The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-24

beaves are thy throne and tho earth IL thy foot
fountain OF the mind. providing all things and
controlling all rtinds. No one can ind the place
where God Is not He Is in the meanderinR brook
no less than In the roaring cataract How tenderiy
comes HIS assurance that to the mighty ones
OF the earth does He show His countenance: s.but
to this one VIII look" He says. who Is poor and
ola oontrite spirit, and who Is courageous to do
THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD
regards all His creatures without distinction. Not
man alone, but the ephemera insect that Graz Wis
and prosectiop the WORKS Of His Sanss sa res
ceive His pro ectiOn, but 1t Is especially in human
affairs that we must look tor His care. Turn to the
very language or the text and see upon whom He
looks VII b regard and tendernesS-upon the poor
man. suffering with gaunt want at his door and
hunger In his domicile. Such man need not de-
spalr nor doubt the goodness OF God. Are not the
promises and assurances OF the Bible present to
his mind, that to such a one Will GOO look as well
as to him who IS or q contrite hearth He NAV be
brought down low by sickness or adversely, but to
such man Will God LOOK and upOn him who Is
courageous to do His word. We are ofttimes
tempted TO waver In our faith and to doubt the
competence OF our Father. Have you never iet sop
tIust God In such circumstances You have
had to stand the SCOTS and sneers OF the nfdel,
and wnen temptations OF an earthly nature have
courage to stand firm, recognizing the commands
OF Gods lawY We require this courage OF heart
is smiling around us, but when the sorrowing
days OF trouble, which no man escapes, come.
Then NAV we be able to say with the Patriarch
Job, Though He STAY me yet Will l trust in HIM.
We may profess the utmost faith In principle, but
1t Is only when we are tried that we know which
is the true metal and which the counterfeit. Then
1t Is that this
COURAGE OF HEART Is MOST NEEDED
TO help US to stand and do the Will OF our God.
And He demands this courage OF u.s. For be our
conditions what they NAV be God never turns His
eyes from U.S. but looks upon the poor ana the con-
trite. God never changes, but man is ever chang
ing: Brother may lit his hand against brother,
and all That Is dear may be swept away as In q
moment. but God IS ever the same. His eye
Is ever toward the poor and the con-
trite and those OF broken spirit, and He is full OF
compassion. And the more we are pressed down
the stronger Is His hand TO lit us up Mr.. Jacobs
gave an illustration OF this proposition in the ls
raeliteS at the Red Sea pursued by Pharaoh. God
was with them and inspired them with courage.
and they were ready TO march when he bade
Moses speak TO the children OF Israel that they go
forward. The great duty of lie Is to go forward
In obedience to the divine command. In our per-
sonal experience have we not mad seasons OF sor-
row when we found that God was nigh In His ON
impotence and in His omnisciencey Let us, then,
be firm in the lalth and give heed to the text. Mr..
Jacobs then onered few words OF eXhortation
and advice 10 some young persons who had oeen
admitted to Ba1-nattzOGh OF the congregation (Sons
OF the Covenart,, and closed with a very compre-
hensive extempore prayer for blessings upon the
homes and families OF all represented there.