Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-10-02
/ uT IA" deacon.
DOTS ON TEMPERANCE,
No. ..
WcSSrS. EdHors.

UcSSrS. Eddor<:
1t was shown in "Dots No. s" thai
the presence of our God and his sol
Jesus Christ perrade universal nature
The same must Of necessity be true
of the Holy Spirit, as the three
persons in the adorable Trinity are
equal in every essential perfection
and attribute.
What saith the Holy oracles
know We not that We are the temple
Of God and the spirit of God dwelleth
in you :" 1t is here explicitly taught
that the spirit of God takes up his
residence in every renewed heart, to
renovate and prepare it for his pcrma.
nent abode, shining forth from its
windows upon lost world, demon.
strating the mysteries of salvation, as
the elect of God are being washed in
the blood of the Lamb an | polished
by his own hand, to be placed in that
spiritual cdiiice destined to be the
admiration of the heavenly choirs as
the last stone is placed upon it amid
the chanting of that glorious anthem
of "Grdce, craze, Grdce, Wnto II -
Gods spirit must he present every.
where to carry forward the purposes
of redemption, given us in Christ
Jesus before the world began On
the mountain top, capped with eternal
snow; in the valley, redolent with
the carol of the feathered songsters
yes, in every latitude, and under every
sun, wherever human being is found
lifting up holy hands before the mercy
seat, Gods spirit is there to beau,ify
and decorate these hearts for his own
habitation.
To make these demonstrations
still more clear, let us regard this
presence of the great God as embra-
cling the past, the present and the
future. His presence now in univer-
sal nature is proved by his sustaining
and preserving those panorama of
worlds revolving in their ordained
tracks, without a jar or the least
variations, since their circuits were
marked out by his hand Every
thing past was once present and there
fore known. If he forgets at that
moment he ceases to be God 1t
would imply change. In his holy
word be is declared to be the "same
yesterdag-to-ddy-ond .fOrerer."
Were it possible for him to forget
any Of our dark crimes it must for
ever disqualify him to be our judge in
the day of trial. His knowledge of
everything in the future is necessary
to his own happiness and the perpe-
tuity of his own throne. If his
glorious purposes concerning bis own
people rested upon any contingency.
and were there the least possibility Of
their being plucked out of his hands,
at that moment bis peace and security
is invaded and held in jeopardy by a
stronger power, and his throne must
of necessity crumble. We ourselves
cannot be happy only in the belief
that our Heavenly Father knows
everything that is to meet Us in the
future, and that he will so direct our
steps as that his own name is glorifed
and our "feet are kept from falling,
our eyes from tears and our souls
from death"
In all this astonishing presence OF
the great God, with all angels, men,
insects and atoms-from the tallest
seraph that lives in his presence to
the meanest worm that crawls beneath
our feet-be is present with each one
Of US, as if there existed no other
being in his vast dominions. 1t is
seen that it is impossible to escape the
notice and inspection of the God of
the universe. Let the perjured being
tremble as he sips at his jug-behind
The door. How contemplate this
creature in his regalia appears to the
eye of God the Father, God the Son
and God the Holy Spirit. On the
sly! Great God!! Hou impossible
hus to drink ,ohen the Omniscience
md The Omnipresence of Our God is
AIKEN auto the account. Listen to the
solemn declarations of the scriptures
For his eyes are upon the ways of
man, and he seeth all his goings"-
'For the ways Of man are before the
eyes of the Lord, and be pondereth
all his goings"-"For mine eyes are
lpon all their ways, they are not bid ,
rom my face, neither is their iniouity |
hid from my eyes" All yes! God is !
n the circle Of the tfpIer, in the |
1aunts of the gambler (; he is with us
1t every step we take in life inspect
ng our every act and pencilling them
lown for the assiZes of the Judgment. |
1t is possible, however, for this per-
ured one to drink on the sly so far
Is his brethren are concerned. What
ares he that Coils eye as iHterrier-
ing has octse lie joined the council /
rom some unworthy motive, and bis |
'niy aim is to enjoy his cups and
avoid expulsion. We leave this sip !
Der on the sly behind the door, with /
his jug, with the blazing eye of the |
God of the universe resting upon him. /
More anon. \. IL. NJ.
Alto, La, Sept'-lS75.