The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-29
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asked the preacher in the cars last week, sDo you
the child 81 God" ''Do you believe in predestina
SHow do you reconcile themsn II don't. / be-
lieve that II love God He foreknew It, and II He
ioreknew It He knew that al the universe would
and so He VIII CALI and II obey the call shall be
Justified. and If ! remain justified until called
He then went on TO show how all things worked
together for good TO them that love God; first, in
the discipline. We are not born for PAIN or
pleasure, ease or work, success or failure. We are
born TO be conlormed to the image OF His son.
contemplate Himself in Jesus. You 90 into
house and find In every Photographic album IN the
parlors the dining room, the chamber, the onices,
how that man Is loved IN that household. God will
ill heaven with the hkenesses OF Jesus. These
llkenesseS must be superior and have the substance
OF spirit. There must be some process by which
this is accomplished. That process Is begun by
placing spirit in the midst OF all things. But
then the process does not so on unless the indi-
ydual love God, and does go on long as he loves
God.
The preacher described the process OF plating.
The substance to be plated IS put in a solution
and an electric current passed through. so long
as the electric current Is continued the process
goes forward. stop 1t, the process stops. Re-
establish 1t and the process recommences. God
had predestinated that state OF affairs in nature.
The laws necessary had been established from all
eternity, but the substance would not be plated,
although submerged in the solution, unless the
electric current were established. Nor will all
things work together for good for US II we do not
love GO0
Then it was shown how love for God unlocked
the treasures OF the universe and put them to the
use OF the lover OF God. You go into barn and
come out ana tell me you have seen Eothing. 1
say, "Whatl no silver, nor gold nor jewels ~
mo" Then l take you IN ana with q little key
press on spot on a black wall, marked with
cross. great door dies open. You piles of
vessels OF silver, deliberately chased. Then put
the Key in another place IN the rough black wall
and there Is displayed shelf on shelf
OF JEWELS AND PRECIOUS STONES.
Then take you into the cellar, so dark that you
have to grope your way You nothing. put
the little key INTO ward OF little lock and sud-
denly 1000 gas jets are all ablaze. You piles
described In the ARABIAN Nights Entertain
which shows US the treasures of the universe.
The Doctor then described little boxes, black
boxes, one Of them Just large enough to hold
babe but when the key OF Gods love was placed
In 1t opened and displayed treasures OF grace and
providence
LOVE Is POWER
IL harnesses the steed Of the universe to the
CHARIOT OF the Christian. Caesar, in moment OF
transcendent pride, said, ''The world was made
for Caesar" The Christian, in moment OF
supreme falth says, "All things work together for
good 10 men,
Before the sermon DR.. Deems made some re-
marks, showing that all departments OF the
Cnurch OF the strangers were IN better working
order than ever before, and expressed gratitude
TO all the gentlemen in office who had been SO
faithful through the winter, and announced that
the church would be open all summer.