The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-03-10
Divine Services.


bell preached at the above church. His
text was Rom. 9Th chApt. 28th verse:
"And we know that all things work to-
] gether for good 10 them thai love God,
to them who are the called according to
to His purpose"
Motion seems TO be one of the primary
laws both Of mind and OF matter The
whole Gnlverss of God is IN constant
motion. 'Anthings work" Our mind,
the spiritual part of our nature, accord
ing to the most profound metaphysicians,
20 never in state of rest. Even during
the moments of our profoundest slum-
bers, when we are unconscious of all
around US, and when our thoughts fail
10 make any impression on our memor-
les, the mind is still supposed TO con-
tinue its ceaseIess activities. Matter,
too, is never in state of absolute rest.
| IT may be in state of rest in respect TO
other matter around it, but all is moving
on together. Our earth is moving round
the sun with almost inconceivable ra-
pidity. The sun, with all our planetary
system, is revolving around some other
great centre. All the heavenly bodies
are in motion and all move with great
rapidly; and, on our earth, scarcely
anything is in state of rest even in re-
lation to the things around 1t. In the
vegetable kingdom everything is either
growing up or Wondering to decay.
Nothing remains stationary. This is
true, not only of the flowers which
spsing up and bloom and fade away with
such rapidity that they are regarded as
a fit emblem of change and decay, but
of the mighty oaks which have braved
the storms and tempest for centuries
They are never stationary. Either con
slant growth or constant decay mark
their condition The very rocks be-
meath Our feet are said to be constantly
mcaldertng away, whilst others are
forming to take their places. The at
mosphere is in constant motion, no calm
is so great as to bring it to a state of
perfect rest Vapors are constantly ris-
ing from the earth or descending thither
in the form of rain or dew. The streams
of water are all hurrying on in their
ceaseless courses to the mighty ocean,
and even there they are not brought to
state of rest The ocean is never still.
It's waters are constantly. heaving and
swelling. Nor is any being of the ami
NAL kingdom ever in state of perfect
rest. However profound their slumbers,
there is constant respiration and circu-
~ g 81, nd
the organs Of the body necessary to the
support of life, discharge their allotted
functions The life, too, of all orders
Of angelic beings, and of glcri1ed hui
manity as it exists in the presence of
God in heaven, is life of ceaseless &C
tfvity Al things, both animate and In
animate, are in motion. IAN things
work" together, To the superficial OBJ
server there may appear to be much
clashing and confusion in the works Of
God and that the beauty and harmony
of these works have, to some extent,
been marred by the Introduction of sin
into the world cannot be denied. But
the unity of the whole is unimpaired-
all things are moving on in delightful
harmony to the accomplishment of Gods
grand and glorious purpose in the saliva
ton of man. The untutored savage can
see evidences of the accomplishment of
a purpose only in the individual object.
He docs not discover the laws that bind
the whole creation together in one har-
monious system. He sees design Ia the
adaptation of the eye, the ear, and the
other parts of the human body to the
purposes for which they were intended.
He sees evidences of design in the sun,
moon and the stars; in the sea, the winds
and the rain; but his traces of design ex
tend only to the separate objects Of ma
ture, without discovering the ties that
bind the whole together into system.
To his mind constant warfare is car
ried on between it's different elements.
He sees the flower, refreshed by the
dews of night, withered and scorched
by the sun of the coming day. He sees
the lightnings of heaven shiver the oak
that the earth has been nurturing into
its bosom for ages, and the tempestuOus
winds lashing into fury the waves of the
ocean. He sees no unity in the govern
ment of the world, hence denies the uni
ty of God. 1t belongs to man in a more
advanced state, aided by revelation
from God, to discover the links that
bind together the different objects of
nature as parts of one concordant sys-
tenn, presided over by one supreme in
telligence. The whole creation of God,
all worlds and all systems, and all ra-
tional and irrational beings, from the
Hottest angel to the most insignificant
insect, and all those subtle agencies and
influences which pervade the universe,
accomplish the will of God, and all those
events of whatever nature that happen
to man-all his sickness and suffering
and bereavements-all his troubles, tri-
ais and cares-as well as his prosperity
and happiness-all work together; all
are parts of one system and all are tend
ing to accomplish the purpose of an Al
wise God, &c.
Want of space compels us to leave out
a great portion of Mr.. Campbell's ser
mon. He preached one hour and ten
minutes. Services closed in the usual
manner.
General News.