New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-21
GODS NEARNEss TO HIS CREATURES.

TIE Aes LuitoP at the Collegiate reformed creh
At the Collegiate Reformed Church, at Fifth
ave and yesterday, the " James Lad
low preached from Psalms cxix; III; "Thou arr near
o Lord, and all Thy commands are true"
God is near the preacher SAIL in the that lie is
everywhere difnscd. in all His attributes and all
the funess OF Ills GOdead. God Is nearer to you than
the person who ss beside you in the pew, nearer even
than the body the SOUL for God Is in You aud you are
in Him. 1t is in Him live and move and have our
being God il in you ~ q physical power, and Omnpo
tent We hear % great deal Of talk In the
present day about a First Cause" We told how the
formed from chaos, and that this had its origin
in some cause that philosophers cannot explain. The
first cause promotes AMI pervades all the other clus
just electricity Ii ~ strong IN every member q"
circle il IL in the first, 40 Us God III eVeylng Coz
and paints the 0wer IN the Garden to-day jus, az rcahy
a. He planted Thai Hover and nDucd ii win original
life. God In Us truly the cause oi the circulation vi tc
propeng all the worlds throughout tie immensely OF
space. Gods power contracts your is 10 ana eAichs
created the worlds There II pm! seal sens. men,
in which God is near YOU Know 70 not That yonr
body is the temple of the Holy uhostP think Chris
tiis might oiten learn somet tang nom unheevng mem
We liable 10 forget ne G9d oi Nature whlle We bow
in this fesh while We think Of God the King ami the
Judge. We greatly need the idea Of God nannestinS
Himself In ply steal power.
AGAIN. 1i1d is near as an infinite mind well as
infinite power. What is the origin oi our own minds
some peculiar aclion the molecules OF matter of wicl
bodies composed just as fire may be produced
IL
No dream oriental po. in Ills highest hight Of fancy
could be- bdsecSs tAan TINS Inc nilnd tat burns
so brightly in H. is reflection vi tho Divine mud Inc
power Of thnhIng is something divine, ana THIS divine
mind reveals TO the secrets 81 our nature God near
lis in another and very impOrtant SENSE lie 10 near us IN
righteousness, holiness and truth He teaches the human
spirit instinct OF holiness and tnlt ~ the origin or
human Modem science REJECTS tho idea of
bcnc1een God II you Joss the Bible aside, You lose the
idea God Of love, and also cast aslc tat mighty Ill
hucnce you To Jesus. The Bible tells you al
Divine ana eternal comp niODshp Reject not Scripture,
them until you Oi what II pcrihiIy teaches
How shall realize the nedlIerS OF tins Dvihc
love which has redeemed and saved us Blessed are
the pure hea for they snail SEQ God" Keep yOur
minds aud lives III such Stale that you shall have Ia
desire for Gods presence, ana you wul then Had no
dlilculty in aiLnS IL. In all the vicssitrdeS
human experrnc,s want to near the still small voice.
God, ii lac comes, must la all His attributes ie
cannot come 10 you III love and tenderness without
searching of heart and when You want
God ia lis love- you must also accept Him Has clos:
ils pectiOn OF your heart The who gather
up this world himself Instead OF scattering IL around
for the good OF Others cannot know Him God O love
and kindness. In order realize this love, must
To Christ. Christ showed Himself 10 many before HIS
passiOn but during those forty days aferward Ia
but those beeyt Him before His death. In iis
risen power. God, Ilo also appears 10 many M these
days but only those who believe III Him eighteen
hundred years ago. He walked the earth. While Is
grOyclDg in his selsnDes lac can never set the beauty
Gods LOVING heart III you aic sell suniclcn God viii
come " help you.