Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-22

moved the trouble, for his expression
was SO to the question that had per-
picked the Assembly, that it was at
once accepted as all that was required
1t was Gods Spirit that guided the
mind of that divine and gave him Lam
guage that was acceptable to all others.
So 1t YVES with Job. 1t was Gods
Spirit bearing testimony with his spirit
that caused him to exclaim in the Lam
guage OF the text, sc | know that my
Redeemer liveth."
The Introductory was itself a jewel,
aud a most fitting prelude to the SER
mon proper, which our space admits TO
the brieiest notice only.
l The FACT OF JOBS KNOWLEDGE.
What led that God-fearing aud God
lcving man to so positive declaration
All the circumstances, when viewed
from a human stand point, were caleu-
lated to unsettle a mind as to favora-
Bile termination of the troubles that
surrounded Job, and inspire with inf
deity. What was it that maintained
him 1t was
lst. The Spirit of God. 1t was the
! Spirit of The Creator of all the uni
verse and the great Judge of earth
that upheld job. The things of time
and sense were as nothing to rende. sat
is:aeuon when compared to the Spirit.
Its communion with his spirit was the
faci Of his knOseItdge. 1t was
End. HIS suffering. Jobs suffering
was of the IL, S; excruciating character.
He suffered in body, of disease, in
mind, for the loss of friends, for the
loss of property, for the loss of every
thing that the world in It's worship Of
itself esteems worth having. Astute
men Of the world had believed him a
righteous man, aud why be had been
thus stricken in personal health, in fam
lily, in property, they could not under
stand. Job himself could not reason
to conclusion why be was thus unfor-
tunate. he felt that the sshand of God
had touched him. in way that put
him in a most unfavorable light before
his fellow men but, having Gone no.
thing without first asking the sanction
of the Spirit, an abiding faith, that was
more conso.ing than the possession of
health, worldly friends, or property,
was always with him, and bore him up
when natural dependency would have
crushed him. Knowing that he had
pursued the right as he he understood
it, by daily recourse TO prayer, and
through it communed with Gods Spirit,
he felt no guilt, more than the natural
guilt that attends all men, and be real
ized that he was in the hands of Goo,
and that al, his suffering was to attend
some wise purpose of Providence which
was yelled from human eye, and which
human wisdom could not comprehend,
and under the strongest tests, such as
caused the earth to appear like a
"whlted sepulchre," be exclaimed, /
know that my Redeemer livetb, and
that he shall stand at the latter day
upon the earth" -"
III. The OBJECT OF JoB's KNowL-
EDGE.-Job had an object in the knowl-
edge that he was daily, and doubtless
hourly, acquiring and Strengthening by
spiritual communion, and physical suf-
fering. 1t was
1st. Il present sarior.-People Of
the world who believe they have COM
petence or fund laid away, or secured
for the day in which they no longer can
labor for their own maintenance oftimes
express satisfaction with their condi-
ton; but that was not the object which
Job sought. He was content and
righteous when property and worldly
competence seemed firmly secured to
him, but when it was all swept away.
be was content and righteous as before.
Prosperity was well enough if 1t came
through honest labor OF effort, but there
was more consolation to Job when in
communion with the Splrit of the Judge
of all the earth, than in acquiring
property, goods or merchandise of this
world. There is no saving virtue IN
them. His chief object was knowl-
edge of Gods Spirit. There is a saving
virtue in it. 1t is an erer present So
cior.
2nd jobs oJ;ecf pas 10 secure fu'
ture Judge.-The world had mlsjudged
him. From its contracted and limited
opinion be wished to appeal, and be
tried before a higher tribunal. His
object was to stand before the Creator
of the universe and Judge Of earth,
;usti6ed being. Before that object a.!