish and generally aims at
neighbors, where cneirles are 50 malevolent and
revengeful. where we Ih.et with . variety oil
disappointInenfs, yet God nrSs q way TO ieed US
all, and gives Us not only the necessaries, but
the conycnienccs and comforts OF life. The
sights which present themselves 10 the eye as We
look abroad ON the face OF the earth are In them
selves strange sights. 1t is the experience We
I have, the confidence that We repose in nature
laws, that makes il at all rational to reclaim The
groand, to till il, and 10 scatter over II the SEED
3nthinkingly and undryoutly Us We may often
watch these processes, God is In them. and In
them We may hear Him speaking, let the
earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,
aud the fruit tree yielding fruit; and the earth
brought forth grass, and the herb yielding seed
and the tree yielding fruit. and God saw that IL
was goods, His superintendent, care and con-
trul cxtentt all His creatures. lie works every
moment in every part OF our world, moves every
atom, expands every leaf. erects every tree,
breathes In every wind, thundcrs inevery storm,
emptics the volcano, heayes the ocean and shakes
the globe. Everc melton of inanimnie an ami
mate nature is known and directed by Him: "He
maketh u decree for the ram and u way ior ths
rise upon the evil and the good" The care oil
Divine Providence commences with our birth,
and continues throughout eternity: "lt Is moi
In man that walketh to direct his steps. What h
casual to u.s." says Charnock, lis ordained by
God" ';The sky was dArh.and cloudy.
The sun had set, and no moon or stars vera seer
as sailal q vessel OF the coast of Devon. The
storm wind howled, the mighty ocean boiled IL
fury, and waves like floating mountains moved
along. The masts We're broken and the ship cap
sized. The captain and the mate were In thu
cabin The storm ceased. and the sea was calm.
The compressed air Within prevented the vessel
from sinking, aud saved these men from death
The morning sun.shone brightly, and ITS glori-
Gus image was reflected from the deep below
but the coDpressedair was foul, and breathing
became difieult. The mate took his knife Il
cut u hole 10 iet the compressed air out, no
knowing the nature Ut fluids, and that air, lou
Us it was, Wa, the only Thing that kept the boa
| from sinking and saved him and his companion
from immediate death. He worked hard ant
earnestly, till the light WAS seen through tn
thin board remaining to be cut. His heart wa
| fuiliof joy. One more effort said he, and all d
done. The knife broke" lie sat down In de
spair and mourned the broken knife, till the fol
lowing morning he and his companions wer'
rescued. But, says n vain philosophy, this wa
mere chance; while thr Christian. sees in 1T q di
/, vine interpretation IF Gods providence: Their,
I is unhappily IL spirit abroad In the world whicl
seeks to separate The God of nature from the Go,
! of revelation; and there Is another class who be
Z LEW. In fhp pNiSfeuc. uf n tod. but who den,