, 1877-01-29

bnt because. in making u, finite, trouble IN
various fnrns Is possible Y u.s. u y nnreaso1,-
abfc to suppose that GOD takes MP the threads
ttat evcr onr mistakes, our folaies, and nur
sins, through Tic Infinite mechanism derived by
III. almighty viii, rnny be made to serve some
Whether tho Ashtabnla disaster Is In any
| proper nense Of the werl special providence
In the mind OF God, wc mny well hesitate to
say; but That It Is 10 sor atstl me, and To thou.
me almost sclt-crtlcnt., The tleatl, .! Atr. bliss,
to Illustrate, has lifted Ills work, his hy1nne, and
tunes, Into peculiar prominence; VIC read tlle
orc sfs s' er '"S S7es1s s' rse is' Ts sas
hail. IT, And Saeasn easush Il te ne%sa s of as sse
tenderness thus excited manY hearts have been
nctlncd to a better life, and not q lew won 10
the Savior whom he loved.
II everything Is determined by tnhcndinE
law, then how eou1d human wisiont have made
hope through stlly Of what VIC rail- tho rau'c
OF tue lisa.tcr ever tn 10 The work my bcstcsi
Reilly. when VIC lit tho question of tho r.
dependent acton Of the human will out Of It's
metaphysical rctntione, nntl out nt tito tEoE-
tnatis,n ot socaIlcd SCIENCE, and look At IL fro1n
tho stle OF o,,r experience nothing Is inoru cyl-
tlett than that me prrsnn's life changes tic
quality of anothcr prrson'a life; and that We
arc continually altering o,r plans and changing
our purposes as wc meet With new experiences
am nsfsaadel that Tie many conceive What
the work ri supernatural fact Implies. Tho
grand revelation Of tod Ia III Snturc. Dr. nusll-
nell nobiy says, "Nntuec Is t,e realm Of things;
the supeFnasurali: !: the realm Of powers. There,
keep returning. Here ths grand liic-cnptre Of
tuini, Ap.fctv truth, liberty, and holy govern.
mcnt spreads ttscif in tile view, unfolding a.
ydn,,. IN changes Tsss' various aud a''l'c'y
Tlicsc arc Qntl's two realms. "1n the ono tho
order ia superficial md palpablc. III the other
II T. deep as eternity, niysterlolis anil vast"
NE s,'a as g a t. a nsn S S0 not tsssns wasto a@ yr
strength III tfe yain attempt to explain the 1T.
cxpIteahlc. There arc times in the LIVES Of all
when things seem to e., wsong nnl when cyil
iic[ in the experimenting agency Of wise autl
beneiiccnt tod Il aonu adequate TO sustain US.
Faith III tho providence Of tia IL the good mans
na s;, s1t Sa n1 i ;ioos cr IhS tnrs s.fg Gsaa
god III thc worl,l. When our 1.eTd
lfS s.s, sst"on on ,,la tno Mount Nj a,., ELL:
thought for tic morrow, hut to be trstlul anl
believing, He states the great doctrine ut hut
man tIcpcmlc,ce and q divine caFc, SO tflat the
essential truth wlIicl, lie tcachca Is co.precr,-
t,i rare IL oyer tic wnfkl; In some way His ear
is open to these pica,l;rgs OF the soul, in some
way our He touches Ills aud His lilo includes
ours: ,-.-.-, 49,,
When the sun is over our hcat's md the skyls
filled with l'ia gory, no other heavenly body Is
visible. But when TIC King of DAY rctircs
in the west, mud partial darkness Ia spread over
hull been hidden III the lt0ht Of tic sun. Some
1T yel, who III ar INC speak know whit this fact
in nature Illustrates In human llIc. Ihe prom
comfort una success; aud it is oily when thse
SIN Ot orr hope goes dowl,.-only whcn sono
sadow comes over the home anil thu lvart,-s'iut
" ars nllc +, behold The CITY Of G9d to sec g,
iulo tho iaru II the blessed Christ as lie sittctll
mt tho right hand Of lod.
| sorr'w has LIS mission, md God, ,hc AZ
Patiently working rs strength Is given u.,
hopefully relying us tho light falls along our
nntnway, may VIC carl, Of us, whatever our
earthly lot, enjoy the consciousness Of Gods
daily care, and feel that He IL nut simply uod
to obc worsIIlpcd. but Father TO DO loved.
| CHRISTIAS EXPERIENCE.
srANoH nr TIE l.Ev. 0ALUsitA ANDERSON.
The Rev. Galuslla Anderson, pastor OF the
Second baptist Church, preached tho folowlu 6
sermon on "ChEistlan Experience !" to large
congregation last evening:
"And the two dttcplcs heard Him speak. and
tbsy followed 5s.ns. <'-!ohn. t.. W ~.
An sa a1s' e tso the m sAT; @ and @ wsn fSsx 5 a
ln by the iau!, anl brought Inn Ia Dau,useus.
AMI r WIS three tnyA wltlOut FJEllf, nnu neither
did cat MIR drink. ."-.itft, IT,, H-u.
wish 10 tak to you tonight about Christian
experience. 1leto arc Two tnolIycs which lcatl
inc to do this. Frst, Baptist, perhaps, above
nl ptner 'aen sl,pnla ns nc4ua11,ted WIN lao
the Nov Testament us his only guide In tho
work A planting aud training Christian cllnrcL-
cs. llr finds tint au. apostuliI church was u
church utter tlils primitive pattern IL is called
upon therefore tu sit In judgment on thu Ecll.
ntucness oi the experiences o' cyery, person that
presents himself to Ills c!Iurrh for baptism uld
his sinnd to receive any pcFsun nsn ctlInl hhitG
for bapt!s!n wo docs not give cretllblc csEleuco
Of aarsng faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, uni Dlc
WHO has truly belIevci frd!n being bap. @
lizeA into Chr1st. In this one uct demanded
uf him hy his church there rests on him the
greatest responsibility y; and It brr0ncs HIN 50 tn
understand Christian experience tbat lle will
In the second pI;t.c. desire to help elass of
persons io,lhtl IL every Christian congregation
MAKE nj, optn protesson ol tIe.r laith in christ
lau they Hot fortu.d crrtAln crronc.Ius ideas "
Chrietlan experience. They have gathered thclr
1lutions from tic experiences Of otters. THEY
heard related, nor does It ac.ur,i
with THO standard which we have scl up fur OUT
pfstson All " sy s wa t III, sy.a l:
ht1lrlt Just such pcrhons aud lea,l thc,l, II, III
Decd, Qo, aas renewed their heaTts, 10 tell tho
btorv Of tllcr experience, and to nuke an optn
confession ut Their lnltl, III Christ.
And llrst, cal1 your attention TO this fact
tcsc are manifold llveEstles In Christian cypc-
rlcnce. We should bc led to expect tllis ffnn
analogy. ~ We find vaat variety IN all Of Gods
works. Thuro arc no tW0 trrcs Of the kalHu
species whie! precisely alike; aud thorc s,u
twu leaycs Ut the tostsk between which tyen All
. impractical eyc cannos discern. differences.
: Ilclo are no two blades Of Ernss that cyer grew
III the State Ut Illinois that were exactly alike.
. | No ut1u ever picked up two stoncs upon tho
| shore Of tlr uecau which wcEc exactly vullnter-
parts, M two clouds uScr loateu aIoug the sky
that presented the ealnc appearance " the be-
| holder. NOtxu hunseta ever E!0wed In tAa
| wrst TINT were Just uikG. No two stara ever
va,nc within tho sweep Of the astronomers
vision l,etwtet which there were not tnu,
fest differences TIE saino I. tr,se Of The
I human faye; two precisely aliile were never
, fund Yn,i blye seen those that strangely re-
srbel caril Other. yet there wcre t,roaI differ.