, 1874-06-15
mako Providence only m intormittent force,
leaving lis at times with Father, and at tin1oa
orphans or Atheists In faot

It always Hoemod a. llun,apizlng Of tho 1nf,nito
Ono to Imagine Him as having oneo hold n
eroa oa1y nse @ syn 5 an paaaed aaoroes pGe IN
GarklnE each coming thing or ovont as having
there liked tho fato OF ovory infant for Joy or
grlof a. there having wovon an iron not-worlt
KILL ~ iaso lnto "hlGn coming W9llab Monlu ~ as
brtia INTO not. THAT tho Bible THUS speaks OF
uoa 10 evident, nut 80 the Dlblo roproaonts God
ab havlnE hanas aha 1oot, anu aa growing angry
ana 1ohlouhi nohco " ls eo'notlMoa ui1nestlt
10 alscoVer "hnre tl!o ltmahizang Oh tod
coaaes, and tho real Petty shinog forth. speak-
Tldea up lnto ohochs, n ono OF WHICH 1le began
10 KNOW What Ho "onla 10. aha IN ahothor OF
Mhlen uo nogan to p Keop tue promise p@saed
opo ~ oio,ty nt o. mm A. ~ m4vng aong II
%aa Uoaoh hs the plao hohYofs carry tno!r etSfs.
Nut nolther OF these VioWs can 6c Established by
roasoI, necaasa you 10 beyond roasoh. hcnco
,. mG ieate thsn = nosn 70 gonr RerSonas misa; sno
ya.s. 90,
). Personally, prefer to feo1 TINT God is In all
times preBont alike: mud was no moro passing
uocroeB yesterday than Lilo tB passing thom to-
ever. The Lessons for the many arc thoso:
tod is everywhere equally present. His
method being TINT Of perpetual activity, ,'thero
can be no gticli thing az universe moving by
law while, 11o ,ssoops who set tho law III motion.
Il is only the stapor Ct savagcs TINT can
imagine MI inactive God. Tho primo quality OF
mind il activity; md, hence, tho laws OF the
universe must bo only the pathH along
which the supromo Mind is acting
tl!e rnnteria naedica of His wish.
That very network Of law which HoemH to sl,-
porsedo tho idea Of n personal Gou with MANY,
has been given to reveal spirit which not other.
wise could my mortal detect: Let It DO assumed
tint YOU mud could ox!ss without this great e1-
!erna1 world. Made as wo arc, thore is no point
OF contact botwevn liz aud mn omniprosont Hpirit.
We could not hear, nor 500. nor touch M infnito
soul. God would bo wholly unsearclable. Be-
tweon mill anu what wo call spirit an impassabe
gulf rolls. 1t may he, therefore,, TINT tue exter
nal world, with all its. forms and lows il nothing
clso t,nn tho spiritual God, expressing Himself
In visible. and audible, and tangible forms,
eaeF n aSr e1oo 1t our u sos so s Dsp s @
tint makes myriatls Of coors, the sound that is
divided mp into music, tho eig mud dcptI, That
are onlblens to uH Of intntY, tho grandeur of
the BtAr dcptha and the millions OF yoarH con-
slln,od In their orbits, n,ay MI bo tho ladders
upon which our humble feet can climb to any
belief i'll q God. Tho laws Of Tho universe, In
stoad Of conccaling n God, do indoed give Til
one, for they aro tho footprints Of ono whose
cato wiro OF Franklin revealed an agcucy Of
which ho llnl only dreamed, "a it became n
.lacob'b ladder upon which tue invisible angel
cano down from tho clouds, 10 tho whole mater
God bulHt from lis invisible spirit -poraon ont
upon tho sight OF Eis children. IIonce tho lnws
Of nAtlto aro not Indications that tl,cro iB no
uoa, OF tnat tleTo olee Mas, put 1aoy nro tho
p!nees atsa Inc ~, t'mca WHERE "a wnoh thss
cfpa' sf cn9} 9 e col0asos n 5 at ,u 81 s, mt
tne woId ,,"ns, at1 tay nnsl ioel thas our
nntneT ia; 10 's catlea tinl llln - Waht nor
tno y ehal1 nc' but tno nm, anu out OF
tts @ "oiln,lom m H., "o my ns;. MrM o ~ ,eot.iE tnas
eaon nour %e SG, VIC Mo tcl'os''' III 1ho ast's
u tl's lnlln,so Hlie''a.
Aafunlne thon tEat TIC harrlnesa md glory
OF mo troator hsr ionf1a N continuous events
,am wa,cn NJ .sG @ Ine Luz IL ao, auot :" etno"a aov@e1 @
HE'LL nu s'a. 10 ~ pleson. ~ ~ aeoa ako'
LnGn gu ,sn !no 'esaonts ~ nn1"saa le IND li-
vara NV nv nwcra rom o nh a L. to Tora %
Ky a ,ne,, nS nnu mn afn,, '.G"s' ~ ~ noua
s,,.. , sn o''o II ntlu Her-
inme .''n az ah' froni m;l'o " a 1"n mavolny,
Mmen s,a s'e 4tueHo". w., , " sas npsesn a"u .ne
~ ~; ,o;, 'o ~ 1rev ,me,,roua to pua ,raHa
~ ;,'.o,, .rhnro t,,o ssi,,o frooao,n ~ shoaa
al ~ ioua rn,,,j I,o ~ ,',,,.l ma i",,
aa VI 4p'o io.," - 4t"" - ".1l,ii- 1so .i"ttS