Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-30
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REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
GOD rs GOOD.

| No one is so good to us rs the God who
created and brought US into existence. And
yet we see so many rebelling against God
they are so full of sin, so bound down by the
fetters of this sinful world, that at once they
blame their Creator for all their trouble and
sorrow. :.
God is good to rebellious man, in permit
ting him to live on his footstool. The land
holder permits his poor friends to labor upon
his soil for their sustenance but, should they
become discontented and rebellious, his i'm
mediate work is to procure their speedy re-.
moval. But not so with God; He is too good
and kind Rehellious man may rise up often
in open hostility against God, who holds all
the earth and fields and woods in his hands,
and yet God is good when he permits him
still to use his goods to his own advantage
and present comfort. When we consider that
all we see in this beautiful world belongs to
God, that we have nothing that we can call
our own, is not this thought sufficient to hum
Bile US before the God Of heaven and earth,
and cause US to honor and reverence him I
But no; it seems that the more charity God
exercises toward US the more forgetful we are
of bis goodness. q.
Again, God is good in giving us place in
which to live upon the earth; but do we thank
him for his goodness in this Do we mani.
fest thankful spirit and disposition in Ia
boring for him and giving of our hands labor
to advance his cause and kingdom? Our
homes and lands are all His, given for our
enjoyment and to use for his glory. Do we
feel that God is good in thus sparng US to
fulfill this stewardship? We think Of his
goodness at times, but do we not often forget
him and his great love unto US? @
We see striking characteristic of Gods
goodness in these words: "God 80 loved the
world that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever telieveth in him should not
PERISH but have everlasting life" The world,
lying in sin as it was, being without one
"mighty to save" God could show forth his
goodness to perfection in sending his dear Son
to suffer and die for the world. Gods good
ness, through his Son, is extended to every
man. Now, all men do receive largely of
that goodness; all enjoy more or less of
health and strength as coming from His hand ;
all men receive from God the sweet fruits of
the earth. Often the wicked receive more of
them than the children Of God.
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he is especially good to his dear children.
Those who love him, and thirst ever after him
and his goodness, he has promised never to
forsake He is bound to them by the ties of
parent and child, or as those of husband and
wife.
God is good to his loved ones, in this, that
while the wicked he has determined to cast
down to hell, he has determined to bring them
off conquerors over all the evils of the devil
and the world, and to place palms of victory
in their hands and put crowns of glory upon
their heads.
All men have a second class enjoyment of
Gods goodness, but none know how good
God is save those who put their trust in him.
The child of God can truly sing, "Oh, taste
and see that God is good, who trusts in him
is best."
Oh that men everywhere would weigh in
their minds the solemn facts of Gods gnod-
ness to them! Then might the angels re-
oice; then might all the earth sing for joy,
and praise him with the praises of bis word
and grace