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ions Of lsw-.nd would Decom. the expressions

,l.na Of l.w-and would become the expressions
TNs existence Of onris, in his personality isss
well proven N that OF Julius Cesar and the fact
uf his resurrection from the dead u as well sub
stentiated a. that Nero nddled while Rome burnt.
In law wo seek ever for fact, not opinion, and
we argue tho truth Of human testimony from
circumstance, character and qualincation--i. g.
sense capscity.ny which the possibility o.
II Ia with the testimony TO the miracles of Christ
| they were not performed at night nor IL the
presence OF a chosen few, but In the face OF the
the enemies OF Christianity admitting the facts,
but trying to account for them by sorcery. Inc
witnesses were unsophlsiIcated men, not
| aciuAted by any wish to believe In ChIists resur-
rection, and In the case Of doubtlng Thomas re-
fusinR TO believe withost ocular tangible PROOF.
30 that Chrlsts personal existence "a estaollsheu
on the highest platform OF human testimony.
Hume The historian, said u Is more likely that
men should have lied than the miracles should
have occurred. While this v sceniingy -, We
admit that all testimony can't be false, though
some testimony has been untrue. The charnc-
ter OF the witnesses as alluded TO makes u i'm
possible 10 dlscrodt them unless all testimony
Is false.
Science bcfriepds tho truth Of miracles In that
u has proven the universally OF law, prccludine
any objection that there may have been ,me
It has been objected that belief IN miracles
lars with mans confidence In nature. This u
only theory, and one which facts controvert;
10, In Christian =, nations 10 which arc INC grcs,
md also the greatest number OF believers IN
miracles. Belief In miracles implies no imper.
iection IN nature; There Is an iInpcrfcr.lon, on,
II is In man, not In nature, for by the fall OF
man miracles were made necessary.
The end Of all miracles Is man, In his greatest
possibilities, intellectually, .socally and nat
urally, and II was by these that Inspiration has
been given 10 his noblest efforts, and all things
made TO subsst for his fullest development as
the lowest order OF vegetation is made TO nonr-
But, In conclusion, wo afllrm that were the
record OF the miracles rejected as untrue the
divinity OF Christ this Goi-Man would still live,
cred influence he has ever cxerted upon the
character and lives OF men, and We would cling
10 him rs the one all In all by whose merits We
have the only hope Of eternal life.
on Saturday evening, al 100 O'Clock, q reunion
lovcfcast was held at llamline, and was season
Of great religious zeal and enjoyment.
On sabbath morning. at o'clock, the large and
prosperous Sabbath school held its rrst session
10 the new church.
At II a. m. Rev. 4. q. Andrews, one Of the
board Of bishops OF the Methodist Church,
preached 10 an oseriowlng congregation from
Matthew x:a9 and 30" Are not two spafrows
sold for farthlng and one OF them shall not fall
on the ground without your; father; the very
hairs OF your head are all numbered"
SERMON or BISHOP ANDREWS.
The discourse was upon tho subject Of Cots
OF the sermon.
Tho doctrine Of Goi's special providence Il as
simple, clear and emphatic In the pages Of the
Bible as that Of his general supervision OF the
affairs OF men. Even the sparrows are sustained
and taken account OF by God, while the hairs OF
the head OF man are ranked, registered and num-
bered, rs u for Identification
The general properties OF Coda supervision
over mans affairs as nations aud races Ia recog-
nized by many who deny this watchfuluess over
the minute details OF our personal lives. We
hold that the latter M niurh aubtegta of
thanksgiving and supplication on tho part OF
man as the former. This Is Illustrated In many
Psalms Of David, which breathe In all their seu-
tinents OF tho particular and special guardian
snip OF God. 30 In the New Testament the spar
rows, the liliies aud the gras, are used TO Vpify
Gods special loving care OF his people. In It's
epistles we are exhorted TO he careful for moth
Ing, and assured that all things shall WORK to-
gether for our good.
This providence Is no more plainly taught In
these outward expressions OF Gods caro- than In
the moral good and evil with which God Ia ever
identified, melting the spirit Of the good and up
possible, defeating It's purposes, aud egulsting
the method by which II expresses itself In the
world, furnishing the atOnement as well as the
punishment for sin. 10 all Of this the Bible is
particularly Gods book Of special providence,
| exciting In us practical personal faith In this
providence. But to believe In general, all-pre-
vailing providence implies belief In q special
providence, the latter being hut q part OF the
former, and the former but an aggregation Of
the numberless occurrences Of the latter, Just q,
| all great evenb are made up OF and dependent
| on an infinite number Of particulars.
Many OF the greatest events OF rational as wei
/ as individual life have hinged upon slight ant
small occurrences which have been enormously
instanced tho assassination OF Cesar, he dis
| coyery OF America by Columbus, Nc. 80 evLden
y this that we unhesitatingiy determine tha
| there Is either
SPECIAL PROVIDENCE on NONE AT ALL
This special providence Is entirely compatibi,
with the reign OF law. In this reign OF Law
either all matter Is perfectly dead inert, or els,
u has some original elemental force by which Il
tends to some definite result.
IL the former Is true, all the changes In histor
are due TO the fact that great divine law is Civ
ing force. and In this view everything Is . spe
cial act OF Divine Providence, and the only ques
ton is, why God works by such laws upon liner
matter. lie has made matter the scarolilng I,
huild up minds, and he has ordered all ttes
forces 10 be abiding In order tha. we may bull,
up civillsatlon and character.
dowed with certain elemental forces by which II
| works to Its results, Is it proof that God dom
work In these forces anil by them7 God cat
destroys the power OF cohesion In rocks ant
mountains by the use OF gunpowtier. God eau
certainly touch the machinery which he hss
eas N NJ granS los spe
The doctrine Of Gods special providence Is the
only one which depicts his grandeur. Il lin no
/ btusc Dtuttlts oOu 10 care IOr the tnlngs winch
| he has made, even the most minute ID detail
| IL Is merely human distinction TO suppose
that God exercises general and not special
proyidencs n r over man Es,ions and races are
care for one and not for the otherf As are the
| Rocky mountains to the universities than q
crease on the orange peel-so Is material crea-
kind Of q God does the belief In him and dlsbe-
lief In his special providence prcsupposeY Some
thing Ike the emperor OF Russia, ruling over .
bSs % siynS 4, See aas nsds
| inccs. So you suppose God gives general princi
pies OF government, but refuses tn he hardened
With the special affairs Of mem Thisis equally
| unintellgent and unjust to him who nils all the
earth with the plenilude OF his power and love,
and while he marshals the march OF empire,
stoops to paint the wing OF each butterfly an<
tint Of every flower. lie knows man afar on .
darkness as In the light. We glorify God by ad-
| hitting him to the centre Of all human affairs.
The doctrine OF Gods special providence Is
ligion cannot exits, FOR relig is Converse with
God.' Man may lie honest and conscientious,
but not religious, II he dlsbelieyes the special
providence OF God. We might as well pray to
an engine In which our clothes have become en-
tangled TO stop It's progress as TO pray to God
who has simply set the universe In motion and
len u 60. i is essential to life Of devotion to
Christ that ne be our help In time OF trouble, to
know that the Lord Is our shepherd.
From these considerations we draw two de-
dnctlons-the duty OF contentment and an I'm
pllcit trust In God. II IL ours To 20 forward
doing our duty, making sacrifices and counting
i Joy 70 help on Its Cause, and trusting In him
LOT the supply Of all our wants and special
guardianship In life's pefils.
Al the close Of the discourse Rev. II. ]. Ives,
D. d., announced that the entire cost OF the
church, nniste and furnished, II 80 900, while
Dut tls.vp OF tbs amount has been provided for,
leaving tsiJ1o 10 be raised. This amount was
a,ked Tor, and In thirty minutes about twenty
nye thoasznd agiiArs we're pisdged, leaving the
ehufen entirely free from monetary obligations.
ne entire collection sxs niznzzei By Dr.. Iyes
10 the sersfal hisisTJr1l fkefrhes of tbls
church. benetDfors p1blsbef, II has been
atnittoo 70 state mat Is-r. =. ~. Hoover vas iis
SECOND pastor, and did iD1sh % b1iid up ths
presenf s,fpuT oguEfessiiDs and Ineini,errhip.
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