The New York herald., 1875-01-30

mind events OF their own history-patriotiztne
be struck with ali the prophets and psalms how
necessarily they WIND the thread or history with
God. We nave the God OF Aoraham and Isaac and
Jacob, and we have ''ihor that leadesr thv
people IKE iock,n referring 10 the God VINO
led them througn the wilderness; but we
thoughts ana feelings. God my God You
want the IN cnsIty OF TINS sense OF ownership 10
God. He was the Goa VINO established the world
the God tlat made the sea retire. the God Of the
nusoandinan aud shepherd The Coz OF all their
had an amplitude ana variety IN ASSOCIATION and
personal experience aud home thoughts that
maze he idea OF God ever familiar. We have
LORD GOD ALMIGHTY,
omniscient, omnlpotent, omnipresent-God, the
Father OF Jesus Cnrlst-and He is the God, too, OF
Abraham and Jacob ana Isaac; We don't care
about them; they were eminenty re-
spectacle, but they don't thrill US. and
we go on using those ola names be.
cause they once had living power. DO we ac
custom ourselves to lmitarion and make our GOO
appear to us as the ancient Hebrews did 10 themi
Tnerc Is want OF appropriation. the bringing
the name oi God dry and ara. | tnlnk IL we had
some tnug more 0rlenIai 1t would be more com.
Ioptag now lar tas shonla be empoyed Is
worship IL is likely to Ue mis- judged by the un.
trained mind bat IN mans own household there
would be II you were 10 give titles to Goa spring.
ing out OF the realization OF HIS feeling or
you suppose a man mad single child, IL does
nor matter that lie is much alone, he mas TINS one
little well out of which he IS 10 draw his water of
WE'LL suppose MIN 10 Ue diAluuS, the CHILD Is
railing he knows not what to 40; he Is IL poverty
and
DESTITUTE OF FRIENDS.
He kneels down ana says, 40 Lord God, God OF
Abraham ana Isaac ana jacob" Snail rebuke
nm on, no. 1t is not so great a lault. But
suppose ne should say, 20 God OF my darling
GIRL o God. who gave her 10 me four years ago!u
don't you suppose 1t would Drlng God nearer to
him +? ihe Old Hebrews took tner experience and
lie, put II high, anu IL SnOnc as his God. Seldom
do take what is earnest and loving and give
TO 1t human and personal SOUL giving titles
which shall identity God with US. ) SeldOm do we
express what Is meant b. the term Emmanuel
God with u.s. There must DC times when he Seems
OF God and tue using OF His name, bear IN mlna
that which brings him nearer. All these elements
not to be feared as irreverenr out are to make
him uearer. God Is not SO great thar he has for.
gotten ne IS lather
= Here air. Beecner gave a space for remarks and
a brother sad :--"lt seems to me we want U per-
SOnal God and think the reason we nave not
Is because we have got q smattering OF science.
Is 1t science tnat Is detrimental TO our Spirit.
ual nature ana can you explain 1t ?" Mr.. BeecneI
sad :-'Well, you area physician, and you know
that If man was led Oh 1000 which did not sup
ply him with lime for bones here is that in hO
nature which would crave for line, so II a
man has Deen cheated in regard to one element,
there Is that In him whlcn revenges Itself. Thus,
II you take away from religion cneer!ulness there
will certainly be rebound You take notice
when Quakers j0in other churches 1t Is ALWAYS the
Episcopal or Methodist Church.
Ii you make the New Jerusalem like a city, not
OF twelve gates, but Twelve hundred, so that one
cannot think of God without finding himself over
one OF the gates, you vii! find the advantage.