Daily Republican., 1879-04-01
Living at Gods Disposal.


Clouds will not forever last
Living at Gods Disposal.
The steps Of good man are ordered
by the Lord and He delighteth in his
way. Though he fall, he shall not be
utterly cast down, for the Lord uphold
eth him with his hand.-Ps. ~ chap.
%, "a verses.
On the above text Rev. Mr.. Parmalee
OF the New Jerusalem church, preached
on Sunday. Mr.P. is a gentle yet an ear
nest speaker. He spoke first OF the
speciainess of Providence, General
things are made Of little things, and
God must look after little things, or
there would be no generals. So it is as
easy to believe in a special, as in gen.
eral providence.
The meadow is made up of single
blades of grass, and If God does not
look after the single blades, there will
be no meadow. The blood is made up
of globules; if Gsd does not look after
the globules, there will be no blood
So the providence of God reaches all
the minutiae t our lives. There IS
great deal Of practical disbelief among
men. They imagine that God notices
in case Of wars, pestilences or Mde
spread calamites but they think that,
Hs does no notice them in their partic-
ular acts. For example; they ina
CINE tina. what is done under cover OF
the night. God does not notice. Many
of thelsirs Of men would he left nndone,
did they realize constantly, Thou
God seest me-
"rhe steps for good man are order
ed of the Lord" The Lord is revealed
in good mans life. lie lives accord
ing to the. divine order. He uses in a
rig hit way the good things the Lord
sends. lie will not abuse them. The
, good man has put all his steps at Gods
disposal, and God supplies him with
inspiration and life. There Is infinite
advantage in casting ones self entirely
Mt Gods disposal. Trust ye in the
Lord forever; for in the Lord Jehovah
is everlasting strength
The man of tho world wants to live
entirely at his own disposal. He has
no God; he has no neighbor. He cares
only to please himself, but let him
once begin TO desire salvation, that Is
10 desire health, principle, mental and
moral. 70 desire to make the best 81
himself as a man, the best that can oe
made out of him, then he will begin 10
trust less in himself, and more i'll God.
If YOU would be saved, lower trusts
Chat is lleshly, earthly trusts must
be abandoned, and you must trust IN
God. The more man neglects to look
10 the Lord. the less he sees him, until
at last. he comes to see him not at all.
The more he neglects to hear dods
voice and heed it, the less will he hear
il. until he hears it not at all. Many
one, starting on the road to rum,
atom his ear to the voice Of God, anG
listens to the lying voice of sinners,
until his ears are stuffed with lies.
The voice of the Lord grows falnteI
and fainter in the distance until at las
he hears rot at all. He who sins lont
comes to forget the distinctions between
: RIGHT and wrong. We must keep aliS'
in the MUD this distinction, and re
member that sin is never profitable
REPORTER.
As the good man retrospects his wa,
he sees how God has led him. whereas
= to the wording, no steps are seen u
be God guided, but the years tell hin
,, how, as having his own way, he has
step by step. gone on to ruin.
Should the good man, once turn asid
to the path of the prodigal, he come
= back again; though he fall, hs shall
!. not be utterly cast down. CThe Los'
proves him, purges him, makes hin
. feel the smart of sin,-Rep"rter.) ant
so afterward, he may be found NOR
careful than he was before, because h
sees NOR. clearly his need OF care. II
. knows his weakness, and that 1t
utter ruin for him to turn aside froi
God. You may be a church member
= YOU may have prided yourself or you
!, christian standing, and in your care
= lessnsss and self-confiaerce have sinned
. So YOU See your need Oh God. Nhcr
a now is your obedience in temptation
Where is your bsllef that the Lor'
: knows better than you
d . For you have taken your own oours
|; and have been brought to sorrow
;; Where is yourself denial, your patience
= = So, the very failure of the good maj
may bring him back to greater sell
knowledge. lie sees his safety only i
- abhoring evil and in Immediately re
pelling it.
;, Concluding, the preacher made
o practical exhortation. and urged hi
bearers to consider the Importance
little things. There is, said he, II
Il small circumstance, there are no unin
portant events. The very hairs of you
head are numbered" (No sin is lii
i tie one, since life of sin is made II
of littles.)
- We must not divide ourselves an'
g. our work, and say, "This or that is tn
Lords and this or that is mine,' bu
every little thing must be done for til
= Notwithstanding, business, travel
d the care of your table, of your desk, q
s your dress. 1t must be all the Lord
work: and shall we call it drudgery
Is there anything higher or nobler tina
I. the Lords work Shall we not be VIII
10 iop to do anything that may be neces
n sary for our purhcation' Are we pre-
= pared now to enter heaven 7 All ui
heavenlinpss mus! ba put away some
where. It must be begun here. I'm
Is foundations of character must be lal
Q, here. There Is no change in passing
l. the other world.
ii We should live purely for the SAX