New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-10-07

PROBLEMS BEYOND THB POWER OF MAN.
Secondly. The Book Of Job impresses upon US that
there problems beyond tho power of man to exhaust
and that In the certainty Of that uncertainty 1t Is our
privilege 10 rest The human mind, 1t may DO
well said, may repose as calmly before con-
fessed and ontrovertIble difficulty as before q
confessed and dis covered truth The OF job and
bis friends WIS they thought to the coun-
sells OF God, job complaining that because no was
righteous he ought ne. 10 BE- afflicted Elihu tho
other hand IN the face of ths whirlwind. de-
ciared tho Almighty "is excellent IN power
sSG Ge % no pc Without need and in tRS
power and justice and Judgment no less than In His
as s5cy an@ Cod ,S'' a. the old proSeib says
never smtcs with both hands at once
with one He strikes to aict, but the other is upllted
behind to bless heal and to purity. We may rest
surcd that divine mind has purpose, even though
And how Is this truth enforced job II by the
folding 10 him all the wonders Of the natural world
10 him asiio all the Gentles tie invisible things Of God
even Ills eternal power and Godhoad, could DO
chiefly through tho creation OF the world To u.s.
INDEED n FAR higher revelation has been made. II
another Elihu were appear before us 10 confirm
faith would not be much on the wonders OF nature
as ON the stall small the Gospel and OF the Spirit
which tells us that by the life aud death OF Jesus Christ
counses OF God and the claims OF men have been re-
The Cross Of Christ on Calvary is pledge to that
the deepest suffering may DO condition OF The highest
blessing the sign not of Gods displeasure but OF
His mildest. :ender6st. most compassionate love-
STILL though have been thus raised above the need
9h. natural World Is often The best guide to ns aud
tho more so because view OF nature Is
much fuller and yaster than 10 could be In the
days Of old In the prmeval ages Of tie world
the fiery Of the wilderness. the monsters Of
the Egyptian Nile were more wonderful and were more
dyclt upon IN the Bible than the sweet Influences
OF the Plradcs the bands OF Orion. even more
than the water course, more than the roar OF
The thunder or the wave OF the lightning.
But TO Is who have been taught the mmeasurabe dis
tances, and Incaouable magnitude OF those heavenly
bodies which to the patriarchs seemed only
To be twinkllDg points In the framework Of
heaven, to who have been taught the beau
tjf1I system and arrangement OF those movements
of olond and storm which In those old times
seemed like sudden shocks and isolated conyulsions
20 us argument aud closing speeches Of the Book OF
JOB are strengthened hundrediold We know that what
we sec IL but the outskirts ot creation, and the
Power which rules this vast universe must be beyond
the reach Of our farhest imag nation Whatever else
the Of modern science teaeb they leach at
least, tbis-tbe marvellous compexity ana un6roken
order OF the material world.
They indicate bow vast Is the treasre-bouse OF
resources by which the immortality OF each spirit.
the intercOmmuulon OF spirit with spirit and all with
God may be sustained IN higher form,
FAR beyond reach Oour thought or OF our knowledge
Now we know. part, and through glass darky,
infinite immensely In which the Divine presence
dwells and into which, humby hope, shall
after death. We shall know even rs We are known