The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-21
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

phOVIOENCE-6EbMON Ts
DE WITT rALMAGE.
Mr. Talmage yesterday spoke on Gods providence.
His text takon from Job, xxxvL. 2s:-"Hath the
rain father?"
This question, said Mr.. Talmage, was asked By the
Head Of the universe 10 humble and TO save OBJ or
the scientific wonders OF the rain have nothing to say
minister gets through with that kind Of preaching
after tho nrs three years. or II he has pety enough
after throo months. sermon with me has come to
be just word OF four letters-Rcp. You all know
that the rain orphan, out OF the gates oil
founding II Is not accident OF the worlds
economy. 1t is the gospel Of the weather. You know
that God Is It's fatner II that DO true how indescrba-
bly, wicked Is all our murmuring about climatic chauges
Merchants complain Of wet season and agriculturiss
OF dry one. II only knew what vast enterprise
It is TO provide and prepare tho weather for this world
would not DO critical Of the Lord. There is only
ono Beng in this universe that knows enough pro-
vide weather Tor this world. Ny text suggests Gods
minute supervisal. You see the divine sonshp OF
every drop Of rain. They are all children OF King.
THE LESSON OF THE RAIN.
II God takes notice Of every minute drop then
He Will take notice OF the most insignificant affair Of
my life II IS the astronomical effort that bothors
Christians. They look up into the heavens and see the
immensely Of the universe, and then think II God
wheels that vast machiLcry through immensely He
viii not take tho trouble TO look down alter me- In.
fdei conclusionl Saturn, Mercury and Jupiter are
moro launched and weighed and swung by the hand
0 God than are the globu!cs OF ram drops on lilac
bush the morning alter the shower Are not tho hairs
OF your head all numbered? And II the Himalaya has
a God hath not the rain father2 l take tins doc.
trne OF particular providence and thrust II into the
very midst OF your every day lite II God fathers tho
rain drop Is there anything insignificant your
affairs that tiod won't father thatf God Is either In
the affairs oil men religion worth nothing ut
ALL anu you had better take II away On let to
the appreciation OF the TACT that all the affairs OF lie
are under Kings command and under a Fathers
watch Again, my subject teaches that Gods deal.
ings are snexpicable There IS An Infinite mystery
about rain drop II you cannot Understand even
enc drop OF rain DO not be surprised II Gods deal
ings are mex piicablc We ask why at every mo-
man should take that ono question and pursue u he
would lead miserable lite earth and misera able
lie in hell We want In our theology fewer interroga-
ton marks and moro exclamation points
TEARS
Again my text makes me feel that the rain OF tears
Is OF divine origin. Oh! you say, tear Is nothing but
drop OF Iympnatic fluid secrcted by the lachryma
gands-t IS only a sign OF weak cyeH That's great
mstakc 10 one OF the Lords richest bencdictIons to
the world IL Ii tender, all-compassi0nate God who
Is the Father OF that ram. There are three or four
klhus OF tears that God cans, botcs and cterniZce
Frsl there are the parental tears aud there
OF those tnan any other KIND because tho tho
race de III infancy and that keeps parents Mourning
ali the Time Then there are tho hhal tears We get
SO useu 10 calling Tor mother IN the first ten years
OF our ne that We can never get IT, and when
ieaVcs Us ~ makes deep and verwnclm nv SORROW
nave these tears no divine origin? Why all the
warm hearts at ever Dcat and put e lhcr and
their united throb would be weak he throb
oiuod eternal sympathy Yes, God also IL the father
oil all the ram Of repentance. When one tear of rc-
pcptancc starts out u thrills all heaven, and the
angels cannot keep their eyes of OF It, on that God
would move this audience with great wave of rail-.
gious emotlon--repentancc, rcpcntnnccl You bnve
driven the Lord Jesus Christ tho King of tho Churcb
away from your hear. He comes back to-day and